Floating (2022) depicts three stories of characters in their early twenties as they explore culture, masculinity, and existentialism through their conversations with one another.
Mahal, follows Pablo and April, a couple wandering through the streets of San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood, reflecting on past lives and the enduring love that connects them across generations.
How to Be a Man explores the emotional landscape of two men, Sadiq and Matt, as they navigate the challenges of honesty and vulnerability in their friendship.
in The final story, Dreams, a heartbroken Bonnie recounts a vivid dream about her ex, while her friend Juan—an insomniac—wrestles with his own existential anxieties.
Floating was financed in part by Balay Kreative’s 2022 Kreative Growth Grant.
DIRECTOR: NATHAN AURELLANO / PRODUCER: MALIK SELLE · JACKELIN CABRERA · NAXHLLELI RAMIREZ VELASQUEZ / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: FRANCESCA AURELLANO · NATHAN AURELLANO / PABLO: NATHAN POLICARPIO / APRIL: GWYNEVERE CRISTOBAL / MATT: MATTHEW SPIEGELMAN / SADIQ: SADIQ MUHAMMAD / BONNIE: NEAMAH HUSSEIN / JUAN: JUAN SOLARIO/ ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: ERNEST OLIVAR / DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: SADIQ MUHAMMAD / ASSISTANT CAMERA: NICHOLAS WELCHEL / SECOND UNIT ASSISTANT CAMERA: JOSUE MEJIA / SOUND MIXER: JOCELLE BAUTISTA · NICK STINSON / BOOM OPERATOR: NICHOLAS WELCHEL · NICK STINSON / ADR MIXER: BEN HARRIS / CASTING DIRECTOR: MALIK SELLE / SCRIPT SUPERVISOR: BELLE DEVINS / SPECIAL THANKS: BALAY KREATIVE · TITA TESS · JT RESTAURANT · RON SANTO-TOMAS · REENA AURELLANO · ROMEO AURELLANO · LUNANI YEN · SOMA PILIPINAS · KAPWA GARDENS · ANTHEM SALGADO · KIM REQUESTO · SAM GODDARD · ALICE COMMUNITY GARDENS · NICOLE MAXALI · MARIO DE MIRA · ATHOS INSURANCE · NICHOLAS BERGER · JON JACOBO · WILLIE ABASTA · MATTHEW MCINTIRE · MAURICIO CASTRO VARGAS · MARISSA MACAYAN · LIONEL QUEEN · DESI DANGANAN · FOUNDSF.ORG · MANILATOWN HERITAGE CENTER · CHRIS HUE LISA RUTH ELLIOT · JAMES SOBREDO ROBERT HSIANG CHRIS CARLSSON · HARVEY LOZADA · UNITED PLAYAZ · RUDY CORPAZ JR. · SOPHIE CONSTANTINOU · LITTLE GIANT LIGHTING & GRIP / MUSIC: IBS BY DUVAL TIMOTHY / CHOOSE TO STAY BY BLOOD ORANGE FT. TINASHE / ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE: FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS - SALAVER FAMILY · PRELINGER ARCHIVES · CHRIS HUIE · ROBERT HSIANG · JAMES SOBREDO