Forest Ave Films

PRODUCING / FOR HIRE

PRODUCING WORK:

REST STOP

PRODUCER

DIRECTED BY: CRYSTAL KAYIZA

A young Ugandan-American girl gains a new understanding of her family and her place in the world as she travels with her mother and brother from New York to Oklahoma, in this richly textured drama by Crystal Kayiza.

Winner of the Short Film Jury Award: US Fiction at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

SELECTED SCREENINGS: TIFF, Sundance, SXSW, Blackstar, New Orleans, Hamptons International Film Festival, Nitehawk Shorts

BUG FARM

PRODUCER

DIRECTED BY: LYDIA CORNETT

Four distinct women form a bond over crickets, superworms, and roaches on an insect farm in the small town of LaBelle.

 

Premiered on Nowness, Reel South Shorts, and POV

SELECTED SCREENINGS: New Orleans Film Festival, BAMCinemaFest, AFI Docs

PENTATARMEX RABITULAR

PRODUCER / ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

DIRECTED BY: CASEY FRIEDMAN

A woman mourning her grandmother takes a job luring an entity from a hole.

 

Premiered on Short of The Week in 2024

SELECTED SCREENINGS: Montclair Film Festival

 

WORK FOR HIRE:

SOUND FIELD

DIRECTOR / PRODUCER

CLIENT: PBS DIGITIAL STUDIOS / TPT

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CLIMATE ARTISTS

SOUND / SECOND CAMERA

CLIENT: ALL ARTS / THIRTEEN - NEW YORK PUBLIC MEDIA

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