Maria Bird-Picó

La Mecedora (2012)
Film by Puerto Rico Film Commission (Drama) Screenwriter

The Longest, Merriest Holiday Budget: $100K - $1M | Romance ⋄ Other Adamant that Christmas can only be celebrated with snow, carols, and Santa Claus, a third-generation Latina entrepreneur grudgingly spends the season with her two kids in her late husband´s homeland, Puerto Rico, unexpectedly enjoying a tradition-rich Christmas while getting reacquainted with romance.

A Perfect Fit Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama A Latina Harvard graduate leaves her executive position to become a shoe sales clerk, shaking up her teenage son,  and immigrant parents, who rose from undocumented workers to thriving entrepreneurs. Her decision challenges the conventional interpretation of the American dream.

The Marriage Game Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance When a married couple anonymously joins a dating app to prove that their enduring chemistry from twenty-five years ago outshines AI’s matchmaking prowess, they unexpectedly uncover challenges that force them to reevaluate their relationship and what love truly means.

The Great Holiday Window War Budget: $1M - $5M | Family ⋄ Comedy When a penny-pinching family faces a lawsuit from their homeowners’ association for not replacing their windows in time for a Christmas decoration contest, they embark on a wild road trip to win over a TV home design guru and overturn his anti-glass window ruling. Their mission turns them into unlikely social media stars.

If We Had Only Known Budget: $100K - $1M | Romance ⋄ Other After being entered behind her back into a raffle by friends, a witty, Hispanic literature professor grudgingly agrees to accept the winning prize: spending a day with a declining Latin pop music star whose music she has openly criticized.