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My Father’s Badger

2024

After her father's funeral, Maarit plans to return to Thailand. On the day of the departure, she finds her mother Sylvi and her father’s taxidermy badger in a bar and Sylvi makes a revelation that may change Maarit’s departure plans.

Phantom Pain

2023

Daniel seeks catharsis by recalling with Sofía his past relationship.

The Ridge Grave Girls

2023

A prom queen-to-be must break free from her small town’s ominous legacy of prom queens who die after their crowning.

Roma Boys – The Love Story

2009

The film explores the taboo subject of homosexuality within the Roma community through the personal story of a Roma activist who happens to be gay. Though his job has earned him respect among his peers, by coming out his status is in jeopardy. However, the desire to share his complex story prompted him to write a screenplay based on his life. Partly a documentary about his autobiographical script, the film switches between documentary and narrative storytelling. Owing to its distinctive style, the film offers a glimpse into the protagonist's world as he faces triple discrimination: as a Roma, as a gay man, and as a gay man in the Roma community.

The Handmaid's Tale Scene Recreation: "Offred"

2022

A recreation of the opening scene from the pilot episode of The Handmaid's Tale, "Offred." Originally directed by Reed Morano, ASC. Original cinematography by Colin Watkinson, ASC, BSC. Original teleplay written by Bruce Miller. Made in Misael Sanchez's "Filmmaking: Visualizing and Creating Moving Images for the Screen" at Sarah Lawrence College.

Letters

2021

LETTERS, a dramatic historical fiction written by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt in 2010, tells the story of U.S. soldiers and their loved ones through their correspondence beginning with the Civil War and ending with the War in Iraq. Sahuarita High School students adapted the Readers’ Theatre play into a movie, reasoning the student actors would be kept safe from Covid-19 by filming them individually, and afterward the footage could be reassembled into a screenplay following the original dialogue.

In the Box

1999

A character is inside a cubical room; there is a hole in the roof, which is too high to reach. But pushing on the walls distorts the room in various ways, always appearing to bring the hole closer while still leaving it tantalizingly inaccessible.

PK

2023

The local pastor’s daughter escapes youth group to go to her first high school party.

Supermarket Sweep

1991

Protozoa

1993

Darren Aronofsky’s AFI short opens with angry slacker Dave sitting in a dreary, empty junkyard. Dave stares into space, sips beer, and beats the hell out of a cracked guitar. We quickly realize the emptiness of the dump parallels the emptiness of Dave’s life which consists of smoking weed, staring at television screens and watching school children. Dave’s friend Pete is shortly introduced, along with their friend, Ari, who despite calling her pals losers, doesn’t seem to accomplishing much herself. These three are going nowhere fast. They’re the amoebas of life… protozoa….

Stairwell B

2023

A college student's attempts at doing her laundry are quickly challenged by the harsh environment of a dorm laundry room and the other students in the building.

For Love One Dies

1972

A hyper sensitive film student falls in love with an older woman.

The Reflection

2018

A social worker recounts the case of Ella Jackson, a girl who sees a man standing behind her in the mirror

Being There

2022

A student film for a highschool Film 11 class. Two free thinkers embark on an odyssey to connect their minds with their bodies and achieve enlightenment.

To Feel A Body.

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In order to prevent further self harming, a young woman is forced to live in a new synthetic body, and must navigate intimacy in a physical form she fundamentally feels disconnected from.