Comadre
Marielitos is a Mexican immigrant nanny struggling with the last days of her current nanny job, and trying to find a new one.
The Team
Featuring Reyna, Ava Garza, Claire Street, Mayra Rosario
Director, Writer, Editor Nicole Chi
Producers Fumiya Hayakawa, Hao-Wei Timothy Chang
Director of Photography Sebastián Valdivieso Jáuregui
Production Designer Em Shapiro
Sound Design Gabriela Rivas Feoli
Sound Mixing Miles Forest Greenwood
Colorist Chisco Arce
First Assistant Director Verónica Maciel
Sound Recordist Fumiya Hayakawa
Gaffer Alex Le, Axel Alarcon
Key Grip Jess Lopez
Grip Daniel Onderdonk, Wyatt Franz, Ariel Juarez, Evan Katz
First Assistant Camera Evan L'roy, Zachary de La Garza
Set Dresser Anne Chow, Tuesday Becker
Script Supervisor Nalbeat Kwon
Production Assistant Marie Yamamoto
Awards
Best Costa Rican Short Film Costa Rica International Film Festival, 2023
DGA Student Film Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement (Latino Category, West Coast) Director's Guild of America, 2022
Best Texas Short Film Oak Cliff Film Festival, 2023
L-MAS Graduate Student Award University of Texas at Austin, 2022
Selections
Telluride Film Festival (2023)
Monterrey International Film Festival (2023)
Costa Rica International Film Festival (2023)
Carrboro Film Festival (2023)
Mittelamerikanisches Filmfestival en Viena (2023)
Lobo Fest (2023)
Kera - Frame of Mind (2023)
El Paso Film Festival (2023)
Topaz Film Festival (2023)
Lost River Film Festival (2023)
Oak Cliff Film Festival (2023)
Philadelphia Latino Film Festival (2023)
UPTILT Film Festival (2023)
BOGOSHORTS - Festival de Cortos de Bogotá (2022)
New Orleans Film Festival (2022)
San Francisco Latino Film Festival (2022)
Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse (2023)
New York Latino Film Festival (2022)
