Narrative Works
AMARA
directors: Amanda Anderson and Victoria Perry
starring: Eonnah Mckenzie, Lianne Awah, Mark Anthony Williams, Nadine Sutherland, Taral Hicks, Sharon Hope, Nisarah Lewis, Mitzie Pratt, Cherise Vaughn
Perivolaris Productions
Inspired by true events, Amara tells the story of a Caribbean-American first generation millennial from the Bronx, NY who is struggling with her mother’s mental health decline. Amara travels back to her childhood home where one last family dinner reveals inter-familial tensions and underlying conflict that have been avoided for too long.
SIZZLE
director: Padraic Lillis
starring: Adina Taubman, Susan Ward, Michael Dermansky, Jeffrey Mark Cusmano, Kevin Cristaldi
Free to Fly Films
A dark romantic comedy about a widow in her fifties who re-enters the dating scene.
GUELLEN, KANSAS
director: Jordan Richards
starring: Chuck Cooper, Cady Huffman, Blake Lafita, Hallie Bond
TRUSPEAK…Hear Our Voices
Magic trees watch over young lovers in trouble. Written by Alex Goldberg, this work was inspired by the play THE VISIT by Friedrich Durrenmatt and serves as a prequel set in the near future.
director: Michael Pantozzi
starring: Kimmy Robertson, Michael Pantozzi, Kathleen Littlefield, Bernardo Cubria
The Third Face
A disillusioned young man retreats from society to live with his mom in the anonymous working-class suburbs where he grew up. But then a strange encounter with a young woman long thought vanished threatens to draw him out of his isolation, and he and his mom team up to get to the bottom of her mystery.
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF QUEENS
director: Jezabel Montero
starring: Gene Gabriel, Susan Oliveras, Dustin Sardella, Annee Agnello, Monica Steur, Katherine O. George, David Davino
Fuacata Films
After a ten year estrangement, childhood sweethearts meet “again” in an emergency room hospital. As the two adults reminisce about their childhood, they must come to terms with their past in order to face their future.
director: Michael León
starring: Ashley Alvarez, Jacqueline Guillen, Katherine O. George, Nate Betancourt, Andres Pina, Adriana, Sarai Heria
3 Percent Films, Fuacata Films, HBO Max
Celebrating your friends is super exciting…unless you’re the least successful person in the room. A jaded writer attends her frenemy’s congratulatory event only to discover that she has been robbed of her career changing opportunity. Will she toast the host? Get ready to go from #LOL to #WTF.
director: Annetta Marion
starring: Alexandra Foucard, Zillah Glory, Dina Drew, Irene Glezos
What happens when a high-powered attorney becomes a “stay-at-home” mom? She pounces at the chance to stealthily enforce her conservative ways as the new PTA president leaving her momfriends no choice but to bring her down…with the help of the Momfia.
director: Ismael Gomez III
starring: Benji Leon, Mario Ernesto Sanchez, Isadora Leiva, Gene Gabriel, Zully Montero
Rabbit Hole Pictures, Fuacata Films, Amazon Prime Video
A teenager and his dying grandfather are conducting afterlife investigations in Miami when a mysterious man hires them to find the secret to immortality.
director: Rachel Feichter
starring: Susana Gibb, Josh Henry
Sex often feels like a chore for Nic – frankly, most nights she’d rather just get more sleep. Nic’s lack of interest leaves her husband, Matt, feeling rejected, neglected, and worried about their marriage. But when Matt confronts Nic about his feelings, he gets more than he bargained for.
director: Barbara Hammond
starring: Tom Noonan, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Ivan Martin
Bar Noon Productions, Bar Coda Films
The film follows single father RJ into a New York City bar, where RJ escapes to have a quiet beer and practice his reception speech after the wedding of his only son. He meets Russian barfly Sonja sipping screw-top champagne and reading Chekhov. A lifetime of hurts spill out, an intimacy is forged, and a speech nearly forgotten.
director: Koyalee Chanda
starring: Gail Quintos, Stephanie Wang
Ragdoll Productions, Nickelodeon Network, Nick Jr.
A little girl travels around her mutli-ethnic Brooklyn neighborhood searching for a cure for her hiccups.
director: Damon Maulucci
starring: Giselle Rodriguez-Forte, Anthony Vlasic
4 Wall Productions
Jason is stuck between a young mother and teen sister who both focus on their own interests. Tonight he is once again left to fend for himself. Pissed off, he stands up for his place in the family.
SHOW ALL
director: Damon Maulucci
director: Cheryl Furjanic
starring: Alix Olson, Elizabeth Dahmen
ComingOutSoon Productions, REEL NY – PBS Thirteen/WNET New York
A humorous look at what women are REALLY saying when they lock eyes across a crowded bar. Find out why some lesbians are too cool for words. (In Lesbian with English subtitles.)
TODAY WILL BE YESTERDAY TOMORROW
additional cinematography
director: Alex Goldberg
starring: Matt Kalman, Mark Lesser, and featuring Billy Dee Williams
Flackman Bros. Productions
College friends Max and Martin were stars as actors in college, and make the move to New York to face their imminent stardom. However, reality brings their dreams to a grinding halt, as both suffer through day jobs and boredom. Facing little success in show business, they decide to put up their own show, their own way.
DARK ELEVATOR
director: Mike Klar
starring: Dave Berman, Nancy Mamais, Todd Pate
The Steading
SUNDAY DINNER
director: Eugenia Murtha
VACANCY
director: Alex Goldberg
starring: Michael McCartney
THE EVOLUTION
director: Alex Goldberg
starring: Matt Kalman, Mike Kindle
director: Shayne Worcester
starring: Kyle Rankin, Mary Skinner
Dirigo Productions, Newborn Pictures, Asylum Home Entertainment
Alec is a social outcast with a tortured past. In a sudden lapse of reason, he attacks a co-worker, Kate, and ties her up in his basement. As she struggles to escape alive, Alec begins a downward spiral toward a startling conclusion.