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Hey, I'm Monica!
Lakeland, Florida
My Projects
Projects I'm Supporting
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Mildly Different
Maynooth, Ireland• Film Short
Drama, Other
An edgy drama about a young woman on the autistic spectrum who struggles w/ all around her until the kindness of one person changes her life
This project got the green light!
Hawks Ridge
Richmond, Virginia• Film Feature
Drama, Thriller
A grieving ex-pastor ponders whether to save the life of the man who killed his wife.
This project got the green light!
The Great Divide
Denver, Colorado• Film Feature
Thriller, Western
In 1879 Colorado, a destitute ranch heiress must seek restitution by joining forces with the dangerous outlaws who murdered her father.
This project got the green light!
The Last Day of School
Minneapolis, Minnesota• Film Short
Drama, Shorts Program
Two boys and two futures, hanging in the balance between an act of kindness and a mother's misguided love.
This project got the green light!
Altars: A Cross-Cultural Day of the Dead
Washington, District of Columbia• Film Feature
Documentary
A groundbreaking documentary film about creating a cross-cultural Day of the Dead celebration for African Americans
This project got the green light!
Trade
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Thriller
What happens when a married father of two shares a cell with a psychopath who only goes after "Trade," and won't take no for an answer.
This project got the green light!
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Search History
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy
In the search of her Korean family’s history, Grace sends her grandma’s DNA to 23+Me and unravels a huge family secret...a Japanese uncle!
This project got the green light!
Frankenstealth
Union, New Jersey• Film Short
Animation, Family
The coolest daddy-daughter relationship is put to the test when an urgent project spirals out of control.
This project got the green light!
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Proud
San Jose, California• Film Short
Drama, Shorts Program
An Asian American learns to become proud of her Korean heritage while trying to discover her identity as an American.
This project got the green light!
Mathilde Who Is Obsessed With Christmas
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy
With nowhere to go on Christmas eve, Mathilde brings her Christmas cheer/obsession to a porn set.
This project got the green light!
Sister/Brother
Portland, Oregon• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
Nora, a broke actress, and her younger brother Scotty drive from Portland to Seattle so she can attend a dinner hosted by her wealthy ex.
This project got the green light!
Between the Moon and You
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
A young couple's sweet romance spirals into chaos as the two fall out of love and struggle to keep a grip on reality.
This project got the green light!
Beyond the Shadows
Sedro-Woolley, Washington• Film Feature
Horror, Comedy
A ghost hunter with his band of misfits explore the paranormal activity of massacred Native American spirits at the Chetco River Lodge.
This project got the green light!
Jacob's Brother
Lake Charles, Louisiana• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
A comedian with bipolar disorder must learn to balance his ambitions with managing his condition or risk losing his family, career, & sanity
This project got the green light!
Oniphron
Portland, Oregon• Film Feature
Drama, Fantasy
A tale about a homeless immortal woman taken in by a Portlander.
This project got the green light!
BABYDOLL
Austin, Texas• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
A failed musician and a stubborn teenager make a pact to drive across Texas to retrieve his stolen guitar and meet her long lost father.
This project got the green light!
I Don't Live Today
New York City, New York• Film Feature
Drama, Experimental
On his last night in NYC, a struggling Black painter wanders the streets cutting off all ties he has to the morally hypocritical art world.
This project got the green light!
Kings of Lincoln County: The Brookstock Movie
Brookhaven, Mississippi• Film Feature
Biography, Music
The amazing untold story of Mississippi musicians that spans fifty years
This project got the green light!
American Totem
Chico, California• Film Feature
Documentary
The modern gun debate is a distraction from the issues that need to be addressed. American Totem refocuses the national conversation.
This project got the green light!
Parkway of Broken Dreams
Las Vegas, Nevada• Film Feature
Documentary
In the 1990s, Las Vegas counterculture boomed along one road: Maryland Parkway. But by the end of the decade, the whole scene vanished.
This project got the green light!
Birthright?!
Miami, Florida• Film Feature
Documentary
A journey into the tropically surreal identities of Miami's favorite hyphenated American musical duo, Afrobeta.
This project got the green light!
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The Bachelorette Party
Orcas, Washington• Film Feature
Comedy, Horror
Six girlfriends go to a remote island for a bachelorette party, where they go from fighting off bad hangovers to fighting for their lives.
