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Annika Hylmö loves fantasy, spirituality and pragmatic reality. She has a background in film and entertainment that includes academic research, consulting, and extensive work at the American Film Institute's Conservatory. Currently she is Coproducing documentary IMAGE MAKERS about the pioneers of Hollywood cinematography, Director of Development at Women in Media and working to find a new home for the Harold and Lillian Michelson Research Archive in addition to her own work. She tells stories about active, smart women and girls who challenge themselves to create their own futures.
My Projects
Projects I'm Supporting
Red Earth
Winter Park, Florida• Film Feature
Sci-Fi, Experimental
They say it's both a blessing and a curse to remember Earth.
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Charlie and the Hunt
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Family, Fantasy
A young, African-American girl goes on a whimsical adventure and faces her fears while setting out to recover a sentimental family trea
This project got the green light!
Blended Broads Presents: Smashed
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Action
As her daughter departs for college, workaholic Lucy realizes she's missed the most important relationship in her life...the meltdown begins
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!
Bienvenidos a Los Angeles/Welcome to Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama
Inspired by true events, this film tells the story of 2 immigrant women coming together to help an undocumented mother reunite with her son.
This project got the green light!
Moon
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Wracked by guilt, a woman takes one last moment to picnic on the moon before choosing to live or die.
This project got the green light!
BOUND the movie
New York City, New York• Film Feature
Drama, Thriller
In order to escape her drug dealing abusive stepfather, a young introvert flees to NYC. After successfully reinventing herself, she realizes
This project got the green light!
Frank & Emmet
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
Life-long friends sit down to have a much-needed conversation and address the one thing they've never discussed: One of them is a puppet.
This project got the green light!
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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!
Becoming (El Devenir)
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Thriller
Evil has no consequences for an affluent Mexican young boy in this disturbing coming-of-age story about toxic masculinity & class inequality
This project got the green light!
Obstruction of Justice: The True Meaning
New York City, New York• Series
Documentary
This seven-part docu-series explores the stories of the formerly incarcerated and highlights the factors impacting successful reentry.
This project got the green light!
Close Ties to Home Country
Chicago, Illinois• Film Short
Comedy, Biography
Based on real events. Akanksha, a kind immigrant, finds family in the rich people's dogs she dogsits, while her sister's US visa is denied.
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!
Crowned: Season 2
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy
Macie and the rest of the Party Princesses survive batty bosses, pushy parents and crazy co-workers in this semi-scripted comedy series.
This project got the green light!
"The Happy Side" Comedy Movie
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy
When her boss gives her an ultimatum to come in to work, a burned-out Retail employee must decide whether or not to give up her epic day off
This project got the green light!
Heart Baby Eggplant
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, Romantic Comedy
A scripted comedy about 3 girlfriends in 3 different types of relationships: attached & anxious, married & pregnant, and single & shameless.
This project got the green light!
Nobody's Home
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Fantasy
The child of a broken household escapes to the darkest corners of his imagination. A 1960s family drama gets surreal.
This project got the green light!
Eagle and the Albatross
Montrose, Pennsylvania• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
An orphaned Korean girl seeks a mentor in a small-town golf club full of misfits.
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!
Happyness: A Comedy About Misery
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, Satire
When an unknown actor is thrust into sudden fame, the people closest to him must face their own insecurities & issues of mental health.
This project got the green light!
RAMSEY
Lambertville, New Jersey• Film Short
Comedy, Shorts Program
A whimsical and surreal short comedy about a young woman whose perceptions of the world are at odds with those around her.
This project got the green light!
Self Servers
New York City, New York• Film Short
Comedy
A loving couple host a dinner for their friends with hopes of sharing exciting news, but the event takes an unexpected turn when egos clash.
This project got the green light!
Girls Like Magic
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, LGBTQ
An LGBTQ Comedy about Magic, a naive Brit who moves to Hollywood where she meets Jamie, a lesbian musician that turns her world upside down.
This project got the green light!
postpartumm...
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy
Harley is clueless about modern motherhood. She daydreams away Mommy & Me absurdity while anxiety twists real life into nightmarish moments.
This project got the green light!
STANS: THE WEBSERIES
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, LGBTQ
STANS is a webseries about STAN Twitter. Focused on 3 internet friends miles away from each other connecting through the power of pop music.
This project got the green light!
Headshots
Toronto, Canada• Series
Comedy, Satire
Headshots is a comedy series set in a photo studio. Each episode features a new character getting their picture taken for a bizarre reason.
This project got the green light!
BEFORE THE STORM
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama, Fantasy
A young woman and her estranged father arrive in New York City on the eve a hurricane threatens to make landfall.
This project got the green light!
Demons
New York City, New York• Film Short
Comedy, Horror
A young woman shocked by a toxic relationship develops a strange quality: menstrual blood that's corrosive to everything but her own body.
This project got the green light!
COOKING SHOW
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, Satire
A cooking show where no one cooks.
