FOREVER AFTER IN LOVE nominated in Barcelona

So fitting that FOREVER AFTER IN LOVE is nominated for Best American Short Film at the Love & Hope International Film Festival (L’HIFF).

The festival returns to Barcelona October 14-17, 2026, bringing together emerging and established filmmakers from around the world for four days of screenings, industry events, workshops, masterclasses, Q&As, and networking.

The festival culminates in its Gala Night on October 17, where the 2026 award winners will be announced. L’HIFF celebrates the passion that drives filmmakers to create and the hope that keeps them moving through the challenges of the industry.

 

GRAMPS Nominated at Spooky Empire

Old GRAMPS Receives Two Nominations at Spooky Empire Horror Film Festival!

GRAMPS has received two nominations at Spooky Empire’s International Horror Film Festival in Orlando: Best Makeup and Best Art Direction!

Congratulations to the cast and crew on this accomplishment! Join us from October 30 to November 1, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Orlando for a weekend of horror at The Dark Side of Comic Con.

GRAMPS will screen as part of “Attack of the Undead!” on Friday, October 30, at 5:30 PM in Screening Room F, and on Saturday, October 31, at midnight in Screening Room D. 🎃

Spooky Empire’s Horror Film Festival in Orlando is part of one of the largest horror conventions in the United States, showcasing short and feature-length genre films as part of an event attracting more than 15,000 horror fans, filmmakers, and industry guests.

Founded in 2003, Spooky Empire has grown into one of the country’s most popular horror conventions, attracting fans from around the world. Known as The Dark Side of Comic Con, the event brings together horror cinema, celebrity guests, industry panels, over 200 vendors and artists, and networking opportunities for filmmakers. The festival culminates in the RIP Best of the Fest screenings and an awards ceremony celebrating outstanding genre filmmaking.

NOT A LIFESAVING DEVICE in Berlin

I’m very happy to share that work from my series NOT A LIFESAVING DEVICE will be shown in the group exhibition Out of Place at Serpen Gallery in Berlin.

The exhibition brings together three international artists working across different media and exploring different ideas of reality. I created my photographs during my residency in the Arctic Circle. Although some of the images can appear artificial or constructed, they are entirely real and unmanipulated.

Alongside my work, Out of Place features Gildas Coudrais, whose work often reverses that relationship between the real and the artificial, and Ksenia Hnylytska, whose Open Air series creates an almost psychedelic vision of nature and lost reality.

If you are in Berlin, I hope you’ll have a chance to see the exhibition and join the opening:

October 1, 2026, 6:30 PM
Serpen Gallery
Auguststraße 83
10117 Berlin

Out of Place
with Boris Schaarschmidt, Gildas Coudrais and Ksenia Hnylytska

GRAMPS back in Chicago

GRAMPS likes to crawl around Chicago and screens Sunday, October 4 at 5:10 PM at the Chicago Horror Film Festival as part of Block Four. Join us and kick off the Halloween season appropriately at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema.

The Chicago Horror Film Festival has grown from a small local showcase into one of Chicago’s premier celebrations of independent horror. For 28 years, CHFF has championed bold filmmakers and unforgettable storytelling, bringing together standout shorts and features from around the world while helping emerging voices gain recognition, industry exposure, and distribution opportunities.

 

GRAMPS in Italy

GRAMPS was screened at the 27th ShorTS International Film Festival in Trieste in the Horror Picture Show on July 3rd.

Since 2000, ShorTS International Film Festival has been an international platform for short films, emerging filmmakers, and independent cinema. Organized by the Maremetraggio Association in Trieste, the festival promotes young Italian and international cinema through a diverse program of short films, feature films, documentaries, workshops, training initiatives, and special events that connect new talent with industry professionals.

 

GLENDALE PARADISE Nominated in Three Categories at the Golden Door International Film Festival

GLENDALE PARADISE has been nominated in three short-film categories at the Golden Door International Film Festival: Best Short, Best Actor, and Best Actress. Congratulations to the entire team, and thank you to the festival for recognizing our film!

GLENDALE PARADISE at Golden Door

I am happy to announce that GLENDALE PARADISE returns to the East Coast and will screen at the Golden Door International Film Festival.
Our film is included in Block 9: Drama No. 2 on June 26, 2026, at 2:00 PM at the Nimbus Arts Center in New Jersey.

The Golden Door International Film Festival is celebrating its 15th year with a three-day international film festival and red carpet gala event.

The festival brings together filmmakers, actors, screenwriters, crews, and film fans for a weekend of networking, inspiration, support, and celebration. It offers a valuable opportunity to connect with leading voices and celebrity professionals from the indie filmmaking community while honoring the creativity and hard work behind independent cinema.

Exhibition Opening Night at the Goethe-Institut

NOT A LIFESAVING DEVICE opened last week to a full house at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles.

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us, to the team at the Goethe-Institut for their generous support, and to AMI for sponsoring the water and wine.

In case you missed it, the exhibit remains on display through May 28 during office hours. I’d be happy to join you for a visit if you let me know in advance that you’re coming.

 

 

 

 

 

GLENDALE PARADISE screened at the Italian Cultural Institute

On May 12, GLENDALE PARADISE screened to a full house at the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles alongside six other strong short films as part of the European Short Film Night, followed by a great panel discussion with representatives from each film.

Thank you so much for including me.

 

NOT A LIFESAVING DEVICE and 79° NORTH at the Goethe-Institut LA

I am excited to share that my photo exhibit NOT A LIFESAVING DEVICE, as well as my short drone film 79° NORTH, will be exhibited at the Goethe-Institut in Los Angeles from May 14–28. Opening night is on May 14 from 6:30–9:30 PM at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles. Please visit the Goethe-Institut’s webpage to RSVP and for more information.

NOT A LIFESAVING DEVICE is comprised of a series of photographs and video art I created in December 2023 during the Arctic Circle Expeditionary Residency aboard the sailing vessel Antigua.

As AI-generated images increasingly blur the boundaries between reality and fabrication, my work embraces that ambiguity: although these images may appear artificial, they are entirely real. In the context of global warming, non-native species are increasingly moving into fragile ecosystems, symbolized here by an inflatable flamingo, an object radically out of place in the Arctic.

At the same time, the inflatable pool float references the rapid growth of tourism in polar regions, where leisure increasingly overlaps with vulnerability. The phrase NOT A LIFESAVING DEVICE, printed by the manufacturer directly on the object itself, functions both as a literal safety warning and as a symbolic statement: in moments of real emergency, this device offers no protection.