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SHOTPLAYER

East Coast Premiere

Director: Sam Shainberg

United States, 2023, 21 min

Shooting Format:Digital

Festival Year:2024

Category:Documentary Short

WINNER: Best Short Documentary

Cast:Wilfred Rose

Crew:Writers: Sam Shainberg, Willie Miesmer. Producer: Rachel Walden.

Email:samshainberg@gmail.com

Web:shotplayer.nyc/

Synopsis

A notorious NYC pickpocket returns to the subway system, the scene of his crimes, and in a fever dream of memories is forced to dissect his relationship to the act that has ruled his life for over forty years.

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About the director

Sam Shainberg grew up in New York and continues to call the city home. After college he did a stint in Mali, West Africa, as a video journalist while simultaneously trying to make a feature there. In the recent past he has directed the TV Pilot, "Chillin Island," for Elara Films, the company's first television offering. As well as writing a number of Screenplays. Sam is currently in the process of producing a number of other projects that span the feature documentary, feature film and short film spaces.

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