Joel Fendelman
Director
With roots in Miami, Austin and New York City, Joel Fendelman has written, produced and directed a number of award-winning narrative and documentary films.
In 2016 Joel’s short film Game Night, a film about aging and unfulfilled dreams, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and won Best Super Short at the Savannah Film Festival.
His second narrative feature film Remittance was filmed 2013 in Singapore and the Philippines and follows the story of a Filipino mother who travels to Singapore to work as a maid in order to bring a better life to her family back home won many festival awards including "Best Actress" and "Best Screenplay" at Brooklyn Film Festival and is currently being distributed worldwide.
In 2011, Joel completed his first dramatic narrative feature David, a coming of age story about identity and friendship between a Muslim and a Jewish boy screened at Rome and Montreal World Film Festival, which awarded the film its prestigious Ecumenical Prize, and at many other venues around the globe.
Joel strives to embrace socially conscious stories that deal with religion, social class, minorities and communicates the underlying connection between us all.