ABOUT THE FILM

88 Cents is an award-winning narrative short and the first film produced by Neon Flamingo Films. After playing at Cannes in 2018, it screened at over 70 international film festivals with 67 award wins and an additional 33 nominations.

Written and directed by Emmy award-winning filmmaker Tyler Piña, 88 Cents tells the intimate and thought provoking story of a young man descending into homelessness.

The film stars Matthew Weitz, who delivers an emotional performance without having a single line of dialogue — symbolizing the voicelessness of this community. The sound design — which was carefully crafted by William Storkson, foley supervisor for the Oscar-winning film Lost in Translation — creates a sense of isolation and detachment from society. And, the cinematography embodies a subtle balance of tension and solitude. 

The color — graded by Dolby Laboratories’ master colorist Shane Mario Ruggieri, CSI — is not only striking, but it also marks history, as 88 Cents was the first film ever graded using Dolby’s HDR mapping technology.