FILMS
Catfight
“Catfight” - Short Film - Written, directed, and edited by Morgan Zoia
A dramatic comedy about a broken family split again by a lentil.
Awards
Official Selection of the 2022 First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
Official Selection of 2022 Oklahoma City University High School Film Festival
Official Selection of 2022 Sun Valley High School Film Festival
Official Selection of 2023 All American High School Film Festival
Run, Jade, Run
“Run, Jade, Run” - Short Film - co-written, directed, and shot by Morgan Zoia
For her entire life, seventeen-year-old Jade has been trapped in a toxic, deteriorating friendship with her childhood best friend Katherine, who is the queen bee of the popular clique at school. After years of submitting to Katherine’s wrath and cruelty, Jade acts on her insatiable desire for revenge and defends her honor by attacking Katherine’s most prized possession - her vanity. Run, Jade, Run is an underdog’s revenge story that pays tribute to all teenagers who have been tortured by petty high school bullies and empowers them to stick up for themselves.
Awards
Honorable Mention of NYC Teen Film Festival 2021
Official Selection of SCREAM it off SCREEN 2021
Official Selection of Latest Visions Halloween Festival
Official Selection of 2022 First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
Watch the film below!
New Song
“New Song” - Short Film - co-written, and co-directed by Morgan Zoia
New Song tells the story of the unlikely friendship that forms between an emotionally detached, death-obsessed
seventeen-year-old, named Mia and optimistic, sweet, Allie whose mother is sick. Intrigued by the prospect of
Allie’s mother’s terminal illness and eager to experience death firsthand. Mia creates a false narrative, claiming that
she too has an ailing mother. She uses this rouge to development a relationship with Allie because of her obsession
with death. Through the course of their creative writing class, the truth of Mia’s life is slowly exposed, unraveling
her friendship with Allie.
Stuck in the Middle With You
“Stuck in the Middle with You” - Short Film - written, directed, and shot by Morgan Zoia
Aspiring screenwriter Sharon has been competing with her tennis star twin sister Artemis her whole life. As Sharon's interest in filmmaking grows over the years, her relationship with her traditional father, Frank, worsens. When her parents announce that they are having a child at the age of fifty, Sharon is forced to face the tensions with her father and resign from her childhood insecurities and doubts. Stuck in the middle with You is about unexpected reconciliation between father and daughter in unusual, humorous circumstances.
Success Story
“Success Story”– Short Film - written and directed by Morgan Zoia and Lincoln Williams
Success Story follows twenty-year-old Darren, a baseball trivia host, as he navigates his somber, adult life living with the guilt of accidentally killing his mother as a child while playing baseball. When his girlfriend's mother gets very sick, Darren is forced to reckon with his childhood trauma which resurfaces in an elaborate dream-sequence where he joins a spiritual cult that helps him come to terms with his mother’s death and move forward with his life.