Petits Salons
Join us for our film and music salons on the magical rooftop of Petit Ermitage Hotel. These evenings are a beautiful community event and ongoing collaboration between Petit Ermitage, Cheshire Moon Productions, and Blkbrd Films. Doors will open at 7:00pm where you can settle into the evening atmosphere. Grab a drink and some food and listen to live music inspired by the film before moving to the firedeck for the screening. Don't miss out on these very special evenings and unique opportunities to network with fellow arthouse film lovers.
Past Events
UCLA Shorts Night
Our twentieth Monday Night Music & Film Salons at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted by Darby Gaelle Hannon and BLKBRD Films, was held on Monday, June 21st. The event showcased a selection of short films made by UCLA MFA students.
Doors opened at 7 PM for live music from the film’s composer CLSTL in The Wiggle Room. At 8 PM, we moved to the fire deck for the selection of UCLA shorts programmed by UCLA alum and Film Independent Nominee Pedro Murcia. The featured shorts include Dancing in Tomorrowland (Jakob Roston), Fidel (Luke Lace), Hickey (Giovanna Molina), and Extraña (Paloma Ronquillo).
**This screening included a Q&A with the filmmakers and programmer Pedro Murcia.
Ed Wood
Our nineteenth Monday Night Music & Film Salons at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted with Darby Gaelle Hannon, and BLKBRD Films, was held on Monday, June 23rd. We screened Tim Burton’s 1994 classic, Ed Wood.
Doors opened at 7:00pm for drinks and a musical performance by Allegra Ondine. At 8:00pm we moved to the fire deck for the screening of Ed Wood directed by Tim Burton. The film stars Johnny Depp, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, and Bill Murray. Following the screening, we moderated a Q&A with screenwriter Larry Karaszewski, also known for People vs Lary Flint and Man on the Moon.
**This screening included a Q&A with screenwriter Larry Karaszewski.
Electra
Our eighteenth Monday Night Music & Film Salons at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted by Darby Gaelle Hannon and BLKBRD Films, was held on June 9th. The event showcased the feature film ELECTRA.
Doors opened at 7 PM for live music from the film’s composer Ali Helnwein in The Wiggle Room. At 8 PM, we moved to the fire deck for the screening of Electra directed by Hala Matar and written by Hala Matar, Daryl Wein, and Paul Sado.
**This screening included a special appearance and Q&A by filmmaker Hala Matar and actor/writer Daryl Wein.
Not Film Festival’s NOT OFF
Our seventeenth Monday Night Music & Film Salons at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted with Darby Gaelle Hannon, and BLKBRD Films, was held on Monday, May 26th. We screened select short films from @notfilmfest as a part of their NOT OFF summer tour.
Doors opened at 7 PM for live music from Zora Urbanyi in The Wiggle Room, who was accompanied by a tango performance from Renata. At 8 PM, we moved to the fire deck for the screenings, celebrating The Hideaway by Jane Stephens Rosenthal Cooke, The Long Step by Mike Sandoval, Waiting on Roxy by Chad Philip Peter, Poachers by Tiffany Lin, Vuja De by Travers Jacobs and Viktor Ivanov, and Good Condition by Frank Mosley.
**This event included a Q&A with the filmmakers of the showcased shorts.
Heathers
Our sixteenth Monday Night Music & Film Salons at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted by Darby Gaelle Hannon and BLKBRD Films, was held on April 21st. The event showcased the 80s cult-classic Heathers.
Doors opened at 7pm in The Wiggle Room for live music by PAIGE STARK. At 8pm, we had our film screening of Heathers on the fire deck, followed by a Q&A with the screenwriter of the film, Dan Waters.
**This screening included a special appearance and Q&A with screenwriter Dan Waters.
Cadejo Blanco
Our fifteenth Monday Night Music & Film Salons at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted with Darby Gaelle Hannon, and BLKBRD Films, was held on Monday, April 7th. We presented the Film Independent-nominated film, Cadejo Blanco.
We gathered at 7pm for live music from GUSTAF before moving to the fire deck to watch the screening of Cadejo Blanco. After the screenings we had a Q&A with filmmaker Justin Lerner, and producer Pedro Murcia.
