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Premiere Type
Premiere Type
New Orleans Premiere
Category
Film Category
Student Short
Runtime
Run Time
15m 35s
Country
Country
United States
Directed by
Directed by
Maxine Sylvina Ayala
Produced by
Produced By
Maxine Sylvina Ayala
Written by
Written by
Maxine Sylvina Ayala
Main Cast
Main Cast
Katherine Keating as Aya
Jim Edward Brite as Supervisor
Tab Benoit as System Voice / ORO
Synopsis
AYA is a psychological sci-fi horror about a woman who awakens in a sterile white room under the control of an unseen Supervisor. Through a series of escalating experiments, Aya’s humanity, resilience, and identity are tested, leading her toward a devastating discovery about the truth of her past and the cruelty hidden beneath the guise of science.
Meet the Filmmaker
Meet the Filmmaker

Maxii

Ayala

Director/Writer/Producer/Editor
Maxine Sylvina Ayala is a Hispanic Honduran transgender filmmaker, director, and cinematographer from New Orleans, Louisiana and is a recent graduate of Loyola University New Orleans. Her work is visually focused and is tied closely to issues surrounding climate change and personal/ gender identity.
Please, never let me wake back up from this dream
I can't fall back in the fountain of youth again