
Short Screenplay







Short Film

2025
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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, Melina M. 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
Humanitas Prize Nominee 2025
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

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