AHYOKA SAAS

(they/she)

Ahyoka Saas is a Two-Spirit Cherokee-German surrealist writer and glam goth composer raised in an end-times cult. Since directing and showrunning five hour-long sketch revues at The Second City Chicago, they've won Native American Media Alliance's 2023 TV Writers Lab and NAMA's 2022 Animation Lab as well as Roadmap's Diversity Initiative Competition in 2022. Her debut book, Koalas & Other Funny Short Stories, is available now in Lansing and Chicago bookstores as well as online.

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Ahyoka Saas

Close To You | LGBTQ2+ short film | Dir. Ahyoka Saas

Two queer best friends face their true feelings for each other at the end of a lengthy and chaotic birthday celebration.

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Ahyoka Saas

Over It | LGBTQ2+ short film

A depressed gay comedian struggles to get back to his regular routine after a recent breakup while his best friend babysits a child who interrupted their date-night. CAST: Vinny Thomas as Vinny Ahyoka Saas as Matte Tyle Bivens as Luca Sydney Back as Smoker Kendra Jamaica as Chelsea Maximus Wardlaw as Ben Anna Elizabeth as Ben's Mom Kj Snyder as Fallon CREW: Producer: Ahyoka Saas Directors: Bayley Pokorny & Ahyoka Saas Screenplay: Ahyoka Saas Director of Photography: Christian Hins 1st Assistant Camera Operator: Dillon Borham Sound Engineer: Kevin Vicks Script Supervisor: Anissa Hernandez Editors: Ahyoka Saas & Bayley Pokorny Production Assistants: Lily Herman & Alex Moss MUSIC: Cadence Kid - "Whistling Your Name" Ahyoka Saas - "Wake Me" Hallé Orchestra "Edvard Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King" - - - MY SOCIALS Insta: https://instagram.com/ahyokasaas Twitter: https://twitter.com/ahyokasaas

MUSIC

Glam goth composer & musician

Ahyoka has played in blues-funk bands, is a founding member of Chicago musical comedy collective Good Ass Group, and has composed instrumentals for musical comedy influencers with over twenty million views on TikTok. They composed the score to the short film Headdress, directed by Taietsarón:sere ‘Tai’ Leclaire, which premiered at the '23 Sundance Film Festival. You can also hear their work in their own short films, Close To You and Over It.