LOS MOSQUITOS

Short Film - Narrative

Director/Writer

Aby, a 15-year-old Honduran teen, and her younger cousin Nata, who has just arrived in the US, must forge new bonds and redefine their very concept of family together.

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SELECTIONS

  • SXSW - Narrative Shorts Competition (2024)

  • Los Angeles Latino Film Festival (2024)

  • Costa Rica International Film Festival (2024)

FUNDS AND SUPPORT

  • Austin Film Society Short Film Grant, 2023

  • Southern Producer’s Lab, 2023

COMADRE

Short Film - Narrative

Director/Writer/Editor

Marielitos is a Mexican immigrant nanny struggling with the last days of her current nanny job, and trying to find a new one.

AWARDS

  • Best Costa Rican Short Film, Costa Rica International Film Festival, 2023

  • Director’s Guild of America Student Film Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in the Latino Category (West Coast), 2022

  • Best Texas Short Film, Oak Cliff Film Festival, 2023

  • L-MAS Graduate Student Award, University of Texas at Austin, 2022

SELECTIONS

  • Telluride Film Festival (2023)

  • Monterrey International Film Festival (2023)

  • Costa Rica International Film Festival (2023)

  • Carrboro Film Festival (2023)

  • Mittelamerikanisches Filmfestival en Viena (2023)

  • Lobo Fest (2023)

  • Kera - Frame of Mind (2023)

  • El Paso Film Festival (2023)

  • Topaz Film Festival (2023)

  • Lost River Film Festival (2023)

  • Costa Rica International Film Festival (2023)

  • Oak Cliff Film Festival (2023)

  • Philadelphia Latino Film festival (2023)

  • UPTILT Film Festival (2023)

  • BOGOSHORTS - Festival de Cortos de Bogotá (2022)

  • New Orleans Film Festival (2022)

  • San Francisco Latino Film Festival (2022)

  • Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse (2023)

  • New York Latino Film Festival (2022)