Acid Noir

Directed by Zach Busch

Length: 11:42
Producer: Christa Haley, Tinbete Daniel, Henry Baime, Zach Busch
Editor: Zach Busch
Cinematographer: Louise Zhang
Sound Designers: Zach Busch

Synopsis: After two long years of isolation, ISAAC (Bart Elliott) decides to step outside his comfort zone and explore. On a date with the mysterious VIVI (Lillian Conner), he finds himself at a bizarre art gallery where the guests dress in fetish gear and the bar only serves psychedelic olives. Isaac tries to roll with the punches, but once they take LSD together, the night starts to spiral, and their perceptions of each other begin to unravel. Can Isaac overcome his fears and embrace his higher self? And is it worth the risk?

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Zach Busch is a director, writer, actor, & artist based in Brooklyn, New York. He is a rising 3rd Year MFA student at the Grad Film program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

His films seek to create a vivid psychological experience in their viewers, and his directing style is heavily informed by his background in stage acting & visual arts. His first two short films, MOST FLEW SOUTH (2020) and SLEEPYHEAD (2021), have received recognition from film festivals in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Milan. He also produced multiple-award-nominated short film LET ME ASSIST YOU (dir. Noam Argov, 2022), which has screened at a number of film festivals in New York, LA, Austin, and more.

Prior to starting at NYU, Zach worked in strategic communications and diplomacy, specializing in the Middle East & Western Asia. He holds a BS in International Politics from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and has studied Method Acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in New York.