Films produced by Red Bucket Films

After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9,...

Commissioned by fashion label Vena Cava, Josh Safdie’s short replaces a runway show with an eerie, late-1970s Los Angeles-inspired tale about a...

Commissioned by Northwest Film Forum’s One-Shot program, this Safdie short trails two street hustlers working a “cold” con in...

A curious and lost Eleonore looks for something everywhere, even in the bags of strangers who find themselves sadly smiling only well after she's...

The Safdie brothers repurpose reality television’s vocabulary of confrontation and cramped cinematography for a miniature study of urban...

A short film by Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, & Alex Kalman.

This is a story about a man, who lives above an older Hindi man, who lives above a delinquent British man, who lives above a girl. It is the back of...

When her station wagon conks out by a secluded house in the woods, a woman peers from the window and watches a string of peculiar goings-on next...

A short observational piece by Josh and Benny Safdie, Solid Gold follows a gold-painted “living statue” (performed by Benny Safdie)...

This is the story of a man named Charles Riverbank, who, upon losing his home, wanders into various adventures (and a lot of dirty looks).

John embarks on a trip to Coney Island for a day of fun and happiness. Things don't quite work out as planned.

While escorting a group of children through New York City, a harried man loses hold of a bouquet of one hundred balloons. Among them, a single black...

John sells things online, cheats off dollar stores, needs friends but settles for strangers, has roaches. He is punch drunk, not with love but...

A film crew trails Philbert Powell through his morning, from the supermarket to his job at a video store. Along the way, he crosses paths with...

John is a lonely man who wanders through the city, encountering various acquaintances of differing temperaments. Though he crosses paths with many...

A short film directed by Benny Safdie, with cinematography by Josh Safdie and produced under the Red Bucket Films collective.

A man lives in a bathtub. He goes out for the day, then returns.

An early short film by Josh Safdie, co-written with Benny Safdie and featuring frequent collaborators including Sam Lisenco and Ariel Schulman....

A lawyer and his secretary deal with their multiple clients.

This is a story about a real life brother and sister and their journey to the zoo. On their way, they accidentally pick up a hitchhiker.