Max Barbakow
История
Max Barbakow is a director and writer in Los Angeles, CA. Max earned his MFA in Directing from the AFI Conservatory, trained with Werner Herzog at Escuela Internacional de CineTV in Cuba, and is a graduate of Yale University. Palm Springs, his narrative feature debut, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it was acquired by NEON and Hulu. He also wrote and directed Mommy, I'm a Bastard! (2013), an autobiographical feature documentary about his adoption.
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9 ноября неподалёку от Палм-Спрингс идёт подготовка к свадьбе. Найлз, парень одной из подружек невесты, не торопится облачаться в смокинг - в шортах и гавайской рубашке он запрыгивает в бассейн и целый день расслабленно выпивает, а вечером произносит трогательную речь для молодожёнов. Последнее особенно впечатляет старшую сестру невесты Сару, и вот уже девушка оказывается с Найлзом наедине под звёздным небом. Но тут события принимают неожиданный поворот, и Сара вслед за своим новым приятелем заходит в загадочную пещеру, а на следующий день обнаруживает, что на календаре снова 9 ноября.
Director
9 ноября неподалёку от Палм-Спрингс идёт подготовка к свадьбе. Найлз, парень одной из подружек невесты, не торопится облачаться в смокинг - в шортах и гавайской рубашке он запрыгивает в бассейн и целый день расслабленно выпивает, а вечером произносит трогательную речь для молодожёнов. Последнее особенно впечатляет старшую сестру невесты Сару, и вот уже девушка оказывается с Найлзом наедине под звёздным небом. Но тут события принимают неожиданный поворот, и Сара вслед за своим новым приятелем заходит в загадочную пещеру, а на следующий день обнаруживает, что на календаре снова 9 ноября.
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A dark comedy about an arrogant improv teacher, and his deranged students, as they desperately climb over each other to reach for the bottom rung on the ladder to fame.
Editor
Observe the tenets of Taekwondo. Respect instructors and seniors. Never misuse Taekwondo. Be a champion of freedom and justice. Help to build a more peaceful world.
Director of Photography
Observe the tenets of Taekwondo. Respect instructors and seniors. Never misuse Taekwondo. Be a champion of freedom and justice. Help to build a more peaceful world.
Writer
Observe the tenets of Taekwondo. Respect instructors and seniors. Never misuse Taekwondo. Be a champion of freedom and justice. Help to build a more peaceful world.
Director
Observe the tenets of Taekwondo. Respect instructors and seniors. Never misuse Taekwondo. Be a champion of freedom and justice. Help to build a more peaceful world.
Director
A depressed woman must come to terms with her own vulnerability when she hires an eager Professional Cuddler on Christmas Eve.
Writer
Mired in a concussed haze, an ex-NFLer struggles to adjust to life off the field during Super Bowl Sunday.
Director
Mired in a concussed haze, an ex-NFLer struggles to adjust to life off the field during Super Bowl Sunday.
Writer
St. Louis, 1984: A charismatic televangelist suffers a seizure during a faith-healing crusade, upsetting his veneer of invincibility.
Director
St. Louis, 1984: A charismatic televangelist suffers a seizure during a faith-healing crusade, upsetting his veneer of invincibility.
Screenplay
A young fighter meddles in a feud between "business associates," soon descending into a criminal underworld that's all too real.
Director
A young fighter meddles in a feud between "business associates," soon descending into a criminal underworld that's all too real.
Director
After the death of his overbearing mother, an awkward outcast searches for his father at a seedy juke joint.
Producer
Meet Nick. Nick loves his dog, Byron. Nick is obsessive compulsive. He loses his tooth. He sleeps with his girlfriend's twin sister. He gets stranded in the desert. He faces his inner demons. He must decide who he is as a man.
Editor
A young filmmaker considers his adoption and the three families linked by his birth.
Director of Photography
A young filmmaker considers his adoption and the three families linked by his birth.
Producer
A young filmmaker considers his adoption and the three families linked by his birth.
Writer
A young filmmaker considers his adoption and the three families linked by his birth.
Director
A young filmmaker considers his adoption and the three families linked by his birth.
Director
Children come together in a world falling apart.
Editor
Equal parts documentary, road film, and ethnographic recording, Collasuyo makes most sense as a symphony of the nation of Bolivia.
Director of Photography
Equal parts documentary, road film, and ethnographic recording, Collasuyo makes most sense as a symphony of the nation of Bolivia.
Producer
Equal parts documentary, road film, and ethnographic recording, Collasuyo makes most sense as a symphony of the nation of Bolivia.
Writer
Equal parts documentary, road film, and ethnographic recording, Collasuyo makes most sense as a symphony of the nation of Bolivia.
Director
Equal parts documentary, road film, and ethnographic recording, Collasuyo makes most sense as a symphony of the nation of Bolivia.
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Set at a wedding that goes off the rails pretty fast.
Director
An urgent satire about the arrival of contemporary American refugees from Miami to Cuba.
Director of Photography
Collision Bend is a place — a massive curve of the Cuyahoga River in the heart of Cleveland that forces boats and barges into a blind turn. Like Cleveland itself, the Bend is a place where the possibility of sudden disaster is never far. Collision Bend is also home to Quicken Loans Arena, site of the 2016 Republican National Convention. It was here that 2,472 delegates gathered to elect Donald Trump their nominee for President. COLLISION BEND explores the tension between this event and its setting — the often-absurd politics of our time and the often-harsh reality of the lives most affected by them. It is an intimate portrait of a city and its people bearing witness to American history.
Writer
Collision Bend is a place — a massive curve of the Cuyahoga River in the heart of Cleveland that forces boats and barges into a blind turn. Like Cleveland itself, the Bend is a place where the possibility of sudden disaster is never far. Collision Bend is also home to Quicken Loans Arena, site of the 2016 Republican National Convention. It was here that 2,472 delegates gathered to elect Donald Trump their nominee for President. COLLISION BEND explores the tension between this event and its setting — the often-absurd politics of our time and the often-harsh reality of the lives most affected by them. It is an intimate portrait of a city and its people bearing witness to American history.
Director
Collision Bend is a place — a massive curve of the Cuyahoga River in the heart of Cleveland that forces boats and barges into a blind turn. Like Cleveland itself, the Bend is a place where the possibility of sudden disaster is never far. Collision Bend is also home to Quicken Loans Arena, site of the 2016 Republican National Convention. It was here that 2,472 delegates gathered to elect Donald Trump their nominee for President. COLLISION BEND explores the tension between this event and its setting — the often-absurd politics of our time and the often-harsh reality of the lives most affected by them. It is an intimate portrait of a city and its people bearing witness to American history.
Director
Van Helsing, last in a long line of vampire hunters. He develops an uneasy partnership with a Vampire who has taken a vow never to kill again. Together they run a scam from town to town, where Van Helsing pretends to vanquish the Vampire for money. But when a massive bounty is put on the Vampire’s head, everything in this dangerous world full of monsters and magic is now after them.
