producing
Seraphine
4 minutes, video, post-production
short
two vampiric friends find the truth in beauty.
director: esther coltman
starring: sami casten & hope cooney
budgeted, marketed, and casted. total budget was $400.
someone follows
10 minutes, video, post-production
supernatural short
a desperate girl is determined to find her twin brother who has been missing for a year, but are the wood trying to lead her to her brother or something dangerous trying to lure her in.
director: carmen chavez
self-funded and marketed. total budget was $100
garden
4 minutes, video, 2026
experimental
two ravenous women eat a meal together. is gluttony really that bad?
official selection for the illinois film festival 2026
official selection for depaul film fatales showcase 2026
official selection for sigma lambda beta showcase 2026
director: carmen chavez
self-funded and marketed. total budget was 1$00
8mm
17 minutes, video, post production
short
an anxious girl tries to have a night out in berlin but can't get her mind off about things back at home.
director: carmen chavez
self-funded and raised $300 on the side. budget in total was $600.
haunted
5 minutes, video, post-production
short
a man trying to grieve his brothers death while confiding in his long-distance girlfriend.
director: sam aaberg
day 777
22 minutes, video, post production
short
two friends are trying to survive the zombie apocalypse and make it to the safe zone. when one of them gets bitten, they must deal with the effect of the bite and help their friend make it the rest of the journey.
director: carmen chavez
depaul undergrad film grant recipient 2025 for $1500. raised over $1500 from funding totaling to $3000.
our last summer
18 minutes, video
short
a group of five teens spends their last summer before college at a remote lake house, unaware of the horrors lurking within its haunted history.
director: carmen chavez & ellie rush
marketed and budgeted production. raised $950 out of a $1000 budget (90%).