Camila Grimaldi
Production
Biography
Camila Grimaldi (she/her) is an Argentinean-American filmmaker based in Brooklyn. She produces under her banner Ser Nocturna, a production company she co-founded with her fellow Latinx producing partner Arielle Friedman. She has produced short films that have screened at Sundance, SXSW, Woodstock Film Festival, and Raindance, among others, and produced music videos for Atlantic Records, Universal Music Group, and Mischief Management. She is a Film Independent Producing Lab fellow. As a director, Camila focuses on characters and relationships with bite. Her latest short film, Breadwinner, screened at festivals including HollyShorts, New York Latino Film Festival, Bushwick Film Festival, and Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival. She has directed music videos for artists James the Seventh, Raia Was, and Janani K. Jha. She has several projects in development, including a feature based on Breadwinner —a horror film about a blood-thirsty sourdough starter.
Known For
From his cozy library inside the walls of a suburban home, an intellectual snail tells of his life’s love, loss and change.
Lovebugs
Kai, a genderqueer Chinese-American, and their mother, Li, deal with the effects of a heavy storm on their basement apartment in Queens. Zhou, Kai’s grandfather, is dying in Northeast China. During this sleepless night, a familiar spirit visits Kai and mistakes them for Li.
I Saw You in the Flood
Two college-aged women are interviewed by SVU right after they experience a violent, gay hate crime. The two women have yet to figure out if their connection is even romantic, so when the police start asking questions about the nature of their relationship, it's all jokes... until it's not.
Pretty Gay Bash
Noa attends her family’s Passover Seder for the first time since being put on a feeding tube for a gastrointestinal disorder. There, she is confronted with pushy family members, malfunctioning medical devices, and a room of food she can’t eat.
Unholy
A middle-aged Pakistani housewife, in search of herself, hires a young, self-assured sex worker to keep her company for the night.
Kasbi
A family struggles to care for their aging grandfather who has turned into an animal.
Old Goat
In 1950s rural Ontario, Eugene, a closeted gay man, comes across Jack, a handsome young hitchhiker. When Eugene offers Jack a place to spend the night, he is forced to question just how much of his true self he is willing to reveal.
Lonely Country
Under the shadowy threat of war, a young Ukrainian girl awaits a call from her father. As she waits, the day turns into night and she sinks into various dreamscapes from which she must find her way home.
Sunflower Field
When introduced to her fellow nun's family, Sister Flora questions her romantic relationship with Sister Muriel and her devotion to God.
Nun's Beach
An obsessive baker moves in with her boyfriend just as her sourdough starter develops a blood-thirsty craving.
Breadwinner
Kirsten and Mark start making memories together as Kristen’s mother slowly loses hers to Alzheimer’s.
Immutable Uncertainties
Ai, a Chinese immigrant, sees her deceased sister in a tai-chi class.
Carry Tiger to Mountain
Bowen, a nonbinary Asian-American from Queens, tries to connect with their estranged father and help him deal with a poisonous fish bite.