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Hey, I'm Bianca!
San Francisco, California
Bianca Beyrouti (she/her) is a queer Bay Area-based indie filmmaker and producer with a decade’s worth of credits in the realms of narrative and documentary shorts and features. A firm believer in the power of film to promote empathy and justice in front of and behind the camera, Bianca is drawn to visual stories that shine on a light on the margins of representation and understanding - particularly for BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and disabled communities.
She is best known as the former Associate Producer of the award-winning PBS documentary series Independent Lens. Her most noteworthy narrative producing credit is the indie feature Bring Me an Avocado, which won the audience award at its world premiere at Cinequest and is currently streaming on Amazon Prime, Google Play, YouTube Movies, and Tubi. Her other film credits have screened at such festivals as SFFilm, Frameline, OutFest, Palm Springs International, Napa Valley, and Vail. She has successfully crowdfunded three independent films - two of which were run on Seed&Spark and one of which (Bring Me an Avocado) placed as a finalist in their inaugural Hometown Heroes rally. She is currently in production on a documentary feature entitled Deconstruction (currently on Seed&Spark) and a documentary short entitled Women Who Ride (previously on Seed&Spark), in addition to developing a narrative feature with the support of Sundance Institute.
She is an active member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia and often serves as a panelist and film festival screener. Finally, she tries to write the occasional script when she can and hopes to move into the director’s chair herself someday.
My Projects
Bring Me an Avocado
San Francisco, California• Film Feature
Drama
When a violent encounter leaves Robin in a coma, her family ventures to maintain normalcy for her children while managing their own grief.
This project got the green light!
The Alternate
Oakland, California• Film Feature
Sci-Fi, Thriller
Upon unlocking a portal to an alternate dimension where his dreams have come true, struggling filmmaker Jake must confront his ideal self.
This project got the green light!
Women Who Ride
Oakland, California• Film Short
Documentary
WOMEN WHO RIDE is a short character-driven verité documentary about Oakland’s first Black all-women motorcycle club, D’Vious Wayz.
This project got the green light!
Deconstruction
San Francisco, California• Art & Photography
Documentary, Transmedia
After a 25 year cancer odyssey, Joyce Mallonee decides to channel her experiences into an art show with the help of her son Alex.
This project got the green light!
Coming Around
New York City, New York• Film Feature
Documentary, LGBTQ
A queer Muslim woman grapples with deciding to come out to her devout mother and ends up marrying her boyfriend to evade silent disapproval.
This project got the green light!
STORAGE: A Short Horror Film
San Francisco, California• Film Short
Horror
A man is forced to confront his grief when a supernatural presence haunts his storage room.
This project got the green light!
Projects I'm Supporting
Human Shield - Clinic Escort Documentary
San Francisco, California• Film Feature
Documentary
Human Shield features abortion clinic escorts – volunteers who escort patients on one of the most hostile 30-second walks of their lives.
This project got the green light!
Beacon: the Feature Film
Boston, Massachusetts• Film Feature
Documentary, Teen
Three Boston public school students, ranking far below their suburban peers, decide to apply to some of the best private boarding schools in
This project got the green light!
STORAGE: A Short Horror Film
San Francisco, California• Film Short
Horror
A man is forced to confront his grief when a supernatural presence haunts his storage room.
This project got the green light!
The Snow Leopard
San Francisco, California• Film Short
Drama, Music
A composer meets with her composition teacher to help put the final touches on a new piece for string quartet.
This project got the green light!
Through The Blinds Anthology
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama, Thriller
The chronicles and pitfalls of a home through the eyes of seven women over the decades.
This project got the green light!
Coming Around
New York City, New York• Film Feature
Documentary, LGBTQ
A queer Muslim woman grapples with deciding to come out to her devout mother and ends up marrying her boyfriend to evade silent disapproval.
This project got the green light!
You Are Not a Bother, Electric Woman
New York City, New York• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
Poisoned cake in a bathhouse full of kicking ladies. A spunky, steamy, electric experience: get ready for Maria’s perfect last day.
This project got the green light!
I Love You, AllWays
New Orleans, Louisiana• Film Feature
Documentary, LGBTQ
Drag queens and burlesque dancers in New Orleans band together to keep their home bar from closing forever during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
This project got the green light!
