
Joseph Sackett
Directing
Known For

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
Elephant

Ten aliens in human host bodies learn how to be men.
Dominant Species

Nine-year-old Johnny sends his spirit into his babysitter Melanie and gets to be a woman for a day.
Homebody

In the twilight of her 20s, Raf works two jobs and spends her free time playing boardgames with her boyfriend’s roommates. Privately, she fantasizes of a life of performance and dance clubs. Over the course of several charged encounters, she becomes friends with a charismatic and wealthy woman named Tal. Raf becomes infatuated with Tal’s take-no-prisoners lifestyle. With Tal as her guide, Raf begins to see a new vision of herself, until a weekend at Tal’s country home reveals the true power balance between them.
Raf

A queer supernatural break-up album about a woman who falls in love with an angel.
Low Tide

A pregnant man communicates psychically with his unborn fetus
Pregnant
A young woman reflects on her youth in Queens during the early 90s. Swetha Regunathan directs “Wire & Cloth,” a second gen, coming-of-age account with the feeling of re-enacted memories aided by a meditative narration.
Wire & Cloth

On a routine morning, a woman on a crowded New York City subway is sexually assaulted in plain sight.
Laps

After giving birth to a briefcase, a woman kidnaps her neighbor's baby.
Briefcase

Floyd has worked his whole life. One day, while out a new job, he discovers something that alters his way of thinking.
Give Up the Ghost

Tess, a beloved writer of moderately successful “cozy mysteries”, is assaulted after a lecture and left for dead in an abandoned culvert with the bodies of her attacker’s former victims. As she persists in unraveling the truth behind her attack, her connection to reality becomes increasingly fragmented. Unwilling to face a scandal, Tess decides to rain down justice in her own way.
Big Driver

A young boy falls in love with his babysitter.
I Was in Your Blood

Following the death of her parents, 15-year-old Ida attempts to commit suicide to join her family in heaven.
Heaven, Here I Come

A sidewalk fortune teller shows a young man an unlikely vision of his future.
Your Future One Dollar

Sixteen year old Charlotte ambles through a summer day when she's followed home by Tommy, an older guy. Tommy helps her escape her loneliness, but after betraying her trust, Charlotte must decide what matters to her most.