Raquel Cedar

Raquel Cedar is a Brooklyn based screenwriter and independent filmmaker. Her films explore how ordinary people overcome grief and trauma under extraordinary circumstances. Cedar studied directing, writing, and production design at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She was recently a Quarter-Finalist for the 2015-16 Sloan Foundation Feature Film Award and has had her films screened at such notable venues as The Brainwash Film Festival, Imperial Beach, Newport Beach International, and The Other Venice Beach Film Festivals.