Who Should Be Interested:
Do you love movies and independent films? Are you from Staten Island, NY? Well then, investing in Borough Five Pictures might be for you. They’re a new independent film and television content production company with one simple and straightforward goal: “Bring Hollywood to Staten Island and bring Staten Island to Hollywood.”

The Company:
Borough Five Pictures is here to stage a creative and economic renaissance. They are a new independent film and television production company that is combining the East and West Coasts. Specifically, they are bringing Hollywood to Staten Island, and the great borough of Staten Island to Hollywood. Founder, writer, and director Julio Vincent Gambuto grew up on the South Shore of Staten Island, and he wants to “put a lens” on his corner of the world. Borough Five’s firsts three films are 90 minute, “low-budget” independent films that are audience-friendly, Hollywood-ready, and two of them will be cut into independent television series pilots. Titled “Team Marco,” “The Julie Stories,” and “Jack Be Nimble,” the films will be shot and set in Staten Island and center around the stories, characters, and communities found there.

The Bottom Line:
As Gambuto puts it, Borough Five’s films are “valentines to the borough.” This film company is taking Staten Island and putting its stories on the screen. Get ready to be entertained, engaged...and be introduced to Staten Island.