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Filmmaker & Author
Writer/Director of What’chu Mixed With?
Author of The Mermaid Princesses (2023)
2026 SFFILM FilmHouse Resident
MFA Film Grad 🎓

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@maya_mulatta Maya has created something so undeniably dope! I can’t wait to see what else this woman has in store. Best believe she is not done!!! God keep blessing this woman that I have the privilege to know🎥✨🤎🐺 LOVE YOU

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As the founder of this festival, I want to thank everyone for the love and support we’ve received heading into Year 5 🙏🏼!

With just 15 days until the festival, I’ve written my annual Festival Director’s message straight from the heart. Please take a moment to read it when you can!

Year 5 feels different. The excitement, energy, and anticipation are something special this year!

See you all on October 24th!!! God bless! 🤞🏼💙

All the details you need to know about our event can be found on our page! More promo coming soon, so stay tuned!

Make sure to follow & support ⬇️ @floresfilmfestival

Come bloom with us!!! 🌸

📸 previous pics taken by @nooguyen

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What can happen when the same creative practice moves between books and film?

Maine Media MFA alum Maya Cameron ’24 has already taken her work in both directions.

Her book The Mermaid Princesses, published by HarperCollins and named Best Fantasy Children’s Book by the African-American Literary Awards, is now being adapted into an animated series.

Her directorial debut, What’chu Mixed With?, has also earned Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Actress at the Flores Film Festival.

Both projects were developed during her time in the Maine Media MFA.

Different forms. One creative practice.

See more of Maya’s work at mayacamerongordon.com.
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#MaineMedia #MayaCameron #Filmmaking #Photography #MediaArts

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A week ago, the Rio Theater doors opened and we kicked off the 2026 River and Redwoods Film Festival. What a beautiful weekend full of joy, laughter, tears, s’mores, film, creativity and community. We want to thank everyone who came out and made it so special. Lastly, we want to thank our supporters, volunteers and all of the incredible filmmakers. Much love and appreciation from the RRFF team: Dan, Drew, Kathy and Masashi. ❤️🎥 🏞️ photos by David Mackie.

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🎬 FINALIST SELECTION: What’chu Mixed With?

The countdown to the 2026 BWFN Short Film Festival has officially begun! 🎬✨

We’re kicking off our Finalist Spotlight Series with What’chu Mixed With?, a heartfelt coming-of-age story following Alexis, a 14-year-old biracial girl navigating identity, belonging, friendship, and self-confidence in early-2000s San Francisco.

When Alexis is struggling to embrace her natural hair and find her place at a predominantly white school, an unexpected friendship with 17-year-old “it girl” Precious introduces her to a new world — and helps Alexis begin to see herself in a whole new way.

At its heart, What’chu Mixed With? is a story about identity, confidence, community, and learning to embrace every part of who you are. ❤️

🎥 Directed by Maya Cameron-Gordon

And this is only the beginning…

✨ We’ll be announcing more of our 2026 festival finalists ALL WEEK right here on the BWFN socials.

🎟️ Want to experience these stories on the big screen? Get your tickets NOW!

📅 Saturday, November 7, 2026
📍 Silverspot Cinema at The Battery Atlanta
🕔 Doors Open at 5PM

🎟️ GET YOUR TICKETS → BWFN Short Film Festival

Watch the trailer. Meet the filmmakers. Discover the stories.
We’ll see you at the festival. 🎬🖤

#BWFN #BlackWomenFilmNetwork #BWFNShortFilmFestival #WhatChuMixedWith #MayaCameronGordon BlackWomenInFilm BlackFilmmakers WomenInFilm ShortFilm ShortFilmFestival AtlantaFilm ATLFilm BlackCinema IndependentFilm FilmFestival SupportBlackFilmmakers ComingOfAge BlackGirlMagic

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October 3, 2026 | Free to Be Fest at UCLA!

Get your tickets and join us for a day celebrating mixed race and multiracial stories, community, art, and joy!

🎬 NOW SCREENING: What’chu Mixed With?

A coming of age shirt film that follows the 14yo Alexis, a quiet and introspective biracial girl growing up in the early 2000s San Francisco.

A film by @maya_mulatta @whatchumixedwith_film

Come see it on the big screen under the stars with us at Free to Be Fest!

Grab your tickets and we’ll see you October 3!

Link in bio! 🪁

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Four films. One night under the stars.

Join us at UCLA for the Free to Be Fest short film showcase and experience these stories together on the big screen.

October 3rd. Grab your tickets and come watch with us!

Link in bio!🪁

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Find your people. And create stories together. It’s ours to claim!

We were honored to celebrate and interview @maya_mulatta, Director of @whatchumixedwith_film on our Red Carpet!

Thank you Maya Cameron-Gordon for being a part of Rep’d Film Collective’s “Village Bayani: Black Omnibus” event in Oakland, CA on June 25, 2026!

Interviewer: @nekkidswag
Production team: @danielwalker.creative @mr.krabsfeelsit

📍 Event: “Village Bayani: Black Omnibus”
Fiscally sponsored by @birthruckus
Located at: @hella.bees - Oakland, California

🔹🔹JOIN our next event! TBA so follow us and stay tuned! 🔹🔹

#BayAreaFilm #BayAreaFilmmakers

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Doing these film festivals i have met so many talented, passionate, amazing black queens. Some of them will be my life friends. I learn so much from them. I support them. I hear them. I see them. Black women are the most congenial humans I’ve ever encountered. I implore you to follow these women and their journeys. I’ve seen all their work and it’s stellar ( or they wouldn’t have made this Iconography 🤣) #Bronzelens

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We want filmmaking to be indefinite in Oakland every year! Mayor Barbra Lee @mayorbarbaralee said in December , “ I want Oakland to be the film hub of Northern California “, and we have a proposal for that to happen the investment just has to be there. When @janani4oakland opened up the chambers for us to have a “City Hall Edition” it gave the people the opportunity to have a say, and the people showed up. #MakeOaklandAFilmHub #BayAreaFilmNight

🎥: @godschild.p @dosa.films

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