Choke Hold

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A backyard wrestler dreams of going pro. To achieve that dream, he’s
forced to make tough decisions about what’s worth sacrificing to stay in
the ring.

Director: Max McGillivray

Producers: Patrick Nichols, Solomon Chidi Amadiume

Editor: Sushant Chaudhary

Color: Light Iron

Grants: Columbia University, Indian Paintbrush, Panavision New Filmmakers Grant


Let There Be Light

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A portrait of African-American inventor, engineer, poet, artist, and American Civil War veteran, Lewis H. Latimer told through the experiences of his wife, Mary.

Writer & Director: Jon K. Jones

Producer: Jonathan R. Brown

Cinematographer: Gabe Harden

Editor & Colorist: Sushant Chaudhary

Score: Morgan Hollingsworth

Cast: Doron JePaul Mitchell, Naomë Antoinette

    Recipient: SFFILM Sloan Science in Cinema Filmmaker Fellowship

    Official Selection: 30th Anniversary Pan African Film Festival 2022

    Official Selection: Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival 2022

    Official Selection: Seattle Film Festival 2022

    Official Selection: FAMfest New York 2022


    My PTSD Will Never Win Best Picture

    Narrative

    The line between fantasy and reality blurs when Clancy, an imaginative film-lover, experiences PTSD flashbacks that drive her to investigate the differences between her life and the movies.

    Directed by: Annie Pettinga

    Written by: Clancy Tripp, Annie Pettinga

    Produced by: Kinder Labatt, Mackenzie Lyle

    Editor: Sushant Chaudhary

    Fortune

    Narrative

    In desperate need of guidance and connection, a reclusive man starts following fortune cookies like gospel in this surreal dark comedy.

    Columbia University MFA Thesis Project.

    Writer & Director: Devin Armstrong

    Producer: Andrea Goocher

    Director of Photography: Alice Millar

    Editor & Colorist: Sushant Chaudhary

    Cast: Michael Oberholtzer, Sarah Macdonnell, Oje Belo

    VFX: Tangible

    Official Selection: KATRA Film Series (New York) 2022

    Official Selection: No Coast Film Fest 2022

    Official Selection: DC Black Film Festival 2022

    Official Selection: Bozeman International Film Festival 2022


    Girl at a Bar

    Narrative

    A young woman journeys to bars alone once a week for a year to reclaim her identity after half a decade debilitated with Lyme disease.

    Creator: Tracy Mulholland

    Series Edited by: Meridith Sommers

    Assistant Editor: Sushant Chaudhary

    Made possible by Bay Area Lyme Foundation

    Official Selection: Studio City Film Festival, Los Angeles (2023)

    Official Selection: Bridgeport Film Festival, Connecticut (2023)

    Purity

    Narrative

    A Hasidic undertaker struggles to balance his faith and work with his longing to find human connection in New York City.

    Director: Avichai Assouline

    Cast: Perri Yaniv, Melody Bates, Eli Rosen, Justin Wilson, Melissa Weisz

    Producer: Sushant Chaudhary

    Cinematographer: Leo Purman

    Editor: Tom Patterson

    Production Design: Malky Goldman

    Poster: Maggie Briggs

    Official Selection: FilmSchool Fest Munich 2020

    Official Selection: Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 2020

    Featured on Mubi

    Coral

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    Columbia University MFA Thesis Project.

    Written & Directed by: Sonia Oleniak

    Directors of Photography: Daisy Zhou, Ben Elias

    Co-Editor: Sushant Chaudhary

    Format: 35mm, 16mm, Super 16mm

    Official Selection: Palm Springs ShortFest 2023

    Official Selection: New York Film Festival 2023


    Summer House

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    Juniper and Lotte are sisters visiting their childhood vacation home on the coast of Oregon for a weekend. All appears well until the memories of their lost sibling clash with where they are in life.

    Writer & Director: Sushant Chaudhary

    Cinematographer & Editor: Sushant Chaudhary

    Cast: Serena Killion, Rebecca Killion, Oleg Chanba

    Producers: Gianluca Morganti, Serena Killion

    Composer: Armando Vergara

    White Peacock

    Narrative

    A young man struggling with severe mental health issues and suicidal ideations meets a father at a church whose son succumbed to a similar disease.

    Director & Editor: Sushant Chaudhary

    Written by: Avichai Assouline

    Cast: Perri Yaniv, Jeff Fuller

    Producer: Gianluca Morganti

    Director of Photography: Yura Makarov

    Official Selection: Nomadic International Film Festival (Los Angeles) 2023

    Still

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    Mili visits the isolated village where her grandmother recently passed. There, she will meet a man who was once acquainted with her grandmother who will reveal a secret that will bind the trio on this plane and beyond.

