As a filmmaker, Eve A. Ma focuses on her passion for communicating across boundaries -- ethnic, cultural, racial, national, economic, social status. She is also informed by her earlier careers as history professor and administrator of a cultural organization, but mostly by her deep love of music, dance, and other arts; and fascination with imagery and sound.  She derives further inspiration from her world travels, her love of languages, and her own music and dance studies.

Ma's CD production is inspired by the same sources. Where she finds exceptional music, or exceptional musicians, she wants to present them to the world. Palomino Productions’ CDs include the musical track from one of Ma’s documentaries, and a set of discs by her friend and famous flamenco singer, Antonio de la Malena.

Ma’s award-winning work has screened in festivals in the United States and Europe, and aired over PBS and other stations in the United States and in Spain. She produces, directs and writes, and sometimes appears in front of the camera. In terms of genres, she creates narratives, documentaries and experimental work. All are available in English and several are also available in Spanish. She films and produces both in Spain and the United States.

Antonio de la Malena joined us in 2012 as our principal associate in Spain. A professional flamenco cantaor (singer) since childhood, he has also been artistic director for many major flamenco stage productions, most particularly in association with the company Jerez Puro. He developed an interest in film in the early 2000s and since that time, has acted as assistant to the producer-director in several of our works. He has also produced and directed an experimental short which appeared in the Festival de Cortometrajes de Jerez.

With his foundation in singing, he provides background music for several of Palomino Productions’ most important projects, and has acted as music director for one of them. Due to his familiarity with the stage, we chose him as lead actor in our one-hour dramatic narrative, Domino: Caught in the Crisis. He is the protagonist of our double CD, Para ti mi cante, que es mi libertad (produced by Palomino Productions and co-produced by Jerez Puro and el Rincón Andaluz). Finally, he is helping to represent Palomino Productions in Spain in the area of marketing and publicity.