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.

SELECTIONS

  • SXSW - South by Southwest 2024, USA - World Premiere

  • Gotham Film & Media Institute’s Student Short Film Showcase in partnership with Focus Features and JetBlue Airlines Winner (2024)

  • Milwaukee Film Festival 2024, USA

  • Georgetown University Film Festival 2024, USA

  • Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival 2024, USA - Best US Latina Director 

  • Cinema Jove - Valencia International Film Festival  2024, Spain

  • Costa Rica Festival Internacional de Cine 2024 - Best Costa Rican Short Film Award, IMAGINA Award

  • Oak Cliff Film Festival 2024, USA

  • CineFestival San Antonio 2024, USA - Best Fiction Short Film Award

  • Festival Internacional de Cine Shorts Costa Rica 2024

  • Guanajuato International Film Festival 2024, Mexico

  • Nova Frontier Film Festival 2024, USA

  • HollyShorts Film Festival 2024, USA

  • Anonimul Film Festival 2024, Romania

  • Orvieto Cinema Fest 2024, Italy

  • Scrambled Genius Film Festival 2024, USA

  • New/Next Film Festival 2024, USA

  • The Downtown Festival 2024, USA

  • Seattle Latino Film Festival 2024, USA

  • New Orleans Film Festival 2024, USA

  • shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival 2024, Costa Rica

  • Lost River Film Fest 2024, USA

  • Premios Pávez - Festival Internacional de Cine de Talavera de la Reina 2024, Spain

  • Matera Film Fest 2024, Italy

  • Borders | No Borders 2024, USA

  • FICVI, Festival Internacional de Curtmetratges de Vila-seca 2024, Spain

  • Festival Cine Zaragoza 2024, Spain

  • ÍCARO Festival Internacional de Cine en Centroamérica 2024, Guatemala

  • Bogotá Short Film Festival BOGOSHORTS 2024, Colombia

  • Dhaka International Film Festival 2025, Bangladesh

  • Carrboro Film Fest 2025, USA

  • SANFICI Santander International Film Festival 2025, Colombia

  • Houston Latino Film Festival 2025, USA

  • Festival Cortogijón 2025, Spain

  • Nouveaux Regards Film Festival 2025, Guadeloupe

  • Las Cruces International Film Festival 2025, USA

  • Kinolatino Latinamerican Film Festival 2025, Belgium

  • Rencontres de cinéma sud-américain de Marseille et Région Sud 2025, France

  • Rosario Latinamerican Film Festival 2025, Argentina

  • Shorts México 2025, México

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)