Updated: Mar 7, 2022
So incredibly excited to announce that after some amazing festivals overseas, Manila is Full of Men Named Boy will have its US Premiere at SXSW. Check out our screening schedule here.
To add to the excitement, so many of our friends and fellow filmmakers will also have their world premieres at SXSW. Be sure to show some love to these films too!
Nice Talking to You (Narrative Short - World Premiere)
Porno (Narrative Feature - World Premiere)
I had the joy of working on an exciting new proof of concept titled Lady Justice earlier this month as the 2nd AD. Thank you to Saray D. Guidetti and Mónica Bermudez for bringing me on to the amazing, kick ass team!
From Producer/Writer/Director extraordinaire, Saray D. Guidetti, Lady Justice is an action drama set in Los Angeles about a woman named Alice who wants to put an end to sex trafficking. After years in captivity and searching for a way to help others from falling into predators’ hands, she realizes that only she can bring justice, but it must be done behind a mask and in secret.
This short film picks up with Alice staking out an operation. Several men just received a shipment, a van full of women and children from South America. Alice intervenes by taking the men out with her tranquilizer gun and restrains them with zip-ties. But as she enters the warehouse, where the women are led, she is caught off guard and a man drags her towards the head boss. The recognition of this man’s face, a face deeply engrained in her mind, brings up memories of when she was in captivity, which then refuels her to strike back with vengeance.
To find out how Lady Justice survives, help us fund this project with more information here: Lady Justice IndieGoGo
AFI Fest Presented by Audi created a projection onto the iconic Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles featuring the women that are driving progress in film. The installation includes writer/director Barbara Cigarroa, producer Julie O'Leary, associate producers Mica Coburn (hey! that's me!) and Jenny Sciarra, and production designer Charlotte Royer.
The installation illuminated the hotel for the run the festival every night form 6pm-11pm. Check out more on the piece here!