This project got the green light!
Hudson
Syracuse, New York• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
Hudson is a dramedy about two distant cousins that take a trip in an old Volvo to scatter one of their late mother's ashes.
This project got the green light!
White Crow
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Mystery, Thriller
A sickly young woman's life unravels when she receives a heart transplant and begins to take on her donor's personality traits.
This project got the green light!
Disfluency
Commerce Charter Township, Michigan• Film Feature
Drama, Comedy
Jane spends the summer after college at her family's lake house where she continues to cope with PTSD after date rape.
This project got the green light!
RUNAROUND SUE
Natchitoches, Louisiana• Film Feature
Drama, Music
RUNAROUND SUE is a small-town Southern bartender known for breaking hearts... until THE WANDERER comes to town.
This project got the green light!
Broker 2
New York, United States• Film Feature
Comedy, Thriller
A small-town serial killer moves from his usual hunting grounds to the Big Apple, where he finds it hard to adjust to city living.
This project got the green light!
Thunderbolt In Mine Eye
Portland, Oregon• Film Feature
Drama, Teen
Two young neighbors embark on a first love relationship in which they struggle to remain kids amid the complexities of modern adolescence.
This project got the green light!
Endless Light
Fairbanks, Alaska• Film Feature
Drama, Sci-Fi
Returning home, a bipolar woman attempts to decipher her brother's suicide through occult intervention with Alaska's wilderness.
This project got the green light!
Tribu in the Mix
Orange, California• Film Short
Drama, Music
In 90s Bay Area, a Filipino immigrant’s frustration with western culture threatens his relationship with his brother, an aspiring DJ.
This project got the green light!
Feeling Through
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama
The unlikely connection between a teen without a home and a deafblind man.
This project got the green light!
Dom
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama
Two old friends reunite on the hottest day of summer.
This project got the green light!
Diving
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
After sparks fly on a first date, Molly is faced with life's impermanence when her date dies in a car accident on his way home.
This project got the green light!
Before I Go
Seattle, Washington• Film Short
Drama, Family
In "Before I Go," a father-daughter duo bake cupcakes and learn to navigate the rippling effects of mental illness.
This project got the green light!
Finding The Asshole
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Horror
Finding The Asshole is like Where's Waldo but you're searching for Waldo in a world of Waldo's.
This project got the green light!
Ellipsis
New Orleans, Louisiana• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
Each consumed with indecision, two women help each other find some sort of clarity in a brief chance meeting.
This project got the green light!
Brown With Blue
Atlanta, Georgia• Film Short
Drama, Romance
A handyman & his girlfriend struggle with substance abuse to cope with their problems.
This project got the green light!
Big Girl
New York City, New York• Series
Comedy
A plus-size woman in NYC navigates our size-obsessed culture with cynical humor and unapologetic self-love.
This project got the green light!
The Sympathy Card
Boston, Massachusetts• Film Feature
LGBTQ, Romantic Comedy
When Emma’s cancer takes a turn, she presents her wife Josie a deathbed order: find someone new while Emma is still around to help.
This project got the green light!
The Right Swipe
Chicago, Illinois• Series
Comedy, Romantic Comedy
When two best friends start a business fixing men's dating app profiles, how much will they f**k up their own love lives in the process?
This project got the green light!
Passion & Progress
Lakeland, Florida• Series
Documentary
When people of color set out an ambitious goal to reach their highest potential, only to be faced with societal barriers.
This project got the green light!
PUSHERS
Arlington, Arlington County• Series
Comedy
Two drug reps appear to have it together--but don't. Sex, race, religion--anything's on the table--so long as it's inappropriate.
This project got the green light!
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ROSEBUD
New Orleans, Louisiana• Series
Drama, Comedy
A special bond between women of color living in the Big Easy, as they navigate through life's challenges while in pursuit of their dreams.
This project got the green light!
The Vth Column
Los Angeles, California• Series
Horror, Sci-Fi
Horror/Scifi series. Episode 1. A couple flees from a stranger, who refused to let them out of his car, after hitching a ride.
This project got the green light!
