FILM
*World Premiere RIIFF*
*Winner Festival Ambassador Award (Michael Cuomo)*
At the moment of Burt’s death, he suddenly finds himself in his son’s apartment, and the two come to amends about where Burt has been for the last three years and why he disappeared, throughout which they each realize and accept the love and the human fallibility in parenthood.
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Directed, written and edited by: Danny Ward
Producer: Michael Cuomo
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Starring: Rocco Sisto, Michael Cuomo, Christine Spang, Jack Scrivo, Bryce Landon Wiescinski
Cinematographer: Joel Froome
1st AC: Erin Gaddi
Audio Mixer: Darin Hallinan (Dolby)
Colorist: Jenny Montgomery (Company 3)
Composer: Peter Mark Kendall
PA: Jake Toddings
VO Recording: Darren Lorenzi Jr, Brad Wiescinski
Executive Producers: Angela Ward, Michael Ward, Mark Stetson
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**Currently in Post Production**
A man looks back on the summer that changed his life. It's The Sandlot meets Stand By Me.
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DIrector: Michael W Gray
1st AD: Danny Ward
Producers: Michael W Gray, Michael Cuomo, Danny Ward, Josh Folan​
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Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Christy Brinkley, Cullen Moss, Dan Lauria, Erinn Ruth, Logan Gray, Mia Talerico, Ellen Toland
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**Coming to cinemas and streaming 2026**
*Winner of the Gray Schwartz Ultra Indie Award Woodstock Film Festival
*Winner NYWIFT Award for Excellence in Directing a Narrative Film
*Winner Audience Choice Award MSP Film Festival
*Winner Audience Award Rochester Film Festival
*Winner Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature SOHO Film Festival
*Official Selection Woodstock Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, Santa Fe Film Festival, MSP Film Festival, Rochester Film Festival, Fargo Film Festival
*Popcorn List Selection 2025
Follows Maisie and her father Kurt who have to leave their Brooklyn bubble to go back to Kurt's childhood home in Minnesota, where Maisie upsets long-standing family traditions, falls in love, and makes her family face their issues.
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DIrector: Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen
Editors: Gordon Grinberg & Danny Ward
Producers: Michael Cuomo, Jessica Blank, Lillian LaSalle, Han Shan
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Starring: Amy Madigan, Sadie Jensen-Blank, Erik Jensen, Cullen Moss, Joel Marsh-Garland, Thomas Kopache
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*Winner Grand Jury Heart, Minds, & Souls Award RIIFF
*Winner Best Actress (Arielle Beth Klien) AMT International Film Festival
*Nominee Best US Short Film, Best Acting Performance as an Ensable, Best Acting in a Leading Role (Arielle Beth Klien), and Best Acting in a Leading Role (Ali Stoner) SOHO International Film Festival
*Official Selection RIIFF (World Premiere), Soho International Film Festival, Ojai Film Festival, Denver Jewish Film Festival, Wellsboro Film Festival
As the Nazis invade their hometown, teenagers Fani and Rivkah face life and death decisions while trying to flee to America.
DIrector: K Lorrel Manning
Editor & Script Supervisor: Danny Ward
Producers: Michael Cuomo, Arielle Beth Klien, Christine Cirker
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Starring: Arielle Beth Klien, Ali Stoner, Jonathan Lipnick, Carine Montbertrand
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*Winner Best Screenplay RIIFF
*Nominated Grand Jury Prize Best Short Film SXSW
*Official Selection SXSW, RIIFF
*Vimeo Staff Pick
A happy couple's relationship unravels during a game of "Mafia."
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Director: Michael Stahl-David
Writers: Michael Stahl-David & Ana Nogueira
1st AD & Editor: Danny Ward
Producer: Michael Cuomo
Starring: William Jackson Harper, Ana Nogiera, Ali Ahn, Zach Schaffer, Robert Godol Lovenstein, Keilly McQuail, Nana Mensah, Stephen O'Reilly, Michael Cuomo, Brandt Adams
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*Winner Best Film Atlanta Shortsfest
*Winner Best Film Los Angeles Short Film Festival
*Winner Best Actress Nice International Film Festival
*Nominated Best Edit Nice International Film Festival
*Official Selection Cleveland International Film Festival, Nice International Film Festival, Salute Your Shorts Festival , San Jose Film Fest, Montreal Film Festival
A nostalgic woman confronts a stranger in her house, one who ultimately reveals their shared history and the love they have for one another.
