THE KARAMAZOVS (2023) - Official Trailer

Fyodor Karamazov is dying and holed up in his oceanfront home with Liz, his loyal caretaker, when his three estranged adult children return home to settle a financial dispute. Despite carving out new lives for themselves each is in the midst of their own personal crisis. Their attempts at reconciliation are complicated further when Fyodor is murdered. Part murder mystery, part spiritual quest, THE KARAMAZOVS follows Liz as she pieces together her memories of that eventful week. She is haunted by it still, in this dark comedy about what we inherit from our parents and what we chose to leave in the grave.

Directed by - Anna Brenner / Director of Photography - Tatiana Stolpovskaya / Editing - Yana Biryukova

Premiering at The 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia in the Grenada National Pavilion. Palimpsest: Tales Spun From Sea And Memories by Billy Gerard Frank, explores fragments of Ottobah Cugoano’s life, who was a major figure in the abolitionist movement in England towards the end of the 18th century, whose life ended in obscurity. He was kidnapped in Ghana, and brought to Grenada as a slave before he was bought to England as the personal servant of Alexander Cambell, a Scottish Plantain owner in Grenada. His book Thoughts And Sentiments On The Evils of Slavery... played a seminal role in the abolitionist movement and he was one of the first Afro-Briton to have written a book in English, while employed as a servant for the Royal Artist, Richard Cosway, introduced to all the pageantries, of class, race, and power in 18th Century England.

Not Just Me is a short film which speaks to the difficulty of creating connection through social media, and the relentless need to provide meaningful content in a virtual world. The unwitting egotism of the “Selfie” is explored through exposure of inner conflict. A collaboration between director and performer Julia Wilkins with artists Isaiah Parker (Sound Design) and Yana Biryukova (Video Design) results in a densely layered visual and audio experience.

This project is made possible in part with funding from a Sullivan County Arts & Heritage Grant, funded by the Sullivan County Legislature and administered by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance.

Yiddish Mean Girls is the inaugural film of Chava Productions, Dylan Seders Hoffman’s production company that she founded as both a generator of new Jewish cultural production and as a platform for highlighting and elevating women’s stories. Chava Productions’ focus is on presenting original works located at the intersection of pop culture and 21st century Jewishness with a generous dose of Yiddish.

Directed by - Dylan Seders Hoffman Cast - Maya Jacobson (Karen), Raquel Nobile (Regina), Dylan Seders Hoffman (Cady), and Lorin Zackular (Gretchen) Director of Photography - Ethan Felizzari and Tatiana Stolpovskaya Editing + Color - Yana Biryukova Sound - Rosie Dean and Scoops Dardaris