Movies: Josh Safdie

Benny Safdie’s deadpan spoof of stand-up comedy and staged cinéma verité verges on performance art. His Ralph Handel is a humorless white-collar worker who unaccountably spends his nights working the open mic circuit. Safdie bravely committed himself...

A group of isolated neighbors in their small and secluded town in the northern Canadian territories during a snowstorm....

Trophy Hunter, a short, fake documentary about illegal wildlife trade that Josh and Benny made for the Turtle Conservancy in 2012. It features the late great New York icon Glenn O’Brien visiting an eccentric Chinese collector....

A post-modern dark-comedy about a lazy teenage male who struggles to find his element. He is helped along the way by an animal therapist and a store clerk....

A documentary chronicling the production of Daddy Longlegs....

This is a Film about Slater's Friend. A camera crew follows a man by the name of Philbert Powell around on his journey from the supermarket to his job as a video store clerk. Philbert encounters adventures with many people all who happen to be named ...

A young woman invites a vagabond to stay the night at her house but her feelings of insecurity threaten to overshadow the visit....

SOLID GOLD is an experiment in street performance and how to be seen. It's about a Golden Man in the streets and subways of New York, who tries and that's all that matters....

Short film written and directed by John Paul Lopez...

Hustle, hustle, hustle... hard. These two got a cold hustle going on in downtown Seattle. Commissioned and produced by the Northwest Film Forum for their One-Shot program....

JAY-Z reminisces on his days as a hustler in Marcy Houses in Brooklyn....

Josh & Benny Safdie, Alex Kalman, and Factory 25 present this feature-length program of found moments from the everyday—films that showcase the wonder, beauty, sadness, love, aggression and magic that goes unnoticed on the hectic streets of NYC and e...

This is a story about him, who lives above an older Hindi man, who lives above a delinquent British guy, who lives on top of her. It is the back of her head that he is in love with....

This is a story about a real life brother and sister and their journey to the zoo. On their way, they accidentally pick up a hitchhiker....

A short film by Josh Safdie....

A lawyer and his secretary deal with their multiple clients....