Nina is a story of love, loss and origami. This is short drama film following Sarah as she returns to a house full of memories which slowly work their way into her psyche .
Fantasy
Immunotification
The main character lives in a world where people earn their living by looking for diseases. Every day he goes to become infected in the “Zone of pneumonia”. One day a stranger comes up to him, and offers to show a secret place where you can get a lot of[…]
In Full Bloom
The story of Cecile, an older Vietnamese-American hoarder, whose life is upended when worms open a black hole in her house and threaten to take all her belongings Grief can create an enormous hole in someone’s life, a seemingly insurmountable growing mass that sucks in everything within its path. Written[…]
MINO: A DIASPORIC MYTH
In the utopic haven of Biamara, a Coven of Black women who can conceive without men must consider denouncing one of their own when she chooses to defy the all female code and self produce a male child.
Wake Up!
Broken, battered, and running from life, GUY, finds himself caught at a dead end. With no other way but through, he enters the rabbit hole and discovers a fantastical world full of hypnotic personalities. Captivated by curiosity and frightened from the truth, Guy must bare his soul and achieve the[…]
Dazzle Beast
When her mother goes missing, a teenager gifted with black magic must turn to the savage world of bounty hunting to support her little sister. Director Statement When making this short film, I had 3 goals…1) Inspired by the fantasy films (Edward Scissorhands, It’s A Wonderful Life) that captured my[…]
Flight- If Life Had a Safety Demonstration
Pulling apart the most recognized piece of choreography- the inflight safety demonstration to create an intimate journey of rebellion and finding your own voice against the boundaries of society. Director’s Statement I wanted to explore in a very abstract way the idea of conforming to gendered expectations and the mask[…]
A Modest Defeat
It’s civil war in suburbia between two young siblings. Big brother Tommy never plays fair, but eight-year-old Tiny has an elaborate plan up her sleeve and a faultless determination to put things right. Director’s Statement ‘A Modest Defeat’ celebrates a uniquely creative approach to brains over brawn. You can’t help[…]
A Modest Defeat
It’s civil war in suburbia between two young siblings. Big brother Tommy never plays fair, but eight-year-old Tiny has an elaborate plan up her sleeve and a faultless determination to put things right. Premieres May 17 on Film Shortage!
Selkie
A wayward selkie (a seal that can turn itself into a human) has followed a school of herring up the Delaware river when her seal skin is captured by a man from the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia. Director’s Statement A “selkie” is a seal that can shed its skin and[…]