James DeLisio

A young private investigator is forced to reckon with her moral code and rely on a questionable ally to rescue her missing partner from a ruthless killer in this black comedy-mystery.

An examination of the California Spiny Lobster through a series of disparate contexts.

Sent spiraling after the unexpected discovery of his girlfriend's suicide, Liam sifts through the memories of their relationship that he now must reinterpret.

A cameraless film in the tradition of Stan Brakhage's "Mothlight," which takes celluloid as the medium for an encounter between the moving-image, and the materiality of San Diego's shoreline ecosystems.

Near the busy stop and go of a traffic intersection, a group of snails inch toward their destination.

Gabe and James, hosts of a small town weekly news show, report on local happenings as their reality begins to crumble around them.

"Smoke Signals" follows the volunteers at High Point Lookout, one of the last remaining fire lookout towers in California. Alternating between the daily duties of the fire lookouts, and a series of profiles on wildfires that have traced their history, "Smoke Signals" questions the role of the fire lookouts in the face of rapidly advancing technology and climate change.

A written testimony by co-director Jin Ryoo on his experience preparing for Korean compulsory military service is juxtaposed with images of an empty UCSD campus, the desolate construction sites sprawling off of it, and the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial.