WAIT FOR NIGHT

25m / color / 2:39


Speculative images try in vain to capture the effect of an increasingly harsh climate on a deteriorating landscape. Two siblings return to their late father’s house for the last time, but they encounter an already unfamiliar environment in the place that holds their past. Finally an old neighbor emerges as an enduring witness to the land and way of life. WAIT FOR NIGHT is a triptych of loss in America’s Southwest.


Starring: Irma Yuliana Barbosa, Rigo Garay & Chuy García
DP: Lidia Nikonova
Sound: Shaun Yee
PD: Marian Wood




Recipient of NALIP Latino Lens incubator & Future of Film is Female grant

       


This film is a proof of concept for a feature project currently in development.

WHEN THERE WAS WATER

15m / 16mm, color / 1:66


After a long separation, Ida’s encounter with her mother creates an unexpected sensation in her body. She resists the forceful lens of the present, as she tries to recreate the image of her mother in her mind and body.


Starring: Irma Yuliana Barbosa, Idalis DeLeón
DP: Lidia Nikonova
Sound: Shaun Yee


   

SLIP

12m / color / 1:78


A restless woman wanders around a mostly vacant city after hours. Obscured by darkness, senses and perception are altered. Her body navigates this liminal space of night cascading in time across urban georgraphies. 



Starring: Valerie “Tei Shi” Teicher
DP: Alex Ashe
Sound: Jackie! Zhou


   

  

Distributed by Kino Lorber / Dedza as part of an anthology highlighting emerging & underrepresented filmmakers, WHO WILL START ANOTHER FIRE. Released theatrically & online in 2021.


Featured in Filmmaker magazine

Now streaming on Criterion Channel

UNTITLED, IN PROCESS 

2015 / 13m / color, b&w / 4 channel


Multi-channel experimental documentary on the late visionary artist and founder of The Underground Museum, Noah Davis. 


Previously on view:
2016 Frye Museum, Seattle, WA
2017 California College of the Arts, SF