H-TOWN Series Season 1 "SHE GOT IT"
Houston, Texas• Series
Romance, Drama
We follow the life of Falen, 19, high school graduate & homeless; she realizes that the family she chooses will be her only means for surviv
This project got the green light!
YOGICK - TOTAL ECLIPSE
Atlanta, Georgia• Series
Documentary, Nature
YOGICK Presents TOTAL ECLIPSE - Visionaries & Egyptian Yoga Instructors venture to the Mountain Top in a quest to Create Anu Reality
This project got the green light!
Conversations Centered Around Black Bodies
Chicago, Illinois• Series
Drama
An honest exploration of intersectionality and race relations in America.
This project got the green light!
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STiGMA
Atlanta, Georgia• Series
Drama
As Senator Ingram stares down an easy reelection, things become unstable when he is diagnosed with a mental illness.
This project got the green light!
Greenwood Avenue: A Virtual Reality Experience
Los Angeles, California• Series
Drama, History
Greenwood Avenue is a groundbreaking, emotional exploration into the lives of the African-Americans living in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921,during
This project got the green light!
Blossom
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Documentary
Transgender entertainer/activist Blossom C. Brown finds answers to her troubled past while aspiring a career in the entertainment industry.
This project got the green light!
Street Cred Season 1: When It All Changed
Detroit, Michigan• Series
Sci-Fi, Teen
We're building inclusive leadership of the future by co-creating technology of the future, today!
This project got the green light!
Uneasy The Show
Oakland, California• Series
Comedy, Drama
Two brown girls take on student loans, MFA drama, & techie jargon in Oakland: home of the Black Panthers & now, $3000 one bedroom apartments
This project got the green light!
Established
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, Drama
After losing their car and savings, two lovers fight to build a life in LA while enduring the changes of an unstable industry.
This project got the green light!
Viktory
Chicago, Illinois• Series
Drama, Family
An orphaned girl struggles to find answers to the old adage, “what’s in a name”- is she one mother’s Viktory or another’s Victoria?
This project got the green light!
The-Caroline-Peatree-Gibbs-Series
Greenville, North Carolina• Series
Drama, Romance
Caroline, a strong-willed, selfish, Black femalepreneur, wants it all in business, love and life.
This project got the green light!
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The Royal Court
Atlanta, Georgia• Series
Drama, Family
A sensitive African-American girl struggles with remaining on the royal court at her college after an undeserving senior is crowned queen.
This project got the green light!
Bleeding Backwards
Chicago, Illinois• Series
Other
A series of short films that use movement and dance to examine the effects of the US prison system on individuals and their communities.
This project got the green light!
Sex Is a God Thing
Chicago, Illinois• Series
Drama, LGBTQ
After their father's death, two queer women of color connect as long lost sisters, and together struggle with their identity & spirituality.
This project got the green light!
Pink
Los Angeles, California• Series
Drama
As narcotics hit Washington DC hard in 1987, four young girls are forced to provide and protect as their parents lose to the drug game.
This project got the green light!
Curls For Humanity
Chicago, Illinois• Series
Comedy, Other
After living a carefree lavish existence in Los Angeles, biracial sisters are forced to migrate to Chicago where they explore their racial i
This project got the green light!
Saving Face
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, Drama
An Asian British, no-list, makeup artist in LA, struggles to navigate bizarre and unexpected turns in her life, while trying to save face.
This project got the green light!
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Season of the Witches
Luquillo, Puerto Rico• Film Feature
Crime, Thriller
Three Americans "doing good" in post-hurricane Puerto Rico must decide what to do after killing a local playboy in a botched revenge scheme.
This project got the green light!
Rent Controlled
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Shorts Program
The three Torres siblings are priced out of their hometown until an opportunity to achieve the unthinkable - rent control - presents itself.
This project got the green light!
Vice Versa — A sci-fi bodyswap comedy
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, Sci-Fi
A body swap comedy for the #metoo generation.
This project got the green light!
Blind Date
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Romantic Comedy, Action
Gloria's blind date with Nick takes an unexpected turn when he begins to suspect that their lives could be in danger.
This project got the green light!
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The Book Club
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy
Carol starts a book club to meet her new neighbors. Only one arrives and boy, he's a doozy!
This project got the green light!
