Lissa Carandang-Sweeney
Actor
Lissa Carandang-Sweeney is a mixed Filipino-American actor, producer, and costume designer based in New York City and raised in the greater Philadelphia region. Her debut as both lead actor and producer on the feature film Alice-Heart deepened her commitment to both disciplines, earning her Slamdance Film Festival’s 2025 Outstanding Acting Award, while the film received the festival’s Narrative Feature Grand Jury Honorable Mention.
Movies12
MovieComedyWhen a young college student lies to the girl of his dreams about being able to speak German, he must try and learn the language in one night to avoid revealing the truth.
Total Immersion
2021
MovieDramaRomanceA young married couple (Luna and Jin) spend the first day of summer but the last day of their loving relationship together, trying to find a mug that has more value than its worth.
Please, Smile
2025
Movie10.0DramaComedyAlice-Heart is an aimless college student residing in Philadelphia. She aspires to be a famous writer but drops out of school in her last semester of senior year on a whim. Immediately cut off from her disappointed Filipino mother and dumped by her studious boyfriend, she finds that she has to pay bills on her own for the first time. Distraught, she takes solace in her neighbor Tony, a self sufficient freelance photographer. Tony encourages her to pursue her passions and hold onto her friendships. With this in mind, Alice-Heart navigates the beginnings of adulthood and combats “adult baby” allegations along the way.
Alice-Heart
2025 · 1 votes
MovieDramaEverything is falling apart for Hannah, a late-twenties aspiring actor, as she tosses and turns in the turbulent seasons of relationships, death, and the ever present oppressive gloom of trying to make something of herself before turning thirty.
MovieComedyRomanceA jaded Japanese movie star stranded in NYC without money or phone meets a passionate indie filmmaker and his crew, leading to an unexpected creative journey that could reignite her love for cinema.
- MovieComedy
Two desperate eighth graders at an elite NYC prep school recruit a crew of misfits to shut down their school, one day at a time, to avoid finals forever.
MovieHorrorDramaDuring a writing retreat, an undermined member of an indie rock band discovers a connection to a supernatural presence.
Crescendo In
2024
Movie4.7HorrorComedyA pizza delivery girl discovers her neighbor is moving into a sorority house of vampires. It's a race against the clock to stop her crush from being sacrificed at midnight.
Super Hot
2021 · 19 votes
Movie6.0DramaTwo immigrants living on the fringes of American society hit the road in search of the truth about a shared UFO abduction.
We Are Living Things
2021 · 5 votes
MovieComedyClose friends Edwin and Steven advise each other on dating and drama — based on zero experience — while seeking a space to hang after school.
Practice Space
2024
MovieDramaComedyAn impressionable college sophomore finds her friend group in chaos when an older actor moves in.
MovieComedyDramaA shore film about the suburbs.