Memories Beneath Frigid Waters

Short film, 16mm, 2023, 11 mins

Memories Beneath Frigid Waters is a Super 16mm narrative film set in the interior of British Columbia, Canada, wherein Eliza, a mid-20's drifter, stands deeply in denial surrounding her estranged mother’s passing, in spite of recently inheriting her family's cabin. When faced with the impossible task of deciding the cabin’s fate, compounded with the inability to healthily grieve, Eliza engages with various tumultuous behaviours to cope. It is within this world of serrated uncertainty where she quickly realizes that the road to healing is far more tedious and unsettled than she originally thought.

Pigments of Earth Magic

Short film, 2023, 9 mins

Pigments of Earth Magic is a small-file experimental short that centres around our human bodies' alignment with the cosmos. The film follows a young woman interacting with the five elements, earth, fire, air, water and spirit.

I Heart Dina

Short film, unreleased

This documentary explores the life’s journey of my Nonna, Dina Ramponi, an Italian-Canadian immigrant who came to Canada in the 1960’s. The film stitches curated tableaus and mobile scenes together to showcase sentimental items and rituals, using them as items to spark dialogue. Themes of fossilized culture, life’s lessons, and threads of memory are explored, in an attempt to probe one central question: what series of events led her to this place in time and how her perspective on life’s greatest joys have influenced her.