**This screening included a special appearance by Justin Lerner and Pedro Murcia.
PROOF Film Festival Showcase
Our fourteenth Monday Night Music & Film Salons at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted by Darby Gaelle Hannon and BLKBRD Films, was held on March 17th. The event was a showcase PROOF Film Festival Official Selections.
The event featured five short films from the PROOF Film Festival: Crack Shot (Alex Cohen), The Musical (Giselle Bonilla), Vance (Dakota Daulby), Skin & Bone (Eli Powers), and Seoul Switch (Liann Kaye).
**This screening included a Q&A with the filmmakers following the screening moderated by PROOF Film Festival Founder and American Cinematheque Programmer Imani Davis.
A Pity
Our thirteenth Monday Night Music & Film Salons at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted with Darby Gaelle Hannon, and BLKBRD Films, was held on Monday, March 3rd. We presented the CMP Original Film, A Pity.
We gathered at 7pm for live music from David Agranov, who both stars in and produces the film, before moving to the fire deck to watch the screening of A Pity. After the screenings we had a Q&A with filmmaker Kevin and Alec Barth, and producers David Agranov and Sarah Carter.
**This screening included a special appearance by Kevin and Alec Barth, Sarah Carter, and David Agranov.
My Dead Dad
Our twelfth Monday Night Music & Film Salons at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted by Darby Gaelle Hannon and BLKBRD Films, was held on February 17th. The event featured the HBO Max film, My Dead Dad.
We gathered at 7pm for live music from PJ Costello in The Wiggle Room before moving to the fire deck for the screening, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers of My Dead Dad. The discussion afterwards will be lead by co-host James Oliver.
Pedro Correa, co-writer and star, has also spear-headed an incredible organization to help with the aftermath of the fires, LA FAMILY RELIEF.
**This screening included a special appearance by Pedro Correa and actor Booboo Stewart.
Short Films to Series
Our eleventh Monday Night Music & Film Salons at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted with Darby Gaelle Hannon, and BLKBRD Films, was held on Monday, February 3rd. We presented a celebration of short films that are in the process of development into television series.
We gathered at 7pm for live music by Emma Zander in The Wiggle Room before we moved to the firedeck for the screenings. We showcased the short films We Regret to Inform You and The Sperm Bank.
**This screening included a special appearance by the filmmakers of We Regret to Inform You and The Sperm Bank.
A David Lynch Tribute
Our tenth Monday Night Music & Film Salons at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted by Darby Gaelle Hannon and BLKBRD Films, was held on Monday, January 27th. We presented a tribute to David Lynch, who passed earlier this month.
We gathered at 7pm for live music inspired by the man from Tea Eater, Scout Gillett, Sarah Safaie, Y Try, and Vramshabouh in The Wiggle Room before moving to the fire deck to take in a curation of his inspirational clips and short films.
After the screenings we honored his legacy with a group mediation and share. Guests were invited to bring their instruments and any personal stories they wanted to add to the conversation.
Helicopter
Our ninth Music & Film Salon at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted by Darby Gaelle Hannon and BLKBRD Films, was held on Monday, January 6th. This event was an invitation only, private, work-in-progress screening of Grack Films’ HELICOPTER, a psychomagic healing movie by Ari Gold. HELICOPTER won the Grand Jury Prize at FEST New Directors New Films & was a selection of Film London’s Production Finance Market.
We opened the evening with live music from Ari’s brother, Ethan Gold, before moving to the firedeck for the screening. After the screening held a discussion on radical trauma work, the filmmaking process, and the final stages of bringing the film to the public.
**This screening included a special appearance by Ari Gold and Grack Films.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Our eighth Monday Night Music & Film Salons at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted by Darby Gaelle Hannon and BLKBRD Films, was held on Monday, December 16th. We presented the legendary film FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (1998) in partnership with Inner Cinemas.
We opened the evening with a musical performance by Parker Ainsworth, followed by the screening. The cast includes Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, and Tobey Maguire.
**This screening was presented by Laila Nabulsi, producer and long time collaborator of Hunter S Thompson. The Q&A was moderated by cinematherapist and founder of Inner Cinemas, Destinee Lee Handly.
