MARTA MENDEZ CROSS - LA based writer, actor, director, producer, discusses her latest inspirational film “iChild” — a short sci-fi drama that follows Nova, a woman on the brink, navigating a world where technology is her only companion as she struggles with memories she can't escape.

iCHILD is featured at the 33rd San Diego Latino Film Festival and has already won several awards including the Best Narrative Short at the Newport Beach Film Festival.

She was selected as a grant recipient of the inaugural Women Directors Initiative.

Cross released the feature film "Las Tres Sisters" in 2025.