Featured Projects

Domestic Bliss
Genre: Comedy

Two exes are locked in a hilarious battle for their former apartment, highlighting the economic pressure most tenants face today.  If you care about affordable housing, please  +

MOVE: The Tragedy of Philadelphia
Genre: Documentary

MOVE is an in-depth exploration of the first known government organised attack on American soil, the bombing of the black liberation group Move in 1985 in the city of Philadelphia.  +

City of Songs
Genre: Documentary

A musician’s extraordinary journey to explore and understand the unique sounds of the world, one city at a time.  +

Make Me Famous
Genre: Documentary

An investigation of Edward Brezinski, an ambitious, charismatic Lower East Side painter hell-bent on sucess, who thwarted his own career with antics that roiled NYC’s art  +

To Live
Genre: Documentary

Spurred by her own desire to feel whole, a young filmmaker rushes against time to capture her grandmother’s life in a small village in Belarus when family secrets begin to  +

The Animated Mind of Oliver Sacks
Genre: Documentary

The Animated Mind of Oliver Sacks is a journey into the mind and work of world-renowned neurologist and author Dr. Oliver Sacks, one of the most fascinating figures and  +

Miss Mermaid
Genre: Drama

May travels from Taipei to New York and discovers a secret life her sister has been keeping from her and their distanced mother.  +

NORTH STAR
Genre: Drama

A rural rancher and his ailing husband, struggling against poverty and isolation, make a heartbreaking decision in order to preserve the dignity of their marriage.  +

Cherry Orchard
Genre: Comedy

An aristocratic family grapples with the loss of their estate as the world spins madly on in Chekhov’s timeless story, anachronistically reimagined through fractured timelines.  +

The Other Women
Genre: Comedy

Three suburban girlfriends confront major midlife crises in their marriages, motherhood (or lack thereof) and trysts with younger men.  +

Unveiling
Genre: Comedy

Eli, an imaginative 10-year-old Jewish boy, must confront his fears of death and religion, when he's forced to attend a bizarre unveiling ceremony for his late-great-uncle.  +

THE EARTH MOVES
Genre: Documentary

A film about Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, Einstein on the Beach, and the connection between physics, opera, and human imagination.  +

Beauford Delaney: So Splendid A Journey
Genre: Documentary

An Artist’s Life, From Tennessee to Paris, through Harlem. Paranoia, poverty, sexual conflicts, voices in his head, yet he was driven to create great art.  +

Buried
Genre: Drama

Buried, a hybrid narrative and experimental film, explores the physical and surreal surrounding work burnout, stress and rage.  +

See Me
Genre: Drama

A young man, haunted by online grooming, navigates a strained relationship with his father and superficial encounters in his search for connection.  +

The Slabs
Genre: Drama

Two homeless brothers brave the summer heat in their newfound home of Slab City and confront their painful past.  +

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