THE ANNUAL (WRITER/DIRECTOR)

KATE AND LEE, TWO TWENTY-SOMETHINGS DISILLUSIONED AND DEFEATED BY THE FUTILITY OF RELATIONSHIPS, MEET AND DECIDE TO BECOME A COUPLE FOR EXACTLY ONE YEAR.

THEY LOVE AND FIGHT AS ANY COUPLE WOULD, BUT FOR THEM, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY IS CAREFULLY SCHEDULED.

AS THE END OF THEIR YEAR APPROACHES, THEY REALIZE THAT EVEN WITH THE PERFECT PLAN, RELATIONSHIPS ARE MORE COMPLICATED THAN THEY CAN IMAGINE.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE / IMDB

CORNER STORE (DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY/CO-WRITER)

DAY AND NIGHT FOR TEN YEARS, YOUSEF ELHAJ HAS WORKED TO BUILD A SMALL BUSINESS, SAVE MONEY AND BECOME A MEMBER OF HIS ADOPTED SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY, ALL WHILE KEEPING ONE GOAL IN HIS MIND: TO BRING HIS WIFE AND ONCE SMALL CHILDREN OVER FROM PALESTINE TO LIVE WITH HIM IN AMERICA.

IN 90 MINUTES, CORNER STORE TELLS THE STORY OF YOUSEF AS HE TRAVELS BACK TO HIS FRACTURED HOMELAND TO FINALLY REUNITE WITH HIS FAMILY. A LOT HAS CHANGED IN A DECADE, AND YOUSEF MUST CONFRONT THE REALITIES IN BOTH HIS FAMILY AND HIS COUNTRY WHILE KEEPING ALIVE HIS DREAMS OF A NEW LIFE IN AMERICA WITH HIS FAMILY.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE / IMDB