Working from body cams, helicopter footage, civilian iphone footage, security cameras, and more… we wove it all together to tell the story of the hundreds of protesters who were corralled and violently arrested in the Bronx in 2020.

This high profile project was for Rickner PLLC out of New York City. They won the most amount of money per person ever for a class action law suit involving the mass arrest of protesters. The case has been covered by major news outlets, including CNN, Nbc News, Abc News, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed News, The Gothamist, The Guardian, The New York Times and many others.

You can read more about the case in the New York Times article here NYT Article

We put together our series of video portraits of eight different makers into a TV Special for Vermont Public (formerly Vermont PBS). It is currently airing on the station.

How do you capture the attention of your audience and transport them instantly into another world…into another mind…another person’s experience so completely…

                             that they can feel it,

and live it for themselves?

This is what we do. We find a way in to tell the story that matters the most.

A story that transforms.

We push the boundaries of this emotion-based medium and find ways to tell bold stories in a beautiful way.

We put together some posts showing location scout photos (on the left) next to the final footage of that scene  from the video (on the right) for our social media pages.

We love scouting. This is when you bring your ideas from the script out and start to interact with the real world. The real magic of cinema is the way life intersects and interacts with the imagination. It’s a dance between idea and execution and the creative collaboration woven between them.

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We were hired by The National Press Foundation to produce the Audio and Video and livestream their event in La Jolla, California. The three day event Entitled, “Beyond If It Bleeds It Leads”, looked deep into crime coverage in America.

We made a commercial for The Vermont Tortilla Company based in Shelburne, Vermont. This included filming just across Lake Champlain in New York State at the organic, local farm that grows their corn.

Benito’s Hot Sauce brought us back for another video for them. This one focused on their incredible local organic farmers.

Every year Benito’s sources 10,000 pounds of local chili peppers, fresh produce and maple syrup from six Vermont farms to produce their award-winning hot sauce.

Sunsoil CBD hired us to produce a series of videos demoing how to use their products.

As this was filmed during the height of covid, we took an innovative approach to the shoot, directing over face time and filming remotely. The final videos contain footage from Vermont and southern California.

Kafina all natural health energy drink hired us to produce a series of videos for them, including an animation, founder’s video and user portraits. We had a blast capturing their products in the beautiful landscapes of Vermont.

Here are some behind the scenes photographs of us in action; setting up, planning out scenes, working with the talent and capturing the footage to weave together and tell the story of Kafina.

We were hired by Southern Tier Distillery to produce a series of videos for their canned craft cocktails. We also made a video telling the story of the founder’s of the company. We Shot in New York state in the southern tier and in Vermont on Mount Philo, Charlotte bay and the Cedar Knoll golf course in Hinesburg.

We’ve been too busy to update the News section lately but will do so soon! In the meantime, for more up to date news, check out Rob’s Instagram HERE

We are in production on a series of three video portraits of Makers working at the Generator Maker space. Check out Vermont’s Generator Maker Space here  Makers

The new Inspirational Video we produced for Seventh Generation can now be seen on their “careers” page here careers, direct link to the video here Inspiration

North Star was selected to screen at the 2015 ITV fest as part of the New England Online Film Festival showcase.

Over 300,000 views on one of the videos we produced for Seventh Generation. check it out here: Link to Video

2015 Online New England Festival launched today. Watch the films and vote for my short, THE NORTH STAR simply by viewing the film. Check out he festival site HERE and a direct link to THE NORTH STAR, HERE

Rob Koier’s short film, THE NORTH STAR is an official selection for the New England Online Film Festival. Find out more info HERE and check out the festival trailer HERE

Strength of the Storm rebroadcasts on VT PBS on August 27th at 8pm.

Check out a short “Web Extra” from the “Connect” VT PBS interview here.

Strength of the Storm will rebroadcast on the Main PBS series, “Community Films” on September 17th at 10 pm.

