Mary Evangelista
About
An award-winning filmmaker, Mary was born in the Philippines and raised in the SF Bay Area. She received her MFA from NYU Tisch School of the arts for Writing and Directing, where she was the recipient of a prestigious Tisch Graduate Fellowship for Cinematography. In her last year at school, she produced Fish Bones - a feature film which premiered at Slamdance 2018. She is the co-creator of Water Melts, a Tribeca Film Institute and Google Daydream supported VR rom-com about people who will lose their loved ones. Her latest short film, Fran This Summer, has screened in over 20 festivals including the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. She is currently a Directing Fellow at Film Independent's Project Involve. With all her work, she pursues distinct and transformative stories full of bullish heart and levity.
Burning Well
Fran’s life in New York City as a successful genderqueer model and influencer is upturned when their father gets into a serious car accident. Returning home for the first time in years, Fran must reckon with the people they left behind in order to be who they are now -- including an unrequited high school love.
Water Melts
A blue-hearted rom-com about people who are going to lose someone they love. Nobody knows what to say. So they fight about nothing, laugh or cry, and dance at the wedding. It's a romantic comedy, after all.