Film
Te Mana o Teao (The strength of the World)
Te Mana o Teao is a 15-minute short documentary set in Rapa Nui — Easter Island — the most remote inhabited island in the world. It tells the story of José Teao, an indigenous Rapa Nui underwater hunter and freediver who lost a leg in an accident and spent years in darkness, unable to swim and provide for his family. But the ocean kept calling him back. Te Mana o Teao follows his journey of resilience and spiritual renewal, where the sea transforms loss into purpose and power.
West O. Dreaming
In 1933, Charlotte Beradt began collecting dreams of people in her Berlin neighborhood, and eventually published The Third Reich of Dreams. The film West O. Dreaming is a core sample of dreams during our time in history. The film portrays a series of dreams, each in creative collaboration with its dreamer. The project rises to the challenge of the near impossibility of representing dreams—a task which touches on language, meaning and the nature of consciousness.
Roll Fog
Documentary feature film, currently in production. ROLL FOG starts at the historic Kezar Stadium, home of San Francisco City FC (SF City FC), the oldest supporter-owned football club in the US. The sudden arrival of a billionaire-backed copycat team displaces SF City FC from their home, reflecting decades of gentrification faced by the city’s working class. We witness the fervor of the club’s supporters—made up of fútbol fanatics, punk rockers, high schoolers, fighters, and anti-racist skinheads—as they join forces to fight back and lay claim to their city in defiance of those seeking to push them out. Support: 2026 SFFILM [...]
Queercore San Francisco
In the late 1980s and ’90s, as mainstream LGBTQ+ culture moved toward assimilation, San Francisco’s queercore scene forged a radical, DIY world of music, zines, and performance—where rage, joy, and resistance collided to make queer identities unapologetically visible.
Todo Lo Sólido (All That is Solid)
Todo Lo Sólido (All That Is Solid) tells the story of an island sinking into the Caribbean Sea. As a nameless drifter searches for explanations about the island's destiny, reality and fantasy merge to reflect on the construction of a nation and the burden of progress.
STREET SMART: Lessons from a TV Icon
STREET SMART: Lessons from a TV Icon is a feature documentary about Sonia Manzano — known to millions as “Maria” from Sesame Street. The film follows Sonia’s remarkable journey, from a young girl in the South Bronx finding refuge in television, to becoming the first Latina on American TV in a regular role, through 44 years on screen on Sesame Street, and now as the creator of Alma’s Way. Featuring interviews with luminaries, original animation, and scripted scenes that blend humor and heart, this inspirational documentary invites viewers to learn once again from this beloved icon. Written & Directed by [...]
This is Me Loving You
Sydney, a gregarious heroin user, moves into a Chicago recovery home and befriends Julia, an alcoholic filmmaker. When Sydney gets pregnant and returns to her abusive boyfriend, both women reenter the world of abuse and addiction, a world that so often demands we choose between protecting each other or saving ourselves. An intimate portrait of friendship made in the trenches of overlapping crises, This is Me Loving You is a manifesto of radical care showing what it means to heal ourselves in the midst of systems that promise support but instead hold us down.
Object Permanence
Psychologist Jean Piaget’s concept of OBJECT PERMANENCE involves the understanding that people and things still exist even when you can't see or hear them. It is a key milestone in human cognitive development. The short sci-fi film OBJECT PERMANENCE explores the complexities of the human psyche and plays with the idea of presence. Life is transformed for best friends Drexciya and Echo when Drexciya’s employer, the California Aeronautics and Space Agency (CASA), reveals that it now possesses an interstellar object that has reached Earth. Echo finally finds the fulfillment he’s so desperate for in a connection with Drexciya’s colleague, Jency; [...]
Living Harriet Tubman
Living Harriet Tubman chronicles the story of Nancy Whittle, a Fresno woman who has spent thirty years performing as Harriet Tubman at contentious Civil War reenactments across California. As she nears the end of her 30-year reenacting journey, she enlists her community to stage a final performance—one that not only honors Tubman’s legacy but also tells her own life’s journey.
98 Days: Last Stand at City Hall
98 Days is a hybrid documentary tracing activist-filmmaker RJ Dawson’s journey from the 2020 Grand Park occupation, where Black Unity organizers and unhoused residents clashed with police and internal divisions to his current work with the Center of Independent Living Storytellers Initiative, a disability justice media project. The film contrasts the sacrifices of street protests with today’s accessible resistance tactics, asking how movements can wield narrative power without replicating trauma. At its heart, it’s a story about who controls the camera and whether marginalized communities can televise their revolution without being consumed by it.
