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Award-Winning Films Produced in Oakland, CA





 


BUDGET PARADISE - Watch Now on Vimeo Staff Picks
(written/directed by LaTajh Simmons-Weaver)
   MONDEGREEN - Coming Soon
   (written/directed by Linda Mai Green)
 HOLD ME CLOSE
(directed by  Aurora Brachman + LatTajh Simmons -Weaver)



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Okta “Box Customer Film”
(post production - editing/gfx/vfx)
Walden Pond Books
(production + post)
Samsung
(production + post)
NEWS

1/30/26
LaTajh Simmons-Weaver’s BUDGET PARADISE is a Vimeo Staff Pick.

12/19/25
Patricia Lee’s WASTED RESOURCES wins Berkeley Film Foundation’s Saul Zaentz Award.

9/17/25
LaTajh Simon-Weaver named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film.

5/13/25
Dominic Mercurio’s music video for Tune-Yards premieres!

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

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

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