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DIrector: Julia Ngeow
Writer: Christina Toth
Editor: Danny Ward
Producers: Robin Galloway, Amy DePaola, Cambpell Symes
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Starring: Christina Toth, Campbell Symes, Katherine Walluch, Jamie Crib
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*Winner Best Live Action Short Film Miami Projections Festival
*Official Selection LA International Horror Fest, Morbido Film Fest, FilmGate Film Festival
A masked murderer who kills anyone abusive to dogs returns. A local detective must unravel the pattern before he strikes again.
DIrector: Christopher Watson
Editor: Danny Ward
Producer: Christopher Watson
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Starring: Christopher Watson, Eliana Ghen​​​
*Winner Best Short Film Boston Latino Film Festival
*Winner Key West Film Festival
*Nominee Best Short Eastern Oregon Film Festival
*Official Selection Urbanworld, Dances with Films, Woodshole, Montclair, Tallgrass, San Diego, Orlando, Riverbend, Richmond, Eastern Oregon, Blue Whiskey, Cine Mas San Fransisco, Seattle Latino Film Festivals
When a young hispanic boy is left home alone with his 8 year old sister for the first time, he must find her when she goes missing in their unwelcoming trailer park community.
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Writer & DIrector: Paola Ossa
Editor: Danny Ward
Producers: Zeus Kontoyannis, Paola Ossa, Michael Cuomo
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Starring: Shakira Barrera, Aiden Medina, Olivia Perez and Jackson Frazer ​​
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*Winner Best Actress (Chloe Berk) RIIFF
*Official Selection RIIFF, St. Louis International Film Festival, Adirondack Film Festival, LA Indie Film Festival
*Short of The Week 2020
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Frankie was recently diagnosed with HPV. After getting a follow-up cervical cancer screening, she tries to find connection as she goes about her day. It turns out not to be so easy.
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Directors: Chloe Berk & Blair Baker
Writer: Chloe Berk
Editor: Danny Ward
Producer: Michael Cuomo
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Starring: Chloe Berk, Geany Masai, Dena Tyler, Lisle Hummerston, Merri Rashoyan, Mike Ivers, Ryan Willard, Sarah Young, Emilie Krause
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*Official Selection Big Apple Film Festival, Inwood Film Festival
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Based on Padraic Lillis' award-winning one man show, Get to Eleven blends live performance elements with narrative cinematic storytelling in an intimate conversation about suicide, addiction and the importance of sharing stories in our darkest moments. On stage in performance, among friends in conversation, and in the streets and subways of New York City, Padraic offers his own story, and empowers his audiences to deepen their own relationship with life, mental health, and mortality.
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Director: Dave Quay
Editor, 1st AD & Camera Operator: Danny Ward
Producers: Michael Cuomo
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Starring: Padraic Lillis
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*Official Selection New York Short Film Festival
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One unlucky week in the life of a struggling actor culminating in an awkward moment of social disobedience on an off-broadway stage.
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Writer & Director: Katie Kopajtic
1st AD & Editor: Danny Ward
Producer: Michael Cuomo
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Starring: Katie Kopajtic, Lynn Cohen, Catherine Curtin, Michael Cuomo, K. Lorrel Manning, Christine Spang, Michael Dermansky, Sarah Dacey Charles, Nelly Savinon, Steven Mark Friedman, Michelle Tsai, John Long, Tyler Sparks, Erin Friend, Brittany Zaken, Margret Echeverria, Monica Robles, Ashley Van Egeren, Christine Donnelly, Keisha Bissram, Matthew Preston Morgan, Adam Hidais, Larry Mitchell, Rodolfo Maxil, Will Spartalis, Katie Terpstra, Brad Heller, Amanda Clark, Alejandro Girlado, Daniel Vidor, Katie Hilman
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A visual album in ten chapters. On his final day, a man looks back at his life-long search for his father, only to realize he's been one to himself all along.
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Director & Editor: Danny Ward
Writers: Danny Musengo, Paul Weinfield, Luke Tedaldi, Danny Ward
Producers: Danny Ward, Michael Cuomo, Danny Musengo, Paul Weinfield, Luke Tedaldi, Natalie Clark
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Starring: Steven Douglas Daly, Niles Christian Gunning, Natalie Clark, Danny Musengo, Jessica Van Niel, Jeanne Lauren Smith, Sophie Gloeckler, Mike Jacobs, Jeff Jacobs, Atash Yaghmaian, Michael Cuomo, Paul Weinfield, Al-nisa Petty, Anya Noelle, Jessica Lauren Napier, David Vogel, Kira McCarthy, Paul Caron, Margret Echeverria, Walker Adams, Luke Tedaldi, Barton Stanley David, Natti Vogel, Ria Bouttier, Linde Matthews
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