Samantha Ariel Berlanga
Director | Cinematographer | Writer

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“Make up a story. For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don’t tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief’s wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear’s caul.”       - Toni Morrison

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Love is Not a Dream

Awards & Festivals

Third Quarter Winner Golden Short Film Festival 2022 Golden Romance Short Category 
Official Selection Bay Area Student Shorts 2022
Best Cinematography Award Bay Area Student Shorts 2022
Semi-Finalist London Indie Short Festival of 24 Frames February 2022
Semi Finalist San Francisco Indie Short Festival January 2022
Nominee for Best Horror and Romance category at Beyond the Curve International Film Festival March 2022
Semi-Finalist New York International Women’s Festival May 2022Love can be bewildering, uncertain, weird and fantastic all at once, like this film! When a young girl develops a crush on the girl from her english class she soon realizes love is not the fantasy she has always seen on TV. 

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