Daniel Maldonado

Writer, Director and Props by trade

Trapped in a US detention center, a sick Central American teenage migrant fantasizes of escaping into the forests of rural America. His fever-dream of escape is overshadowed by the haunting memories of being separated from his family.

Stolen Dreams

12-year-old Calvin steals his mother's bracelet to impress his friend Sarah, but discovers that his actions come with risks and compromises.

One for Sorrow

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A successful black businessman, haunted by his crumbling marriage and identity crisis, is drawn into a sexualized game of cat and mouse with a mysterious white woman on a subway that leads to a violent conclusion.

The Dutchman

When a sext to the wrong number sends a group of clueless men into a panic, they recklessly dive into an all-night journey through NYC to save their friend, revealing their own misguided and toxic views on women along the way.

Caper

Embracing the eternal harmony of light and darkness' ephemeral dance, in darkness there is light, draws upon the fragility of life and celluloid. It is a handcrafted film elegy told as a textured visual haiku centered on the iconic 7 subway train in New York City. It is a portrait on healing through time, bathed in shadow, light-scapes, silhouettes and locomotion. ...

In Darkness There Is Light

Ollie Cross is a young paramedic assigned to the NYC night shift with an uncompromising and seasoned partner Gene Rutkovsky. Each 911 call is often dangerous and uncertain, putting their lives on the line every day to help others.

Asphalt City

An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent engagement.

Fair Play

After unapologetic and fiercely loyal Inez kidnaps her son Terry from the foster care system, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.

A Thousand and One

Set in 1958, follows Maggie who sneaks up to New York City to make her secret dream come true: dancing live on stage in the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall, putting her high-society wedding plans on hold.

A Holiday Spectacular

Margot, a young woman who was abandoned by her mother as a baby, travels to a secluded Amish community with a documentary film crew seeking answers about her mother and extended family.

Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

A down-on-his-luck movie collector discovers a legendary lost film and becomes entangled in an outrageous adventure to deliver it to the right hands before it is lost forever.

The Sixth Reel

A Chinese-American police officer's life unravels after he accidentally shoots an innocent Black man. Facing trial, he wades through his guilt as he navigates the complicated worlds of media, justice, racial politics and his own morality.

A Shot Through the Wall

A "love letter" to New York City through its subways & enclaves, H.O.M.E. is a film woven of two stories. One of a missing young man with Asperger's Syndrome who seeks refuge in the underground labyrinth of NYC. The other follows a gambling Ecuadorian livery driver & a Chinese woman desperate to get home to her sick child.

H.O.M.E.

Sofia Escala, Assistant D.A. by day & Justice Woman by night, determined to fight injustice within the legal system, and the fiasco that she and her office mate Robert Gallion get into as a result.

Justice Woman

Lalo tells the hilarious story of a NYC Mexican delivery worker, who upon discovering he's jeopardized his employment, learns that he's been given one last delivery to salvage his job.

Lalo

Tells the story of Tommy, a quiet yet imaginative third grader, who while struggling for his teacher's acceptance in class, recalls the sudden and haunting disappearance of his best friend and classmate, Judy Boyer .

Stickers

Pacifier

Blue Hearts of New York

Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.

The Room Next Door

When new neighbor Brian threatens his quiet life, Craig Waterman struggles to protect his family's security.