sneaky little sister: a smart-ass film company

DISARMED
Risa Waters, BaconHaHa "This film does a fantastic job of portraying first date jitters, that uncomfortable silence and bare minimum conversation. The relationship between Emily and Jack is natural and convincing. As serious as this disorder [Body Integrity Identity Disorder] can be, Sneaky Little Sister Films has created a comical perception that is light-hearted and tragically funny."
IN GOD'S NAME
Film Threat "Simon is a unique unusual voice...plenty of the voices that call out above the din of conformity have something very unusual to say and she is one of them." (Read the rest here.)
THE DIVE
Studio 360 on NPR "The dancers...swoop and glide around each other...as if...free falling through air, Kia took that footage and digitally hand-manipulated it, frame by frame, to blot out anything that might resemble the earth or earthly things. So you see no ground, no sky, no objects, the dancers neither come nor go, they just float in a nameless blue-white space" (You can hear the whole program here.)
The Toronto Star The Dive was made by "painstakingly painting bright colours over live-action film footage, to create a new type of animation that resembles a dream state."
Katy Kavanaugh, Programmer Screen 360 Film Festival "Blithe dancers move fluidly in suspension-a sensational anti-gravity experience set to equally ethereal music."
Jean Schiffman, San Francisco Arts Monthly "Dreamy, hypnotic." Susan Gerhard, SF360 "The Dive goes underwater to reimagine a strangely beautiful death by skydiving."
THE SWAY
Dan Heath, East Bay Express "The track itself is haunting and melodious, and Simon overlays it with a noirish visual narrative that fits perfectly."

IN PUBLIC SPACE
Peter Crimmins, Berkeley Daily Planet "A dance based on everyday glances and movements synchronized into something exuberant."

LOOKING FOR SLY
Arne Johnson, San Francisco Bay Guardian "A stunning portrait of a soul in the media centrifuge."

Robert Faires, Austin Chronicle "[An] unlikely odyssey without judgment or ridicule, giving us a portrait of a thoughtful, gentle spirit realizing an American Dream."

Filmmaker Magazine "The look at how one Armenian man’s life is changed once he discovers his resemblance to Sylvester Stallone offers damning commentary on the American dream factory."

NEVER LAND
Patsy Kotsopolous, Victoria Film Fest Juror "Teen angst is...given original treatment in this whimsical yet bleak look at the pain and confusion of growing up and not fitting in."

Peter Crimmins, Berkeley Daily Planet "The teenage misfit...takes her role in the high school production of 'Peter Pan' to its logical if supernatural end."