Lauren Wolkstein

The Strange Ones

Lauren Wolkstein, Christopher Radcliff

David Call, Tobias Campbell

A man and a boy, traveling to an unknown destination, find respite in a motel swimming pool. On the surface all seems normal, but nothing is what it seems to be. Short film not to be confused with the 2017 feature film with the same name.

Cigarette Candy

Lauren Wolkstein

Jonny Orsini, Emily Morden

A traumatized teenage marine forms an unlikely bond with a rebellious young girl at his homecoming party.

Girls on Film: The First Date

Lauren Wolkstein, Andromeda Godfrey

An electric collection of the latest, award-winning lesbian and feminist short films.

She Likes Girls 3

T.M. Scorzafava, Lauren Wolkstein

Collection of eight lesbian-themed short films.

Boys On Film 7: Bad Romance

Michael Rozanov, Lauren Wolkstein

Danny Bernardy, Matthew Wilkas

Experience an alternative take on attraction with Boys On Film. Bad Romance explores the darker side with a collection of edgy and sexy short films, including: Alain Hain's "Curious Thing" starring Danny Bernardy and Matthew Wilkas; Christoph Scheermann's "Cake and Sand" starring Bartholomew Sammut and Jan Andreesen; Michael Rozanov's "Watch Over Me" starring Guy Kapulnik and Davidi Hoffman; Joachim Back's "The New Tenants" starring David Rakoff and Jamie Harrold; Kim Jho Gwang-soo's "Just Friends?" starring Lee Je-hoon and Yeon Woo-jin; Étienne Desrosiers's "Mirrors" starring Xavier Dolan, Stéphane Demers, and Julie Beauchemin; Christopher Banks's "Communication" starring Rudi Vodanovich and Alexander Campbell; Tomer Velkoff's "The Traitor" co-starring Shmulik Goldstein; Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein's "The Strange Ones" starring David Call, Tobias Campbell, and Merritt Wever; and Tamer Ruggli's "Cappuccino" starring Benjamin Décosterd and Manuela Biedermann.

Social Butterfly

Lauren Wolkstein

Anna Margaret Hollyman, Camille Claris

A 30-year-old American woman enters a teenage party in the South of France. Some of the guests wonder who she is and what she is doing there.

Gayby

Jonathan Lisecki

Jenn Harris, Matthew Wilkas

Jenn and Matt are best friends from college who are now in their thirties. Single by choice, Jenn spends her days teaching hot yoga and running errands for her boss. Matt suffers from comic-book writer's block and can't get over his ex-boyfriend. They decide to fulfill a promise to have a child together... the old fashioned way. Can they navigate the serious and unexpected snags they hit as they attempt to get their careers and dating lives back on track in preparation for parenthood? 'Gayby' is an irreverent comedy about friendship, sex, loneliness, and the family you choose.

Collective: Unconscious

Lauren Wolkstein, Nuotama Bodomo

Frank Mosley, Sanda Weigl

A man and his grandmother hide out from an ominous broadcast. The Grim Reaper hosts a TV show. The formerly incarcerated recount and reinterpret their first days of freedom. A suburban mom's life is upturned by the beast growing inside of her. And a high school gym teacher runs drills from inside a volcano. What happens when five of independent film's most adventurous filmmakers join together to literally adapt each other’s dreams for the screen?

The Strange Ones

Lauren Wolkstein, Christopher Radcliff

Alex Pettyfer, James Freedson-Jackson

Mysterious events surround the travels of two brothers as they make their way across a remote American landscape. On the surface all seems normal, but what appears to be a simple vacation soon gives way to a dark and complex web of secrets. This is the feature film version of the 2011 short film going by the same name.

Takako vs. Nine Lives

Lauren Wolkstein

Juxtaposes classical ballet and masked professional wrestling.