gramercy
narrative short, drama.
22min. color and black & white.
1.85, 2020
a young man grappling with
depression returns to his New Jersey hometown, where his grief and
brotherhood transforms into an
exploration of inner life.
SCREENINGS
2020
Locarno Film Festival (World Premiere)
Telluride Film Festival (Filmmakers of Tomorrow)
Chicago Int’l Film Festival (Narrative Short Silver Hugo Winner)
BFI London Film Festival
AFI FEST
Hamptons In’l Film Festival
Film Fest Ghent
New Orleans Film Festival
Uppsala Int’l Short Film Festival
Seminci - Valladolid Int’l Film Festival
La Roche-sur-Yon Int’l Film Festival
Rooftop Films Summer Series
Montclair Film Festival (Winner of the NJ Short Competition for Fiction)
Aesthetica Short Film Festival
HollyShorts Film Festival
New York African Diaspora Int’l Film Festival
Kinemastik Int’l Short Film Festival
Regent Park Film Festival
Maryland Film Festival
Bentonville Film Festival
2021
Clermont-Ferrand Int’l Short Film Festival (Labo Competition Grand Prix Winner)
Museum of Modern Art, “By Any Means” New York
Pan African Film Festival
Miami Film Festival
Vienna Shorts Film Festival
Nepal-America Int’l Film Festival (Winner of the Best in Shorts)
Cinema Jove
Concorto Film Festival
Athens International Film and Video Festival
2022 Goethe Institute, Tunisia
CREDITS
by Jamil McGinnis and Pat Heywood
starring Shaq Bynes, Karon Tracey, Jihad “Wave” Marshall,
Duane “Mook” Dent Jr., Chidi “Chad” Nwala Gabriel Ajari VI
producers Gabija Blake, Claire McGirr, Myriam Schroeter
director of photography Maceo Bishop
production designer Cheyenne Ford
editors Matt Carter, Ben Jordan
composer Zach “Shigeto” Saginaw
music supervisor Midori McSwain
sound designer and mixer Owen Shearer
colorist Alex Jimenez, Alex Bickel
vfx supervisor Daniel Morris
executive producers Michael Peay, Chelsea Franklin,
Myriam Schroeter, Pat Heywood, Jamil McGinnis
set photographer & designer Max Friedman
SELECTED TRADES
Le Cinema Club /
Vimeo Staff Pick: Best of the Month / Sixteen Journal / Variety
