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Team Win believes that a fresh perspective in narrative storytelling brings commercial appeal.

Our original projects strive to bring underserved and marginalized characters and stories to the forefront of culture. We challenge ourselves to find the simplest and most effective way to speak truth to power in Film & Television.

As a full-service creative studio, Team Win creates from the ground up. Concept to delivery, we handle projects through all stages of production.


What happens when you throw together a fallen Mexican wrestler with serious rage issues, a just-out-of-prison ex-con with a regrettable face tattoo, and a recovering junkie motel owner in search of a kidney? 

That’s the premise of the berserk, blood-spattered, and wickedly entertaining feature debut from Ryan Prows. Set amidst the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles, Lowlife zigzags back and forth in time as it charts how fate—and a ruthless crime boss—connects three down-and-out reprobates mixed up in an organ harvesting scheme that goes from bad to worse to off-the-rails insane. 

Careening from savagely funny to just plain savage to unexpectedly heartfelt, this audacious thriller serves up nonstop adrenaline alongside hard-hitting commentary about the state of contemporary America.

LOWLIFE

“A real stroke of genius.”

- Quentin Tarantino

 
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Lowlife was hailed by audiences and critics alike as "an amazing genre amalgam that makes you laugh, puts you on edge, unable to fathom what might happen next, and ultimately spurs the realization that you’ve seen a possible game-changer." — Edward Douglas, Den of Geek.

Lowlife played festivals worldwide, winning an Audience Award and Cheval Noir Special Jury Prize for “Audaciousness, energy, and perfectly embodying the anarchic Fantasia spirit" at its 2017 Fantasia Film Festival World Premiere. The film also won top prizes for "Best Film", "Best Director", and "Best Actor" at its U.S. Premiere at Cinepocalypse 2017.

Lowlife was released theatrically through IFC Midnight. Shout! Factory released the film on Blu-ray / DVD, with Lakeshore Records and Invada Records handling the Original Soundtrack and Vinyl releases by Kreng, respectively. 

Lowlife made several Best of the Year and Top Ten lists, and drew favorable comparisons to Pulp Fiction and the early work of Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino himself called the film “a real stroke of genius” and praised its writing and originality. Seriously.

 
 
 

EVEN MORE PRAISE

FOR LOWLIFE

 
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Lowlife is a ridiculously entertaining, worthy successor to Pulp Fiction.
— Scott Beggs, Nerdist
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An adrenaline rush designed to strap you to your seat, entertain you, and spit you back into reality, exhausted but satisfied.
— Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
 
 
 
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Blending extreme violence and uproariously funny dialogue, the film is most notable for its engaging characters.
— A.V. Club
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The lean, brutal, surprisingly affecting package of Ryan Prows’ feature debut, Lowlife... is a seriously nasty treat.
— Hollywood Reporter
 
 

 

NARCOCORRIDO

“Nerve-wrecking and thrilling, it’s one of those films that you can’t get out of your head for a long time.”

- Cinephilia & Beyond

The drug ballad of a gravely ill border cop's reckless cartel heist, sung by a desperate soul destroyed in her wake.

Narcocorrido was completed in 2012 as an early collaboration between the co-founders of Team Win, Ryan Prows & Jarod Shannon,  during their time at the American Film Institute. The film played festivals worldwide and won a Student Academy Award.

 
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AWARDS & FESTIVALS

 
 
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39th Student Academy Awards
Narrative Silver Medal

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56th BFI London Film Festival

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Vimeo Staff Pick

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AFI Fest 2012
Honorable Mention for Performance