Last month, my capstone film Maya Grace, premiered at the Stronger Than Fiction film festival. Maya and I dreamed of making a movie together one day, and I’m forever thankful to the murraydoccenter for allowing me to live out our shared dream nearly 8 years after she passed away. Maya Grace has landed in her forever home on my website (rileemalloy.com/documentary). I began filming for this project a little over a year ago, and boy, what a year it has been. Not only have I grown as a student and filmmaker, I’ve also grown as a person. Last summer, I sat in my room and thought to myself “May 2025, thats forever away! I totally got this!” Turns out May was not forever away and the closer it got the more my motivation shrank and my frustration grew. From December to February, I had no faith in myself or my ability to complete this project, and I was angry. Mad at the world and pissed at myself because I felt like I was letting Maya down. I realized there was a part of me subconsciously ...