Official Selections at:
2021 Maryland Film Festival,
2022 Nitehawk Film Festival
(Audience Award Winner),
2021 New York Latinx Film Festival,
2022 Athens Intl Film & Video Festival,
2022 Defy Film Festival,
2021 Long Distance Film Festival
Film
An anxious musician finds himself
unable to leave his hotel room.
A short film featuring:
Carmen Christopher (The Bear),
Caroline Yost (Simple Town),
Conner O’Malley (I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson)
and myself (Inspector Ike).
I wrote, produced, co-edited,
scored, sound designed, & star.
Poster artwork by Jonny Negron
Official Selection at:
2021 Maryland Film Festival,
2022 Nitehawk Film Festival,
2021 New York Latinx Film Festival,
2022 Athens International Film & Video Fest,
2022 Defy Film Festival,
2021 Long Distance Film Festival,
The film was featured in Vulture,
The Paris Review, NoBudge, and more.
Written & Produced by Dan Arnés
Directed by Tynan DeLong (Dad & Step-Dad)
Associate Producer - Sarah Wilson (Good One)
DP - Ryan C. Mooney
Original Score - Dan Arnés
Main Title Theme - Sammy Weissberg (What Doesn’t Float)
Edit - Tynan DeLong & Dan Arnés
Assistant Editor - Will Kempner (Good One)
AC - Melina Valdez (Weapons and Their Names)
Gaffer - Adam Kostandy
Sound Design - Jay Vasquez
Location Sound - Mauricio Escamilla
Mix - Chester Endersby Gwazda
VFX - Tom Goulet
Color - Emily Bailey
“...A surreal comedy that employs an ever-shifting dream logic to explore issues of identity and artistic process. Surrounded by slips of paper with scattered notes, a man attempts to check out of a hotel room and move on with his life, whatever that may be…” - Kentucker Audley (NoBudge)
“Following an anxious musician who is unable to leave his hotel room, Dan Arnés’s Please Enjoy Your Stay features an exquisite score, a cast of absurd characters, and witty jabs at the vapidity of the music industry.” - Long Distance Film Festival
Videos
Directorial video work with a DIY ethos.
A lo-fi approach/affront to alt-comedy,
music-adjacent experiments, and more.
A Tour of Williamsburg
with Ana Fabrega
Directed and edited this video
starring Ana Fabrega (Los Espookys).
Leap Day is Coming
with Dan Licata
Directed and edited this video
starring Dan Licata
(SNL, Joe Pera Talks With You).
MTS Video
with Mr. Twin Sister
Directed this series of multi-disciplinary video blocks (featuring host segments, music videos, alt-comedy, and experimental shorts) starring indie pop band Mr. Twin Sister.
”The Dirge” - Erik Slick
Edited this music video for Eric Slick
(Dr. Dog, Taylor Swift) in collaboration with Miles Joris-Peyrafitte (director of the Sundance Jury Award winning As You Are, The Good Mother) co-starring Natalie Prass.
“Crooked”
Co-Directed (w/ Liann Kaye),
wrote, and edited this
Leapling music video.
