Select Work: Scripted Comedy
Signature Move, feature
CO-WRITER
A closeted Muslim lesbian takes up lucha-style wrestling as a way to release the anxiety from her stressful job and tense relationship with her newly widowed mother.
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Outfest - Los Angeles, CA
BFI Flare - London, England
Sidewalk Film Festival - Birmingham, AL
Women in Film Night - Bullock Museum, Austin, TX
Laugh or Die Comedy Fest - Gatlinburg, TN
Austin Comedy Fest - Austin, TX
Inside Out - Toronto, ON
Inside Out -Ottawa, ON
Out On Film - Atlanta, GA
Female Eye Film Festival - Toronto, Canada
Perlen Queer Film Festival - Hanover, Germany
Videoqueer - Florence, Italy
Lesbian Film Festival - Freiburg, Germany
Cineffable - Bordeaux, France
CinePride - Nantes, France
Cinema Systers - Paducah, KY
Lesbian Film Festival - London, Ontario
Pink Apple Film Festival - Zurich, Switzerland
Lesbian Visibility Day - Kreuzberg, Germany
Printemps lesbien de Toulouse - Toulouse, France
CinHomo - Valladolid, Spain
Wicked Queer - Boston, MA
Crystal Queer - Los Angeles, CA
Leeds Queer Film Festival - Leeds, England
Queer Screen Mardi Gras Festival - Sydney, Australia
REEL Women in Film - Bullock Museum, Austin, TX
New Filmmakers - Los Angeles, CA
Lesbian Love In Shorts - Los Angeles, CA
L-Beach - North Germany
Kashish - Mumbai, India
Film Out - San Diego, CA
Out Film - Hartford, CT
North Queer Film Festival - Sudbury, Ontario
Out Here Now - Kansas City, MO
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival - Honolulu, HI
Out South - Durham, NC
Blue Whiskey Film Festival - Chicago, IL
Women Texas Film Festival - Dallas, TX
STAMPED - Pensacola, FL
EVQ Film Festival - NYC, NY
aGLIFF - Austin, TX
Outflix - Memphis, TN
FM LGBT Film Festival - Fargo-Moorhead, ND
Austin Revolution Film Festival - Austin, TX
Reeling - Chicago, IL
Cinema Diverse - Palm Springs, CA
Image Out - Rochester, NY
Q Cinema - Fort Worth, TX
CMG Film Festival - West Hollywood, CA
Rainbow Film Festival - Shropshire, England
Women's Week - Provincetown, MA
Montego Bay Pride - Jamaica
QFest - San Antonio, TX
Twist - Seattle, WA
Reel Q - Pittsburgh, PA
PRIDE PICTURES - Karlsruhe, Germany
Way Out West - Albuquerque, NM
Rockport Film Festival - Rockport, TX
Reel Affirmations - Washington D.C.
Indy LGBT Fest -Indianapolis, IN
Sputnik-Cinema - Berlin, Germany -
Grand Jury Best Feature | Outfest
Audience Award Best Feature | Houston Asian Am. Pacific Islander
Audience Award Best Feature | Image + Nation - Montreal
Best Comedy | Q Cinema - Quezon City, Philippines
Best Screenplay | OUT On Film - Atlanta, GA
Best Female Performance | Iris Prize - Cardiff, Wales
Jury Prize Acting, Writing, Producing | Mosaic Int’l Film Festival
Grand Jury Prize Best US Narrative Feature | Outfest 2017
Audience Award Best Feature | Out South Film Festival - Durham, NC
Jury Award Best Feature | Out South Film Festival - Durham, NC
Best American Spectrum Film | Indianapolis International Film Festival
Hoosier Lens | Indianapolis International Film Festival
Best Feature Film | Columbus International Film + Video Festival
Audience Award Best Feature | Connecticut LGBT Film Festival
Best Direction | Film Out - San Diego, CA
Audience Award Best Actress | Film Out - San Diego, CA
Finishing Fund Recipient | Frameline Film Festival - San Francisco, CA
Tribeca Film Institute/Los Cabos Intl FF/LaboDigtal $52,000 Grant
Foxy Trot, short
DIRECTOR / PRODUCER / WRITER
A married lesbian couple unexpectedly faces their relationship issues when they take ballroom dance lessons.
