YASHIRA PONCE
DIRECTOR | WRITER | PRODUCER
Yashira Ponce is a Honduran-American filmmaker with over eight years experience in the film industry. Born and raised in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, she moved to the U.S. after winning a scholarship to study film at Santa Fe University of Art and Design. Her short film, “Norman Hyde”, was an official selection at the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival. Her short films commonly explore a variety of social issues and feature a female Latinx protagonist. Her core themes are feminism, mental health, immigration, family and bodily autonomy.She worked as a screenwriter for BrightSide, The Soul Publishing’s most popular YouTube channel with over 20 million subscribers and her latest position was as an Office Coordinator at White Horse Pictures, an Emmy-award winning production company that specializes in documentary work. She lives in Los Angeles and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Film & Television at Loyola Marymount University, a college currently ranked as a top five film school in the U.S. Her latest short film, “The Stitch”, premiered at the Academy Award qualifying L.A Shorts International Film Festival in July 2023. Yashira continues to write and direct independent films.
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Work
SUNFLOWER
Short - 2021
A young woman who lives socially isolated due to her unique illness, struggles to connect through social media until a small act of kindness empowers her to be vulnerable.
THE STITCH
Trailer - 2022
NO ENGLISH
SUNFLOWER
EDUCATED
THE BOSTON POST
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