Mike Cheslik

In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

An eccentric sea captain assembles a motley ship crew in a revenge mission to slay the sea monster lurking in Lake Michigan that killed his father.

Marty, a lovelorn student at New York University, uncomfortably mingles with fellow members of his debate team at a college party, before breaking away from them entirely.

Jack Kyser's first film for Sight and Sound: Film, taught by Professor Laszlo Santha.

Jake the Cinephile is the story of a young film fanatic who, fed up with the rowdy behavior and disrespectful etiquette of movie theater audiences, decides to abandon the cinema and take a stab at an actual relationship with a young woman.

After Fred Pitts loses his job as a lawn care manager, he meets a fascinating techno-dancing girl and desperately struggles to regain a positive grasp on his negative life.