Capturing the thin line between the personal and professional worlds, Paula González-Nasser’s The Scout is a peek into the lives caught on camera in subtle ways.
Starring in the film are Mimi Davila, Rutanya Alda, Max Rosen, Ikechukwu Ufomadu, Sarah Herrman, Alex Goldberg, Peter Mills Weiss, Jackson Devereux, Jesse Ruuttila, Lisa Haas, and Otmara Marrero.
The film follows a New York City location scout who photographs the homes of strangers for a TV pilot and ends up stepping into their private lives.
Making her directorial debut, González-Nasser crafts a contemplative exploration of urban disconnection, following one woman’s journey through other people’s worlds as she struggles to find her own. Drawing from her own experience as a location scout, writer-director Paula González-Nasser captures the poetry and costs of being a young creative.
The Scout world premiered at the 2026 Tribeca Festival and will be released in theaters nationwide this Fall via Greenwich Entertainment, opening at New York’s Film Forum on September 25, and DTLA’s Alamo Drafthouse on October 2.
In the film, Sofia works as a location scout for a TV pilot filming in New York City. It’s her job to find the homes, businesses, and exteriors where the show will be filmed. Driving around the city’s different neighborhoods, she enters the private spaces of strangers to photograph their cozy apartments and eclectic shops, stepping into the fabric of their lives while trying to satisfy the demands of her erratic employers.
Over a day filled with these encounters, Sofia witnesses moments of curiosity, vulnerability, and quiet tension until her work takes a sudden, personal turn. Drawing from her own experience as a location scout, writer-director Paula González-Nasser captures the poetry and costs of being a young creative. Her celebrated directorial debut The Scout crafts a contemplative exploration of urban disconnection, following one woman’s journey through other people’s worlds as she struggles to find her own.
González-Nasser said, “With The Scout, I’m interested in exploring the fast-paced nature of a location scout’s workday paradoxically through the language of a slower, more methodical cinema. Wide, objective framing allows the viewer to consider the relationship between Sofia and the world around her, the spaces we inhabit, and how they shape us.”
Watch the official trailer for The Scout above.
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