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Short Screenplay

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Short Film

Still from BABKA movie: Back of a Hassidic man on a street city New York City stress intersection.

2025

BABKA

In Hasidic Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a newly blind Jewish Orthodox baker forms an unlikely friendship with a Queer Catholic Latino guide dog trainer, embarking on an eye-opening journey to overcome personal and cultural barriers in his quest to reopen his beloved bakery.

Starring

Saul Rubinek, Jonny Beauchamp, Hani Furstenberg, Betsy Aidem, Ronald Guttman

 

Director & Writer: Serena Dykman

Producers: Julia Elaine Walker, William Phoenix, Julia McGill, Serena Dykman, Stephen Stuart, Melina Greene

Cinematographer: Nick Walker

Editor: Chriz Naing

Music: Federico Ferrandina

Credit song: Kosha Dillz

Post-production sound: Gigantic Studios

Visual Effects: Wild Union Post

Production Design: Sydney Flint

Costume Design: Chantal Thomas

Short screenplay 

WINNER Hollyshorts Best Female Screenplay 2024

TOP 5 FINALIST (out of 1963 scripts) at Shore Scripts Short Film Fund QUARTERFINALIST at the Slamdance Screenplay Competition QUARTERFINALIST at Screencraft Competition

Still from BABKA movie: Hassidic man holds a German shepherd guide dog in one hand, and touches a Hassidic woman's hand in a wheelchair. A young latino guide dog trainer and two hassidic characters are standing behind them.  They are all on a New York City street.

© 2025 by Dyamant Pictures

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