Melina Coumas is an experimental filmmaker from Oahu, Hawaii. With a BA in Film Studies, her focus is in filmmaking while also pursuing interests in photography, fiber arts and writing. Her work has screened both locally and internationally. She shoots primarily on celluloid film formats, exploring themes surrounding memory, heritage, representation and perception.
She was recently the Production Manager & Associate Producer at XRAY Television in Portland, Oregon where she also curated the NW Celluloid program. She is now the Films Manager of the Filmed by Bike Film Festival.
Aquí (2019)
16mm, Color, Sound
An exploration of what home means to a multicultural young woman
Day Off Vibes (2018)
16mm, Color, Sound
A rumination on the pressures of being productive
On Our Way (2017)
Super 8mm, Color, Sound
Using the last voicemail her Grandmother left on her phone, the
short becomes a mediation on loss and haunted spaces
Obsidian Glaze (2016)
Super 8mm, Color, Sound
A mysterious entity attempts to communicate with strange images
Reverie At Noon (2016)
16mm, Color, Sound
Inspired by the summer heat and a newfound obsession with ASMR
A Ritual Phantasm (2015)
Super 8mm & 16mm, Color, Sound
Super 8mm footage was an experiment shot in 2015 with 16mm hand painted segments made during a 2016 workshop with Japanese experimental filmmaker Makino Takashi
Kaigan (2015)
Super 8mm, Color, Sound
An attempt to remove tourists from a tropical landscape, returning it to its natural state
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