THE STRANGE ONES is a 2011 short film written and directed by Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein, and starring David Call (TINY FURNITURE, TWO GATES OF SLEEP), Merritt Wever (NURSE JACKIE, MICHAEL CLAYTON), and Tobias Campbell (CONVICTION, SALT).

The film follows two travelers – a man and a boy (David Call and Tobias Campbell) – whose car has broken down,
and who stumble upon a small roadside motel, where a girl (Merritt Wever) offers to help them. At first all seems
normal, but an unseen tension begins to mount between the three of them, leading to a startling discovery. Mysterious and evocative, THE STRANGE ONES serves to strip away the ordinary situation it presents in order to offer a brief glimpse of a complicated, dangerous, and secret world lurking beneath the surface.

The Strange Ones was an Official Selection at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, and the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival. The film won a Special Jury Prize at the Independent Film Festival of Boston for
Best Short Film 2011 and was the Short Narrative Jury Winner at the Hamptons International Film Festival 2011.

The first in Gary Luk’s Asian Shower Dude webseries, “Good Times, Bad Times” has been featured on Tosh 2.0, Funny or Die, and CBSNews.com.

Directed by Lauren Wolkstein, Cigarette Candy tells the story of Eddie Van Buren, a traumatized teenage Marine who is forced to play the role of ‘the hero’ at his homecoming party. In pursuing a rebellious, precocious sixteen-year-old girl, Candy, he sees an opportunity to numb his pain and connect to a fellow lost soul.

Winner of the Short Film Jury Award for Best Narrative Short at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival.

Jody Shapiro’s ultra-sharp documentary “How to Start Your Own Country” examines micro-nations – tiny states seldom recognized by better-known, more conventionally established countries. Traversing the globe, Shapiro introduces us to several states you’ve almost certainly never heard of. An Official Selection of the Toronto International Film Festival and IDFA.

Junger describes how he got started in journalism and offers advice to war reporters in the making.

In this season, Rossellini takes a look at the seduction techniques of spiders, dolphins, and more — questioning how Noah could possibly have selected just one male and one female of every species in order to repopulate the Earth after the flood. Check out the episode “Noah’s Ark” here, and you can view the rest of season two at the Sundance Channel!

A look at juvenile diabetes in a developing country, Life for a Child profiles three families: their struggle to survive, the sacrifices they must make for a child with diabetes, and the strength, courage, and humility they demonstrate along the way.

Life for a Child premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and won the award for Best Short Documentary at the 2009 Cinequest Film Festival. It was also given a special screening as part of the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, as well as the KunstFilmBiennale in Cologne. You can purchase or view the film at Amazon video on demand by clicking here.

What’s the secret to a long life? Made Possible, a newly launched cross media magazine and blog, asks Ruben Spitz: New Yorker, milliner, Holocaust survivor.

Artist and Director, Mac Premo, was recently featured in the New York Times for his most recent work. “The Dumpster Project” is an enormous collage of over 400 objects, lining the walls of a 30-yard long industrial dumpster. Come see it this weekend (September 23rd through 25th) at the Dumbo Arts Festival!

ArtWalk ’09 won two NY Emmy Awards for Best Commercial (Single Spot) and Best Graphics! Congratulations to
director, Mac Premo, and editor, Stacey Foster on their excellent work.