Zachary Zamsky

The Testament of Ann Lee

Ruffian #1

The extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers as the female Christ.

Pet Shop Days

Andy

On the run from his unforgiving father in Mexico, Alejandro finds himself in New York City, where he meets Jack, a pet store employee with similar parental baggage. Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. When Alejandro’s past threatens to catch up with him, Jack is forced to choose between his family and a life on the run.

Blue Sun Palace

Massage Client

A sudden loss catalyzes an unlikely bond between two migrants in the Chinese community of Queens. Navigating lives far from home and the painstaking labor that supports them, they journey through grief together in hopes of finding family.

The Board

Evan

A socially challenged high school kid tests his ultimate system for making a successful first-time call to his crush.

The Threshing

The Threshing follows a young couple as they enter the world of regenerative farming. When they first arrive they revel in the bucolic bliss of their new mountainside home, but soon fall into the farm’s more sinister practices, descending from ritualistic animal slaughter to self-mutilation and cannibalism.

Union County

Cody is a recovering opiate addict in rural Ohio, 45 days clean and enlisted in a strictly enforced drug court programme by the county government. Local sober-living facilities are full, so Cody is living in his car on the outskirts of town and working at the nearby lumber mill to save money and keep busy. But his past doesn't want to forget him.

Brief Story

Bartender

A brief tale about two brief cases, with two fates and the sinister/holy characters surrounding them. Two brief cases, two fates whom will it go right for?

Matthew

Matthew

A drama about a father's struggle to integrate his son back into the family and society after being released from the state psychiatric hospital for a thwarted school shooting.

The Little Prince of New York

Ricky

To save his father, Alaeddin sacrifices everything.

Grown

Bouncer

Best friends since middle school, Shawna, Sabrina, and Frankie are ready to celebrate senior year with their first real night out. But when their plan unravels in the chaos of New York City, buried secrets surface, and one revelation threatens to shatter their friendship for good.

Fan Fiction

Two cosplayers struggle to connect after a local comics convention.

Together

Zach

Disillusioned by the concept of monogamy, Ben and Sophie arrange to have a threesome with a mysterious mutual acquaintance. In Ben's half-furnished Brooklyn apartment they wait impatiently for the third to arrive. However, as day turns to night, it becomes clear that this acquaintance of theirs may never show up.