Category: NYFA

GRAMPS is not one for a joke!

I loved this creepy location where we shot last semester. I had so much fun with this scene but I think I was the only one enjoying it! 😉

Stretch with DOWN DOG

Check out this fun project I shot back in the Spring 24 Semester with Cine students at NYFA. It is so delightful to watch Hilary Barry and Ben Solenberger practice Yoga in this cheeky skit.

THE STAFF WRITER takes off

If you are flying via Milan Malpensa Airport stop by the large LED screen in Termin 1. The MAX3MIN Film Festival screens THE STAFF WRITER amongst 10 other films in the program UNfasten your seat belt & Enjoy your time.

Passengers can enjoy the short films from September 20-30, 2024. 

A FRIENDLY TURN in the Hamptons

I am so happy that A FRIENDLY TURN arrives on the East Coast. The Hamptons Comedy Film Festival screens the film on August 23 & 24 at the Sticks and Stones Comedy Club paired with stand-up comedy and other highly curated best-in-comedy films. Join us if you are around.

Have you ever lost your SHVIGGER?

I just finished my first Practicum in 2024. I wrote and directed this short comedy and filmed it with Cinematography students at the New York Film Academy on glorious 35mm. Thanks for all the good work on this.

“It just seems like a normal day at the airport’s lost & found until a strange client comes in on the search for something very unusual.”

Enjoy!

A FRIENDLY TURN in Wyoming

I am delighted that A FRIENDLY TURN runs at the Wyoming International Film Festival in Cheyenne. On July 11 the film will screen at 5:15 pm in the Program #Connections with other shorts about friends, family, love, & loss.

The Wyoming International Film Festival says about itself, that it isn’t just another film fest, it’s a 5 day celebration of filmmakers and art from around the world! Screenings in a state-of-the-art theater, filmmakers Q&As, live dance, live music, unique western experiences, art and photography exhibitions, and nightly parties give filmmakers ample opportunity to network and exhibit their work – and most important of all – have a blast while visiting Wyoming! WyoIFF is capped off with an award ceremony where we present 20 awards, along with other prizes, to the winners of the festival.

See you on the great plains.

 

Great screening at Hollywood Comedy Shorts

Boris Schaarschmidt at Comedy ShortsBoris Schaarschmidt at Comedy ShortsA FRIENDY TURN was well received at the Hollywood Comedy Short Film Festival. Thank you very much for screening the film with so many great shorts.

Hooray for Hollywood Comedy Short Film Festival

A FRIENDLY TURN is back in Hollywood. On May 4th at 2.30pm the Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival screens our film in the very fitting ROM COM program.

Hollywood Comedy Shorts highlights short comedy, web series, TV episodic, Comedy Screenplays, and Dark Comedy shorts with the goal of screening the best comedic content from around the world for a Hollywood industry audience! The festival will take place at the LOOK Cinemas in Glendale and streaming on Bitpix for three days of screenings, filmmaker Q and A’s, panels, parties, and the awards party! Get your tickets on eventive.

Join us if you are in Los Angeles and May the 4th be with you!

THE STAFF WRITER in Italy

I am very proud that THE STAFF WRITER will premiere in the Ultras Shorts “Gradisca” category of the 16th Amarcort Film Festival in Rimini. The festival is dedicated to Frederico Fellini and runs from November 14 – 19 and screens films at multiple venues across the beautiful ocean town of Rimini. Our screening is on November 16th at 6 pm at the Cineteca Di Rimini.

Here’s to the next festival for A FRIENDLY TURN

Cheers everyone – this venue is a special one. A FRIENDLY TURN is back in Los Angeles and will screen on December 15th at 8 p.m. at the Nihilist Film Festival in Santa Monica at The Highways Performance Space.

“The festival is dedicated to films that other festivals are afraid of from troubling to hilarious, from profound to completely silly. Pretty much, something for everyone (except children and clergy).” And Festival Director Elisha Shapiro commented, “Twenty years of hilariously offensive short films…I really thought we would have caused the rapture by now. Guess there’s no downside to mocking all that’s holy.”

So if you are in LA this holiday season, join us and have a drink – or two – and celebrate some nihilistic films. 🙂