Joe DENARDO (1979, USA) is a filmmaker, cinematographer, musician and photographer. He has been a member of the punk group Growing for 13 years and also works as a solo artist. He has directed and photographed several shorts and music films, and a retrospective dedicated to his work was presented at UnionDocs in New York in 2014. <strong>Slow Machine</strong> is his first feature film.

Joe DeNardo

Ian Olds

James Franco

Ian Olds and Paul Felten wrote a new script to accompany footage of Franco made while shooting the soap General Hospital. The result is an experimental psychological thriller in which Franco's ideas become increasingly paranoid, making the celebrity’s eventual fall inevitable.

IFFR 2012

Francophrenia (or: Don't Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is), 

Spectrum

Francophrenia (or: Don't Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is)

Paul Felten

A New York actress has to face the consequences of an encounter in this dark and transgressive indie "screwball thriller".

After her relationship with intelligence agent Gerard ends terribly, tired and disillusioned actress Stephanie hides in a house where a band is working on a record, which proves to be less of an escape than she imagined. A playful, non-linear and dark indie "screwball thriller", set in New York and shot on beautiful 16mm.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Joe DeNardo

Filmography

Joe DeNardo at IFFR

Francophrenia (or: Don't Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is)

Slow Machine