The Straight Ball
Funny, twitchy portrait of a date derailed.
Eugene Kotlyarenko
Director
Nate Wilson
Director
Also Directed by Eugene Kotlyarenko
A couple on the verge of a nervous break-up decide to split their home over the weekend and test the waters of independence.
Los Angeles, 2006. Life is Easy 2.0 for James Pongo. He has a cushy job, a busy social life and an alluring love interest all through the click of a mouse. But when he wakes up after a night of reckless partying to discover that his computer is missing, James' hyper-connected reality takes a nosedive. This sends him on a picaresque journey of interrogations and humiliations with the suburban losers he left behind. Told entirely through the websites, programs, games and social networks that make up our daily lives, 0s & 1s uses James Pongo's nihilistic adventure to question our growing dependency on these alternate digital realities.
Kurt Kunkle, a rideshare driver thirsty for followers, has figured out a deadly plan to go viral. As his disturbing livestream is absurdly embraced by the social media hellscape, a comedian emerges as the only hope to stop him.
A young man, reeling from a long-distance romance gone awry, spirals increasingly deeper into depression and desperation as he video chats with his close friends and gets involved with a New Age, Right-wing, domestic terrorist cell.
"A short lil' documentary I made about my family in late 2006, when I was ~20yo" - Eugene Kotlyarenko
A film about VR and who we are.
Eugene Kotlyarenko's long lost self released masterpiece.
iPhone video diary of the first half of Kotlyarenko's 24th year, very much in the style of Jonas Mekas' "Walden".
When Eugene’s ex-GF Katelyn lands in LA to disband their business, the two of them must negotiate between past tensions and future possibilities, in this raw bittersweet rom-com that walks the line between fiction and reality.
A group of old friends gather for a dinner party full of dark secrets, mysterious forces and deadly consequences.
Also Directed by Nate Wilson
An audio-visual exploration of our fear of the unknown: As the two worlds of rehearsal and performance viciously collide, a company of actors must prepare for an upcoming film about forbidden love.
Platonic room-mates Joseph and Ellie try to 'keep it casual' when they find themselves manipulated by an otherworldly force to begin having sex with each other.
A twisted homage to Tim Allen's 'The Santa Clause'.
A pair of super-powered siblings grow up and grow apart as they struggle with the changes that come with puberty.
