June 12, 2024
13th Biennial MESEA Conference "Moving Cultures, Moving Ethnicities, Joensuu, Finland
Film Screening of Letters2Maybe
April 26, 2024
SFS Film Fest, Santa Fe Springs CA
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
April 12, 2024
Carnegie Arts Center
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano + Q&A
April 2, 2024
Ethnogram Paris Film Festival
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
March 15, 2024
California Retired Teachers Association
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano + Q&A
March 18 - 19, 2024
American Studies-University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Film Screening of Songs That Never End
March 1 - 15, 2024
The Film Collective Short Film Festival, Bensalem, Pennsylvania
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
February 9 - March 30, 2024
La Galleria - Ruben Sanchez Retrospective, University of Merced, Merced CA
Film Screening El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
January 13, 2024
New York International Immigration Film Festival, New York, NY
Film Screening El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
December 10 - 12, 2023
The 22nd Aporia International Village Film Festival Official Selection, Screening, Gangwon-do, Korea
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
December 15 - 25
Monologues & Poetry International Film Festival Official Selection, Vallejo, CA
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
December 4 - 8, 2023
Sacramento International Film Festival Official Selection, Sacramento, CA
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
November 5 - 9, 2023
Helsinki Education International Film Festival Official Selection, Helsinki, Finland
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
November 24 - 28, 2023
Kotka Human Rights International Film Festival, Kotka Finland
Film Screening of Experiments in Freedom
Official Selection
November 19 - 26, 2023
The International Educational Film festival, Helsinki, Finland
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
Official Selection
November 11 - 12, 2023
Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano & Experiments in Freedom
November 15- 19, 2023
Society for Visual Anthropology Film & Media Festival, Toronto
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
Official Selection
November 9 -19, 2023
St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MS
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
Official Selection
November 16, 2023
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
November 4 - 24, 2023
El Ojo Cojo International Film Festival, Madrid
Film Screening of Experiments of Freedom
Official Selection
November 3 -12, 2023
CineWorld Film Festival, Sarasota FL
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
Official Selection
November 1 - 30, 2023
The International Fine Arts Film Festival, Hollywood, CA
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
Official Selection
October 12- 19, 2023
The 24th Newport Beach Film Festival (Orange County, CA)
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
Official Selection
September 18 - October 3, 2023
Global Peace Film Festival (Winter Park, FL)
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
Official Selection
September 22-24, 2023
Festival de Cine Latino Americano of North Texas 2023 (Fort Worth, TX)
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
Official Selection
September 29 - October 1, 2023
2023 California Capital International Documentary Film Festival (Sacramento, CA)
Film Screening of Experiments in Freedom
Official Selection
September 28 - October 5, 2023
Glendale International Film Festival (Glendale, LA)
Film Screenings of Experiments in Freedom & El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
Official Selection
September 16-18, 2023
Durgapur Internacional Film Festival (Kolkata, India)
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
Official Selection
September 4, 2024
The 24th Woodstock Museum Film (New York, NY)
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
Official Selection
September 3-10, 2023
PIFF Internacional Film Festival 6 Edición (Parana, Argentina)
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
Official Selection
August 30, 2023
Film Screening of Experiments in Freedom (Melbourne, Australia)
Film Screening of Experiments in Freedom
August, 2023
The 29th San Antonio Film Festival (San Antonio, TX)
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
Official Selection
August 2023
International Activism Film Festival (Yellville, Arkansas)
Film Screening of El Ojo Comienza En La Mano
Official Selection
August 3-9, 2023
6th Chania International Photo Festival, (Chania, Greece)
A Map of Light Photography (2023)
September 3-10, 2023
PIFF Parana Internacional Films Festival 6 Edición (Argentina)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
June 10-11, 2023
Marina del rey Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
July 6-9, 2023
Rhodope International Documentary Film Fest (Smolyan, Bulgaria)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
June 10-22, 2023
The Fine Arts Film Festival (Venice, California)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
June 8-10, 2023
Rochester International Film Festival (Rochester, New York)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
June 7-11, 2023
Lighthouse International Film Festival (Long Beach Island, New Jersey)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
June 5, 2023
International Migration & Environmental Film Festival (Toronto, Canada)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
Letters2Maybe (2021)
May 28, 2023
