Joe Stankus

Theo Anthony Makes a Stool

A documentary filmmaker talks us through the steps of his latest project — a wooden stool.

Trooper

When an ex-cop's deathbed confession hints at a terrible crime, a dutiful daughter is forced to confront the differences between the stories we tell ourselves and the truth.

Trooper

When an ex-cop's deathbed confession hints at a terrible crime, a dutiful daughter is forced to confront the differences between the stories we tell ourselves and the truth.

Good News

Novelist Evan is excited to share the news that he’s been accepted to a prestigious summer writers’ colony with his husband and their friends over an intimate dinner party. But the big reveal doesn’t go as planned in this finely calibrated domestic-drama-in-miniature.

Imaginary Friend

Helen, a lonely and isolated woman, is given the opportunity to connect with people from her past using a new augmented reality device.

I've never been a Fisherman

Street photographer Jay Giampietro details his clandestine process of capturing the odd fringes of New York City on Instagram, in this short documentary piece by Joe Stankus. Not content with showing how Giampietro sneaks his snaps, Stankus also delves into the ethics of photographing strangers − sometimes during intimate moments − in a time of mass surveillance.

The Chore

Ashley Connor and Joe Stankus’s latest quotidian miniature follows two brothers going grocery shopping together, musing on the products they come across, reminiscing about the past, and, finally, comparing notes on snickerdoodle recipes. - NYFF

The Backseat

Two octogenarians become tasked with driving their grown child to work.

The Backseat

Two octogenarians become tasked with driving their grown child to work.

The Backseat

Two octogenarians become tasked with driving their grown child to work.

The Layover

After being delayed a day, a flight attendant hurries home to commemorate a meaningful anniversary.

Marquee

Joe Stankus’s MARQUEE (2012) is a lyrical black-and-white visit with now-retired longtime IFC Center usher Larry Alaimo as he changes the letters on the theater’s iconic marquee and reminisces about a life at the movies.

Marquee

Joe Stankus’s MARQUEE (2012) is a lyrical black-and-white visit with now-retired longtime IFC Center usher Larry Alaimo as he changes the letters on the theater’s iconic marquee and reminisces about a life at the movies.