Rolling Panda Productions
- Making Movies That Have Heart -
Why
I love movies. Watching them on the big screen, as they are intended. Surrounded by others who are experiencing the story, the characters, the emotions. Learning the back stories. The art and science of the craft. Watching the award shows. Getting inspired by the people who make them. Movies speak to me. So, I decided to learn how to make them, too.
My name is Alexander Persidis, I am a high-school sophomore and a movie-loving filmmaker.
Queen of the Lakes
First draft script completed, going through edits.
Based on the true story of one of the most tragic sinkings in Great Lakes history, the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald. In the middle of a massive storm, two ships are trying to reach safe harbor, but only one will. This is a story of her sinking and the mysterious investigation that followed. To this day, no one is allowed to dive the wreck.
Rescuing Matilde
Script in progress.
In WWII France, two French Resistance fighters infiltrate a Nazi Officer's home as house staff. When one of them is discovered and captured, their fellow Maquis must try and rescue her before it's too late.
"MAGA-lescence"
Documentary in development.
Based on real life events I have experienced in high school, this documentary is about friendships between high schoolers that are lost or altered because of different political views in today's toxic environment.
About
​During Covid, like so many others, I missed my friends. So I figured out a way we could safely be together. I thought, let's make a movie. I wrote a script, got my parents to buy a green screen and some props and together with four families, we went to a park.
We filmed for the entire day, and I was in heaven. We captured enough footage to make a seven minute film with seven and a half minutes of bloopers. Together, with my family and friends, I had made my first movie. The next year, I made an hour long sequel and I am currently editing the final film in the trilogy, the ninety minute "The Elsina Solution", that you see above. This is just the beginning of my journey and I am so excited to be on it.​​
Telling stories
The stories I like to tell have heart, courage, inspiration. I like ones inspired by historic events that I can then shape. But not only. This is just my beginning. I really look forward to learning as much as I can and meeting and working with the amazing people in this industry.