I film so you don’t forget.

Nostálgica is my way of capturing time before it slips away. It’s a love letter to the past, to the textures of home videos, to my father’s camcorder always rolling, and to the memories that still live in grainy footage and half-lit frames.

I’m Martina, born in Venezuela and raised between two worlds. When I moved to the U.S. at fifteen, I became obsessed with remembering—faces, sounds, places that felt like home. I’ve always felt like the best parts of life pass by quietly—until you rewind the tape and realize they were everything.

Nostálgica is where I turn that feeling into something tangible. Through my many vintage cameras and my own two hands, I craft short films, visual essays, and intimate documentaries with the warmth of the 90s and early 2000s—unedited laughter, shaky zoom-ins, voices offscreen reminding you that you were loved, even when you didn’t see it then.

I don’t just press record. I observe. I remember. I stitch stories together with music that feels like a heartbeat and words that feel like a hug. My style is intuitive and honest—capturing not what’s perfect, but what’s real.

I learned early on that our lives don’t always give us closure, but sometimes they give us a clip—a moment, a gesture, a glance—that says everything we needed to hear. That’s what I’m after. That’s what I love.

Whether I’m documenting your story or my own, Nostálgica is not about going back—it’s about honoring the past so we can move forward with it.

A portfolio of work made with care, through a nostalgic lens.

estoynostalgica@gmail.com
(305) 916-1574