35 mm Forever
The Find Art Foundation is dedicated to the preservation and advancement of traditional 35mm motion picture filmmaking at a time when the art form is rapidly disappearing from modern cinema. Founded by filmmaker Mark L. Christensen, the Foundation supports the development of original motion pictures produced on photochemical film, preserving the visual richness, discipline, and historical legacy of analog filmmaking for future generations.
Currently in development are two major 35mm feature film projects: Son of an Auschwitz Guard, a powerful historical drama exploring the human consequences of one of history's darkest periods, and Fuck You Heroes, a raw and uncompromising coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of rebellion, identity, and social conflict. Both projects are committed to being photographed on 35mm film, honoring a cinematic tradition that has defined motion picture storytelling for more than a century.
Mark L. Christensen's previous film work includes the acclaimed 16mm feature Boxhead Revolution, recognized for its innovative independent spirit and cult following, and North by el Norte (formerly American Flyer), which received national distribution and showcased Christensen's commitment to character-driven storytelling and cinematic craftsmanship.
As digital production increasingly dominates the industry, only a small group of filmmakers continue to champion the use of analog film. Alongside directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Mark L. Christensen remains committed to preserving the unique aesthetic, archival longevity, and artistic discipline of motion picture film. Through these productions, the Find Art Foundation seeks not only to tell meaningful stories, but to help ensure that the craft of 35mm filmmaking remains a living and evolving art form for future generations of filmmakers and audiences alike.
Logline
A hard-drinking German mechanic in 1980s Texas spends his days tormenting his Jewish customers with practical jokes, unaware that a buried family secret links him to the very people he mocks. When his mother's death forces him back to Germany, he discovers that the father he believed was an Auschwitz guard may have saved a Jewish woman from the camps—and that he himself is Jewish.
Synopsis
Austin, Texas, 1989.
Otto Puthammer is a 54-year-old German immigrant and auto mechanic approaching retirement. A largerthan-life character, Otto spends his days running practical jokes on customers, drinking with his wife Sandi, and working alongside his aging friend Vergle, who seems to fall asleep everywhere except where he is supposed to.
Beneath Otto's humor lies a lifetime of unresolved memories. Through fragmented flashbacks to post-war Germany, the audience gradually uncovers the story of Otto's father, a man believed to have served as a guard at Auschwitz. As suspicion closes in around the family during World War II, Otto's father is forced to navigate impossible choices between loyalty to the regime and protecting the people he loves.
After a prank goes disastrously wrong and the death of his closest friend leaves him adrift, Otto returns to Germany for his mother's funeral. There he discovers a truth that shatters everything he thought he knew about his family: his mother was Jewish, saved from the Holocaust by the very man Otto spent his life believing was simply a Nazi.
Forced to confront questions of identity, inheritance, guilt, and belonging, Otto must decide whether the past defines who he is—or whether he can finally choose his own future.
Logline
In a dying desert town in summer 1981, a volatile young punk rocker and her misfit band struggle to find a voice amid family dysfunction, social repression, and the suicide of a close friend, only to discover that rebellion has consequences no one is prepared to survive.
Synopsis
Set in the summer of 1981, Fuck You Heroes follows Trixie, a rebellious young punk struggling to escape the emotional grip of a narcissistic mother and a town that demands obedience over individuality. Alongside her closest friends—Winston, Blitz, Beth, Neil, and a collection of outsiders who gather at the bohemian sanctuary known as Muddy's Café—she forms a band determined to challenge everything they see as false and oppressive.
When their friend Candice takes her own life after years of emotional isolation, the event sends shockwaves through the local punk community. As grief turns to anger, the band adopts the name “Fuck You Heroes” and channels their frustration into music, becoming a rallying point for the forgotten youth of the town.
While city officials move to shut down Muddy's Café, police pressure increases, families fracture, and tensions rise between the growing punk scene and the community that views them as a threat. Trixie's determination to fight back intensifies, placing increasing strain on her relationships and pushing the band toward a confrontation that none of them fully understand.
As their notoriety grows and the town closes ranks around them, the line between rebellion and self-destruction begins to disappear. What starts as a search for identity becomes a struggle for survival, culminating in a violent rooftop confrontation that forever alters the lives of everyone involved.
At its heart, Fuck You Heroes is a story about the young people society overlooks, the voices it refuses to hear, and the emotional wounds that continue long after the music stops.