TWELVE is a limited series centered on a 2040 community grappling with the creation of a post-capitalist, ecological economy that attempts to meet everyone's basic — and differing — needs.
TWELVE is a limited series set circa 2040, following the Great Collapse of the global economy. In what was formerly Northern California, a community grapples with the creation of a non-capitalist, ecological economy where everyone has access to free housing, food, and healthcare. The story is anchored in twelve characters that embody each of the zodiac archetypes, with each episode told from the perspective of a different character.
Florencia Manóvil is a queer Latina writer-director whose work expresses a yearning to evolve societal paradigms, through an ecofeminist lens. Born in Buenos Aires, Manóvil moved to the U.S. to study film at Emerson College on an Honors scholarship. A Bay Area resident since 2007, a local paper named her “Best East Bay Filmmaker” for her web series DYKE CENTRAL, lauded by press and fans for its groundbreaking representation of diverse LGBTQ characters.
Manóvil is a current SFFILM Sound and Cinema fellow, and was a 2024 SFFILM FilmHouse resident. She’s a two-time recipient of the Frameline Completion Fund, and her films have screened at festivals around the world, including Outfest, Newfest, Cine Las Américas, and Iris Prize. Her new short film, Berkeley Film Foundation grant recipient CAMINO, is in post-production. Manóvil is procuring financing for QUEERLY BELOVED, an ensemble wedding feature (Stowe Story Labs 2024 selection) about the power and magic of queer community; and developing TWELVE, a thrutopian limited series (2024 Writing Climate Pitchfest). She’s a member of Film Fatales and active in her local film community. She’s also an Intimacy Coordinator and devoted parent to an impressive teen.
Writing Climate Pitchfest 2024 - Finalist
