BETWEEN THE TEMPLES

A cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher reenters his life as his new adult bat mitzvah student.

Director and Screenwriter: Nathan Silver
Screenwriter: C. Mason Wells
Producers: Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, Nate Kamiya, Adam Kersh, Taylor Hess
Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane, Dolly de Leon, Caroline Aaron, Robert Smigel, Madeline Weinstein.

World Premiere - 2024 Sundance Film Festival

International Premiere - 2024 Berlinale

IN SILICO

With time elapsing and millions of dollars on the line, In Silico explores an audacious 10-year quest to simulate the entire human brain on supercomputers.

Directed by Noah Hutton

Produced by Kellen Quinn, Taylor Hess, Jesse Miller

Presented by Sandbox Films with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

“A fascinating window into the trouble grandiose research projects and grandiose personalities can generate” - Nature

“This is a bold and insightful film, a film that has the courage to change course of its basic hopes and beliefs” - Werner Herzog

World Premiere - 2020 DOC NYC

Winner - Best Documentary - 2021 International Film Festival Cologne

Winner - Jury Award - 2021 InScience Festival

Winner - Honorable Mention - 2021 Academia Film Olomouc

Official Selection - 2021 CPH:DOX, 2021 DOCVILLE, 2021 Tallin Black Nights Film Festival, 2021 Imagine Science Film Festival, 2021 Future Gate Sci-fi Film Festival

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LAPSIS

Delivery man Ray Tincelli is struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother. He turns to quantum cabling, a strange new corner of the gig economy, and faces a pivotal choice to either help his fellow workers or to get rich and get out.

Directed by Noah Hutton

Produced by Jesse Miller, Joseph Varca, Taylor Hess

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“Cult status is assured” - Variety

Nominated - Best First Screenplay - 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards

World Premiere - Narrative Competition - 2020 SXSW

Winner - Jury’s Choice Award - 2020 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival

Winner - Special Jury Prize - 2021 Dubin International Film Festival

Winner - Best Feature Film - 2021 Neuchâtel International Film Festival

Official Selection - Fantasia Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Vancouver Int’l Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Philadelphia Film Festival, Virginia Film Festival, Triesta Science+Fiction Festival, Imagine Science Film Festival, Cleveland Film Festival, Minneapolis St. Paul Int’ Film Festival, Americana Film Festival, Splat! FilmFest

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THE SURROGATE

Jess is thrilled to be the surrogate for her best friend and his husband, but when a prenatal test comes back positive, it creates a moral dilemma that threatens their friendship.

Directed by Jeremy Hersh

Produced by Jonny Blitstein, Julie Christeas, Jeremy Hersh, Taylor Hess

World Premiere - 2020 SXSW

Virtual Theatrical Release from Monument Releasing

“A performance of stunning psychological insight and raw feeling from Jasmine Batchelor” - The Hollywood Reporter

“Touches vividly on numerous hot ethical and identity-politics topics without sermonizing in any direction” - Variety

“One of the most thought-provoking movies centered about parenting released in recent memory” - The Playlist

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Guts

A short film about Dr. Max Liboiron and the CLEAR lab in Newfoundland.

Premiered by The Atlantic

Directed and Produced by Noah Hutton and Taylor Hess

Meet the All-Girls Competitive Robotics Team from The Bronx

St. Catharine Comets go all out trying to make nationals at the largest robotics contest – with their best shot at college scholarships and lucrative STEM careers on the line.

NARRATIVELY DOCUMENTARY - 2017

Written and Directed by Taylor Hess