LUZ de la Luna
San Jose, California• Film Short
Drama, Romance
Luz de la Luna is the date night for three different generations of Latino couples living in the shadows of the tech towers in San Jose.
This project got the green light!
Arable (Post-Production)
Denver, Colorado• Film Short
Adventure, Sci-Fi
A rebel group defies a corporation's monopoly on horticulture by smuggling stolen plant cuttings to the only remaining farm with arable land
This project got the green light!
Ezra
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama, LGBTQ
A chronically ill dancer finds tranquility in nature while on a camping trip with their boyfriend.
This project got the green light!
Deconstruction
San Francisco, California• Art & Photography
Documentary, Transmedia
After a 25 year cancer odyssey, Joyce Mallonee decides to channel her experiences into an art show with the help of her son Alex.
This project got the green light!
Ace In The Hole
San Francisco, California• Film Feature
Documentary, LGBTQ
A documentary about Bill/ Belinda Kennedy, the magical fairy of Ace Junkyard, who helped SF's collaborative art community achieve their drea
This project got the green light!
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Zindagi Dobara (Life, Again)
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, LGBTQ
After her parents die in a car accident, a South Asian teen has to live with her distant grandmother she's never met or heard of before.
This project got the green light!
JORDAN (The Post Production #SplashForward!)
Atlanta, Georgia• Film Short
Drama, Fantasy
An adventurous young girl cares for an ailing mermaid only to discover she is not what she seems.
This project got the green light!
Roots In My Garden
San Francisco, California• Film Short
Drama, LGBTQ
A young woman discovers she was the posterchild for a nationally publicized custody battle between her two mothers.
This project got the green light!
Get Loved
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Shorts Program
What happens when a lonely woman tries to make a meaningful connection in a marketing focus group for yogurt? Go ahead, love yourself.
This project got the green light!
Wise Love
Atlanta, Georgia• Film Short
Drama, Family
A mother & caregiver for her schizophrenic son makes a desperate attempt to save him, in a decision that could change their lives forever.
This project got the green light!
Silhouette
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Romance, LGBTQ
When a non-binary person's insecurities collide with a lonely photographer's, an unsuspecting bond is created out of the chaos.
This project got the green light!
Land of Gold
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama
A first-gen Punjabi trucker and anxious dad-to-be stumbles across a 10-year-old undocumented Mexican-American on a cross country trip.
This project got the green light!
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Noor
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Romance
An Arab American woman, isolated in rural America, is forced to confront the ghost of her marriage when she meets a sexy next-door neighbor
This project got the green light!
Lunchbox
Cleveland, Ohio• Film Short
Drama
When a Taiwanese American woman prepares lunches from her childhood, she struggles to forgive herself for pushing away her immigrant mother.
This project got the green light!
Hetero Season 2 — Coming of Age LGBTQ Miniseries Made By Teens
Seattle, Washington• Series
LGBTQ, Teen
Five misfit friends scramble to save their Gay Straight Alliance while facing the highs and lows of being queer in high school.
This project got the green light!
We All Live in Gaza
San Francisco, California• Film Feature
Documentary, Transmedia
From inside the siege of Gaza to the world outside, the past, present and future of this embattled piece of planet earth.
This project got the green light!
SPOOKABLE
Los Angeles, California• Series
Horror, LGBTQ
When a trans woman's best friend becomes a werewolf, she must enter a supernatural world within the haunted woods and fight the evil therein
This project got the green light!
We Never Left - The Lebanese Expat Revolution Documentary
New York City, New York• Film Feature
Documentary
WE NEVER LEFT is the story of the Lebanese revolution, through the eyes and experiences of young Lebanese expats in New York.
This project got the green light!
Room Rodeo
Chicago, Illinois• Film Short
Documentary, Drama
A wide-eyed boy is determined to complete a class project that proves his great grandfather is a legendary Black cowboy.
This project got the green light!
This Belongs To Us
Rocky Mount, North Carolina• Film Feature
Documentary
How did a craft developed by African women become synonymous with white male identity in the United States?
This project got the green light!
