Talent Guide

Sonia Malfa

  • Discipline:Writer/Director
  • Program Year:Fast Track 2023

Bio

Sonia has directed for Nike, Comcast, Facebook (Latinx Heritage Month Campaign), Vogue Italia, L’Oreal, Ulta Beauty, Condé Nast – Them and Citibank. She screened at and received awards from Tribeca Film Festival, Clios, Webbys, 1.4 Awards, One Show Awards and Kinsale Shark Awards. She received grants from the Jerome Foundation, NYSCA Individual Artist, and was selected for the DGA/AICP Commercial Director’s Diversity Program.

She holds a B.A. and M.A. in American Studies (Gender/Race Relations).

Current Project

It’s Always Sunni

Logline

Sunni, an eclectic young poet, hits the road from Baltimore to the American West to claim her estranged father's inheritance. But her mother, Mo, determined to regain control and maintain long kept family secrets sets off a cross country chase to stop her.