Tribeca All Access® 2008
Venezuelan-Canadian, Claudia Molina has created short dramatic films, documentaries and has worked as a field director in a documentary TV series. Claudia studied creative writing and Spanish literature at the University of British Columbia (2002-2004). She was also a director resident at The Canadian Film Centre (2004), where she made her award-winning short film, Red Velvet Girls, in to a feature length screenplay with funding from the Harold Greenberg Fund, BC Film and Telefilm Canada. Most recently Claudia wrote and directed Dancing Waters for Bravo! Which was invited to the 2007 Cannes short film corner. Claudia has developed a passion for animation and enjoys working with animators. She is writing and directing two animated short films, and she is also writing for a new animated Television series.
Red Velvet Girls is a darkly sensual coming of age story about love and rebellion. Julia is in love with the human she has grown up with and this has greatly influenced the way she feels about her own kind - Andalusian Vampires.