Not Film Festival Showcase
Our seventh Music & Film Salon at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted by Darby Gaelle Hannon and BLKBRD Films, was held on Monday, December 2nd. We featured a night of short films curated by Gio Baladessa, the founder of Not Film Festival.
The festival has been held yearly since 2018 in Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy, and was listed by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the 20 international film festivals essential to independent cinema.
**This screening included a special appearance by festival director Gio Labadessa as well as the local filmmakers who created these films. Intro and Q&A were provided.
Out of the Blue
Our sixth Monday Night Music & Film Salons at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted with Darby Gaelle Hannon, and BLKBRD Films, was held on November 18th. We featured the 40th anniversary 4k restoration of Dennis Hopper’s 1980 film, Out of the Blue.
We opened the night with a musical performance by Frankie Palmer, followed by the screening. The cast includes Linda Manz, Dennis Hopper, Sharon Farrell, Don Gordon, and Raymond Burr.
**This screening included a special appearance by restoration producers John Alan Simon & Elizabeth Karr, who were in attendance to discuss the film before and after.
Nosferatu
Our fifth Music & Film Salon at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted by Darby Gaelle Hannon and BLKBRD Films, was held on Tuesday, October 29th. We screened David Lee Fisher’s latest film, Nosferatu, which is very close to the CMP family. Sarah Carter stars in the film alongside Doug Jones, who Sarah worked with on Falling Skies for five years. The night opened with a performance from our musical guest Eban Schletter, the composer for Nosferatu, and closed with our screening of Nosferatu.
**This screening included a Q&A with David Lee Fisher, Sarah Carter, and other members of the cast and crew.
In Her Name
Our fourth Monday Night Music & Film Salon at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted by Darby Gaelle Hannon and BLKBRD Films, was held on Monday, October 21st.
This Music & Film Salon was a celebration of In Her Name. The night opened with a musical performance by Ali Helnwein, the composer of In Her Name. Ali Helnwein is an award winning film composer who has graced three CMP projects now: In Her Name, A Pity, and Scene House.
After Ali’s performance, we had a special screening of In Her Name’s Behind the Scenes Documentary, followed by a casual Q & A. This was the first official screening of Three Women, Two Stories, One Vision: The Making of In Her Name.
**This screening included an introduction and Q&A with filmmaker Sarah Carter.
Inland
Our third Film & Music Salon at Petit Ermitage Hotel, co-hosted with Darby Gaelle Hannon and BLKBRD Films, was held on Monday, October 7th.
Doors opened at 7:00pm where guests were able to settle into the evening atmosphere. We opened the night with food, drinks, and live music from Tashaki Miyaki in the Wiggle Room. At sunset we moved to the fire deck for a screening of the very successful short, Lucy, directed by Mojean Aria and starring James Aaron Oliver, followed by another daring feature, Inland, written and directed by Fritz Ryder.
Roving Woman
Our second Monday Night Music & Film Salon at Petit Ermitage, co-hosted by Darby Gaelle Hannon and BLKBRD Films, was held on September 23rd.
The evening showcased the US release of Roving Woman, a feature film collaboration including our friends James Oliver and Giant Pictures. A musical performance by Darby Hannon and Luca Pino opened the event.
You can learn more about Roving Woman, and all the films distributed by Tribeca Films, here.
Scene House
On August 26th, 2024, Cheshire Moon Productions co-hosted the first in a series of film and music salons with Petit Ermitage, a luxury hotel in West Hollywood. Dane Sandborg and Randal Fisher opened the night with a beautiful musical performance. Then at sunset began a showcase of work by emerging filmmakers, including an exclusive rough cut of Scene House, our proof of concept short directed by Annabella Fazio and produced by Lia Lee and Lime House Pictures and Executive Produced by Sarah Carter of CMP.
Petit Ermitage’s nights on the rooftop are magical, and present a wonderful opportunity to experience curated art in a gorgeous space. This is an exclusive invite-only event intended for musicians, filmmakers, and investors to meet, share art, and connect more meaningfully to each other and the amazing work we are all doing.
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