Widely praised for his contemplative lyricism and character-driven style, and his "gift for naturalistic dialogue" (VILLAGE VOICE), writer-director Aaron Katz now stands at the vanguard of American cinema's new wave of forward-thinking independents. In QUIET CITY, Katz's deceptively simple drama that has been called "a Terrence Malick film for the new lost generation" (AUSTIN CHRONICLE), we meet twenty-something Jamie (Fisher) as she arrives in New York to visit a friend who never shows. On an empty subway platform, she crosses paths with a kindly stranger named Charlie (Lankenau), and an unlikely connection is formed over the next 24 hours through city parks, abandoned apartments, and art galleries in the heart of industrial Brooklyn. Achingly sincere and shot with a painterly eye. Katz's approach is refreshingly devoid of romantic clichés. Then in his impressionistic and tenderly heartbreaking debut, DANCE PARTY, USA hailed as "one of the best films of the year" (NEW YORK SUN) apathetic teens Jessica (Kavan) and Gus (Pennsinger) share a fleeting moment at a Fourth Of July party in Portland, but their relationship grows closer and more complex after Gus confronts her with a troubling secret.