Tara Sheffer

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Tara Sheffer is an award-winning filmmaker from Arkansas with an MFA in filmmaking from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She has produced over twenty-five short films including TRAPPED (SXSW Official Selection and Jury Award Winner), FLOUNDER (Clermont Ferrand Official Selection and Vimeo Staff Pick), and PLAISIR (SXSW Official Selection and Searchlight Short), and she line-produced THE LETTER ROOM (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film). Tara’s directorial work includes MY DEAR GOD (New Orleans Film Festival and winner of the Sara Driver Award) and SCRATCH-OFF (NYU Tisch King Award finalist and winner of the NYU Tisch King Screenwriting Award). Her previous positions include coordinator at the Department of Motion Pictures and assistant to Scott Rudin. Tara is a 2024 The Gotham/Rotterdam Producing fellow and the 2021 recipient of the Robert Oberman/Gregory Pickert Media Services award for excellence in creative producing at NYU.

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The Letter Room

Richard, a lonely and well-meaning prison officer, is put in charge of reading and censoring the letters received by inmates.

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2020

My Dear God

After losing her little sister Grace to an overdose, June Bell is haunted by the choice of what to do with her ashes.

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Holy Water

Grieving the tragic loss of her sister, a teenage girl from an isolated Christian community goes to great lengths to find closure.

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2024

Scratch-Off

A home healthcare worker steals her dementia patient’s winning scratch-off lottery ticket.

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2024

F*ck That Guy

Frankie, an on-the-make teen who’s hell-bent on stepping into her sexual power, is forced to pivot when her big night doesn’t go according to plan.

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2024

Merci, Poppy

A scrappy assistant reaches her breaking point when her charismatic, self-obsessed boss blows off her request for a promotion.

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2024

Trapped

A highschool janitor runs through a series of dangerous obstacles.

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2024

A Lien

On the day of their green card interview, a young couple confronts a dangerous immigration process.

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2023

Flounder

Two childhood friends journey through a dangerous ritual that will test their friendship.

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2021

Plaisir

A lonely American faces unrequited love on a farm commune in the south of France.

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2021

Lonely Road

Lonely Road follows a self-reliant traveler on their way to California from rural Texas. When they find themselves stuck in a deserted small town, a woman struggling against her own demons reluctantly comes to their aid. As the two barrel down the highway into the night, the traveler discovers that they have more in common than they could've ever imagined and a healing connection forms.

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2021

Winter by the River

A young boy’s fantasy about love towards an older woman is disenchanted when he is faced with the reality of intimacy.

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2020