LA Allegory


BCIFF Winner Best Experimental Film 2024
Rome Prisma Official Selection
Valencia Indie Film Festival Official Selection
Madrid Indie Film Official Selection
Rome Prisma Official Selection
Beyond The Curve Official Selection
Barcelona Official Selection
Barcelona Official Selection

In a world before A.I., social media and smart phones, Diego dives head first into the glitz and glamour of the star-making machine of Hollywood - or so he thinks.

The Last Great Analog Indy Film To Come Out Of Hollywood

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Mike Smith Rivera play Diego Schwartz

Mike Smith Rivera plays Diego Schwartz

Mike is a Brooklyn-born bilingual Mexican American actor, comedian, & voice-over artist located in NYC. He can be seen and heard in commercials, voice-overs, animation and television shows.

An NBC/PIT Diversity Finalist, NEA Performance grant recipient, and Ensemble Studio Theatre member, he has appeared on two Upright Citizen’s Brigade house sketch teams (Night Eaters, BedRock) and his award-winning production company Burning Clown Productions is dedicated to generating new works of film, television, and theatre.

His training includes the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre, Syracuse University (BFA Drama), The Institute for Canadian Clowning, and UCB's advanced improv program.

Kelly Anne Burns plays Georgia

Kelly Anne Burns plays Georgia

Kelly is an actor, writer, producer and comedian. She co-founded Burning Clown Productions - an award-winning production company that specializes in developing and realizing new works of film and theatre, is a member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre and has been seen and heard in commercials and voice-overs nationally.

She was nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award for 'Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role' for her work in the off-Broadway production of "The Navigator", which also received 2 Drama Desk & 8 NYIT nominations.

Additionally, Kelly produces and performs at live events, clowns as Lady Giggles, is a Chashama resident artist and performs sketch and characters at comedy theaters throughout NYC.

Producer, Writer, Actor Ian Scheller

Ian Michael Scheller plays F. Paul

Magician, Creative Producer, Director, Musician, Martial Artist, Actor, Graphic Designer. That almost sums up Ian Scheller who grew up in a print shop in North Brunswick, New Jersey.

Ian's work has been seen across the internet and in art galleries around the world. He founded Bluespace Records with his brother Brad. He lives in Los Angeles and spends as much time as he can at The Magic Castle in Hollywood.

Kelly Anne Burns plays Georgia

Brandon Blomquist plays Mr. Zaragoza

Brandon has been making strange videos since 1989. His background is in Chicago style improv, and guerilla film. He currently resides in Portland Oregon where he spends his time cartooning and cycling.

Cast & Crew

  • Mike Smith Rivera - Diego
  • Kelly Anne Burns - Georgia
  • Ian Scheller - F. Paul
  • Brandon Blomquist - Mr. Zaragoza

  • Directed by Brandon Blomquist
  • Story by Brandon Blomquist & Ian Scheller
  • Director of Photography - Dave Kanehann
  • Editor - Nathan Ryan
  • Visual Effects - Effort = Victory
  • Production Assistant - Jeanine Peters
  • Production Assistant - Michelle Sarrat
  • Sound - Keith Ruggiero
  • Music Supervision - Bluespace Records
  • Produced by Scientists Of Imagination


Music by

  • Brad Scheller
  • DADADA
  • Firecamp
  • The NowHeres
  • Erik Sabo & The HOM
  • Jim Moscater
  • Ralph Axel
  • James Dalton

LA Allegory is an Experimental Comedy by Scientists Of Imagination