Historias Perfectas documents this filmmaking experiment with unfettered access. We first contacted André, Vanessa, and Javi after reading about Desobediencia Perfecta in The New York Times. What struck me wasn’t just what they were making, but how. That first conversation has grown into a creative collaboration that continues to evolve.

Shortly after André came out as trans, they returned to Flores. That move revealed a hard truth: Guatemala is still unsafe for many trans youth. And yet, André chose to stay, to create space, build from within, and reclaim agency through art.

Told chronologically, the documentary blends vérité footage, diegetic sound, and on-the-fly interviews. Fiction and reality merge. The act of creation becomes the story.

Stylistically, it mirrors the trio’s urgent creativity. They make cinema with what’s at hand, favoring intimacy over polish. The lighting is lived-in, from the blue glow of a laptop to the pale green of a decaying theater wall. Long takes create immediacy. Scenes from their narrative film blur into the vérité. Ambient noise: gear shuffles, wind on a mic, quiet cues from offscreen—becomes part of the experience.

Filming will begin in summer 2025, with the bulk taking place in 2026 to align with the Film school’s academic calendar and the narrative’s production schedule. This initial push for funding will go towards our first shoot in Peten and the editing of initial scenes.

Anna Casper (Producer/Director) is an Emmy Award-winning producer, filmmaker and former Head of Production at DCTV, where she has led the production of acclaimed documentary projects that galvanize meaningful change. Her most recent work includes the documentary news series Axios on HBO, the documentary short One Good Reason (winner of the Tribeca X Best Short and Social Impact Award), and the feature documentary Can’t Look Away: The Case Against Social Media.

With a passion for socially resonant storytelling, Anna’s work has appeared on HBO, VICE, PBS, AOL and Bloomberg among others—working alongside visionary directors, producers, and artists to push the boundaries of non-fiction storytelling. From documentary to news, her work is committed to bold, complex, human narratives that engage global audiences.

Now making her directorial debut with Historias Perfectas, Anna brings her years of experience—and her distinct creative voice—to the helm of this urgent and deeply personal film.

Laura Pilloni (Producer) is a filmmaker with Guatemalan roots who works towards the representation of marginalized stories. Laura was the senior associate producer on the Oscar-shortlisted feature documentary Frida (Sundance 2024) about queer icon Frida Kahlo and was a producer on All We Carry, a documentary about a Honduran family seeking asylum in the U.S. which won a Human Rights Award at Full Frame Film Festival, a Subject Matter grant for impact at Mountainfilm Festival, and the Best Documentary Award at the inaugural Slamdance Indies Awards in 2024. She also Associate Produced the women and human rights PBS documentary Home Truth, co-produced Lift (Tribeca 2022), and produced transgender rights activist Elle Moxley’s short, Black Beauty (Blackstar, Outfest 2022). Keeping in line with these impactful films, she is producing Historias Perfectas.

Laura was a fellow for Film Independent’s Fast Track Film Finance Market, and for the WIF/Sundance Institute Financing Intensive, and is a proud member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia.