Florencia Manóvil (she/ella) is a queer Latina writer-director whose work expresses a yearning to evolve societal paradigms, through an ecofeminist lens. She’s a 2024 SFFILM FilmHouse Resident.

 

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Manóvil moved to the U.S. to study film at Emerson College on an Honors scholarship. A Bay Area resident since 2007, she was named “Best East Bay Filmmaker” for her web series DYKE CENTRAL (10 episodes, 220m), lauded by press and fans alike for its then-groundbreaking representation of diverse LGBTQ characters.

Her debut indie feature, Fiona’s Script (89m, 2009), premiered at MethodFest, garnering a Best Supporting Actress Nomination for Giovannie Espiritu, and was celebrated at more than a dozen festivals for its "charming and grounded" depiction of a group of queer women of color friends.

 

Other credits include Encuentro (16m, 2017), embraced by film festivals for its relevant juxtaposition of a young American-born Latina and a more mature traveler from Latin America; Solstice (36m, 2020), which explores issues of parenting as well as trauma, feminist community, and safe spaces; and
From X to Z (2022, 11m), a pandemic-made intergenerational slice-of-life.

Combined, these shorts were shown in more than 50 screens around the world.

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In 2024, Manóvil was selected for Stowe Story Labs with "Queerly Beloved", an ensemble queer wedding feature about the magic and power of queer community which she's currently procuring financing for. She was also selected for this year's Writing Climate Pitchfest with her thrutopian limited series “TWELVE”, about a very diverse community building society anew after the Great Collapse of global capitalism.

 

Manóvil is a member of Film Fatales, and is active in the Bay Area filmmaking community. She has taught, guest-lectured, or been a panelist at many local institutions, including BAVC Media, Frameline, SF State University, and Bay Area Media Makers Summit.

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Last but not least, in 2024 she completed her training and started working as Intimacy Coordinator! For any IC consults, please email her here.

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Manóvil has freelanced as a translator and interpreter for social justice organizations for the last 20 years and subtitled several indie feature films. She lives in Oakland with her teen daughter, Kayen.