
Lissa Carandang-Sweeney is a mixed Filipino American actor, producer, and costume designer based in New York City, but raised in and around Philadelphia. Her first on-camera role-as a featured bar girl in the third season of Amy Sherman-Palladino's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel-kicked off her determination to pursue acting professionally. Her first leading role in a feature film, Alice-Heart, cemented...
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Alice-Heart is an aimless college student residing in Philadelphia. She aspires to be a famous writer but drops out of school in her last semester of senior year on a whim. Immediately cut off from her disappointed Filipino mother and dumped by her studious boyfriend, she finds that she has to pay bills on her own for the first time. Distraught, she takes solace in her neighbor Tony, a self sufficient freelance photographer. Tony encourages her to pursue her passions and hold onto her friendships. With this in mind, Alice-Heart navigates the beginnings of adulthood and combats “adult baby” allegations along the way.

A jaded Japanese movie star stranded in NYC without money or phone meets a passionate indie filmmaker and his crew, leading to an unexpected creative journey that could reignite her love for cinema.

Close friends Edwin and Steven advise each other on dating and drama — based on zero experience — while seeking a space to hang after school.

A slice-of-life story about the unlikely connection between an online sex worker and someone seeking company.

During a writing retreat, an undermined member of an indie rock band discovers a connection to a supernatural presence.

A newlywed and recent father wins $6 off a scratch-off, which kickstarts a “lucky week” of mismanagement as a wound on his leg slowly grows more infected.

A shore film about the suburbs.

A lonely claymation artist struggles with bad connection.

A pizza delivery girl discovers her neighbor is moving into a sorority house of vampires. It's a race against the clock to stop her crush from being sacrificed at midnight.

Two immigrants living on the fringes of American society hit the road in search of the truth about a shared UFO abduction.
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