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All films in this program are closed-captioned.
Two best friends, Mariah and Kimberly, navigate their after-school routine in New York City. What starts as an ordinary day takes an unexpected turn as unspoken feelings between them come to light.
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Mariales Diaz (they/them) is a gender-expansive Dominican writer, director, producer and programmer living in New York. They are a programmer at Rooftop Films and most recently produced the documentary short Still Waters, which premiered at BlackStar Film Festival and won their Audience Award for Best Documentary Short. It later played festivals including Indie Memphis, Doc NYC, Hot Docs, SFFILM and has been acquired by POV.
Diaz has worked on the production and post-archival teams at companies such as Pilgrim Media Group, Religion of Sports, HBOMax, and Proximity Media. They are a graduate of the SUNY Purchase Film Conservatory. They also have participated in fellowships and artist programs such as Sundance Institute Trans Possibilities, Film at Lincoln Center's Artist Academy, Sundance Ignite, Creative Culture at The Jacob Burns Film Center, and NeXt Doc.
- Year2026
- Runtime11 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- GenreShort, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorMariales Diaz
- ScreenwriterMariales Diaz

All films in this program are closed-captioned.
Two best friends, Mariah and Kimberly, navigate their after-school routine in New York City. What starts as an ordinary day takes an unexpected turn as unspoken feelings between them come to light.
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Mariales Diaz (they/them) is a gender-expansive Dominican writer, director, producer and programmer living in New York. They are a programmer at Rooftop Films and most recently produced the documentary short Still Waters, which premiered at BlackStar Film Festival and won their Audience Award for Best Documentary Short. It later played festivals including Indie Memphis, Doc NYC, Hot Docs, SFFILM and has been acquired by POV.
Diaz has worked on the production and post-archival teams at companies such as Pilgrim Media Group, Religion of Sports, HBOMax, and Proximity Media. They are a graduate of the SUNY Purchase Film Conservatory. They also have participated in fellowships and artist programs such as Sundance Institute Trans Possibilities, Film at Lincoln Center's Artist Academy, Sundance Ignite, Creative Culture at The Jacob Burns Film Center, and NeXt Doc.
- Year2026
- Runtime11 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- GenreShort, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorMariales Diaz
- ScreenwriterMariales Diaz