Mendez<\/a> in 2021 while working on her Oscar-nominated short film \u201cTake and Run,\u201d about a young woman in Kyrgyzstan who falls victim to bride kidnapping. Mendez went on to executive produce \u201cTake and Run\u201d and oversee its Oscar campaign.<\/p>\nThe two \u201cimmediately clicked,\u201d Brendle told Variety, and what initially started as a playful idea in a New York screening room became a reality this summer. Brendle and Mendez say their partnership \u201credefines the traditional producer-director dynamic as one of true equals.\u201d<\/p>\n
The duo are not…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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