YOU AND ME AND HER AND THEM
After accepting a Halloween party invitation from a woman he just met online, Jake must navigate an apartment full of over-protective friends, Jewish frat boys, and his own insecurities in pursuit of love. Starring Tim O'Connor, Lucy Kaminsky, Maria DeCotis, Noemi Santos, Reuben Barsky, and Sam Centrella.
Winner, Best Short Comedy, 17th Annual New Hampshire Film Festival (2017)
Winner, Best Film (Guest City), 2018 Luna de Cortos/Orbigo Film Festival
Official selection, 2019 Iron Mule Film Festival
Official selection, 23rd Los Angeles Comedy Festival (2018)
Winner, Richard Haber Award for Comedy; Jury Honors at the 30th Columbia University Film Festival
Written/Directed by Jon Branden
Produced by Andrew Stephen Lee
Director of Photography: Andrew Crighton
Edited by Sudarshan Suresh and Jon Branden
A BIRTHDAY WITH THE GREENBERGS
When he returns home from rehab, a young man discovers that his overbearing family preferred him when he wasn't sober.
Starring Sam Centrella, R. David Robertson , Conor McAlpine, and Reuben Barsky
Written/Directed by Jon Branden
Produced by Matthew Ross Fennell and Michel Stolnicki
Director of Photography: William Tracy Babcock
Edited by Sudarshan Suresh and Jon Branden
A DREAM IN STATIC
Multi-video teaser campaign to promote the band Earthside's album release.
Directed by Jon Branden
Written by Earthside and Jon Branden
Director of Photography: Chris Ripley
Producer: Michel Stolnicki
Featuring music from Earthside's album "A Dream in Static"
MEETING THE MCALLISTERS
When her mother introduces teenaged Phoebe to the boyfriend du jour and his unorthodox mother, Phoebe is faced with a disconcerting truth— her mom might want more in life than just to be her mother.
Starring Cecelia Gray, Janine Cogelia, Brian Hotaling, Laura Esterman, and Zack Mackiewiez.
Written, Directed, and Edited by Jon Branden
Screenplay by Jon Branden, from a story by Nadia Zoe
Produced by Nelicia Wai Lin Low
Cinematography by Lena Tsodykovskaya