Aurora Cafe
During a closing shift, two college ex-lovers reconnect for a brief moment to understand what went wrong with their relationship.
Directed and written by Guillermo Frausto. Made in 2015, Starring Rachel Casto and Davon Roberts. Cinematography by Jon Goldberg. Aurora Café was a official selection at the 2016 Moving Media Film Festival.
Left Behind
An overworked older brother from a low-income household decides to leave his family behind on a frigid winter night to start a new life on his terms just like his father.
Directed and written by Guillermo Frausto. Made in 2015, Starring Jermey (Mohawk) Johnson and Emily Morales Cabrera. Cinematography by Ben Meserve. Left Behind was a official selection of the 2016 indiewise film festival.
Out of Tune
A retiring musician meets up with a former bandmate at a old venue that they used to perform to get his old acoustic guitar back to resell and quit music forever.
Directed and written by Guillermo Frausto. Made in 2016, starring Patrick Deal and Rachel Casto. Cinematography by Jordan Sauthoff. A special opening screening was held at Columbia College that same year of production.
CAGED
A lonely bookstore keeper prone with panic attacks goes on a life changing date with a lovable goofball.
Directed by Guillermo Frausto and written by Asia Babiuk. Made in 2017 the short film CAGED was produced by Columbia College of Chicago as part of their practicum program. Special opening screening was held at the Manifest Urban Arts Festival in Chicago the same year of production.
TIME
A naive college student undergoes hypnosis with an unknown man that makes him question his reality.
Written and directed by Guillermo Frausto. This was a first attempt of using experimental narrative techniques with abstract editing and classic black and white cinematography to create a modern gothic, short, psychological thriller.