Valerie Contreras
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Biography
Valeria Contreras is an award-winning filmmaker from El Paso, Texas. She is a Producers Guild of America Create Fellow, Film Independent Producing Fellow, Cine Qua Non Storylines Lab Fellow, and El Paso Community Foundation Border Art Resident. Valeria’s work focuses on amplifying narratives from the U.S.-Mexico border region. Her short film Homesick screened at festivals globally including the Oscar-qualifying Atlanta Film Festival. In addition to a feature screenplay called Oranges, based on the short film of the same name, Valeria is in development on the Untitled Texas Latina Project, an anthology feature film exploring Latine identity in Texas through the lens of five award-winning Latina directors and writers. The Texas project has received support from the Austin Film Society, SFFilm, WarnerMedia, and The Gotham. Valeria holds degrees from the University of Chicago and Columbia University, where she earned an MFA and received the Michael Hausman Foundation Award and 3Pas Studios Award. She has served on the Young Mezcal Jury at the Guadalajara International Film Festival.
Known For
A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Franco and his boyfriend's nomadic life in an RV is interrupted by Franco's widowed mother's unexpected visit. To satisfy her expectations, Franco fabricates a groomed lifestyle, only to discover that his mother may not be the same person he once knew.
Side Roads
A modern-day tale of two star-crossed lovers, separated by a global pandemic and the U.S.-Mexico Border. This film focuses on the love and bond that unites people and communities across borders—and the heartbreak that exists when that unity is broken.
Homesick
After the Devil enters a bet against God over whether or not humanity can be corrupted, he teams up with the young software engineer Annie to build his doomsday device: the first social media platform.
The Devil on Screen
A young Nigerian boy desecrates his school's Mosque in a bid to connect with his older brother.
Mr. Bold
1996 - As Colombia descends into bloody insurgent warfare, a family must travel on a perilous road to visit their ailing grandfather. Their fear of kidnapping forces them to rely on their youngest child to conceal their fake identities, exposing him to the reality of war.