Updates

Parachutes had its Los Angeles premiere at the Japan Film Festival Los Angeles — and we’re thrilled it took home the Best Cross Cultural Award! 🏆✨

7/26/25

Parachutes had its California premiere at the 2025 Comic-Con International Film Festival — and we’re honored to bring home BEST HORROR/THRILLER! 🏆✨

7/25/25

✨ Writer/director Leslie Alejandro and producer Dani de Jesus sat down with Danielle Beckman on Comic Convos to talk about their award-winning short film Parachutes, their creative journey, and a little bit of Comic-Con magic. 🎬👾

Presented by Brooklyn Quarter & League of Filmmakers, this series spotlights creators of all kinds live from Coin-Op Game Room in San Diego’s Gaslamp.

5/31/25

🌏 Parachutes made its World Premiere at the amazing Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival! 🎬✨ We were honored to share space with so many incredible filmmakers and celebrate the richness of Asian American stories together. 💛

4/28/24

That’s a WRAP! After a four day shoot filled with lots of blood, sweat, and no tears…we did it! THANK YOU to all those that made this production happen — in front of and behind the camera.

4/24/24

WE DID IT! Thanks to all of YOU, we have the official GREEN LIGHT! Thank you to all those who have contributed to our crowdsourcing campaign, either monetarily or with loads of encouragement. We can’t wait to get into production!

3/26/24

We’re launching our CROWDSOURCING CAMPAIGN! Learn more about how you can get involved here. One of our awesome incentives is to have one-on-one virtual sessions with writer/director LESLIE ALEJANDRO or producer KEVIN ALEJANDRO.

3/25/24

Happy Birthday to our Casting Director / Co-Producer NATALIE BALLESTEROS!

3/23/24

Writer / Director LESLIE ALEJANDRO met with Storyboard Artist ZACH MCLEAN in Vancouver to start visualizing some of the more nuanced scenes in PARACHUTES.