MEN - a short film
Director: Rebecca Dreyfus
Cast:Bridget Barken, Glenn Stott, Mark Blum
Crew:Writer: Rebecca Dreyfus. Producers: Susannah Ludwig, Randy Gebhardt, Eric Mendelsohn. Editors: Mauricio Rivera Hoffmann, Katla Solnes.
Email:rd@snapdragonfilms.com
Synopsis
MEN is the story of a woman who – when confronted with her difficult father’s terminal lung cancer - starts a secret, unstable affair.
About the director
Rebecca Dreyfus is a critically acclaimed filmmaker whose work film critic Stanley Kauffmann called “A testament to what film can do in the hands of a good documentarian: convert fact into truth.” Boston Globe’s Wesley Morris lauded Rebecca for “producing unexpected dimensions of tonal, emotional, and psychological depth”.
Most recently, Rebecca completed two short narrative works, CHLOË AT THE MET currently in the Festival circuit and MEN, A SHORT FILM premiering at the 2026 Brooklyn Film festival.
Rebecca collaborated with Randy Gebhardt to create UNVEILED: Joyce Tenneson and The Heroine’s Journey which premiered in 2024 nationwide on the “World” strand of PBS.
She is the creator of the unique series ON MEDITATION, a series of short films about notable personalities and their meditation practices including David Lynch, Peter Matthiessen, Giancarlo Esposito and others which premiered on Netflix.
Rebecca is the director of the art house sensation STOLEN a feature documentary about the largest unsolved art heist in American history. STOLEN opened nationwide theatrically and premiered on Netflix and the PBS Emmy- Award winning series Independent Lens.
She is currently a filmmaker with Random Good Films and is in development with a feature narrative film entitled MEN.
Related links www.snapdragonfilms.com, www.onmeditation.com, www.randomgoodfilms.com
Filmmaker's note
What do we reveal or conceal about ourselves? Why do different people or situations compel different aspects of our personalities to surface?
And why, in extreme circumstances like the death of a parent, do our desires often radically, suddenly shift?
MEN is about the ways in which loss shapes our desires and informs our choices.