
Acting
Austin Cassel
Acting credits
NRWhen a trans college student learns the girl she idolizes is sleeping with their teaching assistant, she takes drastic steps to emulate her.
Gender Studies
2026
NRWhile massaging aging bodies at a bathhouse, a young woman wrestles with the intimacy of her job and the guilt of drifting further from her elderly father.
FUN
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NRAs a high school AV club faces the absurdity of egomania, tensions flare between the director and main actress, leading to a fatal reprimand for the crew.
AV Club
2018
NRPetunia, a 20-something ex-hit-girl sharpshooter, is unwillingly dragged back into the criminal underbelly when her deadbeat hitman father gets in bad with violent Yakuza.
Petunia
2018
4.5In this MiniDV curio, a young woman moves to New York and becomes entangled in her roommates’ tumultuous relationship.
Yelling Fire in an Empty Theater
2021
A socially anxious young man tries to express himself through the art of dancing, despite his strange technique.
Rigor Maurice
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10.0A privileged young man attempts to foray into the world of outrage comedy, but can't finish a set without getting brutalized.
Give It Up
2025
6.0A heartbroken 20-something reluctantly returns to his childhood home in Miami, where he's forced to reevaluate his relationships in the face of a looming hurricane.
Fallen Fruit
2024
NRHeartbroken, listening to Enya, and making Mickey Mouse pancakes in his underwear, the last thing Brooklynite Troy wants to do is welcome new neighbors. But when he sees Abel’s captivating smile, his hope for a rekindled romance with his ex-boyfriend Chance gets officially placed on the back burner. As Troy and Abel’s tender getting-to-know-you dates start to progress, Troy finds himself caught between the allure of new love and a long-fought-for second chance with the one who got away. Troy’s roommate Pat is a maybe bisexual activist trying to kick off a political career; Billie, their somewhat intrusive landlord by proxy can’t seem to find her place…. literally; and Lee, an insightful yoga instructor, is trying to heal and channel her inner goddess. As these late twentysomethings navigate their anxieties, life choices, and passions, they find there’s no problem that a night of pizza and wine with friends can’t help fix.
Best Years
2024
NRA master thief and an aspiring novelist comb the Virginian countryside in search of a legendary treasure.
King of Thieves
2025
NRAn emotionally repressed columnist, who is trapped in a cycle of disastrous dates and an oppressive job, meets a mysterious man who urges her to embrace chaos and break free.
Truths from a Corporate Sellout
2026