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PROJECTS

BESTIAS DE LA MUERTE (BEASTS OF DEATH)

From TROPIGOTH TALES Collection

Animayo 2026 (World Premiere), Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 (North American Premiere), LUCAS Animation Festival 2026 (German Premiere).

Latino Film Institute's 2026 Spark Fellowship sponsored by Netflix

Writer, Editor, Director: Sandra Powers

Story: A grieving Claudia summons the ancient beasts to bring back her mother only to find herself in a dangerous game.

Genre: Fantasy, musical, horror (Spanish)

Theme: Struggle, overcoming grief, sacrifice

Style: Tropigoth (Miami meets Goth)

Format: Animation, short film, 2D. (Feature film treatment.)

Information: IMDb | Instagram

Audience Award (Animayo); Official selection in Satoshi Kon Award Excellence in Animation Competition (Fantasia IFF)

From TROPIGOTH TALES Collection

In partnership with Theater Magdeburg and University of Osnabrück, Germany

Songs, lyrics: Nick Urata, singer-songwriter of DeVotchKa and film composer (Paddington, Little Miss Sunshine, Netflix' A Series of Unfortunate Events)

Book: TBA

Director: Julien Chavaz

Based on an original story by Timur Bekbosunov and Sandra Powers.

Genre: musical, comedy, supernatural

Theme: Transformation and authenticity in the face of adversity

Format: stage; live-action feature film treatment.

Tone: Lemony Snicket meets What We Do in the Shadows.

WEREWOLF CAMP

From TROPIGOTH TALES Collection

Based on characters by Sandra Powers, with Timur Bekbosunov

Writer and Director: Sandra Powers

Story: Chuchi the Chupacabra escapes to Miami.

Genre: Comedy-horror, magic, monsters

Style: Tropigoth (Miami meets Goth)

Theme: Friendship, adventure, self-discovery

Tone: Wednesday meets Trollhunters

Format: Animated TV episodic series

From TROPIGOTH TALES Collection

Writer and Director: Sandra Powers

Story: A secret Paranormal Translation Agency

Genre: Sci-fi comedy

Theme: Friendship, misunderstandings, sacrifice

Style: Campy, vibrant, retro, tropigoth

Tone: Men in Black meets H.P. Lovecraft meets Farscape

Format: Live-action episodic TV series

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ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT

Director: Sandra Powers

Screenplay: Liz Hara

Story: A famous composer, early 20th Century.

Genre: Fairy-tale, fantasy.

Theme: Friendship, relationship

Format: Animation, short film.

Unannounced Short Animated Film
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International Opera Initiative @ CAP UCLA

Curator and Producer: Timur Bekbosunov

Production Company: Powers Be

Program: 2026-2029 (Three Seasons)

Format: Live staged performances of international contemporary opera and music theater as U.S. premieres in Los Angeles. Inaugural production: Kafka's Letter To His Father by Czech composer Jířì Trtìk (Nov, 12-14, 2026).

More information: CAP UCLA, Operawire, LA Times.

Tropigoth Tales

Each story is part of the TROPIGOTH TALES collection, created by Sandra Powers.

Three-time Emmy and Annie Award-nominated Peruvian-American editor, director, and writer Sandra Bambarén Powers was the lead editor of Disney’s critically acclaimed series Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. A graduate of the MFA Film/Video program at CalArts, she has contributed her creative expertise to iconic shows like Nickelodeon’s Legend of Korra, and Disney’s Elena of Avalor. Her short film Still Life After Death premiered at the Sharjah Film Festival in 2021 and is now streaming on Amazon Prime, while her debut live-action short Autumn was distributed by Ouat Media and screened at numerous international festivals. In 2023, Sandra art-directed the Grammy®-nominated opera film Black Lodge by David T. Little and produced by Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) for Opera Philadelphia. She made her stage directorial debut with The Great Soviet Bucket, produced by BMP with Miami Light Project, and funded by the National Performance Network’. She also conceived and directed BARDO, an immersive theatrical experience hailed by the LA Times as “full of wonder,” performed at the historic United Theater (CAP UCLA 2024) and BRIC (PROTOTYPE 2025). Sandra brings her distinctive vision to multiple mediums, having designed and directed over fifteen music videos for GRAMMY-nominated bands. IMDb

Timur Bekbosunov, Partner

GRAMMY®-nominated Qazaq-American performer and film producer TIMUR, “the extravagantly transgressive, dangerous and seductive” (LA Times), has made solo appearances with LA Philharmonic, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Opera Philadelphia, National Czech Opera Theater, Comédie de Genève, PROTOTYPE, Santa Cecilia Academy, Müpa Budapest, among many others. As a film producer, Timur worked on nine projects as an executive, producer and creative, including Sundance's 2019 winner "Clemency" (starring Alfre Woodard), "Color Out of Space" (starring Nicholas Cage, TIFF premiere), "Daniel Isn’t Real" (SXSW premiere) and "Measure of Revenge" (starring Bella Thorne) for ACE Pictures Entertainment. A graduate of CalArts, his theatrical projects with his band Timur and the Dime Museum, “a post-punk screaming opera” (NPR), developed and produced by long-time collaborator Beth Morrison Projects, include Collapse (REDCAT, Operadagen Rotterdam, BAM 2015 Next Wave Festival); industrial opera film "Black Lodge" (Opera Philadelphia, Malmö Opera); a musical satire "The Great Soviet Bucket" (Miami Light Project); and a sci-fi comedy "Klaus from Space" (O. Festival Rotterdam, Klanggg_Festival Switzerland, Theater Magdeburg). IMDb

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