Columbia University

The Set-Up is Kathryn Bigelow's student film at Columbia about the exploration of 'why violence in cinematic form is so seductive'. It featured two men beating each other to a pulp in a dark alley, while two professors analyzed the philosophy of it all on the soundtrack.

An mad, unhinged chef and his futile attempts at killing a cockroach in a restaurant kitchen. This film takes its cues from the giant-insect films of the 50's such as "Them!" (1954) and a nod in the direction of Kafka's "Metamorphosis."

The hopelessly romantic Lisa takes desperate measures to win her former lover back, Alf. But the fact that Alf already has a new girl at his side and that Lisa needs to bring her alcoholic father to an antivaricose-campaign photo shooting without letting him know, is not particularly helping.

'Bears Discover Fire' is the strange tale of a lonely man, his aging mother, his curious nephew, and a family of bears that have discovered how to use fire.

A self-assured short film about a neighborhood swimming group in which two boys are forced into a confrontation by their coach. This ridiculous lesson in growing up leads to an unexpected understanding.

A disgruntled cheerleader runs away to NYC where she meets an inept thief. The two join forces becoming street performers while the drum major from her high school tracks her down.

On a seemingly prosaic day in the life of Bita, an Iranian woman with terminal cancer comes to grips with her changing relationships with her family as life transforms, evolves and slips away.

In New York, a Korean immigrant family of four leads separate lives, each facing moments of defeat in their daily existence. As they navigate complexities of survival and disconnection, they each hide their wounds from one another

In vacation with his girlfriend and his son, a father has to face an uncontrolled jealousy for the young boy.

Chicken farmer John Lloyd learns the importance of blood tests when he gives his pregnant wife a dose of the clap after a one-night fling with a lonely waitress.

Sophia, a high-class prostitute, attempts to induce an abortion in a hotel bathroom. When her pimp brother forces her back to work, she must find a way to hide her secret and keep her job at the same time.

A traumatized teenage marine forms an unlikely bond with a rebellious young girl at his homecoming party.

Inspired by an event from director Robert Snow’s childhood, Bunny tells the story of a young boy in a rough Philadelphia neighborhood who marches into the ghetto to retrieve his pet rabbit from the boy who stole him.

An avant garde prison power struggle as witnessed through the point of view of the inmates’ only television set with the biggest troublemaker and sweetest seducer on the cellblock. The Knicks have just taken the Bulls to overtime, but it’s time for Star Trek. The film took two days to shoot, one week to edit, and one year to create the special effects. With it being Shot on 16mm film and transferred to video and then edited on a computer - the first student film at Columbia to be edited digitally.

Jewish family history is reconstructed in this documentary about the traces of German terror in Eastern Europe during World War II where in which is about the attic of a peasant's home where her family's parents and relatives hid in squalor during the war for two frightening years hid, and then spent most of their lives afterwards trying to forget what happened. Yet their children somehow knew what their parents went through. Deciding to confront her personal demons, Goodstein went back to Poland with her aunt and a group of cousins to meet the woman who sheltered her family.

A disturbed young man fantasizes about massacres.

A young boy wrestles with a deepening sense of remorse after the sudden disappearance of his friend. When those close to him begin to question his involvement, he is forced to make a life-altering choice. Themes of friendship, guilt, and redemption are examined against the backdrop of a scorching summer in the rural South.

Tells the story of a boy, a saxophone, a girl, and a rainy afternoon to show how the moments in one's life are usually small and often go unnoticed.

Vala and Benni are on the road and struggle to find a mutual purpose in their new destination.

A documentary on the famous schoolyard basketball player Earl “The Goat” Manigault.