LATE FAME - Legendary New York poet Ed Saxberger's forgotten works captivate an eccentric group of young creatives, reigniting his artistic passion. Their intrigue intertwines with the bewitching presence of actress Gloria.
Director:
Kent Jones
Writer:
Samy Burch
Executive Producers:
Martin Scorsese, Samy Burch, Naia Cucukov, Alessandro Del Vigna, Peter Friedland, Nidal Kahl, Sasha Klupchak, Billie Lourd, Evan Moore, Brev Moss, Kyle Owens, Josh Peters, Josh Plasse, Robina Riccitiello, Austen Rydell, Lorenza Veronica, Lisa Wolofsky
Producers:
Pamela Koffler, Mason Plotts, Christine Vachon, Danny Roberts, H.S. Naji, Jackie Langelier, Ethan Lazar, Taylor Shung
Composer:
Don Fleming
World Premiere:
2025 Venice International Film Festival (Orizzonti)
North American Premiere:
2025 New York Film Festival (Main Slate)
BABY BLUE BENZO - In her new film, Sara Cwynar combines newly produced video and photographs with found images amassed in her archive. The principal scenes for Baby Blue Benzo were filmed at a studio in Los Angeles, where Cwynar staged a surrealistic shoot—featuring two sets of circular camera tracks—with massive props and elaborate historical costumes that became a kind of stand-in for the artifice and arbitrariness of composing images. The artwork’s central visual pillar is a replica of the titular 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, which is to date the most expensive car to be sold at auction.
Director:
Sara Cwynar
Producer:
Sara Cwynar
Composer:
Kieran Adams
World Premiere:
2025 International Film Festival Rotterdam (Tiger Short Competition)
BY DESIGN - A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair.
Director:
Amanda Kramer
Producers:
Miranda Bailey, Sarah Winshall, Natalie Whalen, Jake Agger
Composers:
Giulio Carmassi, Bryan Scary
World Premiere:
2025 Sundance Film Festival (NEXT)
Distributor:
Music Box Films
TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA (DEUX PERSONNES ÉCHANGEANT DE LA SALIVE) - In a farcical world where kissing is punishable by
death, a personal shopper threatens the status quo.
Directors:
Alexandre Singh & Natalie Musteata
Producers:
Violeta Kreimer, Valentina Merli, Natalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Carol Cohen, Guillaume Houzé
Composer:
Bobak Lotfipour
World Premiere:
2024 Telluride Film Festival (Great Expectations)
L.A. Premiere:
2024 AFI Fest (Grand Jury Prize - Live Action Short)
MESSY follows the life of brutally self-aware, promiscuous, love addict Stella Fox, who moves to New York after a devastating breakup, and all her disappointing romantic dalliances over the course of a summer.
Director:Alexi Wasser
Executive Producers:
David Lowery, Augustine Frizzell, Katharine Brandes
Producers:
Alexi Wasser, Rebekah Sherman-Myntti, KJ Rothweiler
World Premiere:2024 New/Next Film Festival
Distributor:
Vertical
NO SLEEP TILL - In a coastal Floridian town threatened by an oncoming hurricane, a few locals feel strangely compelled to stay amidst a general movement of desertion.
Director:Alexandra Simpson
Executive Producers:
Mariana Horn, Todd Remis, Robina Riccitiello, Kyra Rogers, Elizabeth Woodward
Producers:
Tyler Taormina, Elijah Graf Quartier, Jason Simpson
World Premiere:2024 Venice International Film Festival (Settimana Internazionale della Critica)
North American Premiere:
2025 Los Angeles Festival of Movies
NYC Premiere:
2025 New Directors New Films
Distributor:
Factory 25
MY FIRST FILM - A young filmmaker, Vita, revisits her first chaotic attempt at filmmaking 15 years prior. Shooting a semi-autobiographical film starring her friend Dina, Vita’s eager but inexperienced approach causes the production to spiral into chaos, leading to significant disruptions and a near-fatal accident.
Director:Zia Anger
Producers:
Riel Roch Decter, Taylor Shung, Emma HannawayComposer
:
Perfume Genius
World Premiere:2024 CPH:DOX (Next Wave)
Distributor:
MUBI
COLD WALLET - A team of Redditors lose everything after a cryptocurrency scam leads them to plot to kidnap the "financial influencer" who screwed them over.
Director:Cuttier Hodierne
Executive Producers:
Derek McMurtry, Justin Staple, Raul Castillo, Melonie Diaz, Tony Cavalero, Josh Brener, Leo Matchett, Michael Musante, Matt Miller
Producers: Cutter Hodierne, John Hibey, Benjamin Wiessner
World Premiere:2024 SXSW Film Festival (Narrative Spotlight)
GOOD ONE - During a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam navigates the clash of egos between her father and his oldest friend.
Director:India Donaldson
Executive Producer:
Sarah Winshall
Producers: Diana Irvine, Graham Mason, Wilson Cameron
Composer: Celia Hollander
International Premiere:
2024 Cannes Film Festival (Directors’ Fortnight)
U.S. Premiere:2024 Sundance Film Festival (U.S. Dramatic Competition)
L.A. Premiere
2024 Los Angeles Festival of Movies
NYC Premiere:
2024 New Directors New Films
Distributor:Metrograph Pictures
MERRY GOOD ENOUGH - Lucy has a complicated relationship with her dysfunctional family, but when her mother disappears on Christmas Eve, she must bring her family back together whether she knows it or not.
Directors: Caroline Keene & Dan Kennedy
Executive Producer:
Alan Pierson
Producers: Dan Kennedy, Krista Minto, Jamieson Shea, Genevieve Skehan
Distributor: Freestyle Digital Media
WELCOME SPACE BROTHERS unveils the true story of The Unarius Academy of Science, a long-running extraterrestrial-channeling spiritual school in El Cajon, California that in the late 1970s became a wildly prolific filmmaking and art collective under the direction of outlandish spiritual leader and visionary filmmaker Ruth E. Norman, AKA “Archangel Uriel.”
Director: Jodi Wille
Executive Producers:
XTR (Bryn Mooser, Kathryn Everett), Diorama Media (Matt Perniciaro), Lord Miller (Phil Lord & Christopher Miller), Josh Braun (Submarine), Thalia Mavros (The Front), Rob Ganger, SpectreVision (Lawrence Ingle, Daniel Noah & Elijah Wood)
Producer: Caryn Capotosto
Composer: Mary Lattimore
World Premiere: 2023 Beyond Fest