UP Productionz
As storyteller and creator, Marissa Labog pursues collaborative projects that incorporate acting, dance, and stunt-based action through her company UP Productionz. UP is a collection of bold artists driven by artistic inspiration and creative need. We strive to reinvest meaning into movement and truth into storytelling. Producing content in both film and theater, U.P. celebrates difference, revels in the purity of the moment, and believes in the transformative power of story.
CLEANING HOUSE is out now!!!
An 80s driven action comedy that revolves around a spirited maid and an overzealous secret agent. As her love for Whitney Houston disrupts his covert op, a frantic battle erupts revealing things are not always as they seem.
Directed by Shahaub Roudbari
Written by and starring Marissa Labog
Cinematography by Jennifer Hook
CLEANING HOUSE Awards Include:
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival
BEST EDITING In Short Film Category
MidWest Action Festival
BEST ACTION SEQUENCE Award
Additional Festival Screenings Include:
FirstGlance Film Fest — Los Angeles, CA
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival — Pune, Maharashtra, India
Lakeshorts International Film Festival — Toronto, Canada
MidWest Action Fest — Logansport, Indiana
DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival — Washington, DC
WHEN KIDS GROW UP
*Viewer Discretion Advised*
The company’s first short — WHEN KIDS GROW UP — premiered in October 2016. This film intentionally sparks conversation around individuals’ relationships to violence. The short provides a unique angle on violence within a specific group of characters. While race and gender are easily identifiable, other key labels such as sexual orientation and socio-economic status of these individuals are not clear in the first short. Lines are crossed — some identifiable, others to be explored in future narratives with these characters.
Directed by Shahaub Roudbari
Written by and starring Marissa Labog
Cinematography by Michael Street
WHEN KIDS GROW UP Awards Include:
The Los Angeles Womens Independent Film Festival
BEST ACTING Award for Labog’s performance as Mackenzie
HollyShorts Festival
AUDIENCE CHOICE Award
Artemis Film Festival
BEST ACTION Film
Fresno State Asian Pacific Islander Film Festival
PEOPLE’S CHOICE Award
California Women’s Film Festival
BEST ACTING Nomination for Labog’s performance as Mackenzie
Dereel Film Festival
BEST ACTION Film
Additional Festival Screenings Include:
Women’s Independent Film Festival — Los Angeles, CA
HollyShorts — Los Angeles, CA
FirstGlance Film Fest — Los Angeles, CA
Chicago Feminist Film Festival — Chicago, IL
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles — Los Angeles, CA
London Lift-Off Festival Online — Worldwide
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival — Pune, Maharashtra, India
British Urban Film Festival — London, UK
St. Albans Film Festival — St. Albans, UK
Lakeshorts International Film Festival — Toronto, Canada
Artemis Film Festival — Los Angeles, CA
Connect Film Festival — Los Angeles, CA
Fresno State’s Asian Pacific Islander Film Festival — Fresno, CA
California Women’s Film Festival — Los Angeles, CA
First-Time Filmmaker Sessions, Lift OFF Network — Worldwide
Dereel Film Festival — Victoria, Australia
