DYE-RED
narrative, 13min, 2020
Two have lived together for some time. Secretly, they harbor feelings of attraction they can never voice for fear of damaging their situation.
Nashville Film Festival (Best Experimental Narrative Short)
cast Fabianne Therese Gstottenmayr, Ana Coto
director/cinematographer Vittoria Campaner
producer Reina Hashigatani
writers Vittoria Campaner, Elenie Chung
production designer Madie Hays
costume designer Maddie Carroll
ENDLESS VIDEO
narrative, 18min, 2020
A group of well-intentioned but hopelessly flawed film enthusiasts struggle to save their beloved video store from extinction.
Chicago Underground Film Festival official selection
cast Steve Olson, Daniel de Weldon, Zachary Margolis, John Dellaporta, Dylan Ryan
director/writer/editor Gwendolyn Infusino
producers Reina Higashitani, Gwendolyn Infusino
cinematographer Marc Patterson
composer Dylan Ryan
KUSAMA - INFINITY
documentary, 80min, 2018
Artist Yayoi Kusama's journey from a conservative upbringing in Japan to her brush with fame in America during the 1960s.
director/writer/producer/editor Heather Lenz
producers Karen Johnson, David Koh, Dan Braun
associate producers Shinpei Takeda, Reina Higashitani
Sundance Film Festival Official Selection
NO CONTRACT, NO COOKIES: The Stella D’Oro Strike
documentary, 39min, 2011, HBO Docs
The struggle of mostly immigrant workers who strike to save their jobs at a famous bakery in the Bronx.
directors/producers Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill
producers Reina Higashitani, Shannon Sonenstein
THE HOUSE OF MARIANA Y GABRIEL
narrative, 16min, 2020
Two siblings from Boyle Heights can’t stand each other as they move out of their family home during the absence of their father.
Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival official selection
Outfest Fusion Film Festival official selection
cast Crash Barrera, Oscar Fabela, Ryan Zimmer, Roshni Shukla
director/writer/editor Hena Ashraf
producers Reina Higashitani, Sam Marquis
cinematographer Nate Cuboi
production designer Rocky Avalos
costume designer Kéelin Quigley
ISLA
narrative,17min, 2019
After a repeated case of mistaken identity, a lonely woman reinvents herself by imitating her lookalike.
Cast Kathryn Schott, Jamie Hughes, Michael C. Bauer, Isaac Ramsey, Zihan Zhao
director John Adam Krueger
writer Alix Conde
producer Reina Higashitani
cinematographer Andrew Rieger
editor Julia Angley
production designer Madie Hays
Costume Designer Maggie Colvin
REDEMPTION
documentary, 39min, 2013, HBO Docs
The lives of people in New York City who try to survive on the money they glean from bottles and cans they find in the trash.
directors/producers Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill
associate producers Reina Higashitani, Shannon Sonenstein
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Nominee
