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DesiMo Productions ❤️‍🔥💫
“The Blue Diamond”💎@bloodybitestv & @canalplus
“My Divorce Party”💍🌵💰 on AppleTV+ & TUBI ⬇️

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Drumroll, please… 🏆 Introducing our SCARY GIRLS 2026 awardees! 🖤🔥
 ✨ Annapurna Sriram (Fucktoys) — Trailblazer Award
✨ Ivy Wolk (The Napa Boys) — Visionary Award
✨ Shreya Navile (Skin) — Fearless Performance Award  ✨ Haley Z. Boston (Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen) — Outstanding Achievement Award in Horror/Comedy 
We were thrilled to honor these extraordinary talents at SCARY GIRLS at The London West Hollywood, celebrating their bold voices, unforgettable artistry, and fearless storytelling across horror and comedy!

Congratulations to our inaugural SCARY GIRLS honorees! We look forward to following and celebrating their work ahead! 🖤
Congratulations to our entire DesiMo Team: Apoorva Gundeti, Alec Houston, and Founders Desiree Staples and MoMo!

And an immense thank you to @filmslop for today’s exclusive announcement!

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Finally starring in a comedy!!!😍😍 💃

Been wanting to act in something that isn’t in my typical wheelhouse and I’m so grateful for this opportunity :)

ANXIOUS AVOIDANT, a near-future romantic comedy short about modern dating, attachment theory, and just how far people will go to be “ready” for love :)

We would be over the moon if you could support ANXIOUS AVOIDANT’s film festival run here:

https://seedandspark.com/fund/anxious-avoidant

Even $1:11 would mean sooo much to us and our team 🧚‍♀️

The wonderful cast💕
DADDY: @terenceleclere
MOMMY: @meggieliz93
DASH: @brianoshea93

WRITER/ DIRECTOR: @maggiehlane ✨
PRODUCERS: @cindyluphoto @desireestaples ✨

#comedyshort #anxiousavoidant

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Ducky had a fantastic time screening at SCARY GIRLS! Thank you to @desimoproductions @desireestaples @apoorvagundeti apoorvagundeti and @alechouston for an awesome night. Shout out to “Paula” aka @kerryelizabethmcpherson for repping Team Ducky with me! And finally some decent photos on Getty thanks to @briannabrysonphotography!

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“Poppy is delighted that she may have finally met someone capable of a secure relationship. She has not.” — introducing ANXIOUS AVOIDANT, a near-future rom-com written/directed by @maggiehlane and starring @ami_park @brianoshea93 @meggieliz93 and @terenceleclere. A true labor of (secure) love by an incredible cast and crew. The Seed&Spark to fund what will be an epic festival run is in the bio (including an exclusive clip of the film!)

Please follow along, share, and donate whatever you can!

….because it’s okay to be attached.

Producers: @cindyluphoto & @desireestaples
EP: @youngcnel
DP: @aminazadeh
Art Pirate: @gogbrianbernard.
Costumes: @nataliabarzilai

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OPEN WIDE is one of 50 official selections for Ripcord’s Halloween Film Festival! We need you to please register for free at ripcord.film to watch online October 19–22 and VOTE to help us advance to the Top 10 🙏🏻🖤🙏🏻 #RipcordHalloweenFilmFestival #vote #horrorshort #filmfestival

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Thank you @desimoproductions for including KANDIE in this year’s Scary Girls screening, and @lapost_official for the write up! Such an honor & delight to be included amongst so many talented filmmakers! 🩸

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Mom’s spagetty

Thank you for having Open Wide at Scary Girls @desimoproductions @desireestaples 🩸🔪❤️

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BEDFUCK had the best time at SCARY GIRLS! Thank you @desimoproductions for featuring our weird ass horny short. Honored to be included with these insanely badass female filmmakers.

Next stop @filmquest ! 💕

💄 @jaymekav

#womeninfilm #womeninhorror #scarygirls

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October (Love Song) 🍂❤️‍🔥🎃
Parties, playlists, new film projects, early birthday presents and my favorite people.

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I dressed as Alastor from Hasbin Hotel and went to a screening event “SCARY GIRLS” honoring female filmmakers and their horror film productions. Thank you for the invite @desireestaples and thank you @barabasmen for suit and @wear.freshy for the shoes #alastor #hazbinhotel #halloween #redcarpet #suit

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Scary Girls 2026!
Shout out to the team behind @desimoproductions for throwing the biggest bash of the halloween season yet!

Thanks to @briannabrysonphotography of @gettyimages for capturing so much magic on the red carpet.
Personal shout out to @biviumwine for the best Orange and LA Cuvee 🍷.
Thanks to @deathdealerprops for the arms, legs and skulls 💀.
Thank you to all our friends and family for coming out and supporting 🖤.

More to come...

#desimoproductions #biviumwine #bakesxjake #scarygirls #horrorcomedy

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Scary Girls was INCREDIBLE!!! HUGE shoutout and special thanks to @desireestaples and @desimoproductions for inviting me; every film screened was fantastic, and these artists are really something special. @loveisbailey I’m so sorry the one photo I took of us you were blinking 😭, but ‘Tranz Panic’ was magical and wonderful! And everyone should go watch it 😤

If you’re in LA and you haven’t been to one of these screenings yet, make sure you hit the next one!

#scarygirls #filmmakers #filmscreening #womeninfilm #hollywood

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