Ryan Czerwonko

Fighting Belle

When a sassy Southern belle is jilted at the altar by her fighter fiance, she puts on the boxing gloves to get revenge.

Embers

After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory. Five interwoven stories each explore a different facet of life without memory in a future that has no past.

Delusion

Explores the competitive environment of a New York City drama school as one young woman is consumed by the pursuit of the lead role in Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie, or maybe it consumes her.

Birder

Kristian Brooks, a birdwatcher, invades a nude campground in New Hampshire, ensnaring locals with his dark fetish, highlighting the dangers of consent.

Loud & Longing

Lucy and Lucien are two childhood friends who share a deeply troubled past and struggle to maintain their sanity and sobriety as they cut their teeth in the New York City arts & theater scene. As their breakout moment arrives, both are forced to grapple with a legacy of childhood trauma, addiction, and loss. They must rely on their chosen family of artists and sex workers to help bring them through their dark night of the soul.

Paint

Carl Nargle, Vermont’s #1 public television painter, is convinced he has it all: a signature perm, custom van, and fans hanging on his every stroke… until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves.

She's Clean

From the comfort of her bathroom, a resilient woman tries to marry her desires for sexual freedom with emotional intimacy by showering with all her dates. Maybe just enjoying the ride is as intimate as it's going to get?

Last Call

Chris is an NYC hustler with a James Dean obsession. When he goes on an escort call with a much older man, and the role-play goes wrong, he is forced to confront his daddy issues.

Cherry

Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.

Sybaritic

Willie, a queer writer, and Camille, a sexual free spirit, are drawn together by fate. They fall in a kind of love with each other, but the path of pleasure they're headed down is a dark one.

I, an Actor

I, An Actor is an experimental mash-up constructed entirely of Ryan Czerwonko’s authentic audition tapes. The film satirizes an artist’s existential struggle via an actor who fights for survival in the belly of the entertainment beast.

The Nude

A nude artist's model waxes poetic in this satirical look at ego in the art world.