"An Independent Portrait," a film about the filmmaker Robert M. Young, was shot in Pittsburgh over three days as Young had his portrait painted by Spanish painter Felix de la Concha.

	Filmmaker Robert M. Young, left, and artist Felix de la Concha walk through the Hill District in "Independent Portrait," part of the Three Rivers Film Festival. Click photo for larger image.

Filmmaker Jose Muniain of Point Breeze said one of the early hurdles of making the movie was to get Young to agree to it.

"He wasn't very interested in making a film about him," Muniain said.

The film opens with Young and de la Concha in Alumni Hall at the University of Pittsburgh, where de la Concha's paintings "365 Views of the Cathedral of Learning" are on permanent exhibit.

From there, the two men go to the Hill District, where Young sits for his portrait. Over the course of a day and a half, the two men talk about their art, their lives and their subjects.

Scenes of their conversations are interspersed with scenes from Young's movies including his 1962 documentary "Cortile Dascino" about life in a Sicilian slum and his 1977 drama "Alambrista." The score for the new movie consists of original work from cellist Barrett Black.

This is the first movie directed by Muniain, a native of Bilbao, Spain, who has lived in Point Breeze for the past 10 years. Muniain co-produced the film with Pittsburgh's Production Masters Inc. The camera work was done by Mark Knobil, Joe Seamans and John Fischekeller.