Zach Rubin

Love, Brooklyn

Three longtime Brooklynites navigate careers, love, loss, and friendship against the rapidly changing landscape of their beloved city.

I Saw the TV Glow

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

Let’s Pretend This Never Happened

In the wake of new gun legislation, high school teacher Linda Arnold is forced to carry a firearm as protection against potential assailants. Zach Rubin is a filmmaker and visual artist focused on revealing social issues affecting people’s ability to connect empathetically in the backlash of transformative developments in technology and societal norms.

Let’s Pretend This Never Happened

In the wake of new gun legislation, high school teacher Linda Arnold is forced to carry a firearm as protection against potential assailants. Zach Rubin is a filmmaker and visual artist focused on revealing social issues affecting people’s ability to connect empathetically in the backlash of transformative developments in technology and societal norms.

Bodies Bodies Bodies

In an isolated family mansion, a group of rich 20-somethings decides to play Bodies Bodies Bodies, a game where one of them is secretly a "killer" while the rest tries to "escape". Things take a turn for the worse when real bodies start turning up, setting off a paranoid and dangerous chain of events.

The Photograph

When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box, she soon finds herself delving into her mother's early life -- an investigation that leads to an unexpected romance with a rising journalist.

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.

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.

Luce

A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to light, putting a strain on family bonds while igniting intense debates on race and identity.

The Adderall Diaries

Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of the dark childhood that that fuels his writing. Adrift in the precarious gray area of memory, Stephen is led by three sources of inspiration: a new romance, the best friend who shares his history, and a murder trial that reminds him more than a little of his own story. Based on the memoir of the same name.

Obvious Child

An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

Child of God

A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few other ties, he descends to the level of a cave dweller and falls deeper into crime and degradation.

Druid Peak

A troubled teen is sent to live with his estranged father, a park ranger. During his time there, he develops an unusual affinity with and passion for the wolves in a local pack.

Cold Comes the Night

A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop.

The Last Day

Loose adaptation of Virginia Woolf's groundbreaking novel 'Mrs. Dalloway.' 'The Last Day' will likely be set in a modern environment and feature a character-focused drama that explores themes similar to Woolf's work.

Materialists

Set against the vibrant backdrop of New York City, a high-end matchmaker gets involved with a wealthy man but still harbors feelings for the broke actor-waiter she left behind.