2015 Indie Film Festival
Hypebeasts
WINTER FILM AWARDS 2015 WINNER - NY PERSPECTIVES AWARD, NOMINEE - BEST STUDENT FILM
2013
United States
19 mins
Short Film Competition
Jessica dela Merced | |
Gigi Dement, Marissa Aroy | |
Jess dela Merced, Michael Rosete, Trevon Davis, Jeanette Dilone, Michael Galante, Jake Choi, Grizz Chapman, Rich Pecci, Aldon Smith, Joshua Rivera, Stephen Anthony, Bryan Fitzgerald, Nathaly Lopez, Khalid Rivera, Ryan Jonze |
A boy’s desire to cop the most coveted pair of sneakers is quickly replaced with the fear that he and his sister are in serious danger when racial tensions explode in an overnight sneaker line in NYC.
About the Director
San Francisco native Jess dela Merced is a writer/director with a recent MFA from the New York University Graduate Film Program where she received the 2012 Spike Lee Fellowship as well as the Lorraine Hansberry Arts, Performance, and Media Award. Her thesis film “HYPEBEASTS” was written under the mentorship of Spike Lee. She is a 2014 SF Film Society Filmhouse resident and has been selected as one of IFP’s Emerging Storytellers.
Awards
2014 NBC Universal Finalist for Best Short, Best Director and Best Actor
2014 San Diego Asian Film Festival – Best Narrative Short