This Is My Face

director + producer


starring Alexandra Romanescu
writer + producer Alex Hanson
director of photography Kezia Angelica
production designer Celina Clarke
make up artist  Abby Schonnop
director of photography Kezia Angelica
editor Patrick Borgers
composer Erik Johnson-Scherger

A young woman is driven mad trying to conceal her acne.


This film was generously supported by the Government of Ontario, Ontario Arts Council, and Liasion of Independent Filmmakers Toronto

Festival Selection

Audience Choice Award - Broken Film Festival 202
Official Selection - Fluxus Experimental Film Festival 2025
Official Selection - Mighty Niagara Film Festival 2025
Love and the Art of Despair

documentary short film

writer + director + executive producer

A young filmmaker perseveres through mental and physical illness to create art.

Official Selection - Rendez-Vous with Madness 2022
Official Selection - Get Reel Film Festival 2023
Missing by Midnight

documentary short film

director

Debbie Just reveals poignant details about her son’s disappearance in 1998.

Official Selection - Northwestfest 2023
Corporate Drone

dramatic short film

writer + director + producer

A psychedelic horror short film about a millennial business woman who gets haunted by her home office.

Official Selection - Indie Short Fest 2021


Tara Natalia is a filmmaker and producer living in a lakeside beach town in rural Ontario. Her artistic practice explores nostalgia, sorrow, and fantasy through a mix of experimental analog film and digital moviemaking. Her recent film, ‘This Is My Face’, received the Audience Choice Award from the Broken Film Festival and will be screening at the Mighty Niagara Film Festival 2025. Her work has received support from the Ontario Arts Council, Liaison of Independent Filmmakers Toronto, and the Baltic Analog Lab.

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