TREE’S BLOOD (2024)
When Elveria (Ayo Edebiri), a self-absorbed eco-influencer, livestreams loggers to bolster her brand, she is confronted by a mystical creature, Zamora (Rose Byrne), who is desperate to save the forest she calls home. The two strangers come together and are forced to put their egos aside to save both humanity and the forest.
Partnered with Nickelodeon, Paramount and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Tree’s Blood is the seventh short film from Reel Start’s student filmmakers and the first made in collaboration with Exceptional Minds. Reel Start students wrote, developed, and produced a compelling narrative on environmental issues and one’s ability to detach themselves from the digital world and reconnect with mother nature with the artists from Exceptional Mind providing the final designs and animation for the short.
MY MONSTER AND I (2023)
Starring Delphine Huang (Mulan 2020), My Monster and I is a story told from the perspective of a 10-year-old Asian-American girl named Sydney Li. With her wits, new found courage, and her daddy's taser gun, Syd confronts the unearthly monster only to find out that the creature is as lonely and lost as she is. With a box of Oreos, she ends up befriending the creature from space and ultimately gets a helping hand as she faces her biggest fear... her father.
Director: AJ Starzak
Producer: Samantha K. Tan
Best Sci-Fi Short - San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival 2023
Best Short - MyMoviesPlus Film Festival 2023
Best Sci-Fi Short - Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival 2023
Best Performances - Fantasy & Sci-Fi Film Festival 2023
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE AMERICA (2022)
A dark-comedy series formed by four angry shorts, each attributes to the delicately chosen experience of female Chinese international students in the city of Philadelphia.
Creator & Director: Qiyue Sun
Producer: Samantha K. Tan
Official Selection - Boston Asian American Film Festival 2022
Official Selection - Austin Asian American Film Festival 2022
Official Selection - Oxaca FilmFest 2022
MEMNON (2022)
Director: Cameron Clay
Co-Producer: Samantha K. Tan
Official Selection - Philadelphia Film Festival 2022
EXPANDING SANCTUARY (2022)
The documentary, Expanding Sanctuary, follows the historic campaign to end the sharing of police database information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) led by the Latinx immigrant community and Juntos, a Latinx immigrant rights nonprofit, in South Philadelphia.
Director: Kristal Sotomayor
Assistant Producer: Samantha K. Tan
2021-2022 Added Velocity Grant Recipient
Featured on 6abc news
RIDE (2021)
Director: Wendy Wang
Associate Producer: Samantha K. Tan
Official Selection - L.A. Film Fest - Independent Filmmakers - Showcase IFS - Los Angeles / Beverly Hills 2021
UNSTABLE (2020)
Director: Fiorella Vescovi
Producer: Samantha K. Tan
Label: Silver Gun Records / September 2020
IF I EVER SEE YOU AGAIN (2019)
Director: Jordan MIzrahi
Producer: Samantha K. Tan
FEVER DREAM BY GRAYSCALE (2018)
Director: Jordan MIzrahi
Assistant Producer: Samantha K. Tan
TURNTABLE (2018)
Turntable is a short film that focuses on the effects of deception in dating. An innocent night turns into one they won't forget.
Director: Jake Noecker
Producer & Assistant Director: Samantha K. Tan
Official Selection - LGBTQ Shorts Film Festival 2019
Official Selection - The Film Collective 2019
Official Selection - First-Time Filmmaker Sessions 2019
SOLD SIGN (2017)
A visual poem about the struggles of an unhealthy relationship.
Producer, Director & Editor: Samantha K. Tan
Director of Photography & Editor: Gabriella Megni
Music: Kevin Graham
Nominee for Best Short - Rough Cut Film Festival 2018
Official Selection - 2nd Annual Temple Women’s Fest 2018
Official Selection - Lycoming College Film and Video Festival 2018
my heart (2017)
Demonstrating her love for art, Lillian Duran expresses herself through various types of characters in her paintings, as well as explains what art means to her.
Producer, Director, Director of Photography & Editor: Samantha K. Tan
Official Selection - 36 Degrees AAFF Asolo Art Film Festival
NEW COLOR, NEW PERSPECTIVE (2017)
Producer, Director, Director of Photography & Editor: Samantha K. Tan
Official Selection - Rough Cut Film Festival 2017