FILMS

 

THE LOVERS (2023) | 70 minutes

EDITED BY ZOË KISSEL
DIRECTED BY PARKER KEYE EISEN

Louise, an overworked server, begins cheating on her unemployed boyfriend Jon who spends his days studying Marx’s Capital. Overworked and exploited, their relationship suffers. Louise forgets traces of her other love in their one-room apartment. As Jon discovers them, new tensions rise in their already burning relationship.

For more information, please visit theloversfilm.com.

 

SH*T SAVES THE WORLD (2022) | 71 minutes

PRODUCED AND EDITED BY ZOË KISSEL
DIRECTED BY TROY HALE

Sh*t Saves the World provides an intriguing and humorous glimpse into our species' impact on the earth by exploring how one of the most simple solutions to aid the environment may lie in what we often look down upon as waste. It just may be that the hero we all need, but don't deserve, shall be apparent when 'Sh*t Saves the World.'

For more information, please visit mpxfilms.com/films/documentaries/sht-saves-the-world.

 

HOWIE (2022) | 37 minutes

EDITED BY ZOË KISSEL
DIRECTED BY CLAY CONOVER

After three years, Pete (Alek Kristopher) and Howie (Chris Heeder) reconnect and discover the past has consequences.

 

会者定離 (MEETING PEOPLE ALWAYS SEPARATED) (2020) | 5 minutes

EDITED AND COLORED BY ZOË KISSEL
DIRECTED BY NICOLE MA

"How much energy does one have to deal with this much confrontation? Whether it's towards society, yourself, or loved ones?" Directed by Nicole Ma, 会者定離 (Meeting People Always Separated) explores the extent of how a sudden government decision affects a person who simply wants a grasp of the American dream, and the conflicting emotions and thoughts of what they decide to do before the departure.

 

A SHADOW BREATHES (2020) | 14 minutes

EDITED BY ZOË KISSEL
DIRECTED BY VARUN RAMADHYANI

A look into the increasingly fragmented psyche of Pratik, transforming him into a shell of what he once was: a shadow.

 

LOKUM (TURKISH DELIGHT) (2019) | 7 minutes

EDITED, COLORED, AND SOUND DESIGN BY ZOË KISSEL
DIRECTED BY NICOLE MA

Lokum (Turkish Delight) is a Neo-Italian realism inspired short, with color inspiration of Wong Kar Wai, Wim Wenders, and Todd Haynes. The film feels like a documentary but actually has a narrative containing underlying themes and criticisms of socio-economic systems, and depth of life.

 

JUICE (2018) | 10 minutes

WRITTEN, DIRECTED, AND EDITED BY ZOË KISSEL

Juice is a short neo-noir, science-fiction film following a woman's growing withdrawal and the fatal decision she makes to get high once more.