El Regreso Del Miedo
For my Directorial Debut Project, I was awarded the 2024 Cine Se Puede Grant from the Watsonville Film Festival.
In honor of my Mexican immigrant family that left behind their beloved country to grant me a future they were never promised, I wanted my directorial debut project to highlight the never-ending fears Mexican immigrant families live through in the U.S.
Inspired by late 90s horror video games, surreal films, and thriller shows such as The Twilight Zone, “El Regreso Del Miedo” was made with the intention of pushing the boundaries of reality, dramatizing fears audiences may have never experienced. Also taking inspiration from films taking on a theatrical aesthetic and rich Mexican visual culture, many scenes take place in a black void “dream like” world, blurring the line between familiarity and otherness with harsh background darkness and rich production design.
With the collaboration of dozens of talented Latino filmmakers all over the Bay Area, “El Regreso Del Miedo” is a testament to the power Mexican storytelling holds and the importance of Latina filmmakers like me to exist in these filmmaking spaces.
This project will screen at the Watsonville Film Festival 2026 and is currently in its film festival run.
El Regreso Del Miedo's World Premiere Screening at the 418 Project Movie Theater!
For our film's world premiere, our team had the amazing opportunity to collaborate with the Santa Cruz 418 project Theater to screen El Regreso Del Miedo. Alongside our film, we also gave local filmmakers the chance to screen their own films alongside ours. We screened 8 local short films from filmmakers based in Santa Cruz and San Francisco.
Behind The Scenes Production Photographs
