OLD PALS

writer

Rick Cisario

Director

Wendey Stanzler (MADE FOR LOVE)

STARRING

Brian Cox (SUCCESSION) and Henry Winkler (BARRY)

PARTNERS

Debbie Liebling (65, PEN15)

lOGLINE

Two politically opposed, lonely widowers are set up as friends by their daughters, who then fall in love and have to come out to their dads.

DIRECTOR BIO - WENDEY STANZLER

WENDEY STANZLER is an Award-winning director who won an Emmy last year for her directing work on THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY, and a GLAAD Award for DOLLY PARTON'S HEARTSTRINGS. Most recently, she was an Executive Producer on the upcoming series HYSTERIA! for Peacock. Previously, Wendey directed on PARKS AND REC, PARTY DOWN, MADE FOR LOVE for Paramount TV/HBO Max, FOR ALL MANKIND for Apple TV+, the Carlton Cuse and John Ridley series FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL for Apple TV+/ABC, as well CARNIVAL ROW for Amazon.

She got her start as an editor, first with Michael Moore, and ultimately as the Emmy Award-nominated editor of SEX AND THE CITY, where she made the transition to directing. Her pilots include RIDE for FXP and Freeform, THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING for ABC Family, THE CLIENT LIST for Lifetime, and YOUTH & CONSEQUENCES at YouTube Red. She has served as a producing director on YOU'RE THE WORST for FX, among others, and has extensive experience directing episodes of both comedies and dramas, such as CAMPING, DIVORCE, ONE MISSISSIPPI, FUTURE MAN, and MOZART IN THE JUNGLE.

CURSES!

writer-Director

Tulica Singh

STARRING

Brittany O'Grady (IT’S WHAT’S INSIDE, WHITE LOTUS), Zosia Mamet (THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT, GIRLS), Chace Crawford (THE BOYS)

PARTNERS

Susanna Fogel (CAT PERSON, BOOKSMART, A SMALL LIGHT)

lOGLINE

In 17th century colonial America, an outcast witch and a Puritan it-girl fall in love amongst the chaos of their settlement’s first witch trial.

DIRECTOR BIO - TULICA SINGH

TULICA SINGH enjoys writing and directing projects that combine a tongue in cheek sensibility with tenderness. She attended USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, where she received the Jon Houston scholarship for excellence in directing.

Her fantastical animated series Croissant Man - about a depressed Croissant searching for the meaning of life - was a Vimeo staff pick, featured in LA Magazine, IFC’s Comedy Crib, and was one of the first web series to be distributed on Amazon Prime. It played 20 festivals, including the LA Film Festival, ultimately winning 13 awards.

Her creative projects tend to combine the surreal with the sincere - her short film Multidimensional features a woman in love with a cloud, and her queer surrealist short film Dream Girl debuted at Palm Springs International Film Festival amongst many others. In 2021, Tulica’s debut feature film CURSES! was selected for the Sundance Feature Development Lab, where it was additionally awarded the Comedy Central Grant along with support from Viacom. The feature has gone on to be selected for the Inside Out Financing Forum and Film Independent’s Fast Track Program.

Tulica currently works as an in-demand freelance director and editor for companies such as NBC, Disney, Tastemade, Amazon, IGN and The Food Network. She wrote, directed and edited content for the iconic game TETRIS’ first nightly game show, and most recently directed a spot for Disneyland. Her essay “Ras Malai” was published in Zosia Mamet’s book anthology My First Popsicle alongside some of her heroes Patti Smith and David Sedaris. 

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CURSES! was selected for the Sundance Development Lab, Film Independent's Fast Track Program, and the Inside Out Financing Forum.

RED MOTHER

writer-Director

Lara Jean Gallagher (CLEMENTINE)

PARTNERS

XYZ Films (DUAL, PIGGY, MANDY), Bankside Films (TALK TO ME)

lOGLINE

A girl gets her period for the first time at a remote resort run by a mysterious cult.

DIRECTOR BIO - LARA JEAN GALLAGHER

LARA JEAN GALLAGHER’S debut feature, CLEMENTINE, starring Emmy nominated actress Sydney Sweeney (WHITE LOTUS, EUPHORIA) and Otmara Marrero (CONNECTING, STARTUP), premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival in the US Narrative Competition section. CLEMENTINE received favorable reviews from Variety, RogerEbert.com, and many other media outlets, was nominated for best narrative feature film at Tribeca, and went on to win best narrative feature film and best cinematography at the Bend Film Festival. It was released in May 2020 by Oscilloscope.

Lara's acclaimed shorts and music videos have screened at SXSW, Palm Springs Shortfest, Mill Valley, Portland International, and online via Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and NPR among others. In 2020, Lara was awarded the Westridge Grant from the San Francisco Film Society for her coming of age horror script, RED MOTHER. Originally from rural Pennsylvania, Lara was raised on a steady stream of television, polka, processed food, and wooded warfare with her three sisters. Her work focuses on small towns, dysfunctional families, and the kind of relationships only possible when everything else is screwed up.