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Jennifer Valdes is an award winning writer, director and producer. She is most well known for her award winning black and white, modern film noir, short film, Isabelle (2014). She is also well known in the indie film circuit for her horror/comedy feature film, Jack 'O' Slasher (2012), which was distributed worldwide.

Jennifer Valdes' recent film, LAID TO REST (2017), is a psychological and deeply emotional story with beautiful 4K cinematography by Shawn Anthony. The film stars the talented, Jessica Felice. LAID TO REST had it's World Premiere screening at the Cinema Village movie theater in NYC in 2017. LAID TO REST is the WINNER of the BEST HORROR SHORT FILM at the Winter Film Awards International Film Festival in NYC, 2017! Jennifer has had her films nominated for many awards. LAID TO REST was nominated for "Best Cinematography in a Short Film" at the Macabre Faire Film Festival 2017, as well as "Best NY/NJ Film" at the New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival, 2017.

Jennifer Valdes film Isabelle, was nominated for Best Costumes and Best Actress, but the "Audience Choice Award" at The Macabre Faire Film Festival 2014. She also won an award from Nerdremix.com for being the Best Director of a short film in 2014, for Isabelle. Isabelle had its NYC Premiere Screening on April 15, 2015 at the Anthology Film Archives as part of the New FIlmmakers NY Screening Series. Isabelle also screened at HorrorHound Weekend & Film Festival In Ohio, (March 2015) and Jennifer was the only female indie film director invited to speak on their Q&A Panel.

Jennifer has been working in the Television and Film industry since 2005 .She was trained at St. John's University and she has a Bachelor's Degree in Communications (2005). This is where she discovered her passion for video editing and making tv shows and films. She has previously worked at St. John's University in the AVID Editing Lab as well as New York Film Academy as a Teacher's Assistant in the Video Editing Lab. She has also taught Final Cut Pro Video Editing Instruction Classes to High School Students at New York Film Academy.

LAID TO REST

As a Writer and Director, my most recent short film "Laid to Rest", has a very important significance to me. With each film, I learn, I teach, I get explore myself and allow others inside to explore me as well. I get to express myself through film and create these characters and see them brought to life by amazing actors and actresses. I couldn't feel more blessed to be able to witness these transformations. I work hard to create my visions into film to be able to share my particular perspective with the world and I hope that my work can help to inspire others as well.

We are proud to announce that,
LAID TO REST has been accepted into the
Covellite International Film Festival 2017!
It is located in historic uptown Butte, Montana. Opening ceremonies begin September 12th and run through the 17th! Find out more info about the Covellite International Film Festival here! Screening dates and times will be announced very soon!