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When her sister is left unprotected by the very system meant to keep us safe, Diana’s world shifts. On her daily bus route, where danger feels routine and silence is expected, something in her begins to shift. Grief turns into vigilance, and vigilance into action, though no one can quite name what she’s doing or who she’s becoming, she decides to pronounce herself as The Huntress.Moving through Mexico’s beauty but hard brutality, Diana steps into a role that no one sees clearly but everyone can feel.
Creator
Ayesha Fernandez is a filmmaker & photographer originally from Mexico City, and currently based in Los Angeles, California. Ayesha has had the opportunity to learn from many areas of the industry for around 7 years now and travel internationally around the world, giving them the sensibility and passion that you will see in their visual style. Ayesha started their creative journey as a fashion student at the Fashion Institute of Design in LA, where they invested their time into building a community and creating a magazine full of creative individuals.
After graduating, they moved towards the film industry and focused on photography, music videos, production and direction work. Here is where Ayesha found themselves to feel mostly inspired which eventually led them back to school to get their BFA in Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy.
With newfound confidence in their creative endeavors, Ayesha currently enjoys working with talented artists through collaboration and just finished their first short film titled Clocked. The film is looking, to show the queer community and younger generations that their stories are cherished and important and to give transmasculine actors more and more representation on the screen. more...
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