This is a slate of films that I have written & directed. They serve as a showcase of the stories I wish to tell.
The Undergraduate.
My third short film.
Status: Post-Production
Written, Directed, Produced by Anthony Alyassi
Chandler Riggs as Henry
Miles Gheesling as James
Kannon as Mia
Anthony Marzden as Dilan
Hailey Hewitt as Mia
Michael Atlas Lane as Security Guard
An overtaxed college student goes on an intense, stress-fueled odyssey to submit his vital physics exam by midnight.
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Only Kids See Ghosts.
My second short film.
Status: In festival circuit.
Written, Directed, Produced by Anthony Alyassi
Jahel Caldera as Francisco
Stephen Peluso as Ghost
Tanner Glenn as Ghost
LJ Lavecchia as Ghost
Kyle Samples as Ghost
Jake Goldfarb as Ghost
Official Selection:
Student Los Angeles Film Awards, Los Angeles, 2022
Riverside International Film Festival, Riverside, 2022
Couch Film Festival, Online, 2022
LA Latinx Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2022
Silicon Beach Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2022
Atlanta Horror Film Festival, Atlanta, 2022
Ethereal Horror Fest, Austin, 2022
Culver City Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2022
Santa Monica International Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2023
A Mexican-American immigrant deals with the terrors that sleep deprivation brings.
Awards:
Best Short Film 5:00 to 20:00 Minutes, Couch Film Festival, 2022
Audience Award for Best Short Film, Riverside International Film Festival, 2022
Semi-Finalist, Student Los Angeles Film Awards, 2022
Best Horror Short, Silicon Beach Film Festival, 2022
Best Student Short, Ethereal Horror Fest, 2022
Best Horror Short, Culver City Film Festival, 2022
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One Last Drop.
My directoral debut.
Release Date: March 2020
Written, Directed, and Produced by Anthony Alyassi
Bailey Sagar as James
Michelle Tu as Alice
Official Selection:
Big Bear Film Summit, Big Bear, 2020
First-Time Filmmakers Session, 2020
Frostbite International Film Fest, Colorado, 2020
Prague International Monthly Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2020
Koisce International Monthly Film Festival, Slovakia, 2020
The Virtual Reel Recovery Film Festival & Symposium, Los Angeles, 2020
Best Director Film Awards, Online, 2020
Festival Angaelica, Pasadena, 2020
FlickFair Festival, Los Angeles, 2021
When a drug-addicted couple is barely able to afford enough heroin for one of them to inject, a dangerous dispute between the two of them ensues.
Awards:
Best Student Film, Big Bear Film Summit, 2020
Finalist, Koisce International Monthly Film Festival, 2020
Finalist, Prague International Monthly Film Festival, 2020
Best Student Director, Best Director Film Awards, 2020
Best Short Film, FlickFair Festival, 2021