Harper
Farmington Hills, Michigan• Film Short
Drama, Sci-Fi
A stranded time traveller struggles to find the courage to move forward in her journey without causing collateral damage.
This project got the green light!
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MISGUIDED - The Series
Los Angeles, California• Series
Drama, LGBTQ
All Paul wanted to be was an actor on Guiding Light, but when the 72-year-old soap opera was canceled, his life got a little misguided.
This project got the green light!
Playing with Fire
Dover, New Hampshire• Film Short
Drama
After a barn fire kills their parents, siblings Henry and Hattie’s bond is tested by Hattie's fiancé, as they war over control of the farm.
This project got the green light!
Wolf
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
A girl who lost the love of her life to schizophrenia goes on a journey to win him back in this haunting, funny, sensual tale
This project got the green light!
PURE
Los Angeles, California• Series
Adventure, Sci-Fi
A warrior and her unlikely ally journey to the Annex, escape the Dissension and face sacrifice in a genetically divided future.
This project got the green light!
Ethically Ambiguous?
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy
As he goes on auditions, a multi-racial actor navigates the complexities of 'looking' the part.
This project got the green light!
A Dog's Story
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy
It's hard to be a dog these days.
This project got the green light!
Gaining & Losing
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama
On the road to eating disorder recovery, Nina’s past threatens her success. Will the pressure be too much?
This project got the green light!
Deliver Us (USC Thesis Film)
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Horror, Thriller
Taking refuge from godless townspeople, a pregnant pioneer woman must protect her dying husband and hold out until their baby is born.
This project got the green light!
Messy The Web Series
New York City, New York• Series
Comedy, Romance
A web series about love, marriage, separation, kids, and dating all under one happy roof! I swear this will not make you cry!
This project got the green light!
BIFL: The Series - Season 1
Los Angeles, California• Series
LGBTQ, Comedy
BIFL is a series about twenty-somethings trying to live their best lives, and every single mistake they make along the way.
This project got the green light!
Trapped in the Booth
New York City, New York• Film Short
Comedy, Music
On the eve of his 30th birthday, a struggling gay DJ faces a life-altering crisis as he attempts to navigate bros & hoes New York Nightlife
This project got the green light!
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Stupid Love... Stupid Stupid Love
San Diego, California• Film Short
Drama, Romance
In This romantic drama, a poet seeks to create a safe space for him and his love to fully explore their relationship.
This project got the green light!
PRESENT TIME: journal of a country monastery
Berkeley, California• Film Feature
Documentary, History
PRESENT TIME will be the first and last film about life inside the Abbey.
This project got the green light!
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I Would Have Kissed You
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, Drama
After college, Olivia and Mattie find the real world isn't all that it's cracked up to be. But maybe friendship can keep them afloat? Maybe?
This project got the green light!
The BLDG: Five Stories of Horror
New York City, New York• Film Feature
Horror, Other
Five chilling stories set in the same creepy NYC building, where dark forces bring about the manifestation of its residents' worst fears.
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!
Displaced
New York City, New York• Film Feature
Horror
A young black man in Brooklyn must prove his new white neighbors are emissaries from the Satanic cult they both survived as children.
This project got the green light!
One Bird at a Time
Portland, Oregon• Series
Comedy, Drama
When do-gooder and lovable neurotic Julie strives to save the neediest and the craziest in the world, she has to start in her own backyard.
This project got the green light!
Cohabitation
Milwaukee, Wisconsin• Film Feature
Drama, Thriller
While a former paramedic lives a low-key life to cope with PTSD, her new roommate has other plans, and a vendetta against medical personnel.
This project got the green light!
Passive Aggressive Dads
Blue Hill, Maine• Film Short
Comedy
Two dads try to spend a nice day at the park with their daughters and end up avenging their life's failures upon a group of obnoxious teens.
This project got the green light!
Karaoke People - A Documentary (Formerly: Tip The KJ - A Karaoke Movie)
Portland, Oregon• Film Short
Documentary
Some people sing karaoke. Others are karaoke people. This is a story about why it matters.
This project got the green light!
Park Slope Moms
New York City, New York• Series
Comedy
A high-powered attorney turned 'stay-at-home' mom regains power as PTA President, but ruling with an iron fist sparks a coup.
This project got the green light!
