Lesly Esparza

A skinny, manic boy, Julian, sits at the dinner table with his Stepfather and Stepbrother. Julian struggles to cope with the suicide of his mother, along with conflicting viewpoints between Julian and his Stepfather regarding her death. Julian accuses others of his mother's misfortune. The Stepfather regards it as a selfish act, all while they have dinner in honor of her death date.

A short film about an insomniac astrophysicist who tries to solve an earth-shattering event, but ends up confronting herself.

Emily moves into her first dorm room in hopes of hiding from her traumatic past, but it follows her in the shape of a shadow that haunts her at night. With the help of her best friend and Nana, Emily navigates her traumatic past and confronts her darkness.

It's a cute little melancholy family drama about life and death. No explosions or car chases, just people talking about how they feel... or rather not talking about how they feel.

Chrysalis follows the story of Renee, a troubled teenager torn between seeking closure from her alcoholic father and spending time with her high school friends for the last time before leaving for college. This short film grapples with the idea of what it’s like to grow up and leave your old life behind

Montana is a short experimental narrative that explores the relationship between two girls. Using found footage and other recordings, a story is told in which puberty, longing, and curiosity are intertwined. Datamoshing is used to create the effect on film, and conserves the memory of the narrative in a fluid, transitory way, as if looking into the brain of someone telling the story. Montana asks its viewers to remember what it was like to be small.