walk

walk is a short animated film about the importance of nature in regards to mental health, especially during a pandemic.

Director, producer, animator: Claudia Romano

 

Public Heart

Public Heart is a short documentary about two female public artists in Philadelphia.

Director, producer, editor: Claudia Romano

Featuring: Aubrie Costello and Michelle A. Ortiz

Awards: Best Social Justice Film in Rough Cut Film Festival, Official Selection in Philadelphia Latino Film Festival Youth Salon, Official Selection in Tri-Co Film Festival

 

>pieces

>pieces is a short documentary that explores the challenges and complexities of multi identities through the viewpoints of three students at Swarthmore College.

Director, producer, editor: Claudia Romano

Featuring: Lydia Koku, Christopher Malafronti, Daniela Wertheimer

Award: Best Documentary in Tri-Co Film Festival

 

The Evolving Choreography of Aukeran

Choreographer and founder Edu Murumendiaraz of Basque dance company Aukeran and dancers Garazi Egiguren Urkola and Ander Errasti explain how the group started, the public’s reactions to their blend of contemporary and traditional, and their experiences at the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

Producer and editor: Claudia Romano

Videography and photography: Paul Weiss, Caleb Hamilton, David Barnes, Joshua Davis, Albet Tong, David Herrranz, Lillian Schneyer, Ryan Shank, Claudia Romano, Alexis Ligon, Anne Saul

 

Basque Landscape Painter Jesus Mari Lazkano

A video about Basque painter Jesus Mari Lazkano, who is known for his fantastic surrealist landscape paintings inspired by the Basque landscapes he encounters on a daily basis.

Producer and editor: Claudia Romano

Videography, photography: Pruitt Allen, Josué Castilleja, Andrea Curran, Cristina Diaz-Carrera, Albert Tong

 

Gourd Carving - Mate Burilado

A short film produced at the Smithsonian about master gourd craftsman Ponciano Canto.

Editor: Claudia Romano

Filmography: Joshua Eli Cogan

Production: Cristina Díaz-Carrera

 

Chicha Poster Art

A video about Elliot Tupac, a Peruvian artist who stylizes traditional screen-printing designs and techniques to achieve a new level of valorization for chicha posters. Tupac’s work has become an identity marker in Peru and beyond, welcoming this street art into the gallery world.

Editor: Claudia Romano

Filmography: Joshua Eli Cogan

Production: Cristina Díaz-Carrera

 

The Wachiperi Community of the Peruvian Amazon

At the 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Nely Ninantay Yonaje shares her experience growing up in the remote Peruvian Amazon community of Queros. In the Festival's "Perú: Pachamama" program, she was one representative of the Wachiperi people who are fighting to preserve and revive their traditional customs and native language.

Producer and editor: Claudia Romano

Videography: Charlie Weber, Holly Wissler, Claudia Romano

 

Fishing, Surfing, Teach: The Traditions of Huanchaco

In Huanchaco on the northern coast of Peru, local fishermen are renowned for building caballitos de totora (reed rafts), a tradition that goes back five thousand years.

Production: Claudia Romano, Marisol Medina-Cadena

Editor: Claudia Romano

Filmography: Claudia Romano, Cristina Díaz-Carrera, Charlie Weber, Brian Hart, Lugyal Bum

 

Elliot Tupac: Capturing a Moment in a Mural

The "Perú: Pachamama" program at the 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival featured several chicha street artists, including Elliot Tupac, a Peruvian muralist and designer who hails from Lima.

Production: Claudia Romano, Marisol Medina-Cadena

Editor: Claudia Romano

Filmography: Albert Tong, Charlie Weber, Pruitt Allen, Jiaban Li, Claudia Romano