Fran Zayas is a Puerto Rican filmmaker based in Brooklyn. He is an alum from the Graduate Film program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a focus in Directing and Writing. He’s been awarded the BAFTA BBC Diversity Scholarship, Spike Lee Production Film Fund, Cary Fukunaga Production Fund, and Jeff Lima Production Award for Latino focused films. His thesis film, Entre tormentas, premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in 2025. From drama to thriller and dark comedy, Fran’s films focus on individuals navigating moral dilemmas, generational family trauma, and the search for belonging in the face of gentrification. Fran’s goal is to encourage a young generation of filmmakers, especially in Latino and Hispanic communities, to embrace their culture through filmmaking.

Bloodsports (El cuadrilátero) — After losing his family home in a cockfight, a desperate Puerto Rican handyman accepts a shady job from the ruthless slumlord who took it from him.