"dandelion" a short film for the American Film Institute (post-production)
"DANDELION" is about seventeen-year-old Margaret, a queer foster child who, after being surrendered to the state at thirteen for kissing a girl, finds herself on a tense, one-night quest for a stable home with a mysterious social worker named Joyce, leading to an unexpected choice.
director: Fiona Obertinca
producer: Tori Ichikowitz
UPM: Shalyn Delhaes
filmed in Los Angeles, CA, April 2024
"the stolen children" feature length documentary (in progress)
director: Elizabeth Jacobs
producer: Breanna Lynn and Phoebe J Yung
director of photography: Britney Bautista
cinematographer: Shalyn Delhaes & Corey Clark
research & development intern: Shalyn Delhaes
featured in VICE World News Article, Film Independent, the U.S. Sun, Daily Mail, Fever Dream Magazine, The List, Politically Invisible Asians, InterCountry Adoptee Voices, Radar Online, SHOUTOUT LA, and The Columbia Chronicle
"hideaway" a cinematography visual essay for the American Film Institute (post-production)
each essay is three minutes long and the AFI fellows were challenged to create a narrative without dialogue.
shot on 4 Perf 500T 35mm
story and cinematography by Eli Cooper
Line Producer: Shalyn Delhaes
"the chop" a short film for the American Film Institute (post-production)
The Chop is an off-beat comedy about a New Zealand Park Ranger working in a California park trying to save a tree from being cut down to make space for a parking lot.
director: Fiona Obertinca
producer: Tori Ichikowitz
distribution producer: Shalyn Delhaes
"favorite things" student short film
A story of two people as their relationship changes over time. Being in love, falling out of love, and falling into friendship. shot on 16mm
written, directed, and shot by: Michael Paris Stone
produced by: Shalyn Delhaes
filmed in Chicago, IL, April 2023
screened at the Yale Student Film Festival & received nominations for 'Best Screenwriting' and 'Best Cinematography'
award winner at the Blow-Up Arthouse Filmfest - Chicago
nominated for best narrative short at the Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF)
screened at The Great Film Club in Los Angeles
"NUCLEAR" student short film
Donna, the daughter of the perfect nuclear family, is contemplating major life decisions unbeknownst to her family.
written and directed by: Natalie Grzeszczak
produced by: Shalyn Delhaes and Natalie Grzeszczak
filmed in Chicago, IL, November 2022
screened at the TCL Chinese Theater for the Golden State Film Festival in February 2024,
nominated for best student short by the Indie Short Fest and nominee at the LA Independent Women Film Awards
"boysenberry night" independent short film
On the opening night of the High School play “Romeo and Juliet,” our title actors begin to realize their desires to play each other's role.
written, directed and produced by: Sophie Chevako and Shalyn Delhaes filmed in Chicago, IL, May 2022
screened at the New Generation Filmmakers Forum & Pride Fest (Midwestern University) in February, 2023
"sunflower" independent short film
After Mateo’s father died in a car crash, the rebellious teenager doesn’t attend his funeral but instead, spends the day with his friends skating and ignores his mother & sister while they continuously try to contact him.
directed by: Shalyn Delhaes & Phoebe J Yung
written by: Shalyn Delhaes
produced by: Shalyn Delhaes
filmed in Chicago, IL, July 2021
Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival 2022 - Online Selection
Marina del Rey Film Festival '23 - Official Selection
Student World Impact Film Festival - Official Selection
"when the tide falls out" independent short film
On the date of what would be his birthday, a late teenaged boy’s two younger siblings reminiscence about the positive moments from his life before his passing.
directed by: Phoebe J Yung
produced by: Emily Bocchino
1st Assistant Director: Shalyn Delhaes
cinematography by: Mei Ling Marzonie
filmed in Chicago, IL, November 2020