NARRATIVE SHORTS
MONKEY BARS (2021)
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Jacqueline Xerri
SYNOPSIS
When fourteen-year-old Maggie and her two best friends hang out with older guys they meet on Facebook, a crush on a complicated boy unravels into a twisted trance fueled by Four Lokos and naive infatuation.
STAGE READY (2019)
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Raymond Knudsen
SYNOPSIS
An obsessed bodybuilder who struggles with personal demons and his family’s lack of belief soon learns that achieving perfection is all he has left.
WHEN SHE SPEAKS (2019)
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Jacqueline Xerri
SYNOPSIS
She originally planned for a home birth, a typical practice in the 1920's, until an accident sends Ada to the hospital. Complications in the delivery room are only the first of many afflictions to further strain the marriage of a faithful wife and her distinguished husband in this riveting true story.
SCENES FROM A HIBACHI
RESTAURANT (2019)
SYNOPSIS
Friday evening at the local hibachi restaurant. Donald brings his iPad to the sushi bar to watch the big game. Friends and family try to have fun as the chef performs. Saki is flowing and fire is burning but once the show is over, what is there to talk about?
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Stephen Musumeci
SYNOPSIS
Junior year. It's time to date. Tommy and Pam order Sizzlin' Onions at dinner. Pam takes her antacid. Making out later is a possibility.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Stephen Musumeci
THE ORTHODONTIST'S
SON (2018)
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
SYNOPSIS
Tootsie, Batman and The Naked Cowboy try to find common ground on Inauguration Day in Times Square.
INAUGURATION DAY (2021)
SYNOPSIS
New Yorkers try to keep the holiday spirit alive this year.
A COVID CHRISTMAS (2020)
SYNOPSIS
Through a series of tableaus, New York celebrates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' victory announcement amid the Coronavirus pandemic.