    Written and Directed by Constanza Majluf

    Produced by Mané Garrido

    Directors of Photography Liú Marino, Matías Baeza Dominguez

    Music by Eric Laufer

    Editing by Constanza Majluf, Sushant Chaudhary

    Design Ina Olavarria

    Color Matías Baeza Dominguez

    Sound Design CSFSonido: Sonido Directo-Diseño de Sonido / Field Recording-Sound Design

    Official Selection: Lebu International Film Festival 2021

    Official Selection: 37th Miami Film Festival

    Official Selection: Festival De Cine De Zaragoza 2020

    Official Selection: Sanfic International Film Festival 2020

    Official Selection: Santiago Festival Internacional De Cine 2020

    Official Selection: Latino Film Market 2020

    Echo Chamber

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    Vignettes of moments both explosive and silent between a couple Javier and Elmira.

    Writer, Director, and Editor: Sushant Chaudhary

    Director of Photography: Varya Rootwood

    Cast: Christian Cuoco, Kristen Brody, Nicolas diPierro

    Tale Of The Anguished Gardener

    Narrative

    Written and Directed by: Ovsanna Gevorgyan

    Produced by: Vardan Hakobyan, Davit Gevorgyan, Sam Rimland, Ovsanna Gevorgyan

    Cast: Tamara Sevunts, Vruyr Harutyunyan, Narine Tarzimkoyan

    Cinematography by:
    Mko Malkhasyan

    Colorist & Post-Production Supervisor: Sushant Chaudhary

    Official Selection: Raindance Film Festival 2019

    Official Selection: Golden Apricot 2019 


    Fake

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    An Asian-American teenager's plan to impress a girl is foolproof—or so he thinks.

    Director: Ben Grund

    Producers: Federica Belletti, Natasha Badiyi

    Executive Producers: Richard Goldman, Susan Goldman, C.B. Grund, G.C. Grund

    Director of Photography: Cedric Cheung-Lau

    Editor: Julie Kreinik

    Associate Editor & Colorist: Sushant Chaudhary

    Production Designer: Molly Grund


    Punjab

    Narrative

    Shreya moves to a new city, feeling homesick she walks into a store that feels like home away from home.

    Written & Directed by Sushant Chaudhary

    Based on an encounter by Deepanshi Dhiman

    Director of Photography: Luke Taylor

    Producer: Avichai Assouline

    Line Producer: Gianluca Morganti

    Cast: Deeksha Ketkar, Siraj Huda

    El Cocinero

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    An illegal Latino immigrant works grueling hours in a restaurant kitchen to provide for his pregnant wife.

    Director: Gianluca Morganti

    Producer: Spencer Clawson

    Director of Photography: Shondjo Xia

    Editor: Sushant Chaudhary

    Cast: Justino Solis, Alejandra Luna, Anthony Lombardo, Maurizio-Rosas Domingez

    Official Selection: Austin Spotlight Film Festival 2018

    Audience Choice Award: New Filmmakers NY 2018

    Winner: London Independent Film Awards 2018

    Kanarí

    Crew

    Vala and Benni are on the road and struggle to find a mutual purpose in their new destination.

    Director: Erlendur Sveinsson

    Cinematographer: Karl Oskarsson

    Post-Production Coordinator: Sushant Chaudhary

    Winner of the Vimeo Staff Pick Award at the 2019 Aspen Shortsfest.

    TableTalk: Food For Thought

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    Life gets busy. Then, every so often, something epic happens. The microcosm of a board game celebrates the victories, losses, competition and fun of all that life has to offer.

    Web Series, Horror, USA, 2017.

    Episode 7: Food For Thought

    Nom Nom Nom. While avoiding the undead Annie, Steph, and Ken try to sort out their problems. Meanwhile back at the bunker, Jonathan has news for the group.

    Creators: Nathan Hong Fisher, Kristy Richman

    Director: Chloe Sarbib

    Editor: Sushant Chaudhary

    Distribution: Fullscreen

    Cow Man

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    Based in a rapidly developing town in North India, Cow Man tells the story of a college going Brahmin boy, bullied by local boys in his area. The film explores the intersection between caste with masculinity, and what happens when they don't mutually compliment each other.

    Writer & Director: Aditya Khanna

    Cinematographer: Arjun Kalra

    Editor, Sound Designer & Colorist: Sushant Chaudhary

    Composers: Shrawan Banerjee, Sushant Chaudhary

    Cast: Delzad Hiwale, Sushant Chaudhary, Utsav Pinto, Aakash Dutt Sharma

    Finalist: Shorted India Short Film of the Year 2022

    Lacuna: Sinking Straight

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    Music Video for 'Sinking Straight', from Delhi-based artist Lacuna's first EP.

    Director & Editor: Sushant Chaudhary

    Co-Producers: Mihir Raina, Vipul Sharma

    Production Design: Tanvi Kaushal

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