This project got the green light!
Older Brothers
New York City, New York• Film Short
Comedy, Romantic Comedy
A stressed grad student wants to help find a job for his autistic older brother, Max, but all Max wants to do is throw a raging house party.
This project got the green light!
Fantasy Pony
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Documentary
A mockumentary that chronicles the activities of three horse girls as they prepare for Calypso Township’s annual model horse competition.
This project got the green light!
Teddy
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
Teddy is a parallel story between a screenwriter and the characters he creates in order to win back his lost love.
This project got the green light!
Ride in Progress
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy
A female-driven, R-rated comedy about the daunting task of finding your way back to yourself and to your friends after a breakup
This project got the green light!
Inside the Notebook
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Fantasy
After 12 years, Istar, the most wanted girl in Egypt, returns to finally reunite with her mother. Ready to fight the Pharaoh and his army.
This project got the green light!
PEW! PEW! PEW!
New York City, New York• Film Short
Comedy, Sci-Fi
When a jilted cosplayer confronts his romantic rival in the hotel bar at comic-con, the conflict is resolved the only way possible: a preten
This project got the green light!
PSYCHICOLOGIST
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
An introverted psychology grad student is disrupted by a psychic puppet insisting on teaching her about intuition and human connection.
This project got the green light!
I Put the Bi in Bitter
Denver, Colorado• Series
Comedy, LGBTQ
After coming to terms with her bisexuality, Sam attempts to now BE OUT in high school, but still struggles with constant heteronormativity.
This project got the green light!
Go Go, Boy!
Chicago, Illinois• Film Short
Comedy, LGBTQ
A boy finds comfort in his own skin when he dumps wrestling for fabulousness
This project got the green light!
Luminary
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania• Film Short
Action, Fantasy
Rose and her fellow Luminaries travel into the forest to defend their village from the darkness encasing their world.
This project got the green light!
Naked
New York City, New York• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
A restless mother seeks to rediscover herself by modeling nude for an art class, and ends up baring more than she planned.
This project got the green light!
By Night
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Crime
An office worker/graffiti artist clashes with a hooded figure who keeps painting butts on his neighborhood street art.
This project got the green light!
SINGLE: an AFI Directing Workshop for Women Project
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Romantic Comedy
A woman with a physical difference gets set-up to go on a blind date with a guy who also has a physical limb difference. And she is pi$#ed.
This project got the green light!
Su Promesa
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, LGBTQ
Fearing for her life, a young Guatemalan bride must adapt when her forcibly arranged marriage is fatally threatened.
This project got the green light!
P's in a Pod
New York City, New York• Series
Comedy
Best friends, Pete and Polly, attempt to navigate identity, sex, the MTA & more in this comedy web series.
This project got the green light!
Joyriders
Atlanta, Georgia• Film Short
Adventure, Sci-Fi
3 kids from the hood find an alien spaceship and take it on a joyride. They must decide to help the their world, or escape into the unknown.
This project got the green light!
He Was Asking for It
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
Four female friends entertain fantasies of violent revenge to console their friend after finding out her rapist won’t be serving time.
This project got the green light!
Miracle Baby
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama, Thriller
A congressman’s wife sets the stage on her cheating husband for a night of revenge, rage, revelations, and one unspeakable act.
This project got the green light!
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VR Food
New York City, New York• Film Short
Comedy, Horror
Unstable inventors stalk a filmmaker, after mistaking an art film, 'VR Food,' as a deadly rival.
This project got the green light!
Red: A College of DuPage Short Film
Chicago, Illinois• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
An alcoholic clown struggles to get his life back on track after the loss of his son.
This project got the green light!
The Scroll of Morlok
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Horror
A film projectionist is tasked with screening a silent horror classic, only to free a 'fictional' ghoul from his celluloid prison.
This project got the green light!
Lolita Express (by Octavia Chavez-Richmond)
Dana Point, California• Film Short
Drama
6 girls from different walks of life await their abuser on his private island. Only the youngest dares to escape.
This project got the green light!
BLOCKS
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Experimental
A mother of two young children begins to spontaneously vomit LEGO blocks.
This project got the green light!
The Lost Comet
Mexico City, Mexico• Film Short
Drama, Music
Joining narrative film and dance, this story sheds light on a voiceless tragedy while racing through the iconic landmarks of Mexico City.
This project got the green light!
Los Angeless
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, Drama
Los Angeless is an anthology series made up of 9 short films by 15 female filmmakers, set in an authentic, unromanticized version of L.A.
This project got the green light!
Censored
Denton, Texas• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
Everything is f***ed up. Everything is cleaned up.
This project got the green light!
Some Southern Waters
Orlando, Florida• Film Feature
Fantasy, Mystery
Months after witnessing the death of his girlfriend, a young man meets a mysterious young woman who looks just like the love he lost.
This project got the green light!
