Selected Film & TV Credits - Music Supervisor — Dream Songs

BABY BLUE BENZO - In her new film, Cwynar combines newly produced video and photographs with found images amassed in her archive. The principal scenes for Baby Blue Benzo were filmed at a studio in Los Angeles, where Cwynar staged a surrealistic shoot—featuring two sets of circular camera tracks—with massive props and elaborate historical costumes that became a kind of stand-in for the artifice and arbitrariness of composing images. The artwork’s central visual pillar is a replica of the titular 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, which is to date the most expensive car to be sold at auction.

Director:
Sarah Cwynar
Producer:
Sarah Cwynar
Composer:
Kieran Adams

World Premiere:
2025 International Film Festival Rotterdam (Tiger Short Competition)

BY DESIGN - A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair.

Director:
Amanda Kramer
Producers:
Miranda Bailey, Sarah Winshall, Natalie Whalen, Jake Agger
Composers:
Giulio Carmassi, Bryan Scary

World Premiere:
2025 Sundance Film Festival (NEXT)

TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA (DEUX PERSONNES ÉCHANGEANT DE LA SALIVE) - In a farcical world where kissing is punishable by death, a personal shopper threatens the status quo.

Directors:
Alexandre Singh & Natalie Musteata
Producers:
Violeta Kreimer, Valentina Merli, Natalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Carol Cohen, Guillaume Houzé
Composer:
Bobak Lotfipour

World Premiere:
2024 Telluride Film Festival (Great Expectations)
L.A. Premiere:
2024 AFI Fest (Grand Jury Prize - Live Action Short)

NO SLEEP TILL - In a coastal Floridian town threatened by an oncoming hurricane, a few locals feel strangely compelled to stay amidst a general movement of desertion.

Director:Alexandra Simpson
Executive Producers:
Mariana Horn, Todd Remis, Robina Riccitiello, Kyra Rogers, Elizabeth Woodward
Producers:
Tyler Taormina, Elijah Graf Quartier, Jason Simpson
World Premiere:2024 Venice International Film Festival (Settimana Internazionale della Critica)

MY FIRST FILM - A young filmmaker, Vita, revisits her first chaotic attempt at filmmaking 15 years prior. Shooting a semi-autobiographical film starring her friend Dina, Vita’s eager but inexperienced approach causes the production to spiral into chaos, leading to significant disruptions and a near-fatal accident.

Director:Zia Anger
Producers:
Riel Roch Decter, Taylor Shung, Emma HannawayComposer :
Perfume Genius

World Premiere:2024 CPH:DOX (Next Wave)
Distributor:
MUBI

COLD WALLET - A team of Redditors lose everything after a cryptocurrency scam leads them to plot to kidnap the "financial influencer" who screwed them over.

Director:Cuttier Hodierne
Executive Producers:
Derek McMurtry, Justin Staple, Raul Castillo, Melonie Diaz, Tony Cavalero, Josh Brener, Leo Matchett, Michael Musante, Matt Miller
Producers: Cutter Hodierne, John Hibey, Benjamin Wiessner
World Premiere:2024 SXSW Film Festival (Narrative Spotlight)

GOOD ONE - During a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam navigates the clash of egos between her father and his oldest friend.

Director:India Donaldson
Executive Producer:
Sarah Winshall
Producers: Diana Irvine, Graham Mason, Wilson Cameron
Composer: Celia Hollander

International Premiere:
2024 Cannes Film Festival (Directors’ Fortnight)
U.S. Premiere:2024 Sundance Film Festival (U.S. Dramatic Competition)
Distributor:Metrograph Pictures

MERRY GOOD ENOUGH - Lucy has a complicated relationship with her dysfunctional family, but when her mother disappears on Christmas Eve, she must bring her family back together whether she knows it or not.

Directors: Caroline Keene & Dan Kennedy
Executive Producer:
Alan Pierson
Producers: Dan Kennedy, Krista Minto, Jamieson Shea, Genevieve Skehan

Distributor: Freestyle Digital Media

WELCOME SPACE BROTHERS unveils the true story of The Unarius Academy of Science, a long-running extraterrestrial-channeling spiritual school in El Cajon, California that in the late 1970s became a wildly prolific filmmaking and art collective under the direction of outlandish spiritual leader and visionary filmmaker Ruth E. Norman, AKA “Archangel Uriel.”

Director: Jodi Wille
Executive Producers:
XTR (Bryn Mooser, Kathryn Everett), Diorama Media (Matt Perniciaro), Lord Miller (Phil Lord & Christopher Miller), Josh Braun (Submarine), Thalia Mavros (The Front), Rob Ganger, SpectreVision (Lawrence Ingle, Daniel Noah & Elijah Wood)
Producer: Caryn Capotosto
Composer: Mary Lattimore

World Premiere: 2023 Beyond Fest

BEYOND THE AGGRESSIVES: 25 YEARS LATER - Two decades ago, the groundbreaking film THE AGGRESSIVES showcased the remarkable stories of Chin, Octavio, Trevon, and Kisha — a watershed moment of visibility for masc-presenting BIPOC individuals that gave voice to a community that hadn’t seen themselves authentically represented in cinema before. Now, nearly 20 years later, the same four protagonists reunite to reflect on their past and envision new futures.

Director: Daniel Peddle
Executive Producers:
Robert A. Maylor, Tiq Milan, Stephen Friedman, Jacqueline Woodson, Kristen Wolf, Gerald Herman
Producer: Wellington Love
Composer: Aidan Salier

World Premiere: 2023 Newfest (Documentary Centerpiece)
Distributor: Showtime

THE GRADUATES - A year after her boyfriend dies from gun violence, a young woman prepares to graduate high school as she navigates an uncertain future alongside a community that is searching for ways to heal.

Writer/Director:Hannah Peterson
Executive Producers:Chloé Zhao, Kara Durrett, John Cho, Meena Harris, Juliet Liu
Producers:Josh Peters, Saba Zerehi, Taylor Shung, Jessamine Burgum
Composer:Andrew Orkin

World Premiere: 2023 Tribeca Film Festival (Winner: Best Cinematography) Distributor:
The Future of Film is Female