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Sidewalk Film Festival - Birmingham, AL
Outfest - Los Angeles, CA
BFI Flare - London, England
Women in Film Night - Bullock Museum, Austin, TX
Laugh or Die Comedy Fest - Gatlinburg, TN
Austin Comedy Fest - Austin, TX
Inside Out - Toronto, ON
Inside Out -Ottawa, ON
Out On Film - Atlanta, GA
Female Eye Film Festival - Toronto, Canada
Perlen Queer Film Festival - Hanover, Germany
Videoqueer - Florence, Italy
Lesbian Film Festival - Freiburg, Germany
Cineffable - Bordeaux, France
CinePride - Nantes, France
Cinema Systers - Paducah, KY
Lesbian Film Festival - London, Ontario
Pink Apple Film Festival - Zurich, Switzerland
Lesbian Visibility Day - Kreuzberg, Germany
Printemps lesbien de Toulouse - Toulouse, France
CinHomo - Valladolid, Spain
Wicked Queer - Boston, MA
Crystal Queer - Los Angeles, CA
Leeds Queer Film Festival - Leeds, England
Queer Screen Mardi Gras Festival - Sydney, Australia
REEL Women in Film - Bullock Museum, Austin, TX
New Filmmakers - Los Angeles, CA
Lesbian Love In Shorts - Los Angeles, CA
L-Beach - North Germany
Kashish - Mumbai, India
Film Out - San Diego, CA
Out Film - Hartford, CT
North Queer Film Festival - Sudbury, Ontario
Out Here Now - Kansas City, MO
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival - Honolulu, HI
Out South - Durham, NC
Blue Whiskey Film Festival - Chicago, IL
Women Texas Film Festival - Dallas, TX
STAMPED - Pensacola, FL
EVQ Film Festival - NYC, NY
aGLIFF - Austin, TX
Outflix - Memphis, TN
FM LGBT Film Festival - Fargo-Moorhead, ND
Austin Revolution Film Festival - Austin, TX
Reeling - Chicago, IL
Cinema Diverse - Palm Springs, CA
Image Out - Rochester, NY
Q Cinema - Fort Worth, TX
CMG Film Festival - West Hollywood, CA
Rainbow Film Festival - Shropshire, England
Women's Week - Provincetown, MA
Montego Bay Pride - Jamaica
QFest - San Antonio, TX
Twist - Seattle, WA
Reel Q - Pittsburgh, PA
PRIDE PICTURES - Karlsruhe, Germany
Way Out West - Albuquerque, NM
Rockport Film Festival - Rockport, TX
Reel Affirmations - Washington D.C.
Indy LGBT Fest -Indianapolis, IN
Sputnik-Cinema - Berlin, Germany -
Best LGBTQ Short Film | Austin Revolution Film Festival
Best Romantic Comedy | Austin Comedy Fest
Best Cinematography | Female Eye Film Fest - Toronto
Best Women's Short Film | Out South Film Festival - Durham, NC
Best Comedy Short | Fargo-Moorhead Film Festival - MN
Spunkle, short
DIRECTOR / PRODUCER / CO-WRITER
A brother contemplates fatherhood when his older sister and her wife ask him to be their sperm donor.
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Cannes: Emerging Filmmaker Showcase - Cannes, France
Palm Springs Short Fest - Palm Springs, CA
Outfest Film Festival - Hollywood, CA
Frameline - San Francisco, CA
Inside Out - Toronto, Canada
DC Short Fest - Washington, DC
Santa Fe Film Festival - Santa Fe, NM
San Diego Asian Film Festival - San Diego, CA
Side by Side - Moscow, Russia
Lesbian Film Festival - Freiburg, Germany
Roze Filmdagen - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Wicked Queer - Boston, MA
Out & Loud - Pune, India
Pink Apple - Zurich & Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Out Film - Hartford, CT
The Fortnight of Pride - Paris, France
Hollywood Comedy Fest - Hollywood, CA
Charlotte Pride Film Fest - Charlotte, NC
New York Indian Film Fest - New York, NY
Big Island Film Festival - Kohala Coast, Hawaii
Kashish - Mumbai, India
Midwest Independent Film Festival - Chicago, IL
North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - Durham, NC
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival - Honolulu, HI
Broad Humor - Venice, CA
aGLIFF - Austin, TX
Hong Kong Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - Hong Kong
Oaktopia + Granatum - Denton, TX
Reel Pride - Fresno, CA
Reeling - Chicago, IL
Out on Film - Atlanta, GA
Chicago South Asian Film Festival - Chicago, IL
Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - Albuquerque, NM
ImageOut - Rochester, NY
Reel Q - Pittsburgh, PA
Louisville LGBT Film Festival - Louisville, KY
Reel Affirmations - Washington, D.C.
SIGLFF - Sacramento, CA.
The Barcelona International Film Festival - Barcelona, Spain.
Flyway Film Festival - Pepin, WI
Chick Flicks - Dallas, TX
Cineffable Film Festival - Paris, France
Rainbow Visions - Edmonton, Alberta
Sardinia Queer Short Film Festival - Sardinia, Italy
Reedy Reels - Greenville, SC
Festival Chéries-Chéris - Paris, France
Image + Nation Festival - Montreal, Quebec
Toronto South Asian Film Festival - Toronto, Canada -
Emerging LGBTQ+ Filmmaker Award | Cannes (American Showcase)
Audience Award Best Short | Pride Film Fest
Seed & Spark Award Best Short | Flyway Film Festival - Minneapolis, MN
Best Short Film | Santa Fe International Film Festival
Best Short Film | Flicks by Chicks - Dallas, TX