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“Little Men”

A short feature film produced by

sovereign hues

Yeah, I know, I’m telling this story backwards, but sometimes that’s the best way when something you’ve done turns out well. This film project was riddled with undesirable obstacles, but we took this award winning screenplay and made it into something we are all very happy with. Check out the trailer.

Beyond the outstanding cast, Atlas O. Phoenix is the star Writer, Producer, and Director of this outstanding piece. Here is his story.

Atlas O. Phoenix is an award-winning director, writer, producer, actor, and editor who creates compelling projects on shoe-string budgets. He is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has been living here for 27 years. His previous artistic work has been about the darkness of human nature, child abuse, and familial dysfunction.

In the late 90s and early 2000s, Atlas had the opportunity to make artistic projects including one short narrative film and a couple of experimental films. He also had the opportunity to make a handful of small scale professional work such as commercials, music videos, and a documentary for a higher educational institution.

In 2017, Atlas was awarded an Emerging Artist Grant from VSA Minnesota to develop the feature length screenplay, “Stardust,” and to provide a staged reading of the finished script in 2018. Atlas also received a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant in 2018, to produce and direct his short screenplay, “Little Men.” This is his second film in 18 years.

Atlas’ award-winning projects include an experimental co-collaboration, “village blues,” (1999) and a music video, “This One,” (2003). His work has been screened at multiple film festivals, Intermedia Arts, online, and MNTV.

This year “Little Men” won a PLATINUM Remi Award from the Worldfest Houston International Film Festival and placed Quarterfinalist in the Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition.

Atlas intends to continue to create provocative, well-thought out complex films that challenges the audience to ask questions about how they see the world and what they see in themselves. He has an exceptional style of filmmaking that takes the audience on a journey to think and feel something on an intrinsic level. His work will leave an indelible imprint on your mind.

A few of the crew members wore many hats. Beyond Producing, I also did the hair of the cast members. In fact, I spent the whole night before the first shoot day, making a wig for one of the actors. No, I didn’t get any sleep, but the result was worth it! I’m very proud of the work the that went into this production! Our premiere was a hit with a local audience, and since then we have entered the film into festivals, and received 21 awards from around the world.