Pura Vida

Pura Vida is a short film based on a recurring dream I d been having for years. I always woke up before the story ended. It was frustrating, so I gave it an ending the only way I could: on film. Two actors and I traveled to Costa Rica and spent a number of days exploring, rewriting, and improvising. I haven t had the dream since. Official Selection 2013 San Diego Film Festival 2013 YoungCuts Film Festival 2013 Fort Lauderdale Int l Film Festival 2013 West Virginia Filmmakers Festival 2013, drama, 11 min starring DAVID MELISSARATOS and ANITA ANTHONJ writer, director, editor, and director of photography CHRIS SHIMOJIMA music composed and arranged by BARBARA DE BIASI sound fx editor and rerecording mixer MIKE FRANK photographed in Costa Rica