Women Who Ride
Oakland, California• Film Short
Documentary
WOMEN WHO RIDE is a short character-driven verité documentary about Oakland’s first Black all-women motorcycle club, D’Vious Wayz.
This project got the green light!
THƠ - LGBTQIA+ short film
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
LGBTQ, Drama
An asexual Vietnamese-American girl frees herself from abusive cycles with partners who refuse to understand her.
This project got the green light!
Dead in the Water
Jacksonville, Florida• Film Feature
History, Satire
In 1562, a lone French settler trips on mushrooms and searches for the Fountain of Youth with the reanimated corpse of the man he killed.
This project got the green light!
someone somewhere
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama, Experimental
One fateful night, two college women are forced to come to terms with the unhealthy nature of their friendship.
This project got the green light!
Angels of Uptown
New York City, New York• Series
Action, Crime
After a tragic accident, three unsuspecting millennials take up the mantle of "protecting and serving" their community in Uptown Manhattan.
This project got the green light!
The Laughing Woo Woo
San Francisco, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
A lonesome Egyptian asylee in San Francisco, battles his bizarre misfortunes to follow immigration procedures.
This project got the green light!
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Daughters of a Different Path
Maumee, Ohio• Film Short
Drama, Family
After converting to Islam, Leanna, an African American woman, struggles with her decision following rejection from her devout Baptist mother
This project got the green light!
A Definitive Ranking of My Closest Friends
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, LGBTQ
A group of best friends reaches a boiling point on the side of a desert highway, bringing their annual camping trip to an emotional halt.
This project got the green light!
Juvenile
Memphis, Tennessee• Film Feature
Documentary
Five young people share their juvenile justice system experiences in conversation with activists working to abolish youth incarceration.
This project got the green light!
LOLA
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama
When a young woman is blamed for her ailing health due to her size, a life-threatening medical emergency pushes her to advocate for her life
This project got the green light!
Red Snow
South Lake Tahoe, California• Film Feature
Horror, Comedy
A struggling horror novelist unwittingly invites a real-life vampire into her cabin at Christmastime.
This project got the green light!
Daruma
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
Please follow us on Instagram for more updates! www.Instagram.com/DarumaMovie
This project got the green light!
Freeman Hospitality
Atlanta, Georgia• Series
Sci-Fi, Thriller
In 2055 a black family-run security firm escorts a foreign journalist into the badlands of South Georgia to interview a local tyrant
This project got the green light!
Border'd Season One
Chicago, Illinois• Series
Drama, Family
BORDER'D focuses on a trio of Latinx siblings reunited in their suburban hometown after the passing of their father.
This project got the green light!
The Alternate
Oakland, California• Film Feature
Sci-Fi, Thriller
Upon unlocking a portal to an alternate dimension where his dreams have come true, struggling filmmaker Jake must confront his ideal self.
This project got the green light!
CHOSEN FAM
San Francisco, California• Series
Comedy, Drama
An all Queer, Trans People Of Color indy rock band navigates relationships, growing up and growing apart in the SF Bay Area DIY Music Scene.
This project got the green light!
Hotline: Digital Series
New York City, New York• Series
Drama, LGBTQ
Attorney Hazel Clarke becomes involved at a suicide hotline and begins to look like a murderer after the suspicious death of her sister.
This project got the green light!
After the Game
Oakland, California• Film Feature
Documentary, Sport
Three women from a 1999 college basketball team push to test their limits. Two decades later, they apply lessons learned off the court.
This project got the green light!
The Pushouts
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama, Documentary
THE PUSHOUTS is the story of Victor Rios’ evolution from school pushout to UC professor and thought leader on the school-to-prison pipeline.
This project got the green light!
Jus Soli
Oakland, California• Film Short
Sci-Fi, Thriller
Lisa is called into a seemingly routine government interview but things spiral out of control when an old family secret comes to light.
This project got the green light!
Vulveeta: The Music Continues
San Francisco, California• Film Feature
Comedy, Music
Grrrilda Beausoleil’s turning 50, and all she wants is a reunion with her 1990s riot grrrl band—the one she abandoned 20 years ago.
This project got the green light!
The Whistle - 70s & 80s lesbian youth in Albuquerque, New Mexico
San Francisco, California• Film Feature
Documentary, History
We didn't all know each other, but we knew how to find each other.
