Start your NWFFest day on the bright side with…
Filmmaker Morning Mixers!
Join your host, filmmaker
ali b.
(Ali The Gran Finali)
for coffee and creative connections.
FRIDAY, JUNE 20TH &
SATURDAY JUNE 21ST
FROM 10:00AM – 11:00AM
Alicia Borja
MORNING FILMMAKER MIXERS
Friday & Saturday at Starbucks
Start your NWFFest day on the bright side…
with Filmmaker Morning Mixers!
WHEN:
Friday, June 20 &
Saturday, June 21
from 10:00am – 11:00am
WHERE:
Starbucks
located in The Student Union on UNLV Campus
– the building left of FDH
Your host Ali. B.
Alicia Borja
Alicia “Ali” Borja, combat veteran turned filmmaker. She is the founder and president of Desert Waves Film Festival and a pursuer of all things creative. She acted alongside Morgan Freeman and Sonequa Martin-Green in the film My Dead Friend Zoe (2025). She has also produced/directed her own short film, Airmen, showcasing the humanity behind being a soldier. Outside of her projects, she is an advocate for the art and film community and uses her podcast “The Unclassified Podcast” as a platform to highlight and showcase the amazing creatives in Las Vegas, NV. If she’s not on a set or in a studio you can find her on a hiking trail or in a cafe since she is a lover of nature and food.