We make films in Oakland, CA

NEWS

3/27/25
LaTajh Simmons-Weaver’s narrative short film
BUDGET PARADISE to play SFFILM Festival.

2/3/25
Linda Mai Green’s film MONDEGREEN now playing festivals!

1/6/25
Aurora Brachman + LaTajh Simmons-Weaver’s documentary HOLD ME CLOSE plays Sundance

12/6/24
Kevin Wong + Vanessa Morena Gentry’s SWEEPING GRAVES wins the SFFILM Rainin Grant for Screenwriting

12/6/24
LaTajh Simmons-Weaver’s NOTAFLOF: A QUEER-INCLUSIVE MEMOIR wins the SFFILM Rainin Grant for Screenwriting

4/29/24
Writer/Director Ryland Walker Knight chosen for the Sundance Institute’s Native Lab to develop feature narrative THE LIP OF THE WORLD

4/24/23
Kevin Wong’s feature documentary film HOME IS A HOTEL wins 2 Best Documentary Awards at SFFILM Festival

4/24/23
Kevin Wong’s HOME IS A HOTEL receives Sundance Grant

2/5/22
Ryland Walker Knight’s WALDEN POND BOOKS receives a Vimeo Staff Pick

FILMS

Below you’ll find some of the films we’ve been a part of as producers (marked with a *) and executive producers (marked with a #).

BUDGET PARADISE dir. LaTajh Simmons-Weaver (SFFILM Festival)*#

AT THE FINISH LINE dir. Topher Cochrane (Chasing Bubbles Youtube)#

MONDEGREEN dir. Linda Mai Green (SFIndiefest)*

HOLD ME CLOSE dirs. Aurora Brachman + LaTajh Simmons-Weaver (Sundance Film Festival, True/False Film Festival)#

WALDEN POND BOOKS dir. Ryland Walker Knight (Vimeo Staff Pick)*#

MEDIAN dir. Matthew Riutta (SF Queer Film Festival, Phoenix Film Festival, LA LGBTQ+ Film Festival)#

HOME IS A HOTEL dir. Kevin Wong + Co-Directors Kar Yin Tam, Todd Sills (SFFILM Festival, Big Sky Film Festival, Austin Film Festival)#

LOCH NESS SWIM dir. Sean Gillane (SFFILM Festival, Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia)*

I WISH YOU WOULD dir. Ryland Walker Knight (Capsaicinco + Friends at the Grand Lake Theater)*#

JUS SOLI dir. Kevin Wong (Film Shortage)*

RETURN SERVICE dir. Sean Gillane (SF Indiefest)*#

GHOSTBOX COWBOY dir. Johnnie Maringouin (Tribeca Film Festival, Denver International Film Festival, Galway Film Fleadh)*

PARQUE CENTRAL dir. Ricardo Gaona (Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, San Francisco Latino Film Festival)*

INSIDE VOICES dir. Ryland Walker Knight (Vancouver Film Festival, SF Indiefest)*

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