we lost a friend this week

s'mores and brainstorming

The MOST Important Skill for a Director to Have Is...?

Answer THIS Before Making a Film—or Risk Failure

Level Up Fast: 5 Books Every Filmmaker Should Read

5 Tricks to Spark Film Ideas When You’re Stuck

2025 Los Metates Studios Channel Trailer // The Stories We Tell

Operation White Elephant • Action-Comedy Christmas Film

Operation White Elephant • Official Trailer (Christmas Movie Trailer)

The Path of the Blinded • Medieval Fantasy Short Film (Award Winner at 2024 Albuquerque 48HFP)

The Path of the Blinded • Official Trailer (Medieval Fantasy Short Film)

Behind the Scenes of "My Tiny Invisible Dragon Friend" • We Used Practical Effects for the Dragon!

My Tiny Invisible Dragon Friend • 2-Minute Fantasy Short Film

Behind the Scenes of "Come at Me Bro" • Laser Guns, Lightsabers, and Filming in the Rain

Come at Me Bro • One Minute Action/Comedy Short Film

Lavender Liaison • One Minute Spy Short Film

2024 Los Metates Studios Channel Trailer // NEXT LEVEL

6 Filmmaking Lessons We Learned from Making 4 Short Films

Behind the Scenes of "Submerged" • How We Won Five Awards at the 2023 Denver 48 Hour Film Project!

SUBMERGED • Psychological Thriller Short Film (Award Winner at 2023 Denver 48 Hour Film Project)

SUBMERGED • Official Trailer (Psychological Thriller Short Film)

Behind the Scenes of "The Legend of Cactus Canyon" • The Wild Story of a No-Budget Western Film

The Legend of Cactus Canyon • Western Short Film

The Legend of Cactus Canyon • Official Trailer {Western Short Film}

Firelight • One Minute Cinematic Film

Behind the Scenes of "The Last Directive" • The Making of a Sci-Fi Short Film in 48 Hours

The Last Directive • Sci-Fi Short Film (2023 Albuquerque 48 Hour Film Project)

The Last Directive • Official Trailer {Sci-Fi Short Film}

Meet the Los Metates Team • The "Red Carpet" Interviews at the Showcase

Making a Short Film at a Theme Park • Behind the Scenes of "YOLO"

YOLO! 🎢🎡🍿🤙 • Two-Minute Theme Park Short Film

We Made a Space Movie in Less Than 48 Hours! • Behind the Scenes of Sci-Fi Short Film "Faultline"

Faultline • Sci-Fi Short Film

I Smashed My Laptop for This Week's Short Film • Behind the Scenes of "Let Us Run"

Let Us Run • One Minute Short Film

How We Turned an iPod Shuffle into a Time Machine • Behind the Scenes of "Shuffle"

Shuffle • One Minute Time Travel Short Film

Our latest short film was rough. Here's what happened. • Behind the Scenes of "Barcodes"

Barcodes • One Minute Sci-Fi Short Film

Recording Crisp Sound Effects and Playing Made-Up Games • Behind the Scenes of "Bored Games"

Bored Games • One Minute Comedy Short Film

How We Made Our First 1-Minute Short Film • Behind the Scenes of "Moving Day"

Moving Day • One Minute Valentine's Day Short Film

2023 Los Metates Studios Channel Trailer • Celebrating 10 Years!

The Making of KAIROS • Behind the Scenes of a 48 Hour Short Film

KAIROS {Time Travel Short Film} • Winner of the 2022 Albuquerque 48 Hour Film Project

KAIROS • Official Trailer (Best Film of the 2022 Albuquerque 48 Hour Film Project)

The Return of Bud Hawk {Mockumentary Short Film} • Winner, 2022 Wilmington 48 Hour Film Project

The Return of Bud Hawk • Official Trailer (48 Hour Film Project)

Work in Progress • Comedy Short Film

We Got Married! • Seriah & Matthew Wedding Highlights

Los Metates Studios Channel Trailer 2022

charlie.exe • Sci-Fi / A.I. Short Film

charlie.exe • Trailer

Los Metates Studios Channel Trailer 2021

Wounded • One-Shot Short Film (2020 Albuquerque 48 Hour Film Project)

Wounded • Official 48 Hour Film Project Trailer

The Nine Mile Escape • Action/Drama Short Film

The Nine Mile Escape • Official Trailer

Cat Study in Blue • Romantic Comedy Short Film