A terrible detective is on the verge of being fired. To save his career he is assigned to assist a highly skilled officer on a top-secret case involving a chain of murders. Can they find who the spree murderer is based off only a stick figure sketch?
A group of four poker players becomes entangled in a plot of deception, violence, and romance in this silent short film. Created in February 2024 for the TOPICS IN PRODUCTION: Poetics, Performance + Punk midterm project at the University of Pittsburgh.
THIS FILM IS A PARODY. Batman sets up a sting operation to catch potential predators in Gotham City. Created as an exercise in March 2024 for the TOPICS IN PRODUCTION: Poetics, Performance + Punk course at the University of Pittsburgh.
Mom of five sons, Tracy DeGraaf takes you on a journey through the seasons of her life from getting married and having kids to gaining weight and growing a beard. Based on her book, Laugh Anyway Mom, Condemned Bakery gives you a front row seat to the mishaps of a household filled with boys.
Nicole Burch was a career driven, eternally single party girl, until a one-night stand made her a mom. Hear how she went from six figures to food stamps and all the hilarious and heartfelt lessons she learned along the way.
After restaurant owner Chang dies, the whole town of Obdam is in deep mourning for 'their Chinese'. The always loyal Yung Ling (34) is forced to keep the struggling Chinese Indian restaurant Happy Palace running with her brother Lok Man (32), an artist and the most eccentric of the family. Unresolved feelings are getting in the way of cooperation, but their pragmatic mother Suk Wai (56) sees an opportunity to unite the shattered family.
When their high school drama department falls victim to budget cuts, two teachers from the Bronx find an unlikely solution to their money problems: yaniv, a little-known card game with a thriving underground gambling scene in the Hasidic Jewish community.
Scientists using nano technology to shrink objects to microscopic size use their science on a deadly shark, which is injected into a person's bloodstream in an attempt to cure a rare blood disorder. When the shark begins to do more harm than good, a team of adventurers enter the bloodstream in a shrunken submarine in an attempt to kill or be killed by the smallest great white of them all!
Brower Commons, a dining hall at Rutgers University, was a fixture of my freshman year, and then it was gone--but students kept talking about it, complaining about its absence just as they had previously complained about its food. This toxic, confusing relationship fascinated me, and I had to learn more, dig deeper, and uncover the truth. What resulted was a journey that took me through countless student interviews, frustrating university bureaucracy, and hidden Rutgers history.
Kyle Kinane explores themes of tolerance and rediscovering one's roots with self-deprecating humor in Dirt Nap. Cautious optimism and self-aware hope permeate the set.
Two brothers are bored on a Saturday and decide to start a band. They then realize the stress of being in a band. Once they get a gig, they must put together a setlist and get ready for show, but they fear they don't have the time.
Genderqueer comics from around the world take the stage at London's Alexandra Palace in this comedy showcase hosted by the award-winning Hannah Gadsby.