Short films directed and edited for the a big screen.
12 min, color, HD
Credits: Director | Producer | Editor
'We Are Blood' is a short documentary that takes us on a rare intimate journey inside a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. We begin to understand the plight of a diminishing people through the eyes of a preschool teacher who brings the spirit of play to children enduring the biggest refugee crisis of our time. We come to know Noor Kaida, a bright young Rohingya woman who describes her life in a 'birdcage' while she smiles in the hope of being seen. We see how the children are a wonder and a beacon of hope contrasted sharply to the suffocation of a world without possibility.
US Premiere: Ashland Independent Film Festival 2019, Ashland, Oregon
Europe Premiere: Ethnografilm Festival 2019, Paris, France
13 min, color, HD
Credits: Cinematographer | Editor
Synopsis: A short documentary about the iconic San Francisco restaurant, Cafe Jacqueline. The film highlights the consistent excellence and originality of this beloved old-school French bistro located in the heart of San Francisco’s North Beach area.
Screening: The Napa Valley Film Festival, 2018
9 min, 16mm, color, 2005
Credits: Director | Producer | Cinematographer | Editor
Living Poets is a poetic short film about poets that took over the 16th and Mission Bart station in San Francisco every Thursday night.
Screenings:
SF International Shorts, 2006
Sonoma Valley Film Festival, 2006
Silver Lake Independent Film Festival, 2006
Mad Cat Women’s International Film Festival, 2005
Awards:
Best Short Documentary, Sonoma Valley Film Festival, 2006
Best Short Documentary, Silver Lake Film Festival, 2006
Best Documentary, Documentary Film Institute Award, 2006
16 min, color, 16mm & DV, 2007
Credits: Director | Producer | Editor
A personal documentary about the filmmaker as she tries to understand who she is as an adult, looking back at her tumultuous upbringing with her mother. This is the first film in a 3 part series. The second series will be released in 2019.
13 min, color, DV, 2006
Credits: Director | Producer | Editor
A short film about Community Supported Agriculture. Distributed by Lily Films, Inc. on the Bonus Disk of "The Future of Food" by Deborah Koons Garcia.
Feature films for the big screen and global distribution.
76 min, Color, HD, US Premiere: DocLands Film Festival, May 2019
Credit: Producer
MOTHERLOAD is a crowd-sourced documentary about a new mother’s quest to understand our current cultural shift toward isolation and disconnection, what this could mean for the future of the planet, and how life on a cargo bike could be the antidote. As filmmaker Liz Canning explores the growing global movement to replace cars with purpose-built bikes, she learns about the bicycle’s history and potential future as the ultimate “social revolutionizer.”
Telling a memorable story in sound bites.
A commercial to advertise the Quantified Self 2015 Conference and EXPO. The event convened thousands of advanced users and tool makers from over 100 cities in 30 countries.
A commercial for customers to receive after they make a purchase from Atherton Appliance based in Menlo Park.
A commercial to advertise the Ross Valley CrossFit 6-Week Nutrition Challenge on social media.
Documentary films to represent an organization or company. Films are used for advertising, fundraising and public relations.
A fundraising video from footage taken at the first Pregnancy in Prison Statistics conference organized to support pregnant women in prison.
A short film made to screen at the Mary Elizabeth Inn Gala, celebrating 100 years of supporting women’s lives.
A short documentary created to portray the incredible work of the International Institute of the Bay Area.
This was a collaborative film between See Change and MIV to highlight the great work of Mobilize the Immigrant Vote (MIV). The film was published on the MIV website and shown at fundraising galas to raise money. The film documents the grueling months activists worked to get immigrants to the polls leading up to the historic 2008 election.
