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