Baby Love
Feature Film · 2026 · 87 min · Written & directed by Joseph Marconi
Winner — Best Picture · Best Actress — Santa Monica Film Festival
1 · Baby Love — Official Trailer
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Logline
A female MMA fighter on the brink of self-destruction finds a lifeline in a court-ordered equine therapy program, leading her to confront her past and redefine her future.
Credits
- Starring
- Kiana Madeira, Maury Sterling, Amy Hargreaves
- Written & directed by
- Joseph Marconi
- Produced by
- Lysette Urus, p.g.a, Maury Sterling, Joseph Marconi
- Director of photography
- David Vollrath
- Production designer
- Tessla Hastings
- Editor
- Arianna Tomasettig
- Music by
- Mondo Boys
Logline
A rising but reckless MMA fighter hits bottom when she’s arrested and forced into an equine therapy program to deal with her traumatic brain injury. Shot in October 2020 as the proof of concept for Baby Love.
Credits
- Starring
- Ireland Moran
- Written, directed & edited by
- Joseph Marconi
- Producer
- Lysette Urus
- Executive producer
- Dan Ryan
- Associate producer
- Chance Housley
- Director of photography
- David Vollrath
- Colorist
- Mikey Rossiter (The Mill, NY)
- Sound director
- Gerardo Kalmar
Logline
A four-minute meditation on the bizarre behavior of the corporate culture. The film begins by examining the dehumanizing behavior lauded in office spaces but then takes a turn into the absurd tabloid demands placed on actresses.
Credits
- Starring
- Caroline Gottlieb, Amy Huckabay, Tara Karsian, Tim Peper
- Written, edited & directed by
- Joseph Marconi
- Produced by
- Melissa Nacerino, Omar Parker
- Cinematography by
- Kenneth Bauer
- Production design by
- Matthew Rumer
- Original music by
- Jason Lowrie
Logline
Gia swipes right on a new dating app where she’s paired up with unlikely matches.
Credits
- Starring
- Briana Marin, Margaret Johnson, Jason Lowrie, Cole McDonagh, Will Gressman
- Written & directed by
- Joseph Marconi
- Produced by
- Joseph Marconi, Briana Marin
- Executive producers
- Joseph Marconi, Omar Parker
- Casting by
- Briana Marin
- Cinematography by
- Kenneth Bauer
- Original music by
- Nigel Evan Dennis, Michael Curtis Brown
- Sound design by
- Matthew LaCombe
- Edited & colored by
- Upperstate
Logline
Following an abusive argument with his father, teenage Jonah rushes to escape from his small Vermont town to find a better life.
Credits
- Starring
- Aaron Sauter, Amandine Thomas, Alicia Goranson
- Written, directed & edited by
- Joseph Marconi
- Director of photography
- Elia Lyssy
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