Winner of the Student Academy Award®

"Beautiful and Harrowing" - Huffington Post

15 min. Shot on 35 mm and 8mm film

SYNOPSIS:
"When a young Nazi finds a theater troupe of survivors celebrating the end of WWII in an abandoned Polish theater, he is forced to realize his role in their grief."

FESTIVALS // AWARDS:
Student Academy Awards®
- Gold Medal, Alternative Category
24fps International Film Festival
- Kurosawa Award for Creative Excellence, David Henry Gerson
- Best Production Design, Daniela Medeiros
FIC Autor International Film Festival, Mexico
- Best Experimental Short Film
Las Vegas International Film Festival
- Best International Short
Rhode Island International Film Festival
- Best Editing, Spencer Koobatian
Windrider International Student Film Festival
- Cinematic Storytelling Award, David Henry Gerson

DIRECTED BY David Henry Gerson 
WRITTEN BY David Henry Gerson, Martin Horvat, and Brennan Peters 
PRODUCED BY Beatrice von Schwerin 
STARRING Harrison Thomas, Beata Pozniak, Kristof Konrad, Kinga Philipps, Anthony Nikolchev, and Kasia Kowalczyk 
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY Eli Arenson 
PRODUCTION DESIGN BY Daniela Medeiros 
EDITING BY Spencer Koobatian 
CASTING BY Stacia Kimler, Bialy/Thomas and Associates 
SOUND DESIGN BY Nathan Ruyle / This Is Sound Design 
ORIGINAL SCORE BY Brian McOmber 
WITH MUSIC BY The Warsaw Village Band 
CHOREOGRAPHY BY Celia Rowlson-Hall

a film by David Henry Gerson

"Totally Engaging!" – Albert Maysles
“A gem of a little film” – The Huffington Post
“Fully engrossing and totally cool” – Film News Briefs

Acquired into the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, NY.

Ultra Violet - mistress to Salvador Dali, muse to Andy Warhol, and a born-again Mormon - reveals in this sixteen minute portrait her untold tale of spiritual rebirth and her iconic perspective on fame, art, and religion. Includes rare photographs from her past, and Andy Warhol’s screen-test of Ultra Violet from 1965.

Official Selection:
A Shaded View on Fashion Film Festival 2011, Pompidou Museum, Paris
Be Film Festival NYC 2010
DC Independent Film Festival 2010
Nashville Film Festival 2011
New Filmmakers New York Film Festival 2010
New Jersey International Film Festival 2010
Slamdance Film Festival 2011
Visionfest Film festival NYC 2010
Woods Hole Film Festival 2010

A short film by David Henry Gerson

"Truly excellent…a taut, disturbing, meaningful portrait of a military man in trouble...makes me understand a man's unfathomable actions." - John Patrick Shanley

"Dynamite!" - Abel Ferrara

An American veteran returns home from military service to his undocumented immigrant girlfriend. After killing for his country, and suffering from PTSD, he is tormented by the idea that his lover might be using him as a means to gain citizenship. The clash of their traumatic pasts leads to an explosive and tragic collision between these two alienated young Americans.

DIRECTOR: DAVID HENRY GERSON

MUSIC: LEXIE ROTH

CHOREOGRAPHY: ANTHONY NIKOLCHEV

CINEMATOGRAPHY: AARON KOVALCHIK

FEATURING: DION PRATT, LEXIE ROTH, FALLON BROOKING, DANNY CRON, B EHST, NATASHA GRAVIA LUND, GENEVA HAMILTON, JOANA KNEZEVIC, LAQUAN LEWIS, PETER MARK GUIMARAES, CASEY MELONE, FERNANDO MITRE, ALEXANDRIA SALEEM, ABIGAIL STANTON, HANAH TRUJILLO, CHRISTOPHER YARROW & NOGA YECHIELI

SHOT ON LOCATION AT CAL ARTS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

PLANETARIUM

“Planetarium is a short film celebrating the radical power of women. Liv Colliander and David Henry Gerson’s fantastical visual, narrated by Maripol, breathes new life into Adrienne Rich’s feminist poem.”I-D // Vice

Directed by Liv Colliander + David Henry Gerson

Poem by Adrienne Rich

Performed by Maripol

Featuring // Caribay Franke, Cecile Cubilo, Jakiyah Cabell, Emily J. Snyder, Alyssa Osorio, Mary Eileen O’Donnell, Josie Dapar, Zenia palkhivala, Alma Gerson, Daniela Gerson, Daphne Nguyen, Lily James, Avery Wilcox, Jean Grant, Ngaire Dawn Fair, Francesca Gámez, Liz Alvarez, Amanda Siara, Mahsa Ahmadi , Olamipo Somoye, Charlie Kanter, Camila Caceres, Julia Sklar, Kimberly Gomez

Producer // Fabien Colas
Production Company // Kite Rock Pictures
Cinematographer // Kai Krause
Composer // Katy Jarzebowski
Stylist // Sam Muglia
Hair + Makeup //Danielle Arroyo
Ms. Von Rey's Hair + Makeup // Kimberly Romo
Assistant Camera // Christopher Kistan
2nd Assistant Camera // Paulina Zamorano
Sound Mixer // Nicolas Pacheco
16 MM FILM // KODAK
Film Processing // Fotokem

Adrienne Rich, "Planetarium" from Collected Poems: 1950-2012. Copyright © 2016 by The Adrienne Rich Literary Trust. Copyright © 1971 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Recorded by permission of the Frances Goldin Literary Agency.

COPYRIGHT @ 2018 Liv Colliander + David Henry Gerson

PHOENIX: Refugee Artists Rising

Currently in production

A feature documentary film

Directed by David Henry Gerson

Produced by Odessa Rae

Executive Produced by Ondi Timoner