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A N T I - V E N O M F O R A S N A K E
Director | Written by Gerardo Garcia | Produced by Val Tan & Alex Jiang
1993, East Village, New York. When a provocateur drag queen loses her soulmate to AIDS, she struggles to pay rent and must fight to save her home and legacy.
Watch the trailer here:
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Writer & Director
Welcome to my narrative portfolio.
Below you will find a number of short films I wrote and directed.
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Because of the nature of film festivals and premiere statuses, the bulk of my recent films are still unavailable for public online viewing. I am happy to provide private screening links for any of my work listed here, please reach out to me directly.
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My early work, from 2016 - 2020, can be viewed publicly here.
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Anti-Venom for a Snake (2022)
U N T I L D E A T H D O U S P A R T
Writer, Director, Creator | Magical Realism
In a final act of love, a man turns his dead wife's body into a piano, in order to play their wedding march one last time and bring her back from the dead.
Currently in post-production.
Until Death Do Us Part (2022)
E L A S T I C
Writer, Director, Creator | Queer Cinema
With the help of a rubber band, a closeted Catholic boy forces himself to masturbate to straight porn.
Elastic (2022)
d o n ' t y o u w o n d e r ?
Writer, Director, Unreal Artist | Animation
When two extraterrestrial androids discover an uninhabitable planet Earth, they contemplate the meaning of life, religion, and human conquest.
​Set 50,000 years in the future, "don't you wonder?" meditates on a post-human Earth through the lens of AI. This short film was written, directed, animated, and created solo by me.
Full short film:
don't you wonder? (2021)
F E V E R D R E A M S
Writer, Director, Creator | Experimental
Fallen sick, a young man begins to lucid dream to cope with his isolation, in a surrealist exploration of emotional estrangement, mental fatigue, and the toll of the pandemic.
Fever Drams (2021)