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Sylvia Ray

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Sylvia Ray is a Chicana/Korean-American director based in Los Angeles, known for her authentic, heartfelt storytelling that blends humor, grit, and emotional depth. She is a 2025 Film Independent Project Involve Fellow and a 2024 Latino Film Institute Inclusion Fellow, where she wrote and directed The Vote. Sylvia's feature script The Middle was a quarterfinalist at the HollyShorts Film Festival and the Atlanta International Film Festival and was selected for the FICMonterrey Pro-Meetings Program. The proof of concept for The Middle earned a Best LatinX Film nomination at the 2024 HollyShorts Film Festival and won Best In Festival at the 2025 Sundial Film Festival. Her work independently and per contract spans narrative films, commercials, and music videos for clients like Sony, Pixar, Disney, and Red Bull.
Sylvia’s short film Preggers won Best Comedy Short at the Arizona International Film Festival, and her work has been featured at prestigious festivals such as The Academy through NewFilmmakers LA. She has also directed indie pilots like Our Late Father, In Limbo, and My Human Experience. Her short film LEN(N)Y streamed globally on Pantaya and DISH! Latino as part of the Hola Mexico’s Tomorrow Filmmakers Today fellowship. Inspired by her desert-town upbringing and life experience, Sylvia’s work explores empowerment, morality, and grief, with a focus on BIPOC communities.

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