NARRATIVE SHORTS
Mancha (2022)
A family of women join together to break a generational curse.
Directed by Nicole Mejia
Official Selections: San Francisco International Film Festival, LALIFF, New Filmmakers LA, Aspen ShortsFest
Soredia (2022)
During an improvised trip to the California mountains, a self-conscious French girl studying in the US finds herself lost and, desperate for a sense of belonging, decides to act on her growing obsession towards her charismatic new friend.
Directed by Julia Ponce Díaz
Official Selections: Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, AFI Fest, Hollyshorts, LA Shorts International Film Festival, WYO Film Fest, Amarcort Film Festival, Filmfort, Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, Festival Generamma, Directed by Women Spain
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The Basics of Love (2022)
After stumbling into an armed robbery on New Year’s Eve, two sanitation workers are caught off-guard by feelings for one another that they didn’t realize they had.
Directed by Joshua Nathan
Official Selections: AFI Fest, Nevada City Film Festival, Stony Brook Film Festival, Los Angeles Shorts International Film Festival, Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, Macon Film Festival, Fine Cut Festival of Films, Oakland International Film Festival, Catalina Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Ojai Film Festival, Brain Dead Studios, Filmfort at Treefort Music Fest, Oxford Film Festival, The Film Series at Cine Gear Expo, Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, Davey Fest, Salt City Film Festival, Bahamas International Film Festival, Beyond The Short
Cowboy, Choker, Harness & Heart (2023)
Highlighting both the destructive and constructive natures of desire, four party-goers grapple with the limits of commitment in the bathroom of a gay rave.
Directed by Nico Blanco & Julia Ponce Díaz
Official Selections: Outfest LGBTQ+ Festival, Vancouver Queer Film Festival, GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival, NewFest, PROOF Film Festival, Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival, KASHISH Pride Film Festival.
Thump (2025)
A teen girl’s life changes forever on her way to prom.
Directed by Alexa Acuña
Official Selections: Raindance, LALIFF, Florida Film Festival, GenreBlast, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival
One for the Road (2024)
It’s 3 am, and a mysterious, rather odorous man walks into a truck stop diner, muttering one phrase, “Old Mill Road.” Two drivers with the best intentions get roped into helping solve the mystery, but no good deed goes unpunished.
Directed by Daniel Carsenty
Sweetwater Aquarium (2024)
Four schoolgirls rebel at their school’s end of year show.
Directed by Yvonne Zhang
Leaving Lebanon (2023)
As war rages outside the walls of their apartment in Beirut, Lebanon, a family strives to carry on with life as normal while finding a way to say goodbye to their home.
Directed by Sophia Youssef