About — Dayside NY

Dayside Productions is a cutting-edge production company from Queens, New York that focuses on entertaining the masses with compelling and memorable storytelling, and creating content on all forms of media including film, TV, commercials and other digital content.

Achievements

One of the biggest accomplishment of Dayside Productions is having their short film This Moment, a film about a man who is stuck in a time loop, screen at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival’s short film corner after winning “Best Picture,” “Best Actor,” and “Best Soundtrack” at Campus Movie Fest in Hunter College.

Their other short film, Super Debt, a film about a NYC Superhero in deep credit card debt, won the best screenplay in Youtube NY and Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment’s screenplay contest and became a part of the World of Superheroes program, which Stan Lee (Marvel Comics) gave them a 1 on 1 consultation prior to production of the short film. Super Debt screened at the 2016 Miami International Sci-Fi Film Festival and 2017 San Diego Comic Con Film Festival.

Dayside Production’s Youtube channel, called Dayside TV, was made on September 23rd of 2009. On September 10th 2010, they became a full pledge Youtube Partner. This partnership has opened up a plethora of production resources with the Youtube Space NY studio in downtown Chelsea and Youtube Space Tokyo in Japan. They continue to use studio space, equipment rentals and content consultation to improve their video skills. Dayside TV has over 30 million video views on Youtube.

In 2012, Dayside Productions was picked to take part of Ryan Higa’s The Next Internet Icon directed and produced by Andy Fickman (The Game Plan / Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2), an episodic video making competition that was filmed at the Los Angeles Center Studios. They were picked as part of the Top 10 out of the thousand of submissions, and managed to achieve to 5th place overall during the competition. They were the most watched and talked about group in the show due to their ‘heel’ approach.

Dayside Partners

**Girard Tecson**

is an award winning Filipino filmmaker and the founder of Dayside Productions. He is a director, producer, writer, editor and a DP who is recognized for his work in film and digital media. He is also an *‘ok’* actor, martial artist and pop music artist.
Girard is the 2014-2015 APIASF Scholar, which granted him a scholarship from NBC Universal. He is also the recipient of the 2014 Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation Scholarship. He also received scholarships from Tortora Sillcox Family Foundation and Beatrice & Raymond Liebesman Completion Foundation. He currently pursuing an MFA in Integrated Media Arts at Hunter College.
He currently manages the ePortfolio program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and teaches film production at various campuses in City University of New York.

**David Kim**

is an actor, animation student, wage slave and lover of digital media all rolled up into one. A graduate of Hunter College in Media Communications, he likes to fiddle with Photoshop, brainstorm short film ideas, and do his thing in front of the camera for Dayside Productions. His other profession is a web designer for various companies. When he isn’t working or killing time on Reddit, he enjoys playing (and losing) at Starcraft and Awesomenauts, sketching in the sketchpad, sing Broadway musicals to himself, trying to learn new skills, and is still trying to lose his freshmen 15. At times, he battles Girard in karaoke to see who can be the best on the mic while singing Backstreet Boys songs.

**Sean Cameron**

took drama class in High School and throughout his college years, he has done some background work on the sets of: Step Up 3D, How to Make it America, and Ugly Betty. In 2012, Sean collaborated with Girard and Dayside Productions and gave him the chance to display his talents. “It was a Blessing. I considered Girard as one of my Guardian Angel because he always looked out for me, as far as roles are concerned.” says Sean of Girard. So now he has taken the time to figure out his options and focus on the necessities that would help make his dreams a reality.
Aside from acting and production, Sean Cameron Anthony is always hustling out and about. Girard is his wing man/ bodyguard in his entourage because of his strong build. Many people fear the duo in the streets of New York City.