Nicole Mendez

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Current Projects

ALL THE FEELS (Postproduction)

All the Feels is a children's short exploring emotions.  Utilizing Super 8 and digital 4k, the film was shot against natural springtime backdrops with intense floral colors adding to the mood of each narrated emotion.  The film is at the beginning stages of postproduction and is still in need of voice over, editing/color, animation, and film scoring.

HUM (Production)

Hum is a long-term experimental documentary project about a child who hums during daily activities.  There is no expected completion date at this time.  Production will continue until the child outgrows this behavior.  Filming is done on occasion (a few times a year) and is currently in its third consecutive year.

Projects in Pre-Production / Concept Stage

THE DAY I REALIZED I AM WHITE (pre-prod)

THE DAY I REALIZED I AM WHITE (pre-prod)

THE DAY I REALIZED I AM WHITE (pre-prod)

This will be my first feature-length documentary. The focus is on my own experiences of growing up in a mixed-race family and will include interviews from experts in various fields who can speak to concepts of identity formation. The film will have a narrow regional focus, exploring the experiences of persons of Mexican descent living in California. Filming is scheduled to begin on this project in late 2026. Expert interviews are still being arranged.

WILD FIELDS OF JUPITER (treatment)

THE DAY I REALIZED I AM WHITE (pre-prod)

THE DAY I REALIZED I AM WHITE (pre-prod)

This project is a feature-length drama that includes a proof-of-concept short film serving as the prequel epilogue for the main film. The story follows a young woman struggling with her mental health while attempting to unravel a dark mystery from her past.

BOY ON THE MOON (concept)

THE DAY I REALIZED I AM WHITE (pre-prod)

BOY ON THE MOON (concept)

The idea for this short family-friendly film came from a story written by my middle child when she was around the age of six. For several years this story has stuck with me, and I recently thought of a way to make sense of the story arc. I envision the film integrating paper cut-outs and stop animation, with inspiration drawn from music videos like the Smashing Pumpkins' Tonight, Tonight (dir. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Fari) and Bjork's Human Behavior (dir. Michel Gondry).

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