Love is Love

Marion Hill is a New Orleans based director with roots in Vietnam, England, and France. Her direction of the camera is devoted to the nuances of femme power, queer sensibility, and radical sensuality across cultures. With deep love for music, visual storytelling and cultural fusion, Marion has specialized in grassroots and small-scale production, collaborating with folks around the world to deliver authentic cinematic stories in all forms. Marion’s short films Bird of Prey (2016) and Goddess House (2018) played at festivals including Frameline (San Francisco), Sidewalk (Birmingham, AL), Outfest Fusion (Los Angeles), aGLIFF (Austin), Mardi Gras FF (Sydney, Australia), and the New Orleans Film Festival. Her films now have over 3.5 million views online. As a fellow of the New Orleans Film Society’s 2018 Emerging Voices program, Marion developed her first feature film, Ma Belle, My Beauty, a romantic drama that takes queer characters from New Orleans to the South of France in a polyamorous whirlwind. They went on to receive funding from the Sundance Institute Launch Grant Fund for the project in 2019, and participated in IFP’s 2020 Narrative Lab. Marion also holds a position as the assistant director of video at WWOZ New Orleans, producing music-related content from concert and festival live capture to short documentary with local artists.

Mari Walker is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has been accepted into over 250 film festivals including Sundance, SXSW, Frameline, and Outfest, garnering a total of 76 awards & 52 nominations. Mari’s work consistently explores identity through multiple forms and genres, championing the shared humanity of others through narratives that promote empathy and understanding. Her film The Soul of a Tree won Best Short Documentary at the Kerry Film Festival in 2016. Swim, her first narrative short, won the Audience Award at the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival. Her most recent work See You Then premiered at SXSW and received CAAMFEST‘s Honorable Mention Award.

Natalia Leite is a Brazilian writer/director. Her work has been described as having “a bracing, assertive style” (Variety), “emotional intelligence” (LA Times), and as “cementing the reign over highly stylized, sexually progressive dramas” (Slate). Her feature film M.F.A., starring Francesca Eastwood, premiered at SXSW 2017 where it was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize and a Game Changer Award. Leite’s directorial debut Bare, starring Dianna Agron, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2015 where it was purchased by IFC Films. In addition to her narrative work, Leite has also created original content for Vice TV, immersing herself in different subcultures, and directed numerous branded shorts. Most recently, Leite directed episodes of the HBOMax show Love Life, and the Hulu show Love, Victor.