Liliana Huantes - Short Films

2023 Winner Gold Award

Best First-Time Director

2023 Winner Silver Award

Best LGBTQ Short

2023 Nominee Honorable Mention

Best Acting Duo

ZINDAGI DOBARA – LIFE AGAIN is a short film about a South Asian teen who is forced to live with a distant aunt she’s never met before after her parents die in a car accident. She discovers why her aunt was shunned secretly from their family. The two are forced to embark on a lifelong journey to coexist, grieve, and perhaps one day, love one another.

Official Selection:

42nd Cambridge Film Festival, Out on Film Festival 2023, Outfest Fusion Film Festival 2023, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2023, Long Beach QFilms Festival 2023, The Chicago South Asian Film Festival 2023, Pridefull Film Festival 2023, Sikhlens: Sikh Arts and Film Festival, 2022 Tasveer South Asian Film Festival,

Campus Movie Fest Jury Award

Campus Movie Fest Finalist

Silver Tripod Winner - Actress

HATE consists of a montage that shows the life of typical things couples do with one another. However, the voice-over paints a different picture and dives deeper into the ways our main character is in an abusive relationship with their partner.

Created by Liliana Huantes at Texas Tech University in 2019 as part of Campus MovieFest, the world’s largest student film festival.

Campus Movie Fest Jury Award

Campus Movie Fest Finalist

Lawrence wakes up to discover his wife missing, and a mysterious paper trail leading to somewhere...sinister? Created by David Burrus during CMF November Moviemaking Week (2020) as part of Campus MovieFest, the world’s largest student film festival.

Campus Movie Fest Jury Award

Campus Movie Fest Finalist

Spaghetti is something to lust over, but be careful whose you eat. You might make them upsetti.

Created by Liliana Huantes at Texas Tech University in 2018 as part of Campus MovieFest, the world’s largest student film festival.

Trailer for "Eve" - Short Film Funding

Our main character, Eve, is unsatisfied with her lifestyle while recently encountering those of her past. In this action thriller drama, we discover that some of these people are missing while a few remain. We are left to find out the truth behind these disappearances.

A Misunderstanding Scene from The Ever After

This Guy Edits Editing Competition