BRADY KIRCHBERG

LOGLINE: After her first night solo-camping in a remote forest in 1999, a woman finds a picture on her digital camera of herself, sleeping in her tent. Lost, she descends into self-doubt and madness as the camera begins to depict not what has happened, but what will happen to her.

STARRING: Sarah Ellen Stephens, Wai Ching Ho, Esther Chen

SYNOPSIS: Monie Wills has finally closed the door on a toxic relationship and escaped New York to go solo camping in the remote woods of Maine. She’s only just beginning to find herself again when a picture appears on her brand new digital camera that shakes her to her core: a picture of herself, asleep in her tent. 

As fear and paranoia press in, she loses her way, and the deeper she wanders into the woods, the stranger things become. More pictures of her appear on the camera, not just of what has been, but terrifying visions of what may happen to her next, some of which begin to come true. As her mind unravels, Monie’s abusive past comes back to haunt her, and the lens through which she sees herself becomes more and more brutal. 

It’s only through the connection with an unlikely kindred spirit that she can find the strength to face her demons, see herself fully, and reject any other image of her the world has tried to capture.

LOGLINE: In the near future, a weekly meeting of Device Addicts Anonymous (DAA) is the refuge for six strangers consumed by their virtual worlds. But when a new member joins the group, bringing with him something beyond addiction, they all begin to realize that their connection to the virtual and to each other may be far more than coincidence.

STARRING: Kieran Mulcare, Jamie Effros, Claire Rothrock, Andre Blake, Jen Cohn, Sarah Ellen Stephens, Kim Blanck

LOGLINE: When a middle-aged actor gains too much pandemic weight to pull off his survival gig as a George Clooney impersonator, he finds himself trying to justify to his nine-year-old daughter—and to himself—why he’s still chasing his dream.

STARRING: Jake Hart, Beatrix Hart, Natalie Knepp

SYNOPSIS: Hank Gauda is one of the lucky ones: his gig as a George Clooney impersonator keeps him afloat as a working actor in New York. But after a pandemic and a divorce, he’s not as svelte as he once was, and his longtime agent unexpectedly drops him. His nine-year-old daughter, Evie, cannot understand why her dad still wants to be an actor- a job which, to her, has only made their lives hard. Stuck in the city while he waits to hear about a callback for a gum commercial, Hank pleads his case about being an artist and the importance of living your passions, while Evie inadvertently gives her dad a lesson on the importance of being himself.

In the near future, Deborah, a career executive assistant, stays late after an office party, tidying up with the help of an AI cleaning bot. As she muses aloud about the details of the party and her longtime boss, the robot begins to probe deeper—uncovering layers of longing, regret, and emotional truth that Deborah has never dared share with another human being.

STARRING: Linda Manning, Becca Lish

TRAILER EDITOR: Zac Parks Grigg

In the near future, Deborah, a career executive assistant, stays late after an office party, tidying up with the help of an AI cleaning bot. As she muses aloud about the night and her longtime boss, the bot begins to probe deeper—uncovering layers of longing, regret, and emotional truth that Deborah has never dared share with another human being.

Written and Directed by Chris Fondulas

Starring: Alec Baldwin, Neil Parisi, and Maulik Pancholy

Life is good for Don, a rough and tumble mobster, until the day he discovers his intolerance to gluten, and can no longer enjoy the staples of his everyday mobster diet. As his food habits change, so do his demeanor and lifestyle, but it all goes south when his mob family discovers his new life.

A late-night encounter in a Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn penthouse during a blackout leads to a profound connection between the young handyman and a deaf cleaner.

LOGLINE: Monsters don't sleep under your bed, they sleep inside your head.

STARRING: Josephine Le Sourd

Laura, a quite shy and introverted thirteen year old teen, embarks in a dark journey to get free from her worst enemy: Her own self.

Starring: Andrew MacLarty, Aaron Dean Eisenberg, Natalie Pero

Selected as part of the Brooklyn Shorts Film Festival, Louie's Brother Peter (LBP) tells the story of Peter, an early 20's Bay Ridge Brooklyn born and raised kid with slight Autism runs drugs for his brother Louie. All of his known allegiances are challenged when he meets Abby; a Brooklyn transplant unlike Peter's ever met before.

A recently deceased housewife reconsiders her past life while being interviewed by the Devil’s personal assistant.

Starring: Camilla Harden, John Bermudez, Mel House, Jackie Sydney

As if adolescence wasn’t hard enough, one-handed fifteen-year-old Alex McKenna struggles with school, with her relationship with her father, and with her place in the social mix--until she finds the sport of competitive fencing.

Starring: Louis Cancelmi, Jessica Joffe, Sam Waterston, Rebecca Henderson

A man and a woman reconnect after a long separation, realize they're still in love and, immediately, get married. Their excitement quickly fades when the eccentric judge marrying them points out that they will, inevitably, be parted by death. An absurdist celebration of love, marriage, and impermanence.

Starring: Michael Derek, Brady Kirchberg, Ras Enoch McCurdie

Having just gotten out of jail, small time gambler and petty thief Johnny (Derek) gets in over his head again when he loses $67,000 in a poker game. With no other option in sight, he decides to rope his brother Seth (Kirchberg) into a major drug buy that will not only settle his own debt, but set them both up for life. Seth agrees, but only when Johnny’s dealer, Dutch, shows up wanting a cut and threatens both of their lives. Can Seth and Johnny even trust each other? Is loyalty for sale? Will Johnny’s dealer Dutch have the last word? And who’s the real mastermind behind the big score?

A directionless young man finds the love of his life, and suddenly his whole world seems to make sense, but a message from his future self warns him to stay away to avoid a lifetime of pain and misery-- will the love he's found be worth it?

Chris Clark having some fun at Pier C Park in Hoboken, NJ with the almost completed Freedom Tower and Empire State Building in the background.

Music - Aphex Twin "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball", Jimi Hendrix "Freedom"

Chris Clark rides in one of his favorite local spots, Palisades Interstate Park in Fort Lee, NJ.

Music: B.T. Express - "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)"