Check out a new interview with Rob Koier on the VT PBS show, “Connect”, on VT PBS August 15th at 9:30pm and August 16th at 10:30 am. You can also watch the Connect Interview here

STRENGTH OF THE STORM airing now on VT TV Network in Southern Vermont.

Rob Koier’s award winning short, NORTH STAR will air at the 2015 White River Indie Film Fest (WRIFF) in the “Short Films By Local Filmmakers” Showcase. Check out the line up for this year’s WRIFF here WRIFF 2015

STRENGTH OF THE STORM airs on the Maine PBS Community Films Showcase (MPBN).

Check out the new video we Produced for the Burlington City Arts here: Of Land & Local Video

Just got news from folks at SEVENTH GENERATION that the video we Produced for them has just reached 98,000 views on you tube. Check out the video on you tube here VIDEO

Very excited to announce that Rob Koier’s film, NORTH STAR, won the “Footage Farm USA Award” at the 2014 Vermont International Film Festival.

Rob Koier Films recently completed a commercial for the launch of a new product for the international company SEVENTH GENERATION. Check out the video on their web site HERE.

Rob Koier’s film, NORTH STAR, has been officially selected for the 2014 Vermont International Film festival, as part of the Vermont Filmmaker’s showcase.

STRENGTH OF THE STORM has been picked up for international broadcast by PRESS TV for broadcast in english, spanish and arabic.

STRENGTH OF THE STORM airs on VT PBS PLUS this week in honor of the three year anniversary of Hurricane Irene.

STRENGTH OF THE STORM screens Thursday August 28th at 7pm at the Vermont Folklife Center (88 Main Street, Middlebury, VT) in honor of the third anniversary of Hurricane Irene.

Rob Koier Films recently travelled to the deep south in rural Mississippi to Produce a new video for SEVENTH GENERATION. The video promotes a new product which contains un-bleached, all natural cotton.

Footage Produced by Rob Koier and Directed by Mark Covino, acclaimed Director of A BAND  CALLED DEATH, is now part of an episode of American Greed on MSNBC. For more information check out the article here

Write up in USA TODAY about NORTH STAR and the other selected films for the 2014 Online PBS Film Festival. Check the article out here

Rob Koier interviewed on VT PBS along with Executive Producer Nora Jacobson and fellow filmmaker Dorothy Todd for the VT PBS premiere of “Freedom & Unity: The Vermont Movie”. Check out the video here

Rob Koier’s short film, NORTH STAR is an Official Selection for the prestigious 2014 PBS Online Film Festival. Check out the film here

Great article in the Burlington, Vermont paper Seven Days about “Strength of the Storm”. Check the full article out here

Sharon Rae Quinn and Rob Koier interviewed live for the February 21st screening of “Strength of the Storm” on “The :30” a weekly news program on WCAX.  Check out the interview here

A new article about Stowe Story Labs 2013 just came out on newenglandfilm.com. It features interviews with founder David Rocchio, participants Johnny DiGeorge and Rob Koier and a theme related pitch of one of Koier’s new scripts, “Love Hate”.

Check out the article here and the Facebook page for “Love Hate” here.

“Strength of the Storm” will be showing as part of the Vermont Filmmaker’s Showcase in the 2013 Vermont International Film Festival. For more information about the festival go here.

Rob Koier and Dorothy Tod, both Directors of short segments in “Freedom & Unity: The Vermont Movie” are interviewed live on WCAX. Check out the interview here  and more information about the six part movie and the upcoming sixty-six screenings here

The Vermont Movie premiers September 27th at the Barre Opera House.  This begins a state-wide tour of all six parts of the film. Rob Koier worked on several segments for this film, check out one here and visit http://thevermontmovie.com to find out more information about the film and it’s upcoming release.

The Vermont Community Foundation awards a Vermont Arts Endowment grant towards post-production for “Strength of the Storm”. You can find out more information about the VCF here.