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Cephra Stuart


Cephra Stuart


Cephra Stuart is an award-winning writer, director, and producer whose work has been recognized at multiple festivals including HollyShorts, the Austin Film Festival, and the Micheaux Film Festival. Her debut feature, San Francisco Bae, earned acclaim for its fresh blend of romance, humor, and social commentary.Her feature script Spirit Lines has garnered significant traction in the industry, placing her as a CineStory Feature Fellowship Semifinalist and an Athena Film Lab Finalist. Last Fall she served as a visiting artist at the PEAR Residency at the Key West Studios, where she continued developing the project.Cephra’s storytelling blends emotional truth, psychological insight, and cultural investigation, exploring themes of identity, ambition, belonging, and heartbreak. Whether she is in development or on set, she builds layered, character-driven narratives designed to entertain while sparking meaningful conversation.Most recently, she has supported creative executives at Olive Bridge Entertainment, Mandalay Pictures, and State Street Pictures, contributing to the pitching and packaging of film and television projects. She was also part of the founding team at Mansa, a streaming platform dedicated to amplifying underrepresented voices.For Cephra, storytelling is a space where vulnerability becomes strength and truth becomes transformation.

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FILMS

San Francisco bae


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Color | 94 minutes | EnglishMicheaux Film Festival, 2024
Winter Film Awards, 2025
African American Women in Cinema, 2025

STARRING: Chasity Sereal & Paul WangWRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Cephra StuartPRODUCERS: Cephra Stuart & Duke SayerCINEMATOGRAPHER: Anup KulkarniEDITOR: Nisha AnandPRODUCTION DESIGN: Jasmine ThompsonCOSTUME DESIGN: Gabriel MolinaCOMPOSERS: Cephra Stuart & Stephen Ross


San Francisco Bae - Trailer

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Scripts

Features

ARE WE DATING THE SAME GUY
To test her boyfriend's fidelity, a suspicious woman hires a "thirst trap" specialist from the viral "Are We Dating the Same Guy?" Facebook group, igniting a psychological game of cat-and-mouse where she's no longer sure who is being played.
BETWEEN THE LINES
A young psychic, struggling with his gift, must confront his own demons while leading a grief counseling workshop for a group of strangers trying to find closure.
CRYSTAL'S LIST
When rumors of a sexual assault spread through an elite high school, three families are pulled into a high-stakes battle over truth, loyalty, and self-preservation.
SPIRIT LINES
After the unresolved disappearance of her sister, a Navajo geneticist uncovers a mysterious connection to a terminally-ill child, forcing her to confront a reality that science alone can't explain.
WRITER'S BLOCK
Two struggling writers fight to keep their relationship intact as mounting financial pressures and enticing side hustles threaten to lure them into a world of temptation.


Shorts

ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
An AI humanoid joins a tech startup as the new HR lead, but as it begins to assess the team, unsettling truths bubble to the surface, threatening to unravel the company from within.
LOVE AT SPEED
When a self-assured ladies’ man and a sharp-witted woman collide at a speed dating event, their instant chemistry threatens to upend a night built on five-minute encounters.
SAFETY FIRST
After a casual hookup results in an awkward physical souvenir, a woman must overcome her chronic avoidance issues to finally ask for what she needs.
SWING OF THINGS
When two couples attempt their first night of partner-swapping, simmering jealousy and insecurities threaten to derail it.


Pilots

EX-STATIC
After ending a 13-year relationship with her high school sweetheart, a woman in her 30s enters the dating world for the very first time.
PITCH DOCTOR
A woman failing to get investors for her business is ready to give up trying. However, when a struggling actor offers to "perform" her pitches, their luck starts to change.
THE THIRD DEGREE
A passionate economics student, struggles to navigate friendship, love & imposter syndrome as she works to attain her PhD at an elite university in San Francisco.


Performance

Vocal Edition - A Cappella

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Acting

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