Amiel Williams
Directing
Biography
Amiel Williams, also known as El Rey, is an emerging independent filmmaker from California interested in creating narratives connected to place and identity. Their work focuses on the horror and documentary genres, aiming to explore the complexities of human experience.
Known For
"The Winged Detectives" is a queer coming-of-age short film, which follows Reagan and her friends as they prepare for the annual bird-watching competition. Tensions quickly rise for Reagan with the introduction of potential new friends and the absence of a special team member.
The Winged Detectives
Using archival iPhone footage of both the places my father and I call home and our childhood photos, this work collages time and space, traveling from 1975 to 2022 and from Havana, Cuba to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and in between. His home is my home, and my home is his.
ways to spend it
College student Julien knows they're trans, but they're just having a hard time telling the people they care about. And when their best friend confronts them, their fears only grow worse. But when they wake up in the world of their favorite Western movie, they step into the shoes of their hero, the cowboy Harry Allen, and find the strength to come out.
Cowboy Like Him
An American lesbian in Cuba explores gender through dance and film, blending personal experiences and cultural symbols with music and Revolutionary cinema and questions how lesbians fit into Cuban cinema.
Suite Tortilla #59: The Celluloid Women
On the cusp of college graduation and without any clear direction, the unmotivated and misguided Bethany turns to the spiritual to plead for more time, eternal youth.
SEVEN MINUTES IN HEAVEN
A documentary vignette explores the life of Revolutionary feminist and filmmaker Magda Gonzalez Grau, capturing a pivotal interview moment that reveals her evolving feminist politics during the Cuban Revolution.