Jay Villalobos
Directing
Biography
Jay Villalobos is an experimental filmmaker who primarily focuses on experimental films that utilize lo-fi technology such as mini DV/DVD and HI-8 handycams. She also occasionally makes narrative films.
Known For
A girl is haunted after she survives an attack.
To Be A Woman, To Be A Lady, To Be A Girl
A woman thinks back on an old, intimate friendship she used to have.
Paper Bubble Gum
Follow a girl and a robot as they transform into a real girl and a real robot.
Real Girl/Real Robot
A hikikomori girl falls in love with a woman who is secretly trying to turn her into a CRT.
Brain Rot
A woman, alone in her apartment, tries to go to sleep but is overwhelmed with a flash of memories and emotions.
A Woman Without Clothes Tries To Sleep
Lilly, a trans woman, slowly turns into a rose after taking her estrogen pills. Meanwhile, a bee suddenly appears in her room and tries to pollinate her. She must try to avoid this bee while coming to terms with the violent changes to her body.
Rose Tinted
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How To Wake Up In The Morning When Everyday Is A Struggle
A computer tries to turn itself into a woman.
Invasion Of The Plastic Women
Shots of a home that used to house lots of people.
Esta Casa Era Un Castillo
A girl is going through a rough break up.
No More Tears
A girl tries to go out with her friends but the memories of past sexual trauma are preventing her from enjoying the night.
Everything Looks Dirty
A girl can't get over her ex-girlfriend.
I Shall Die Happily Among Rats
A woman wishes her lover well as she drifts away.
Descansa, Amor
A girl stays in her room watching videos she's recorded before.
Hermit Film
A special kind of girl decides to do some research online.
An Evening Online
Collectively authored cut-for-cut remake of the 1929 film of the same name through the lens of internet-based aesthetics. Drawing a lineage from the experiments of Soviet montage to contemporary trends such as sludge content, desktop documentary, corecore, and database cinema, Man with a Movie Camera (2025) attempts to reinvigorate the popular avant-garde project of a universal cinematic language which was originally developed almost a century ago by Dziga Vertov and The Kinoks.
Man with a Movie Camera
A woman commutes back home after having a traumatic night.