This project got the green light!
Drought
Wilmington, North Carolina• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
The summer after high school, Sam searches for a better life for herself and younger brother with Autism.
This project got the green light!
YAI NIN
Seattle, Washington• Film Short
Documentary, Foreign Film
The owner of a sausage factory in Thailand, Ninlawan keeps in contact with her family in America while holding down the family business.
This project got the green light!
Lady Parts
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
When a high-risk cancer patient chooses preventative surgery, her removed organs move into her house and start talking to her.
This project got the green light!
Petty Cash
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama
In Upstate New York, a young bartender is overwhelmed by past demons when her estranged brother falls on her doorstep, asking for help.
This project got the green light!
Interrobang
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, Romance
Love, sex, and anxiety collide in 6 stories that explore awkward, irreverent, emotionally raw, and relationship defining moments after sex.
This project got the green light!
Nanay’s Lullaby - Filipino-American Short
San Francisco, California• Film Short
Drama, LGBTQ
A gay Filipino-American must reunite with his homophobic family when his mother becomes ill
This project got the green light!
San Francisco Stories
San Francisco, California• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
Five interlocking stories capturing the essence of San Francisco, a city of heartbreaking beauty eternally on the edge of change
This project got the green light!
King of the Road
San Francisco, California• Film Short
Documentary
When Rick's not driving tractor trailers, he's crooning as an Elvis tribute artist and leaving folks who meet him "all shook-up".
This project got the green light!
Ashley's Story
Watsonville, California• Film Short
Documentary, Teen
Set in the strawberry farming community of Watsonville, CA, Ashley Solis–Mexican-American teenager, strawberry picker, and
This project got the green light!
The New Frontier
Seattle, Washington• Film Short
Western, Experimental
This isn't your classic TLC Western. A Western Film reclaiming People of Color's Forgotten History and Contributions to the United States
This project got the green light!
Bridges: Solstice
Oakland, California• Film Feature
Drama, LGBTQ
A triptych of stories invite us into the interweaving worlds of Yara, Ilhan, Quina and Luciana, who embody water, air, earth, and fire.
This project got the green light!
CA Shorts
San Francisco, California• Film Feature
Other, Shorts Program
The strongest magnet of all is the possibility of reinvention.
This project got the green light!
The NEW FREEDOM
Denver, Colorado• Film Feature
Horror, Thriller
It's not just about survival. It's about a community.
This project got the green light!
Romance Analyst
New York City, New York• Film Feature
Comedy
A platonic love triangle between a woman, her best friend, and her therapist.
This project got the green light!
Pozole
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
Maia prolly killed her Nana.
This project got the green light!
Amber the Hammer
Richmond, California• Film Short
Action, Drama
An overambitious young crimefighter finds herself in a life-or-death situation and must call on an old friend for help.
This project got the green light!
Snaggletooth
San Francisco, California• Film Short
Comedy, Horror
An unusual girl needs to get her teeth fixed at midnight.
This project got the green light!
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The F Word: A Foster-to-Adopt Story
Oakland, California• Series
Comedy, Documentary
The F Word: A Foster-to-Adopt Story
This project got the green light!
Poster Boy
San Francisco, California• Film Short
Comedy, LGBTQ
In this silent comedy film, Stuart sees himself on a poster and has no idea how he got there.
This project got the green light!
Escaping Freedom
Portland, Oregon• Film Feature
Drama, LGBTQ
A doubting pastor must question everything he believes when his free-spirited sister challenges his view of what being free truly means.
This project got the green light!
The Gift
San Francisco, California• Film Short
Fantasy, Drama
In a parallel universe, an isolated girl who is bullied for her uncommonly large ears finds solace in an unusual friendship with a crow.
This project got the green light!
LION KILLER
Houston, Texas• Film Feature
Drama
Fighting Solves Everything
This project got the green light!
Bring Me an Avocado
San Francisco, California• Film Feature
Drama
When a violent encounter leaves Robin in a coma, her family ventures to maintain normalcy for her children while managing their own grief.
This project got the green light!
A Room Full of Nothing
Austin, Texas• Film Feature
Adventure, Romance
In this Swiss Army Man meets Eternal Sunshine adventure an artistic couple's life takes a bizarre turn when they wake up alone in the world.
