Pancakes

Directed by Kai Torres 

Type of Project: Drama
Length: 12:33
Producer: Maria Lavelle
Editors: Kai Torres, Will Mayo
Cinematographer: Lorena Duran
Sound Design: Hasan Hadi 

An adolescent girl has trained herself to function within the walls of a dysfunctional home. Pancakes depicts a child's attempt to be an adult in order to keep some semblance of a family together, broken as it may be. This film is an ode to anyone who has been robbed of a childhood and forced to grow up faster than they deserve, may they not walk alone.

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Kai Torres is a Puerto Rican American Filmmaker, MFA candidate at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She received her bachelor’s degree in Media Studies and Communications from The University of Virginia in 2015. She then worked as an Associate Producer on “Who’s Next,” a documentary directed by Emmy Award-Winning Producer Nancy Charney. Her 2019 short film “Pancakes” is currently in festival submissions. It just made its LA Premiere at HollyShorts Film Festival 2019 and The Latina Official Film Festival 2019.