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Films

Built for Efficiency
(2025)

dir. Evgeny Patvakanov

Roles: Director, Producer, Editor.

After a grievance, an artist decides to follow the legal system’s pathways in search of justice.

[The film is currently on a festival tour].

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Steppe by Steppe (2025)

dir. Jordan Tsering

Roles: Producer, Craft.

An exploration of past choices and the enduring burden of regret expressed through drums and dance, where movement echoes memory and the weight we must carry.

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Cement (2024)

dir. Lucile Parry-Canet

Roles: Producer, Grant Writer.

An experimental, performance-centered, film that covers the impact of climate change on the human psyche.

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Floodgate (2023)

dir. Lucile Parry-Canet

Role: Producer.

A short film about reflections and memories. The idea of the film comes from the given prompt which was “Reflections”. The story covers the protagonist returning to an abandoned place from the past and confronting its ghosts.

Winner of Nanlite’s Project Spark 2023. 

Aking Senakulo (2023)

dir. Jela Dela Peña

Roles: Producer, Grant Writer.

Aking Senakulo is a short film by Jela Dela Peña, a story of an alternate world – a “what could have been” if the Philippines was not altered for hundreds of years by the Catholic colonizers. A discovery of self without compromise. 

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Go Back To Your Country (2021)

dir. Andrew The-Anh Luk

Roles: Producer on behalf of Created From Scratch, Camera Operator.

“It’s this feeling that you’re always going to be an outsider, you’re always going to be another.” A documentary about the new wave of racial discrimination against Asians in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal) since the start of COVID-19.

Homesick (2021)

dir. Evgeny Patvakanov

Roles: Director, Producer, Editor.

The film is a reflection on immigrating to Canada in my teenagehood and the homesick feeling that comes and often persists despite assimilating. It’s a reaction to being unable to visit home due to the draft and the war that was unwanted by the people. A film about the inability to act. A film about chasing the idea of home without a concrete idea of where it can be found.

Plan B (2021)

dir. Evgeny Patvakanov

Roles: Director, Producer, Editor.

After being left as the only 2 beings on the planet, B-12304LT (“B” for short) and its creator Noah embark on a dangerous journey to stay alive. As Noah’s conscience was placed into the android’s head, both have to learn to co-exist if they are to survive their journey to the power station to recharge.

Official selection:

  • Toronto Independent Festival of Cift 
  • Austin International Art Festival

Chained to a Railway (2020)

dir. Jela Dela Peña

Roles: Producer.

Yasmin is counting down her last minutes on the work clock when she receives a distressing demand from her boss. Just as she thought the day couldn’t get dragged any longer, she decides to take matters into her hands in her unpaid time.

Official Selections:

  • CineAsian Films
  • NewWave Short Film Festival
  • Toronto Independent Festival of CIFT
  • Concordia Film Festival