SHORT FILMS
MEMORY WALK (DEVELOPMENT)
SCI-FI DRAMA
After suddenly losing her father, Romi must choose between a promising track career or getting lost in her own memories of him.
Writer, Director, & Producer: Demi Anais
'Memory Walk' centers on Romi, a track star whose reality is rocked when she suddenly loses her father. Despite the friends and family that attempt to be there for her, and an athletic scholarship that awaits her, Romi is unable to accept his loss.
A SCI-FI DRAMA EXPLORING GRIEF, AVOIDANCE, & ADDICTION
Romi instead turns to a machine that allows her to relive her most cherished memories with her dad. Though she seems content to leave her grief behind and instead live in the past, Romi is soon confronted with the fact that her future very much hinges on her being present.
PROJECT STATUS
'Memory Walk' is currently in the financing stage of development and is projected to enter pre-production in early 2026.
BORROWED TIME (2025) - 7min
DRAMA
Renee Welsh-Noel, a Lupus survivor who is fighting with apathetic healthcare providers for disability coverage, channels her everyday frustrations into her art.
Co-Writer / Co-Director / Editor: Demi Anais
Co-Writer / Co-Director: Mekhai Lee
Producer: William Oaks
Cinematographer: Busola Adeboyej
POWER OF RECLAIMING ONES JOY THROUGH MAKING ART
This film, based on Renee’s true story, was created as a part of the NAACP’s Cinematic Shorts Competition. We were given 3 weeks in total from development to distribution, with 5 days allocated for production and post production, to complete a film with a 7 minute runtime limit.
PROJECT STATUS
'Borrowed Time' will return to post to be further refined outside of the runtime and timeline constraints of the Cinematic Shorts Competition. Upon its completion the film will be entered into select film festivals.
VODOU (2023) - 18 min
COMING OF AGE DRAMA
While spending the summer in New Orleans with her Manbo Aunt, BR finds herself in the spiritual family culture that her own mom tried to distance them both from.
Writer, Director, & Producer: Demi Anais
Cinematographer & Executive Producer: Bron Moyi
Co-Producers: Brittany Fallow, Jourdan Bazley, & Reuben O.J. Turner Jr.
Starring: Shyla Evangeline as "BR" & Stacie Davis as "Nann"
Production Designer & Associate Producer: Timotheous Davis
Composer: Jay Weigel
DEMYSTIFYING AN OFTEN MISREPRESENTED SPIRTUALITY
FESTIVALS SCREENINGS:
'Vodou' has been showcased at several Film Festival including:
Los Angeles Black Film Festival - Los Angeles, California
Imagine This Women's Film Festival - New York, New York
Essence Film Festival - New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans Film Festival - New Orleans, Louisiana *
The Smithsonian Museum of African American History & Culture's FORWARD Conference: "Religions Envisioning Change Short Film Festival - Washington, D.C.
Women of the Lens Film Festival - London, England
*Oscar's Qualifying*
PROJECT STATUS:
'Vodou' has completed its Festival run and is now publicly available to view via streaming, Vimeo, and select in-person screenings.