The Golem
United States, 17 mins, Digital
A gothic Jewish fairytale. In 1840s Poland, Beulah cares for her leprous mother-in-law while seeking a divorce. With nowhere else to turn, she builds a Golem in order to protect herself.
Director: Sierra Nutkevitch
Writer: Sierra Nutkevitch
Producer: Nicole Pagonis
Director of Photography: Cailin Yatsko
Editor: Joy Webster
Production Designer: Savannah Gisleson & Cece Wheeler
Composer: Tom Zylbersztein
Cast: Izzy Raye, Lynne Taylor, Jake Blakeman, Menashe Lustig, Will Pinke
Contact: sierra.nutkevitch@gmail.com
Program E
Saturday, May 17th at 9:00 PM
About the Writer/Director
Sierra Nutkevitch is a writer/director from Montreal, Canada who creates exciting, thoughtful genre stories that blend humor and tension. Her specialty is complicated women, thrown into impossible situations and growing to contend with them. Sierra has several years of experience in development and international production. She graduated from Columbia University's MFA Film Program where she received several awards for her work, including Faculty Honours for her screenplay 'The Golem', which is also the Horror/Thriller Category Winner in the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest 2024. She is currently based in Los Angeles.
About the Producer
Nicole Pagonis (she/her) is a Greek-American filmmaker, primarily raised in her family’s restaurant business in the Washington Metropolitan area. She received her undergraduate degree in Social and Cultural Analysis from New York University where she graduated with the NYU Founders’ Day Award. She went on to work as an Office and Production Manager at Market Road Films, an independent production company founded by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage and PGA and Emmy Award-winning film director, Tony Gerber. In her four years at MRF, she worked on a variety of projects including independent documentary films, documentary television for National Geographic and CNN, and commercial work for General Motors and Rolex. Nicole is currently pursuing her MFA in Creative Producing at Columbia University where she has produced many short student films, several of which have been awarded at film festivals worldwide.