Canicas (2024)
A distraught teen attempts to track down her recently-deceased father’s missing cat, only to unearth a devastating family secret in the process.
Starring: Aitana Doyle, Dana Winkle, Jessi Clayton
Writer/Dir: Chris Martinez
Executive Producer: Laurie Dunnam
Producer: Veronica Hein
Director of Photography: Clint Pang
Sound Recordist: Jinho Myung
Post Sound: Anthony Cappellino, Sound Lounge NY
Production Design: Spencer Hillman
Editors: Adriana Guevara, Chris Martinez
National Film Festival for Talented Youth, Official Selection, 2025
Texas Short Film Festival, Best Drama Short Film, 2024
Viva Texas Film Festival, Official Selection, 2024
Reel East TX Film Festival, Official Selection, 2024
Aitana Needs a Gun (2025)
When two reckless best friends get evicted from their apartment, they embark on a road trip with a pair of German immigrants attempting to trap them into green-card marriages.
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Starring: Alex Sulock, Chris Martinez, Dorottya Ilosvai, Aitana Doyle
Writer/Dir/Editor: Chris Martinez, Alex Sulock
Producer: Julia Barlow, Alex Sulock, Chris Martinez
Executive Producers: Antoinette Weber, Eric Sulock
Co-producers: Stewart Vann, Joseph Doyle
Cinematography: Rob Torres, Zach Galsky
Sound Recordist: Reilly Rose
Post Sound and Re-Recording Mixer: Anthony Cappellino, Sound Lounge NY
Pink Balloons (2025)
A lonely 19-year-old Manhattanite obsessed with taking and recreating various photos of unsuspecting subjects from around the city connects with a blue-collar teenage boy struggling to stay afloat.
Shot entirely on Kodak 16mm Motion Picture film.
Starring: Lissa Carandang-Sweeney & Satchel Aubrey
Writer/Dir: Chris Martinez
Producers: Kathryn Phillips, Harry Kahane
Associate Producer: Camila Rodriguez
Director of Photography: Kendall Laughton
Editor: Adriana Guevara