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So excited to announce DESERTEUR will have its World Premiere at the 32nd Annual Austin Film Festival!
Also equally excited to announce that YER SMACKIN' will have its World Premiere at the 32nd Annual Austin Film Festival & its North Texas Premiere at the Lone Star Film Festival 2025!
NEW ME (directed by Chiara & Jenny De La Fuente, created by Catie Elaine Hankins) won Best Romantic Series at the Austin Comedy Film Festival 2025!
You can catch Chiara on Tubi as Molly in the quirky indie dark comedy WHAT ABOUT MOLLY? and on Amazon Prime as Cleo in the filmed stage performance of KILL ALL POLITICIANS. A recent short film she acted in, OPEN TO WORK, was featured in Ideas We Love and Film Shortage. Her directorial debut is the award winning short film SHAME FULL.
Upcoming Projects
Chiara currently has three films in the film festival circuit: the sci-fi feature film ANGEL, which she produced and starred in as Celeste; the short film DESERTEUR in which she portrayed Chajka; and the short film YER SMACKIN' in which she played Mom. In July, she wrapped on the short film MORNING MEMORY where she played the leading role of Woman. In August, she wrapped CHRISTMAS '82, where she played Clara.
Austin Film Festival 2025 Shorts Program 8: Everything is Shorter in Texas
Fri, Oct. 24th @ 9:35pm - Galaxy Theatre 6
Mon, Oct. 27th @ 6:45pm - Galaxy Theatre 5
For tickets, please visit austinfilmfestival.com.
Lone Star Film Festival 2025 Short Block 9:
Tuesday, November 4th
5:00pm - 6:45pm
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
For tickets, please visit lonestarfilmfest.com.
YER SMACKIN'
In this nostalgic and heartfelt comedy, an exasperated older brother celebrates his birthday with the person he loves the most - his whiny, obnoxious little sister.
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NEW ME
Everything has changed for Sadie. She just got dumped, is starting college, and just saw her ex with some picture-perfect influencer on Instagram. Did we mention she has no style and has only slept with her ex-boyfriend? Yeah. It's that bad.
Austin Film Festival 2025 Shorts Program 5: Dark Comedy
Fri, Oct. 24th @ 9:15pm - Galaxy Theatre 5
Thu, Oct. 30th @ 5:30pm - Galaxy Theatre 5
For tickets, please visit austinfilmfestival.com
D E S E R T E U R
After escaping a concentration camp in Nazi-occupied France, a refugee encounters a Nazi deserter standing on a landmine rigged to explode.