Stealing Jokes
Comedian Jake Burman and his friends embark on a comedy tour. After being cheated out of payment for their first gig, the group decides to rob the venue, setting off a comedic heist that dives into the "underworld" of the comedy scene. Starring Jeff Dye, Dustin Ybarra, Ha Ha Davis, Luke Null and Michael Rappaport.
Written & Directed by Mike Young
Gene Hunters
An international team of scientists and researchers travel the far reaches of the planet to hunt for nearly indestructible microorganisms that thrive under the most extreme conditions in an effort to determine if humans share a molecular signature with these ancient lifeforms.
And if we do, how might this discovery unlock a secret to human adaptation?
War Pony
WAR PONY follows the interlocking stories of two Lokota boys growing up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Bound by their shared search for belonging, each of the boys grapple with a world built against them, as they navigate their unique paths to manhood.
Winner of the 2022 Camera D’Or Award at the 2022 Cannes International Film Festival.
Liberation tells the true story of Herbert Heller, who kept his experience as a teenage boy surviving for years in Auschwitz hidden from his family. That is until he meets Abbey (Fisher), a young teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up as well, leading the two of them to exchange their stories as a meaningful and healing friendship is born.
Directed by Finn Taylor
Starring Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher and Luke David Blumm
When a police protest breaks out on the streets of Milwaukee, a medical transport driver shuttles a group of disabled adults, an octogenarian Russian choir and a con man through the streets of Milwaukee. Their collective ride becomes a hilarious, compassionate and intersectional portrait of American dreams.
A down on his luck wedding DJ teams up with his conniving uncle to steal his grandmother’s top secret pickle recipe.
World Premiere - 2016 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Director: Michael Manasseri
Writers: Sheldon Cohen, Gary Wolfson Producers: Michael Manasseri, Sheldon Cohen, Gary Wolfson, Jason Potash, Paul Finkel
Executive Producer: Eddie Rubin
Director of Photography: Geoff George
Editor: Stewart Shevin
Starring: John Dore, Lynn Cohen, David Paymer, Eric Edelstein
A group of oddball high school students find themselves trapped in detention with their classmates having turned into a horde of Zombies.
Director: Alex Craig Mann Writers: Alex Craig Mann, Rob Rinow
Producers: Michael Manasseri, Brooke Anderson
Director of Photography: Noah Rosenthal
Starring: Jacob Zachar, Alexa Nikolas, Christa B. Allen, Max Adler, Justin Chon, Jasyon Blair
Nuclear power plant worker Jim Crawley has the worst day of his life when he discovers his wife cheating with the co-worker who got him fired. When Jim is later kidnapped, experimented on, and transformed into a half-man/half-mosquito, blood sucking revenge, mayhem, and much silliness ensues.
Director: Michael Manasseri
Writers: J.P. Epstein and Michael Manasseri
Producers: Kimberley Kates, Michael Manasseri, Stephen Eckelberry
Executive Producer: Bruce Lee
Director of Photography: The Deka Brothers
Visual Effects: The Deka Brothers
Editor: Stephen Eckelberry
Starring: Michael Manasseri, Jordan Trovillion, Ricky Wayne, Monty Bane, Danny Mooney, Kimberley Kates
College freshman Angie gets a job as a babysitter on a small, rural farm. What she doesn’t know is she’s babysitting the son of the devil.
Directors: Michael Manasseri & Jonas Barnes
Writer: Jonas Barnes
Producers: Kimberley Kates, Michael Manasseri, Dave Zappone, Stephen Eckelberry
Director of Photography: Alex Vendler
Editor: Stephen Eckelberry
Starring: Sarah Thompson, Matt Dallas, Bruce Thomas, Kristen Dalton, Bill Moseley
Legendary actor/writer/director William Shatner reinvents himself again, as his critically acclaimed album “Has Been” provides the basis for a new ballet from choreographer Margo Sappington.
Directors: Patrick Buckley, Bobby Ciraldo, Kevin Layne, Andrew Swant
Writer: Margo Sappington (Ballet Concept)
Producers: Michael Manasseri, Dave Zappone, Kevin Layne, Andrew Swant
Executive Producers: William Shatner, Kimberley Kates, Scott Wooley, Bill Schafer
Composer: Ben Folds
Starring: William Shatner, Ben Folds, Henry Rollins, Margo Sappington, The Milwaukee Ballet
A jilted photographer goes on a mission to get back at her philandering model boyfriend and along the way discovers that not all love is created equal.
Director: John Mallory Asher
Writer: Jenny McCarthy
Producers: Michael Manasseri, Jenny McCarthy, John Mallory Asher, Kimberley Kates
Starring: Jenny McCarthy, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Carmen Electra, Victor Webster