Deeper and Deeper (film)

When bank teller Ryan (David Lago) meets beautiful but icy business executive Angelica (LisaMarie Lamendola) he becomes instantly infatuated with her. He stumbles upon the perfect opportunity to spy on her when he is hired by Dolores (Cyndi Williams) as a part-time maintenance man and moves into an apartment across the street from Angelica. He uses his position and his apartment's view to start spying on her, and slowly inserts himself into Angelica's life. Angelica turns on him and Ryan slits his wrists in the bathtub in despair. When items from Ryan's apartment begin explicitly appearing in Angelica's apartment, Dolores becomes suspicious of Angelica, especially when Angelica visits the apartment building and produces a memento from Dolores' late son.

Mariusz Kotowski first met Williams when researching locations in San Antonio, Texas, and while visiting Austin searching for a narrator for the film Pola Negri: Life is a Dream in Cinema. Their meeting eventually led to Kotowski and Williams partnering to create Deeper and Deeper.^[2] Casting began in April 2008 for a planned 4-week shoot.^[3] The film's lead actor is Daytime Emmy Award-winning actor David Lago,^[4] who is best known for playing the character Raul Guittierez in the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless and for his recurring role in the family drama television series 7th Heaven.^[5]

Kotowski's previous directorial credits include the narrative Holocaust film Esther's Diary and Pola Negri: Life is a Dream in Cinema, a biographical documentary about the life of silent film star Pola Negri.^[6]

Deeper and Deeper premiered on April 26, 2010, at the Eleventh Annual Polish Film Festival of Los Angeles, California.^[7] The film received its debut screening in Austin, Texas at the Violet Crown Cinema^[2] on June 20, 2011.^[8]

The film was nominated for Best Director (Mariusz Kotowski), Best Actor (David Lago, Best Screenplay (Cyndi Williams), and Best Actress (LisaMarie Lamendola) at The World Music & Independent Film Festival,^[9] won Best Actor (David Lago) and received Honorable Mention for best Narrative Film at the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival,^[10] won First Place for best Suspense Thriller at the International Indie Gathering,^[11] and won bronze medal for Dramatic Feature in the 2010 JamFest Indie Film Festival Awards.^[12]

In 2010, Deeper and Deeper also won an Accolade Competition Award of Merit,^[13] an Indie Fest Award of Merit,^[14] and a Platinum EMPixx Award.^[15] The film since also been screened at the Bare Bones Festival^[16] and the 16th Annual Temecula Valley International Film and Music Festival in Temecula, CA.^[17]

• 2010, Won 'Best Actor' for David Lago at Los Angeles Reel Film Festival^[10]
• 2010, Won 'Honorable Mention' for 'Best Narrative Film' at Los Angeles Reel Film Festival^[10]
• 2010, Won First Place for 'Best Suspense Thriller' at International Indie Gathering^[11]
• 2010, Won bronze medal for 'Dramatic Feature' at JamFest Indie Film Festival^[12]
• 2010, Won 'Award of Merit' at Accolade Competition^[13]
• 2010, Won 'Award of Merit' at Indie Fest^[14]
• 2010, Won 'Platinum Award' at EMPixx Awards^[15]
• 2010, Nomination for 'Best Director' for Mariusz Kotowski at World Music & Independent Film Festival^[9]
• 2010, Nomination for 'Best Actor' for David Lago at World Music & Independent Film Festival^[9]
• 2010, Nomination for 'Best Screenplay' for Cyndi Williams at World Music & Independent Film Festival^[9]
• 2010, Nomination for 'Best Actress' for LisaMarie Lamendola at World Music & Independent Film Festival^[9]