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deepfake
field mouse
pulpitum
silverfish
didn’t think i’d see you here
prep
weapons and their names
ezra
monkey bars
sickly
good people
lady plum
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RECENT HIGHLIGHTS...
PRESS:
NoFilmSchool: A Real Long Shot from the Movie ‘Deepfake’
Sundance 2024: Ghosts, a Porta-Potty, and a Folkloric Ox Populate Short Film Program 4
Directors Notes: Youthful Abandon Clashes Against the Burdens of Impending Adulthood in Melina Valdez’ ‘Weapons and Their Names’
Indie Memphis 2023 Interview: Raymond Knudsen on Working Out the Mind and Body in “Prep”
Kodak: Why Film? Young Filmmakers: Director Melina Valdez and DOP Robert Bevis discuss their respective to use 16mm celluloid on their upcoming short film
Cinema Femme 2021: Jacqueline Xerri on her coming-of-age short “Monkey Bars”