Parker Fenady is a filmmaker and actor, and an honors graduate of the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Her debut short, I Didn’t Like You, has been featured by Antigravity Academy (the Sundance-winning producers of Didi), Cinegogue, and CAPE, and premiered as the Opening Centerpiece at NFFTY 2025, where it garnered a Jury Award nomination.
As an actor, she appeared in the feature You Can’t Run Forever, released by Lionsgate in 2024. Her experience also includes roles in creative development at Heyday Films, as well as producing multiple Oscar-qualifying short films. Her work is intimate, sharp, and emotionally resonant; marked by a cinematic voice that feels like a fingerprint. She is currently building out a trilogy of shorts that reflect the stories she is determined to tell: raw, funny, and unmistakably real.
Director’s statement:
In many ways, this film is an homage to girls who pine — ones who ache for something before they can even put it into words. About taking a risk for the first time. There’s a sense of self-reverence that comes from knowing what you want — and knowing that desire belongs to you. I wanted the film to feel like a memory you aren’t sure was real: tender, electric, and just a little bit dangerous. It’s a love letter to that first reckless step toward who you are, when everything still feels fragile and electric. Someone once said to me, ‘I am all three of these girls. They are my sun, moon, and rising.’ There’s not much more I could ask for than that.