Philadelphia Latino Film Festival (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
April 28, 2023
Sunscreen Film Festival (St. Petersburg, Florida)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
April 26-27, 2023
Ridgewood Guild’s Annual International Film Festival (Ridgewood, New Jersey)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
April 20-23, 2023
Humboldt International Film Festival (Humboldt University)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
April 19, 2023
Riverside International Film Festival (Riverside, CA)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
April 14-16, 2023
New Wave International Documentary Short Film Festival (Kerala, India)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
April 14, 2023
Universe Multicultural Film Festival (Palos Verdes, CA)
Experiments in Freedom (2022)
Best Cinematography Award
April 6-10, 2023
Ethnografilm Paris Film Festival (Paris, France)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
March 28-April 1, 2023
International Film Festival of Larissa (Larissa, Greece)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
March 19-31, 2023
Borderless Film Festival (Miyagi, Japan)
Experiments in Freedom (2022)
Best Film Award
March 9-19, 2023
San Diego Latino Film Festival (San Diego, CA)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
March 3-31, 2023
RAI Film Festival (London)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
RAI&Marsh Short Film Prize Nominee
February 25, 2023
Rice University (Houston, Texas)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022) and Letters2Maybe (2021)
Film Screening + Q&A with Yehuda Sharim
February 19, 2023
Docs Without Borders Festival (Rehoboth Beach, Delaware)
Experiments In Freedom (2022)
February 18, 2023
Thomas Edison Film Festival (New Jersey)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
Director's Choice Award Winner
February 2-12, 2023
San Francisco Independent Film Festival
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
January 18, 2023
Capricorn Film Festival (Yeppoon, Australia)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
January 16, 2023
Borrego Springs Film Festival (Borrego Springs, CA)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
Award Nominee
January 6-31, 2023
North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
December 17, 2022
International Art Film Festival (Birmingham, England)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
December 9, 2022
International Imaginary Cinema Festival "Cinema Imaginarios” (Querétaro, Mexico)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
November 24, 2022
Ethnofest - Athens Ethnographic Film Festival (Athens, Greece)
Letters2Maybe (2021)
November 19, 2022
Oregon Documentary Film Festival
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
Best Experimental Film Award Finalist
November 11, 2022
Rockport Film Festival (Rockport, Texas)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
Best Documentary Short Award
November 5, 2022
Silver Wave Film Festival (New Brunswick, Canada)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
November 4, 2022
AEI Cyprus Film Festival (Nicosia, Cyprus)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
November 4-5, 2022
Mainzer Theater (Merced, CA)
Letters2Maybe (2021)
Film Screening + Q&A with Ana Maria Fabian Lomeli
November 1, 2022
Mainzer Theater (Merced, CA)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
Film Screening + Q&A with Yehuda Sharim and Ruben Sanchez
November 1, 2022
Arpa International Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
Best Short Documentary Nominee
October 29, 2022
Seguin Film & Arts Festival (Seguin, Texas)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
Honorable Mention
October 27, 2022
ArteNonStopFestival BA2022 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
October 27, 2022
San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival
Letters2Maybe (2021)
October 26, 2022
University of California, Santa Barbara
Letters2Maybe (2021)
Film Screening + Q&A with Yehuda Sharim and Ana Maria Fabian Lomeli
October 12, 2022
University of California, Berkeley
Letters2Maybe (2021)
Film Screening + Q&A with Yehuda Sharim and Ana Maria Fabian Lomeli
October 6, 2022
Awareness Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
Letters2Maybe (2021)
Honorable Mention
September 29, 2022
Refugees Welcome Film Fest (Berlin, Germany)
Letters2Maybe (2021)
Songs That Never End (2019)
September 16, 2022
Kreepy Kawaii
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
Film Screening + Q&A with Yehuda Sharim and Ruben Sanchez
August 26, 2022
Merced Multicultural Arts Center
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano (2022)
Film Screening + Q&A with Yehuda Sharim and Ruben Sanchez
August 6, 2022
9th International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra Awards (Ierapetra, Crete)
Letters2Maybe (2021)
Red Line Lullaby (2020)
July 10, 2022 and July 13, 2022
Maine International Film Festival (Waterville, Maine)
Letters2Maybe (2021)
July 8, 2022
Renderyard Film Festival (Logrono, Spain)
Letters2Maybe (2021)
May 13, 2022
Ethnocineca - International Documentary Film Festival Vienna (Vienna, Austria)
Film Talk
Letters2Maybe (2021)
May 13, 2022
Ethnocineca - International Documentary Film Festival Vienna (Vienna, Austria)
Letters2Maybe (2021)
April 22-May 5, 2022
Latino and Native American Film Festival (New Haven, Connecticut)
Red Line Lullaby (2020)
April 9, 2022
Twin Rivers Media Festival (Asheville, North Carolina)
Letters2Maybe (2021)
Red Line Lullaby (2020)
February 18-19, 2022
Houston Iranian Film Festival at Rice Cinema
Letters2Maybe (2021) and Songs That Never End (2019)
Rice University
