Mon Castro

A chance encounter at a vaquero bar inspires a man to finally put himself out there.

A modern fairy-tale satire set in the cutthroat world of academic research that follows Gabriela Quiroz, an overworked PhD student preparing for a crucial Research Funding mixer where major grants are awarded. Her entitled lab partner Andrew routinely coasts on her work while taking credit. Their advisor, Dr. Thatcher reinforces the imbalance. Gabriela is expected to remain invisible but indispensable. Will she find the courage to defy her advisor and lab partner in a bid to secure funding for her research?

A young woman has a rare medical condition that causes her to gag involuntarily, almost to the point of vomiting. One fateful night, she is forced to confront the past she left behind -a past tied to her condition- and discovers that her "barf," both literal and metaphorical, is a part of herself she must embrace and release.

A famous stand-up comedian debates on whether telling or not a polemic joke he just wrote. His whole night changes when he realizes that he has lost the ability to hear laughter...

An astronaut recreating Mars conditions in the US desert is saved by a couple of passing immigrants. A deadly negotiation ensues over the astronaut’s water, vital for both the astronaut’s humanity-saving mission and the immigrants’ hopes to survive their journey.

After walking home alone, a shy fifteen year-old girl is rescued by a punk entity who shows her a world where she'll fit in just as she is.

A mischievous teen pretends to be a saintly nun only to be mistaken for a real one.

A thirty-year-old Spanish writer in Los Angeles embarks on a journey of self-discovery in the midst of his first love story with a man and his last with a woman, all while facing the added isolating reality of being a foreigner.