Johnny Loves Dolores
TFI Suppport
TFI Network 2020
Logline
As a community struggles to keep afloat during the 2008 recession, a lonely, underpaid clerk considers a lucrative “green card marriage” that runs counter to his ideal of marrying for love. His plans are complicated when an undocumented immigrant woman he secretly loves finds herself in dire financial need.
Clarissa de los Reyes
Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Clarissa de los Reyes was born and raised in Manila, Philippines. She has an MFA in Film Production from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and is an alumna of the Berlinale Talent Campus. Her short films have screened at various film festivals around the world including Palm Springs International, Busan, Fribourg and more.
Cecilia R. Mejia
Producer
Cecilia R. Mejia is a first-generation Filipino-American born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She has worked in development for non-profit organizations, including NGOs at the United Nations. She has a master’s degree in Public Administration and Affairs and is a graduate of the Columbia Business School’s Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Program. She’s worked with several grassroots organizations focusing on underrepresented communities, which led to her working in film. Cecilia has produced a number of short films focusing on critical social impact issues. She’s the lead producer of the upcoming Sony-acquired feature film YELLOW ROSE, a social impact producer of the award-winning doc CALL HER GANDA (TIFF 2018), and Co-Producer for LINGUA FRANCA (Tribeca All Access 2019). Cecilia is combining her love of film and social impact work with under-resourced youth through her non-profit organization Art of Me as the Creative Director. She was recently featured in Forbes Magazine for her work.