Award winnerSignals
Best Action Feature Film at an established New York festival. Presented by ITN at AFM and Cannes, and signed for distribution in December 2008.
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Est. 1985 · Delaware · Motion Picture & Television
Independent film, made the hard way, since 1985.
Four decades of independent features, television and short films — from a first short in 1989 to a catalogue that has premiered at the Kennedy Center, screened at Cannes and the American Film Market, and won awards from WorldFest Houston to the Accolade.
1985Founded
21Award wins
40Years producing
370+Actors cast
Catalogue
The work
Four decades of features, television and short films — from the first short in 1989 to the productions in development now.
Award winner
CompletedSignals 2
The sequel — complete and available. Under non-exclusive contract with ITN Distribution; Shoreline Entertainment has approached Roman Pictures about distribution rights.
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First featureMismatch
An epic three-hour action crime thriller. Detectives Erik Kana and Debbie Cooper pursue a Colombian diplomat turned drug kingpin through Washington D.C. Premiered at the Kennedy Center's AFI Theater; later took an Award of Merit at the Accolade Television Awards. Rated R.
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Silver RemiDissensions
The first and only series with audience participation and input — a thriller-drama with LGBT themes. Silver Remi at the 50th WorldFest Houston, plus Accolade awards, a Bronze Independent Film Award and an Official Selection at Madrid 2014.
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AFI premiereLady Law
A criminal defense attorney fights to prove a former detective was framed — a Washington D.C. legal thriller starring Debbie Lynn Harvey. With Mismatch, it featured over 370 actors and drew distributor interest at AFM and Cannes.
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AnthologyTouching Yonder
An original anthology of supernatural, sci-fi and horror short stories, episodes running six to sixteen minutes. Series creator and writer. PG-13.
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CreatorGeezers
A one-hour pilot about family values rediscovered by four retired men from vastly different cultures and backgrounds, united by their fear of growing old alone and the identity crises that retirement brings. Creator and head writer.
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PilotSpiros and The Hood
The coastal city of Orkney Bay prides itself on a low crime rate. Its most admired officer, 73-year-old Greek-American Det. Lt. Dorian Spiros, has become one of the biggest issues the department faces — his own tenure. Starring Tom Lyle and Despina Debbie Tsamoudakis.
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In developmentTime Refugees
Sci-fi drama under non-exclusive contract with ITN Distribution.
Not yet streaming
In developmentSecond Time Around
Shoreline Entertainment has approached Roman Pictures regarding distribution rights.
Not yet streaming
Episode
Where it startedTaking Care of Business
The first film — the one whose reception justified buying professional camera and sound equipment, and everything that followed.
Archive title
In postSignals 3
The third chapter of the Signals story, currently in post-production.
Not yet streaming
SeriesCocinando con AracelyCooking with Aracely
A Spanish-language cooking series produced for Telemundo, around six episodes. Guests included Chef Patrice Olivon.
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Featured production
Signals
Winner of Best Action Feature Film at an established New York festival. ITN Distribution presented Signals at the American Film Market and the Cannes Festival, and in December 2008 signed for distribution into Russia.
- Format
- Feature film
- Genre
- Action
- Award
- Best Action Feature Film
- Rating
- IMDb 7.3
- Distribution
- ITN Distribution · non-exclusive · Russia, Dec 2008
- Status
- Available
The studio
Roman Pictures
Roman Pictures began in 1985 as Zio Productions, making talent showcases and television commercials for local merchants. Its founder, Carlos Etzio Roman — creator, president and creative lead — was born in Lima, Peru, and came to America at eighteen with his wife and infant son, speaking very little English.
A first short in 1989 led to professional equipment, and to the independent feature circuit at a time when that route barely existed outside the studios. Mismatch reached the Kennedy Center's AFI Theater in 1991; Lady Law followed in 1994. The company took the Roman Pictures name in 1990 and has been producing features, television and short films ever since.
Alongside the productions sits WRPN.TV, the Worldwide Roman Pictures Network — an entertainment news operation covering Los Angeles galas and festivals and the film scene across DC, Maryland, Virginia and Delaware — and thirteen international film festivals run with long-term partner Sharon Carpenter-Rose and his wife, Judith Roman.
Studio / on-set photo
WebP, ~1600px wide
Recognition
Awards & milestones
Twenty-one award wins and three nominations across four decades of production.
Founded as Zio Productions
Carlos Etzio Roman establishes the company as creator, president and creative lead, producing talent showcases and television advertisements.
Taking Care of Business
The first film short. Its reception justified investing in professional camera and sound equipment — and entering the independent feature circuit at a time when that was almost unheard of outside Hollywood.
Zio Productions becomes Roman Pictures
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Mismatch premieres at the AFI Theater
The first feature-length production, premiered at the Kennedy Center's American Film Institute Theater.
Lady Law premieres at the AFI
A one-hour television pilot. With Mismatch, it featured over 370 actors and was received by distributors at the American Film Market and the Cannes Festival.
Signals — Best Action Feature Film
Won at an established New York film festival. ITN Distribution presented it at AFM and Cannes and signed for Russian distribution in December 2008.
Dissensions wins the Silver Remi
The suspense/thriller series took the Silver Remi Award at the 50th annual WorldFest Houston — the oldest independent film and video festival in the world, founded in 1968.
Mismatch — Award of Merit
Recognised as a classic film at the Accolade Television Awards, more than twenty years after its premiere.
Touching Yonder
Series creator and writer across four episodes.
Contact
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