Jordan Football Dreams
New York City, New York• Film Feature
Documentary, Sport
The young women of Jordan’s national football team strive to be the first team from the Middle East to qualify for the Women's World Cup.
This project got the green light!
Comedic Timing
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy
An improv teacher helps her all-women class sort out their personal lives as hers careens out of control.
This project got the green light!
LIFE AT ALL COSTS - A Documentary Series Going Beyond Pro Choice Vs. Pro Life
Los Angeles, California• Series
Documentary, News
Follow Asha Dahya, a former conservative Christian on her attempt to find common ground between pro choice and pro life.
This project got the green light!
Adapting
New York City, New York• Film Short
Comedy
The (mostly) true story of a couple who begin the emotional, difficult and surprisingly ridiculous journey of adopting a baby.
This project got the green light!
Misdirection: a short film
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
LGBTQ, Comedy
A college freshman falls in love with close-up magic as an escape from her unrequited crush on her roommate and her undiagnosed OCD.
This project got the green light!
American Times
Lone Tree, Colorado• Film Feature
Documentary
A Journey From Madness to Forgiveness
This project got the green light!
5 Faces Of Hell
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Horror, Thriller
In this dark comedy horror anthology, five strangers learn of their impending fates in five tales of of terror!
This project got the green light!
Retch
Seattle, Washington• Film Short
Horror, Sci-Fi
An unseen force kills travelers stranded on a broken-down bus. Biases ratchet up the tension when they suspect the murders aren’t random.
This project got the green light!
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THORP
Danbury, Connecticut• Film Feature
Comedy, Sci-Fi
After leaving Earth in the late 80's, an alien returns to reconnect with his best friend, in a world now obsessed with technology.
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!
Malabar
Miami, Florida• Film Short
Drama, Thriller
An undocumented mother risks everything to save her child from a human trafficking White Nationalist.
This project got the green light!
High Note
Friday Harbor, Washington• Film Feature
Crime, Musical
Just your everyday druggie, dramedy, indie musical filled to the brim with Germans, Jesus, banjos, bongos, and backstabbings.
This project got the green light!
Minneapolis (the movie)
Minneapolis, Minnesota• Film Feature
Comedy, Family
A cocky news anchor team gets stuck "mentoring" an at-risk teen. Shenanigans and dastardly weather conditions ensue…
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!
Rich Kids
Houston, Texas• Film Feature
Drama
A group of Latino teens in a poor community break into Los Ricos, a local mansion, to forget their difficult lives and live a different one.
This project got the green light!
Heed the Call
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, History
In 1942, Marguerite must decide if she is willing to defy social expectations, her family, and her fiancé in order to join the war effort.
This project got the green light!
Presley Dent
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Animation, Comedy
When Betty lands a job campaigning for populist Presley Dent, she discovers her favorite candidate isn't as honest as she hoped.
This project got the green light!
Her-POW! New Adventures of Vintage Comic Book Heroines!
Los Angeles, California• Series
Action, Other
All new live-action adventures from 3 heroines from the Golden Age of comic books: The Woman in Red, The Veiled Avenger, and Ghost Woman!
This project got the green light!
Pair of Normals
New York City, New York• Series
Comedy, Music
An anxious, divorced psychic and a disheveled college dropout cross paths in NYC and struggle to put their disastrous lives back together.
This project got the green light!
Root For The Villain
New York City, New York• Series
Comedy, Drama
In a world where 1% of the population has superpowers, Lana is a young parole officer who works with nonviolent super-villains.
This project got the green light!
LUMPIA WITH A VENGEANCE
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Action, Comedy
15 years after the original, the Filipino egg-roll-armed avenger reappears in Fogtown to stop a mysterious drug syndicate...
This project got the green light!
Abortifacient
Houston, Texas• Film Feature
Drama, Horror
A film that explores gender and family issues in an "operatic cinema" story that fans of both art and psychological horror will appreciate.
This project got the green light!
Wedlocked
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
LGBTQ, Satire
Not one to be held back by unfair legislation, Sydney outsmarts the web of laws keeping her tied down and unable to get divorced.
This project got the green light!
Dead Saturday
Huntsville, Alabama• Film Short
Drama, Thriller
A misled band of youths believes they found a religious loophole for releasing their inner demons.
This project got the green light!
