CASE STUDY: CIRILO, A Legacy Untold

OVERVIEW
JOCMedia packaged, financed, produced, directed, and edited the Oscar-qualified documentary short CIRILO, A Legacy Untold, overseeing full creative, production, marketing, and awards strategy.
 
MANDATE
Deliver a premium documentary short with limited resources while engineering a strategic theatrical and awards pathway.
 
EXECUTION

• ​Led full-cycle development through post-production.

• Designed the film’s brand identity and marketing system.

• Executed theatrical qualification strategy.

• Directed national PR and awards positioning.

• Produced all marketing and screening collateral.

 
RESULTS

• Completed Oscar-qualifying theatrical run.

• Nominated for Outstanding Documentary Short Form (Film) at the NAACP Image Awards.

• Winner, Best Documentary Short – San Antonio Black International Film Festival.

• Official selections across multiple international festivals.

• Elevated JOCMedia’s profile as a premium nonfiction studio.

SELECT MEDIA PLACEMENTS

• Variety

• The Hollywood Reporter

• Deadline

• MovieMaker

• ​The Associated Press

• La Prensa (Panamá City, Panamá)

• Los Angeles Sentinel

• WIS 10 TV - NBC Affiliate (Columbia, SC) 

• WWDM 101.3 FM (Columbia, SC)

• The Citizen Weekend - Chicago