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Tessa Slovis is a Queer, Latina/Jewish filmmaker based in LA and New York. She began her career as an actor at age 10, appearing Off- Broadway and regionally and on screen in TV and film. It was during her MFA Acting training at USC that she found her voice as a director, pivoting to a vibrant career behind the camera. Her Directorial Debut, Pizza Party, a magic realist retelling of the night before the Larry Nassar trials began, garnered her international and Academy qualifying festival attention. Pizza Party screened at 24 festivals over the course of one year. She was awarded Special Jury Mention at the Ashland Film Festival, was nominated for best drama short at the McMinnville Film Festival and Florida Film Festival and won the Female Gaze Directing award at Portland Film Festival. Her subsequent film Falsies was nominated for best short at the Tallgrass Film Festival and Montclair Film Festival. Her latest film Aisles, written by Emma Axelrod, is a dreamy, time-bending romantic comedy set in a grocery store. After beginning its festival run in October 2025, Aisles, has screened at the Philadelphia Film Festival, Montclair Film Festival, Rehoboth Beach Film Festival and Portland Film Festival and will be screened in March 2026 at the Garden State Film Festival. Tessa is attached to direct teen comedy feature, False Profits, penned by Madeline Mahoney. As well as the up