A short love letter to New York. This city is one that is full of millions unique stories, unique ambitions, but one that, at the end of the day, is one home for all of us. Patricio Ferrari, a self proclaimed “poet sommelier,” discovered this not too long ago. I interview him about his immigration from Buenos Aires Argentina to New York in the 90’s, and his first impressions of this cultural melting-pot.
A P.S.A developed alongside Grace Church School to help spread awareness of the growing dangers of nonconsensual drugging, particularly in school circles. It was a group project with Ethan Brothers, Cyrus Mailer, and Sofia Ulrich. The protagonist of the skit comes to school after a night out at a party, quite groggy. He is being stared at, and constantly wonders why. He finds out that, at some point in the night, his head had been shaved. While the skit is meant to be humorous it covers a deeply important and real topic. It was shown at an all school assembly, and is continued to be shown as a warning.
A short film about childhood innocence, and its restrictiveness. Rye, a young, distracted student, is asked to focus on his work when he decides to try to run away from home. He gets ready, puts together a bag, and is so close to what he sees as freedom. At the end of the film, he isn’t tall enough to reach the door, seemingly held back by his innocence.
A short ‘silent’ film about the fascinating survival story of Aimo Koivunen, a Finnish soldier lost in the snowy woods during World War II. The film was my first fully animated picture, for which it won a Gold Medal at the New York Alliance Film Festival for Independent Schools, and was a final nominee for the All-American Highschool Film Festival, both in the animation category.
A short documentary on the “experience of growing up,” and the importance of understanding the beauties of childhood as a philosophy and lifestyle, rather than a phase. The picture is ultimately tied together with this Walt Disney quote: “growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.”
A parody of the acclaimed crime film Oceans 11. Daniella (Dani) Forest, the school trouble maker, gets her first official detention, and her phone taken away. She decides that she wants to fight this injustice, and gets together with her two friends, Rusty and Elliott, to help her retrieve it.