Rachel Walden

Funny Pages

A teenage cartoonist rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul.

The Home

While on a school trip to a memory care facility a boy, Max, is paired with an elderly woman, Alice, who runs away. Max must navigate his way through all the absurd patients and bizarre things happening in this home with an end goal of finding the woman who just wants to get her real home.

Shotplayer

"Shotplayer" is an impressionistic journey into the mind of Wilfred Rose, one of New York City's most notorious pickpockets. As he returns to the subway for the first time in many years he reflects on a life of crime in a society that has left many of its citizens behind. "Shotplayer" asks, when is it ok to push back against that society? What does it mean to live as a criminal? What does it mean to live one’s life on an invisible plane? To live at all?

www.RachelOrmont.com

Rachel doesn't realize she has grown up in captivity working for an advertising agency where her job is to assess Mommy 6.0 - her favorite pop star.

Lypsinka: Toxic Femininity

Inhabiting the words of Hollywood icons from Judy Garland to Joan Crawford trapped in an airless world of old-fashioned TV glamor, Lypsinka guides us through her fever dream as she grapples with her psyche as a celebrity.

The West 4th Street Hustle

Fearless George thinks he’s the king of the famous West 4th Street basketball courts as he hustles civilians who pass by. It isn’t until he meets his match that his true character is revealed.

Ass Magic

A day in the life of Jack Grady, magician and fastest loser on America's Got Talent.

Papertowel Maxipad

In this hand-drawn animated farce, a young woman wakes in a frat house to discover a horrifying mistake she must conceal before her situationship wakes up. As her panic escalates and every solution fails, the morning spirals toward an act of grotesque self-preservation.