Dustin Guy Defa Movies

Interview with Dustin Guy Defa. Recorded in New York City, March 2017.

Between surrealism, unusual characters, art and magic tricks, "Swim Little Fish Swim" is a dreamlike journey from childhood to adulthood.

Lousy lover and egocentric Eric Sparrow is dumped by his girlfriend after rejecting her marital proposal. After a few failed dates his luck turns when...

RICHARD'S WEDDING is an ensemble comedy that explores how the most enduring friendships require a mixture of envy, love and ridiculous egomania disgui...

A mysterious visitor spends the night at an apartment belonging to a young engaged couple and their friend. Over the course of the night and the follo...

The Sixth Year is an art world drama series in five episodes, which re-interprets the format of the TV series. Set in the New York art world, it stage...

Set in the Mojave Desert, the film follows a broken-down comedian playing clubs across the Southwest, working his way to Los Angeles to meet his estra...

A relationship drama set amid a winter van trip from New York to New Orleans. A loose continuation of the 2010 film.

A humorless loner attempts to win the admiration of a drifter with his debut performance at the local comedy club.

Camila, a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York to attend an artistic residency to develop a Spanish translation of...

In a desperate search to create a follow-up to Joe Swanberg's 2011 film Uncle Kent, Kent Osborne travels to a comic book convention in San Diego where...

Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a te...

Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects...

Joel Potrykus calls fellow indie filmmakers during the pandemic crisis to check in and see how they're holding up.

Writer/director/star Alex Karpovsky, a familiar face to indie filmgoers, reveals his sterling comic chops in this close-to-the-bone comedy. Teasing th...

When their elderly neighbor suddenly drops dead, a young Brooklyn couple investigates signs of foul play.