Dustin Guy Defa Movies

In late-90s suburbia, a lonely teenager meets a girl at school who introduces him to a mysterious late-night T.V. show — a vision of a...

Eric returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As...

Musician and performance artist Laurie Anderson reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother and her beloved dog.

Scenes from the working life of a male director: Defa sophisticatedly lampoons masculinity in filmmaking with this sly, surprising meta-movie....

1950s America. Since his mother‘s confinement to an institution, Andy has lived in the shadow of his stoic father. A family acquaintance, Dr....

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

Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.

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...

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

At the American Computer Chess Convention, enthusiasts gather to pit their programs against other computer chess programs and human players in a...

Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and...

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

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...

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

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

Caveh is commissioned by Fandor to film awkward celebrity encounters at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. This is a documentary about his time at the...

Waking up the morning after hosting a party, a man discovers a stranger passed out on his floor. He spends the rest of the day trying to convince her...

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

In this piece of docufiction, each day of 2024 is represented by one minute of footage. Two transgender artists in a long-distance relationship film...

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...