MLE -
I SPY. FOR REALZIES
Julie Robert is an actor. No, not that one. When her dream role falls through she's on the verge of giving up when a mysterious couple hire her to spy on their daughter. What seems like a perfect acting opportunity turns sinister when she discovers a dangerous secret. A deftly plotted comedy thriller from a refreshing new talent following in the footsteps of Tina Fey & Lena Dunham.
A deftly plotted comedy thriller from a refreshing new talent, MLE premiered at the BFI Southbank in January 2015, as part of the official selection of the LOCO London Comedy Film Festival, where the screening was sold out and won the Special Commendation Discovery Award. MLE also won an Excellence Award at the RINCON International Film Festival, as well as Best Actress, Best Produced Screenplay & Best Feature at the AOF in LA, continuing its international run at over 8 festivals before its theatrical run. MLE was the only female directed comedy to open theatrically in the UK in its year, and went on to play on Curzon Home Cinema and Amazon.
"MLE works where other comedies don't, because the lead character is so likable ... In the style of a Lena Dunham comedy, but funnier." - (Neil White, EveryFilm)
LEON’S FANTASY CUT
George and Iggy know they are destined for great things. The two brothers, first generation Ukrainian Americans, still live in the same provincial neighborhood where they grew up. George is a wannabe business scion festering in a cell phone store. Igal is a small-time pot dealer and an aspiring Rap mogul. They are stuck together in a suffocating studio apartment, and are constantly at each other’s throats, but they are convinced that their situation has to be temporary. George meets Ella, a hipster transplant and sees her as his key to a life outside the neighborhood. Meanwhile, Iggy is convinced that Yuriy, a promising rapper he is “managing,” will be his ticket to a life of luxury if he can just get his music to the right person. But they both learn that the American Dream is pretty elusive these days.
The Blessing and The Curse
The Blessing And The Curse is a feature-length documentary film that goes to the heart of an infamous 2011 terrorist attack that took the lives of five members of the Fogel family, stabbed to death in their beds in the West Bank settlement of Itamar. The film examines how the people of this isolated Jewish community dealt with the tragedy, exploring what it means to be a “settler,” what motivates someone to move to this disputed land and live within a barbed wire fence, surrounded by hostile neighbors.