Fran Zayas
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Biography
Puerto Rican independent filmmaker based in New York City. Fran is a recent graduate of the MFA Film program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a focus in Directing and Writing. He has been awarded the BAFTA BBC Diversity Scholarship, the Spike Lee Production Film Fund, and the Cary Fukunaga Production Fund. Zayas’ films focus on individuals navigating moral dilemmas, generational family trauma, and the search for belonging in the face of gentrification and climate change.
Known For
A fragmented story of unrequited love in the post-apocalyptic wasteland of the last colony on Earth, Puerto Rico.
Terrarium of the Sleepless
After a hurricane ravages his hometown, a grieving man breaks into an off-limits cemetery to rescue the lost remains of his brother in order to give him a proper burial.
In Between Storms
Isolated in an old rustic house, a father must confront apparitions of his recently deceased daughter a day away from her funeral.
La bruma y el descanso
Camila, an explosive teenager with dreams of being an activist leader, organizes a pacific student protest. When no student shows up for the protest, she convinces her friends to take up arms to take over their school. Things take a turn when the Principal corners Camila and her friends, forcing her to make a choice: to surrender or push forward.
Weona Loca
A young slam poet who can't escape his demons prepares to deliver his performance before a live audience.
Stray Dog
What seems to be a burgeoning romance between two Indigenous people takes an unexpected turn in this bold and thrilling blend of the satirical and the sinister by writer-director ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby.