Charles Mandracchia

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

An intimate portrait of an oft-forgotten character in Hollywood: the screenwriter. Raised in Baghdad, screenwriter Mardik Martin was infused with an early love for movies when he was sent to the U.S. by his family to avoid being drafted into the Iraqi army. Mardik discovered the NYU cinema department, and there he met Martin Scorsese; their friendship would lead to some of the greatest films in American cinema.

A wronged woman takes revenge on her wheelchair bound father-in-law.

Claire Makes It Big, Jeremy Workman's award- winning short comedy, follows the travails of a talented overweight actress and her difficulties landing a decent movie role. A sharply written and briskly directed satire of the acting and filmmaking professions that then turns into a hilarious wish-fulfillment fantasy, it also features a lovely lead performance by Mara Hobel (whom Joan Crawford-heads may recognize as the child Christina Crawford in Mommie Dearest) and funny supporting turns from more recognizable folks like Clancy Brown, Paige Turco and Peter Bogdanovich, along with a voice cameo from the late Don LaFontaine.

Jody, soldat britannique enlevé par l'IRA, est surveillé pendant sa détention par Fergus. Malgré leur opposition, une solide amitié va s'installer entre les deux hommes. Jody est tué au cours d'une intervention de l’armée britannique tandis que Fergus parvient a s’échapper. Caché a Londres, il tente de commencer une autre vie. Mais il ne peut oublier Jody et la promesse qu'il lui a faite de retrouver sa compagne, Dil.