Division Ave is an award winning short film written and co-produced by Michal Birnbaum.
The piece is the fruit of the collaboration with Lorena Rodriguez. The two met in theatre school and continued to work together after graduating. The Majority of professionals involved in the project are women, including director Tamar Glezerman, cinematographer Meg Kettell and editor Jessica Kingdon.
Division Ave won Best Drama and Honorable Mention awards in California and New York festivals. It screened in over 25 film festivals including Washington DC International Film Festival and NYC Independent Film Festival. International screenings include the UK, Russia, Mexico and Colombia.
The project raised over 15K on Kickstarter , received a finishing grant from the Puffin Foundation and participated in Panavision’s New Filmmaker Program. It was featured in the Daily News, NY1’s morning show, RCN channel and more.