Harana (formerly "A Song for Myself")
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Music
A homesick Filipino lounge singer confronts her cover band in order to play her original song in front of their uncaring Vegas audience.
This project got the green light!
ADULTIN'
New York City, New York• Series
Comedy, Satire
ADULTIN’ explores the success or complete failures of mundane, but necessary, tasks adults face as we grow, learn & figure out our 20s.
This project got the green light!
Chompy & The Girls
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Comedy, Sci-Fi
A depressed woman meets her father for first time & their encounter goes from awkward to alarming when they witness a man swallow a girl.
This project got the green light!
Silver Cord
Chicago, Illinois• Film Short
Drama, Fantasy
The journey of farewell between soul and body as they both transcend to their ultimate destinations;afterlife for soul & ground for the body
This project got the green light!
Evan
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
What would you pray for if the heavens were listening?
This project got the green light!
Dorris, 85
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama
An elderly woman, Dorris, celebrates her husband’s eighty-fifth birthday without him.
This project got the green light!
DOWN the MIDDLE
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy
The owner of an ad agency retires unexpectedly, making his uptight business manager and his trust-fund bohemian daughter polarized partners.
This project got the green light!
Tempelhof
Burbank, California• Series
Biography, Documentary
In a series of intimate conversations, asylum seekers and migrants share their compelling, and dangerous journeys of hope to the West.
This project got the green light!
Better With You - A Halloween Romance
Salt Lake City, Utah• Series
Romantic Comedy, Romance
Two people who socialize very differently meet and find their lives might be better with each other - if they can make space for one other.
This project got the green light!
UGLY PRETTY
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania• Film Feature
Crime, Drama
A fish-out-of-water in "small town" Pennsylvania has an affair with a local man. In over her head, she becomes an accessory to murder.
This project got the green light!
Scars Unseen
Los Angeles, California• Series
Documentary
A documentary series about the triumph of the human spirit, following six men and women who have overcome domestic violence.
This project got the green light!
AIR, a short film
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Romantic Comedy
Ally has learned to breathe through the filter of a screen but when a cute boy checks in at her AirBnB she is forced to confront her 2D life
This project got the green light!
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standby
New York City, New York• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
A disheartened, but dedicated middle-aged actor, working as standby, has his love for his art reawakened in this Valentine to the Theater.
This project got the green light!
Alien Guy Tim
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Documentary
An outcast, Alien Guy Tim, wants to prove that he has been abducted by aliens, but faces many obstacles along the way.
This project got the green light!
Radical Cram School-- SEASON 2!
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, Music
RADICAL CRAM SCHOOL is a kid-centric, unscripted web series created by Kristina Wong that empowers Asian American and all kids of color.
This project got the green light!
White Dove Film
West Hollywood, California• Film Short
Western
Sophie's parents are killed by outlaws. Found by the Paiute Tribe, raised as a warrior, she must choose between righteousness and revenge.
This project got the green light!
Stallion of a Dream: California & the Camarillo White Horse
Ojai, California• Film Feature
Documentary, History
Before low-riders and hotrods, California was the birthplace of an endangered horse that became part of our California cultural identity.
This project got the green light!
Jesse's Girl
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
At her bridal shower, a bride-to-be acknowledges her doubts, begs for help and takes action—with catastrophic consequences.
This project got the green light!
Solstice Ranch
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Romance
Set in the late 90s at a whimsical retreat, this lighthearted short film tests the boundaries of friendships, relationships and family.
This project got the green light!
THOSE PEOPLE: A Love Story
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama, Romance
Taylor and Mehran meet, and fall in love despite their cultural differences, but their bliss is threatened when family tensions escalate.
This project got the green light!
Forbidden Steps
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Global Celebration, Family
A Muslim police officer stuck between his dancer daughter & orthodox father must grapple with ties to tradition & his own American dream.
This project got the green light!
Avowed
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Shorts Program
A young nun to be struggles to understand why her patient lacks sentience. A film about disability, feminism, and tested faith.
This project got the green light!
A Horse of a Different Color
New Orleans, Louisiana• Film Feature
Documentary
The journey I took into the world of a physically disabled blind man struggling to be normal in an able bodied abnormal world.
This project got the green light!
Black Kungfu Chick
Los Angeles, California• Series
Action, Drama
Just an ordinary girl from South LA learns kungfu from her premed teacher to protect her community from local menaces in more ways than one.
This project got the green light!
Shelby's Vacation
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Romance, LGBTQ
Vacationer Shelby and mountain resort manager Carol go on a healing journey of learning why they cling to unrealistic romantic fantasies.
This project got the green light!
Auld Lang Syne
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
An annual New Year’s Eve party becomes occasion for disaster as three couples' lives unravel spectacularly over the course of the evening.
This project got the green light!
Talking to the Air: The Horses of the Last Forbidden Kingdom
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Adventure, Documentary
Death-defying races are the Himalayan back-drop for man’s ancient spiritual bond with the horse.
This project got the green light!
