Yoni Azulay
Directing
Biography
Yoni Azulay began making movies when he was only seven years old. A self-taught filmmaker, Yoni writes, directs, and edits every film he makes. Although only 18 years old, Yoni's short films over the past three years have been recognized at numerous festivals across the country and have received multiple awards at the student level. His short film "Again" (2016) was selected to screen at 17 festivals and was the recipient of 8 awards. "Curtains" (2019) was screened at the 2019 Woodstock Film Festival. "Curtains" was also screened in Times Square as a part of the "Best of Fest" at the 2019 All American High School Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Drama. Yoni continues his filmmaking education at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
Known For
A long-divorced Chinese couple reunites in Texas for their daughter’s college graduation. The mother stays in the daughter’s small apartment, while the father returns each night to a hotel room of his own. The daughter drifts between her parents and her own thoughts. At times, they appear to be a family. After years of absence, what remains between them goes unspoken, as the father keeps his distance, lingering nearby.
Winter Ceremony
Kit and Pat contemplate a last-ditch effort to get the cash needed to make their dreams come true.
No Dye
"Everything I Never Told You" bridges poetry and realism to explore feelings of limerence. Through the relationship between Ines and Sid, we experience love, loss, and self-acceptance.
Everything I Never Told You
Two friends find themselves in the life-threatening crosshairs of a merciless shooter while taking a detour through New Mexico.
Idle Speed
Luna battles a sleep disorder after immigrating to the US from Portugal, prompting her mother to explore a quick-fix solution from a celebrity psychologist's groundbreaking sleep therapy. As Luna delves into the treatment, the film unravels the consequences of attempting to erase her cultural roots for assimilation, exposing the potential damage wrought by the remedy that initially promised healing.
Healing Plan
A man addicted to visiting his memories wrestles with a promise he made his father when he was first diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
Is It Time?
A man with shit for brains struggles to cope with his strange condition.
SHITHEAD
An insecure, status-obsessed man spirals into obsession and sabotage after a charming guest calls him “short” at his surprise birthday party.
Short King
A revelation involving Demo CDs causes the already strained relationship of a mother and her son to degrade further as pent up secrets are exposed.
Accept It
After multiple restless nights at college, freshman, Adam Manwell, begins to have a recurring dream where he is in an infomercial for a sleeping medication and is being terrorized by the spokesman, Dennis. When Adam starts seeing a student that looks identical to Dennis in real-life, he begins to lose his grip on reality and not know what is actually happening and what is in his head.
8 A.M.s
Musical Theater hot-shot Kyle's seniority is challenged when a new student Gio joins the theater department at his high school. As the show and the relationship between the two develop, new conflicts and questions arise.