A serious man tries to avoid catching a deadly laughing plague in a growingly polarized and dystopian society.
Written & Directed by Paul Kowalski
Starring Philip Ettinger, Martha Plimpton, Olek Krupa & Breeda Wool
Executive Produced by Patton Oswalt
19 mins / USA, Poland / 2024
2025 Academy Award Best Live Action Short (Longlist)
2024 42nd Flickers Rhode Island (Grand Prize Best Director)
2024 Indy Shorts (Best Short, Nominated)
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An immigrant mother fears her mentally-ill teenaged son is turning into a school shooter.
94 mins / USA / 2021 / Gersh / Gravitas Ventures
Austin FF (Audience Award, Jury Mention)
deadCenter FF (Official Selection)
Cinequest FF (Official Selection)
Fargo FF (Best in Fest, Best Narrative Feature)
Feature Film
In Development / 2024
When an introverted teenager struggles to fit in at this new boarding school in 1990s England, he befriends an enigmatic teacher who offers him a sinister path to power.
The Dead List (Hollywood's Top Annual Original Horror Screenplays)
Feature Film
In Development / 2024
A troubled neurosurgeon is derailed by the haunting memories of his wife’s death.
AFI Thesis Film
Starring Kristof Konrad & Alicja Bachleda
22:13 / USA / 2016
Aesthetica FF (Best Short: Nominated)
ASC Student Heritage Finalist
Beijing Film Academy (Audience Award)
CINE (Golden Eagle Finalist)
American FF
Beverly Hills FF (Audience Award)
Derby FF (Best Short Film)
Sunscreen FF (Best Short Film)
Woods Hole FF (Audience Award)
Big Island FF (Best Student Short)
Ft. Lauderdale FF (Best College Film)
Breck FF (Best Student Film)
Cine Gear Expo (Finalist)
Polish FF (Best Short: Nominated)
USA FF (Honorable Mention)
Southampton FF (Best Short: Nominated)
Feature Film
In Development / 2024
Feature Film
In Development / 2024
A high school girl experiences unsettling visions that question the nature of her reality.
AFI Short
Starring Niki Koss
13:34 / USA / 2013
In a dystopian world short on food and water, a trio of scavengers roam the wilderness trying to survive.
AFI Short
20:22 / USA / 2014
A grieving woman becomes obsessed with a monolithic, abandoned building.
Short Film
10:17 / UK / 2012
Raindance FF
Myrtle Beach FF
Korovilas Autumn/Winter Collection.
Fashion Film
2:02 / USA
A bored teenager discovers the powers of his imagination at the laundromat.
3:03 / 35mm / USA
An enigmatic woman hides in a house under construction to battle her innermost demons.
Short Film
Starring Karolina Wydra
3:31 / B&W / USA / 2015
Raindance FF
Polish FF (Best Short Film: Nominated)
North Hollywood CineFest (Best Short Film: Nominated)
FilmQuest FF
The personal and professional lives of two method actors bleed together.
Short Film
Starring Marysia Patykiewicz & Jacek Ryś
4:02 / Poland / 2013
A chance encounter in Warsaw's Lazienki Park with Roland Pieczkowski: singer, dancer, actor, comic, parodist…
Short Film Portrait
1:00 / Poland / 2013
A man dreams of crucifying himself.
Brown University Short
8:27 / 16mm / B&W / USA / 2004
Two women on Regent Street at rush hour, with commentary by Gertrude Stein.
Extracts from “The Making of Americans”
2:03 / iPhone 4S / UK / 2012