This project got the green light!
The Atavist
Pittsfield, Berkshire County• Film Feature
Adventure, Sci-Fi
A young woman travels to the past, but when the things she leaves alter history, she must get them back to save the future.
This project got the green light!
Palace
Bloomington, Indiana• Film Feature
Drama
The family-fractured lives of a stubborn mechanic, a retired widower, and a repressed college student intertwine at a bar in rural Indiana.
This project got the green light!
Girl Talk
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama, LGBTQ
Girl Talk follows Mia, as she explores the complications of intimacy, coming to a head when she meets an intriguing lesbian couple.
This project got the green light!
Fantastic Santa Monaco
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama, Satire
A film about a group of performance artists who are looking for love, connection and significance in Los Angeles.
This project got the green light!
Virtually
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Romance, Sci-Fi
A woman struggling in a post-apocalyptic wasteland discovers a VR machine and finds love while repeating the same VR sunset over and over.
This project got the green light!
Bitter Taste
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama
A dark drama about a successful Scottish Chef who relives memories of his childhood through cooking.
This project got the green light!
The Invaders
New York City, New York• Film Short
Horror, Thriller
When a girl is followed on her way home, she finds herself facing a sinister force that threatens her entire existence.
This project got the green light!
BROTHERS
New York City, New York• Series
Drama, LGBTQ
A group of transgender male friends live, love and bind in Brooklyn.
This project got the green light!
Make Out Party
Chicago, Illinois• Film Short
Comedy, LGBTQ
Make Out Party is a queer high-style, no budget comedy of errors set against the colorful backdrop of the Chicago underground.
This project got the green light!
Cinematcher - Lights.Camera.Connect.
New York City, New York• Company
Film-related Business, Filmmaker Resource
Hire and Get Hired for Film, TV and Digital Projects Instantly - globally
This project got the green light!
Human Telegraphs
New York City, New York• Series
Comedy
Three women form a ‘human messaging’ business in NYC and get tangled in the intimate, unexpected, and hilarious lives of strangers.
This project got the green light!
Female Friendly
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy
A female-driven, buddy comedy about two women and their pursuit in female friendly porn production!
This project got the green light!
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Paper Birds, Film Production Fund
Oakland, California• Film Short
Action, Drama
A desperate TV starlet with a rocky career makes an attempt at getting back in the spotlight by joining the circus
This project got the green light!
Ghost Girl
New York City, New York• Series
Comedy, Musical
Ghost Girl, Jess, navigates the afterlife and helps BFFL, Emma Leigh, through the 5 Stages of Grief with songs, snacks, sleepovers & more.
This project got the green light!
Pay to Stay
New York City, New York• Film Short
Horror, LGBTQ
A couple take a mini-vacation to repair their relationship, unaware the AirBNB they rented may lead to their untimely end.
This project got the green light!
Distance
Los Angeles, California• Series
Romantic Comedy
a long distance love story told from two perspectives - HIS (directed by a fella) and HERS (directed by a lady)
This project got the green light!
Biophilia
Petaluma, California• Film Short
Thriller, Shorts Program
When an animal dies under her watch, an isolated new farmer is pushed to prove her worth.
This project got the green light!
About a Donkey
New York City, New York• Film Feature
Comedy, LGBTQ
A quirky ensemble comedy about growing up, about growing old, and about a donkey.
This project got the green light!
Hard-ish Bodies
Austin, Texas• Film Short
Comedy, Shorts Program
An ensemble comedy featuring the men and women of Stoney’s Rock Hard Palace - a male strip club with dancers of all shapes and sizes.
This project got the green light!
Real Artists
San Francisco, California• Film Short
Sci-Fi, Thriller
In the near future, a young animator is offered what should be her dream job; but then discovers the truth of the modern "creative" process.
This project got the green light!
Trust Me: A Witness Account of The Goatman
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Horror, Thriller
A woman follows her boyfriend into the woods for a surprise only to find something far more sinister: the legend of the Goatman.
This project got the green light!
A punk Daydream
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Documentary
Indonesia has one of the biggest punk scenes in the world, amidst poverty, pollution and oppression.
This project got the green light!
