Maria Judice

As a graduate of CalArts M.F.A. Film/Video program, M is a visual storyteller working in cinema, writing, photography, and public art. Her films and writing combine a fictional and documentary narrative approach. Wired magazine called M a "filmmaker provocateur." PALM TREES DOWN 3rd ST. won the Adrienne Shelly Award and was called "a masterpiece" by Film Threat. The award-winning sci-fi MOONLESS was reviewed by Stigmart/Videofocus13.
Her films have screened around the world and are represented by Flourishing Films. Short and feature scripts have official selections at Slamdance, Silent River Screenplay Competition, and the Cindependent Festival. Other writings were published in Forum Magazine, Obsidian Journal, Alternative Litas, and Undertone Mag.
As a hood educator, she sits on the board of School of the Alternative, offering affordable non-hierarchical arts education. Classes on film studies are also taught in open virtual and public spaces to advance discussions on the future of Black cinema. The curriculum includes: SCREENWRITING ROOTED IN DECOLONIZATION AND ABSTRACT THINKING, THE PRINCIPLES of GOOD STORY, BLACK FILM as PROTEST, and the 101 ESSENTIAL BLACK FILMS are taught in open virtual and public space to advance discussions on the future of Black cinema.
Practicing "autonomy first," her artist's role is not to disrupt but interrupt the signal to noise, propaganda imagery, and missive narratives. But to center Black, Indigenous, and marginalized lives, experiences, and spirits. Her first feature, ELEPHANT, is in post-production. She can be found in San Francisco kicking around the fog.