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Valerie Contreras
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Valeria Contreras is an award-winning filmmaker from El Paso, Texas. She is a Producers Guild of America Create Fellow, Film Independent Producing Fellow, Cine Qua Non Storylines Lab Fellow, and El Paso Community Foundation Border Art Resident. Valeria’s work focuses on amplifying narratives from the U.S.-Mexico border region. Her short film Homesick screened at festivals globally including the Oscar-qualifying Atlanta Film Festival. In addition to a feature screenplay called Oranges, based on the short film of the same name, Valeria is in development on the Untitled Texas Latina Project, an anthology feature film exploring Latine identity in Texas through the lens of five award-winning Lati…
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NRA modern-day tale of two star-crossed lovers, separated by a global pandemic and the U.S.-Mexico Border. This film focuses on the love and bond that unites people and communities across borders—and the heartbreak that exists when that unity is broken.
Homesick
2023
NRFranco and his boyfriend's nomadic life in an RV is interrupted by Franco's widowed mother's unexpected visit. To satisfy her expectations, Franco fabricates a groomed lifestyle, only to discover that his mother may not be the same person he once knew.
Side Roads
2024
NRAfter the Devil enters a bet against God over whether or not humanity can be corrupted, he teams up with the young software engineer Annie to build his doomsday device: the first social media platform.
The Devil on Screen
2023
NR1996 - As Colombia descends into bloody insurgent warfare, a family must travel on a perilous road to visit their ailing grandfather. Their fear of kidnapping forces them to rely on their youngest child to conceal their fake identities, exposing him to the reality of war.
Not My Name
2024
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NRA modern-day tale of two star-crossed lovers, separated by a global pandemic and the U.S.-Mexico Border. This film focuses on the love and bond that unites people and communities across borders—and the heartbreak that exists when that unity is broken.
Homesick
2023
NRA modern-day tale of two star-crossed lovers, separated by a global pandemic and the U.S.-Mexico Border. This film focuses on the love and bond that unites people and communities across borders—and the heartbreak that exists when that unity is broken.
Homesick
2023
NRFranco and his boyfriend's nomadic life in an RV is interrupted by Franco's widowed mother's unexpected visit. To satisfy her expectations, Franco fabricates a groomed lifestyle, only to discover that his mother may not be the same person he once knew.
Side Roads
2024
NRAfter the Devil enters a bet against God over whether or not humanity can be corrupted, he teams up with the young software engineer Annie to build his doomsday device: the first social media platform.
The Devil on Screen
2023
NR1996 - As Colombia descends into bloody insurgent warfare, a family must travel on a perilous road to visit their ailing grandfather. Their fear of kidnapping forces them to rely on their youngest child to conceal their fake identities, exposing him to the reality of war.
Not My Name
2024