Ryan Czerwonko

A nude artist's model waxes poetic in this satirical look at ego in the art world.

Carl Nargle, Vermont’s #1 public television painter, is convinced he has it all: a signature perm, custom van, and fans hanging on his every stroke… until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves.

Lucy and Lucien are two childhood friends who share a deeply troubled past and struggle to maintain their sanity and sobriety as they cut their teeth in the New York City arts & theater scene. As their breakout moment arrives, both are forced to grapple with a legacy of childhood trauma, addiction, and loss. They must rely on their chosen family of artists and sex workers to help bring them through their dark night of the soul.

A birdwatcher invades a nude queer campground on a remote lake in the New Hampshire wilds. He wears whatever he needs to ensnare the locals in his dark fetish in this nightmarish erotic thriller. Consent has never been more deadly.

From the comfort of her bathroom, a resilient woman tries to marry her desires for sexual freedom with emotional intimacy by showering with all her dates. Maybe just enjoying the ride is as intimate as it's going to get?

Chris is an NYC hustler with a James Dean obsession. When he goes on an escort call with a much older man, and the role-play goes wrong, he is forced to confront his daddy issues.

After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory. Five interwoven stories each explore a different facet of life without memory in a future that has no past.

Explores the competitive environment of a New York City drama school as one young woman is consumed by the pursuit of the lead role in Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie, or maybe it consumes her.

I, An Actor is an experimental mash-up constructed entirely of Ryan Czerwonko’s authentic audition tapes. The film satirizes an artist’s existential struggle via an actor who fights for survival in the belly of the entertainment beast.

When a sassy Southern belle is jilted at the altar by her fighter fiance, she puts on the boxing gloves to get revenge.

Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq—anchored only by his one true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.

Willie, a queer writer, and Camille, a sexual free spirit, are drawn together by fate. They fall in a kind of love with each other, but the path of pleasure they're headed down is a dark one.

Alex, a jaded cleaner at a gay sex club, tries to satiate his repressed desires through extreme sex.

Willie, a queer writer, and Camille, a sexual free spirit, are drawn together by fate. They fall in a kind of love with each other, but the path of pleasure they're headed down is a dark one.

Chris is an NYC hustler with a James Dean obsession. When he goes on an escort call with a much older man, and the role-play goes wrong, he is forced to confront his daddy issues.

Explores the competitive environment of a New York City drama school as one young woman is consumed by the pursuit of the lead role in Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie, or maybe it consumes her.