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
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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: FullscreenCow 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