FILMS

It's time to get the popcorn ready, douse it with butter, get a napkin (for the excess butter), and enjoy our filmography. Touring festivals nationwide, our shorts and music videos span from the story of a bumbling private detective to revealing docu-dramas on players in the Arena Football League. No one is safe from our curious lens.

 
 

STRANGE TIMES IN WAPAKONETA (2020)

Small town Wapakoneta, Ohio is in shambles after an unknown mailbox basher continues to torment its citizens. Two brothers, who own competing local newspapers, square off to break the biggest story this town has ever seen.

RELEASED:

TBA

DIRECTED BY:

BEN FRATERNALE

WRITTEN BY:

BEN FRATERNALE

 

INHERENTLY (2018)

Two brothers complete in a series of challenges to win their father's inherence and fight for his legacy.

RELEASED:

2.19.17

DIRECTED BY:

BEN FRATERNALE

WRITTEN BY:

BEN FRATERNALE & TOM SELENOW

 

YAP (2016)

A struggling single-father grapples with his sanity in a world suddenly devoid of sound.

HONORS:

Big Apple Film Festival

Yonkers Film Festival (YoFi Fest)

RELEASED:

1.25.17

DIRECTED BY:

BEN FRATERNALE

WRITTEN BY:

BEN FRATERNALE & TOM SELENOW

50 YARD DASH (2016)

A docu-short following the lifestyles of Arena Football players through the eyes of veterans Christian Wise and Alvin Ray Jackson.

HONORS:

Yonkers Film Festival (YoFi Fest)

RELEASED:

5.12.16

DIRECTED BY:

BEN FRATERNALE

WRITTEN BY:

BEN FRATERNALE

 

CAPELAPSE (2016)

Capelapse takes a journey across some of the most iconic vistas on Cape Cod through timelapse photography. Last year we released On The Cape, a largely slow-motion short about the Cape Cod Baseball League, and this summer we returned to speed things up with tilt-shift timelapses.

released:

11.13.16

DIRECTED BY:

BEN FRATERNALE

 

Long Time Caller (2015)

After coming across an embarrassing old Facebook photo, a man places a phone call to his past self to scope out some details.

HONORS:

SAN FRANCISCO INDIEFEST

RELEASED: 

8.27.15

DIRECTED BY:

BEN FRATERNALE

WRITTEN BY:

BEN FRATERNALE & TOM SELENOW

On The Cape (2015)

A tribute by Ben Fraternale and Jeff Friedlander to their love of summers on Cape Cod and the Cape Cod Baseball League.

RELEASED:

10.19.15

DIRECTED BY:

BEN FRATERNALE

WRITTEN BY:

BEN FRATERNALE, JEFF FRIEDLANDER,

& LAURA PAVLO

 

THE CRUISE LIFE (2016)

A virgin to cruises, the Fraternale family gingerly boarded a Royal Caribbean vessel and set sail toward the Western Caribbean. What ensued was a spellbinding experience and deep submergence into the cruise culture - documented in this travelogue. Royal Caribbean has since shared this video via their social media accounts.

RELEASED:

1.20.16

DIRECTED BY:

BEN FRATERNALE

 

BOTTOMSTOCK (2015)

A small-time private investigator with a heart of gold stumbles onto a life changing case.

HONORS:

Macabre Faire Film Festival

BIG MINI MEDIA FILM FESTIVAL

Yonkers Film Festival (YoFi Fest)

RELEASED:

7.6.15

DIRECTED BY:

BEN FRATERNALE

WRITTEN BY:

BEN FRATERNALE & TOM SELENOW

GOLDEN BROWN (2015)

One man's dream to craft the perfect grilled cheese sandwich and the documentary crew who seeks to find out why.

RELEASED:

2.12.2015

DIRECTED BY:

BEN FRATERNALE

WRITTEN BY:

BEN FRATERNALE & TOM SELENOW