FINALIST 42nd ANNUAL STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD

Written and Directed by JESSE GUSTAFSON
Produced by JOSHUA COHEN

Run Time: 15 min

A young soldier on his first tour in Afghanistan assists a seasoned Ranger medic fighting to save a mother and her breech baby on the battlefield.

Red Epic / $35,000 / 8 Days

Directed and Produced by JESSE GUSTAFSON
Based on the play RICHES by LEE BLESSING

Run Time: 22 min

On the surface the Riches seem to “have it all.” On the night of their wedding anniversary David’s wife, Carolyn, reveals that she wants to leave him and the life they’ve built for something more, something real.

DSLR / $300 / 2 Days 

Directed by JESSE GUSTAFSON
Written and Produced by NICOLE DEMASI

Run Time: 13 min

Nick Jr. is forced to take his wisecracking, death-obsessed father to two funerals in one day, reigniting their strained relationship.

Sony F55 / $15,000 / 5 Days 

Directed by JESSE GUSTAFSON
Written and Produced by RACHEL BRENNA

Run Time: 12 min

A young woman takes a job with her friend at an underground dance hostess club in New York City and has to face her hidden desire to be desired.

DSLR / $900 / 4 Days

A FEATURE FILM

Written and Directed by LAURENCE VANNICELLI
Produced by JESSE GUSTAFSON and ANDREW K. LI

A former fashion model gets her first acting job in a feature film but when shooting the climactic scene, she's unable to emote on set and embarks on a 24 hour journey through the city to find the emotions inside her. When a building in the city mysteriously explodes, she must deduce if this is the beginning of a catastrophic terrorist attack on the city or a manifestation of the repressed traumas of her past…

FEATURE FILM

Directed by JESSE GUSTAFSON
Written by GUY STEVENSON
Produced by BENATTAR / THOMAS PRODUCTIONS

Cam Gigandet stars as the leader of a "Dirty Dozen"-esque band of military prisoners who have to fight off a terrorist attack on the remote "black site" prison in which they're being held, which, unknown to them, is a cover for a secret drone control facility.

Sony FS7 / $350,000 / 15 Days

SEMI-FINALIST 41st Annual Student Academy Awards

Directed by LAURENCE VANNICELLI
Produced by JESSE GUSTAFSON

An amorous housefly (voiced by Alex Karpovsky, Girls, The Foxy Merkins) yearns to be known by the beautiful young woman he loves.

Written and Directed by LAURENCE VANNICELLI
Produced by JESSE GUSTAFSON

A dirty cop investigates a small town murder. The only suspect is a teenage girl who claims it was a miracle.

Written and Directed by JESSE GUSTAFSON
Produced by JOANNA LAGSTEIN

Run Time: 8 min

A devout religious woman quietly faces her fears over wanting to be loved by God and wanting to be loved by her husband.

DSLR / $300 / 1 Day