ASHLEY MONTI 

NARRATIVE

               KATE IN OXNARD              

Kate moves to a small coastal town for a bartending job, anticipating a summer of freedom. What she finds instead is less idyllic, and she comes to realize she’s much more vulnerable than she thought.

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Director and Writer, Emily Thomson

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                VIOLA, FRANCA                      

It's Sicily in 1965, and Franca is forced to marry her rapist to avoid becoming a pariah in her traditionalist community, but she rebels against the established custom and sets a precedent that alters the course of Italian history, paving the way for women's rights.

Director and Writer, Marta Savina | Producer, Marta Savina, Tatiana Vecchio, Gregory J Rossi

Cinematographer | Topher Osborn

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Emmy Award, Best Drama  | Emmy Award, Bricker Humanitarian Award | Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival,  Corto in Concorso David di Donatello  Length | 15 minutes  Trailer | IMDB 

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               YOUR NAME ISN'T ENGLISH                     

Each time Tazbah, a young professional woman, gets into a ride-share car she takes on the unexpected role of becoming a free history teacher as her drivers struggle to pronounce her name. 

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Director and Writer, Tazbah Rose Chavez | Executive Producer, Taika Waititi

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               BOTTOMLAND                     

A man goes on a trip to find his estranged father and unexpectedly runs into a woman escaping her own demons.

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Director, Christopher de las Alas | Writer, Ramona Young | Stars, Ramona Young,  Dante Graves,  Matt Ukena IMDB 

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         VENUS TRANSIT           

Iris, an old astrophysicist, needs to reach Palomar to keep the promise she made to her late husband to watch the transit of Venus. She finds a driver and eventually an unexpected friend in chick-lit novelist, Hannah.

Director and Writer, Giulia Corda | USC School of Cinematic Arts, Screenwriting Grant  |Tribeca Film Institute, Filmmaker Fund, Production Award | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award

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       THE LAST CHAPTER

An emotionally unstable writer accidentally bumps into her ex boyfriend in a Los Angeles hotel.            

Director and Writer, Romina Carrisi Power | Official Selection New York Short Film Festival  Trailer | IMDB

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Phone | 323-369-6724
Email | ashleymonti@gmail.com