Harley Chamandy is a Lebanese/Greek-Egyptian filmmaker from Montreal, Canada. In 2017, Chamandy was the youngest participant invited to the Black Factory Cinema Workshop
hosted by Werner Herzog and the EICTV (International School of Cinema and Television) in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. In 2018, Chamandy worked with cinematographer Stephanie Weber Biron––previous titles include Xavier Dolan’s I Killed My Mother and Guy Maddin's
The Forbidden Room––to realize The Final Act of Joey Jumbler, a dramatic short film,
which screened at multiple film festivals around the world. His latest short film Where It's Beautiful When It Rains was an official selection at the Fantasia Film Festival. He is currently in post-production on his feature film Allen Sunshine.
CAST
Benjamin Pajak
Where It's Beautiful When It Rains (2022) –– Writer, Director, and Producer
Genre: Short / Drama
Location: New York City, New York
Cinematography: Kenny Suleimanagich (Super16mm)
Editor: Hrishi Bardhan
Costume Designer: Samantha Vocatura
Poster Design: Talus Andolsek
Street Level Casting: Levi De Jong
Logline:
Shot in the span of two weeks with a cast of all non-actors, excluding the 10-year-old lead played by rising star, Benjamin Pajak––currently on Broadway with Hugh Jackman––this lighthearted short film follows a young boy (Pajak) eager to secure a job.
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CAST
Britton Sear
Anana Rydvald
Charlotte Legault
Carlo Mestroni
Eleanor Noble
Alex Weiner
Charlie Ebbs
The Maids Will Come on Monday (2019) –– Writer, Director and Executive Producer
Genre: Short / Drama
Location: Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
Cinematography: Jeremy Cox
Editor: Diane Grandchamp
Synopsis:
Starring Anana Rydvald (Arrival; Mother!) and Britton Sear (Boy Erased), The Maids Will Come on Monday traces the satirical dysfunction of a haughty family during an uncomfortable Christmas dinner. At times crude, the family engages in a series of heartfelt gestures and dissonant exchanges while seated at a roundtable eating assorted takeout foods. Simmering tensions bring the evening to an unsettling boil, resulting in the desperate breakdown of the family’s matriarch. In this way, the film reflects on the vague limits of empathy for people who seemingly have it all, updating the comedy-of-manners trope.
Accolades:
Official Selection, Manchester Film Festival
CAST
Alain Boucher
Emma Champod
Vaina Cecile Crevecoeur
Oliver Haggard
Anthony Kay
Léanne Labelle
Juliette Maxyme Proulx
Mandy St-Jacques Turpin
The Final Act of Joey Jumbler (2018) –– Writer, Director and Executive Producer
Genre: Short / Drama
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Cinematography: Stephanie Biron
Editor: Simon Webb
Synopsis:
Based on the real life circumstances of its protagonist and main actor, Alain Boucher, The Final Act of Joey Jumbler follows a party clown who endures humiliation at the hands of an upper crust family during a dinner party in Montreal. Boucher works through class resentment to support his daughter, who suffers from cancer––as Bouchers real life daughter did––in this redemptive and melancholic short drama.
Accolades:
Official Selection, Washington West Film Festival, 2018
Official Selection, NewFilmmakers LA, Canadian Spotlight, 2018
Official Selection, NewFilmmakers NY, 2018
Official Selection, Newport Beach Film Festival, 2018
Official Selection, People’s Choice Award, Academy Award Qualifying Bermuda International Film Festival, 2018
Official Selection, 69th Montecatini Short Film Festival, 2018
CAST
Alain Boucher
Mirage (2017) –– Writer, Director and Executive Producer
Genre: Short / Drama
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Editor: Grace Zhang
Synopsis:
Following the death of his mother, a son must help his father close the book on an unresolved issue. Mirage was made when Chamandy was only 16 years old, in one weekend, on a budget of $900.
Accolades:
Official Selection, Hollyshorts, 2017
Official Selection, The Beverly Hills Film Festival, 2017
Official Selection, The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, 2017
Official Selection, Laughlin International Film Festival, 2017, Emerging Filmmaker Award
CONTACT
harleychamandy@hotmail.com | (514) 945-1544
CV
EDUCATION
New York University, New York, NY, 2018 – 2021
B.A., Global Liberal Studies (Concentration: Critical Creative Production)
Minor: Producing (Tisch School of the Arts) & Italian
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 2017 – 2018
B.F.A., Film & Video
FILMOGRAPHY
Where It's Beautiful When It Rains (2022) (Short) –– Writer, Director and Executive Producer
The Maids Will Come on Monday (2019) (Short) –– Writer, Director and Executive Producer
The Final Act of Joey Jumbler (2017) (Short) –– Writer, Director, Executive Producer
Boris y Brando: The Twins of San Antonio de los Baños (2017) (Short), in collaboration with Werner Herzog –– Writer, Director, Executive Producer
Mirage (2016) (Short) –– Writer, Director and Executive Producer
RESIDENCIES & PROGRAMS
2017 Black Factory Cinema Workshop, San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba –– w/ Werner Herzog and EICTV (International School of Cinema and Television)
2016 Walnut Hill School For the Arts, Natick, MA –– Writing, Film, and Media Arts
2016 Emerson College, Boston, MA –– Summer Pre-College 16mm Filmmakers Studio
2015 Dawson College, Westmount, Quebec –– Cinema Program
2015 Columbia University, New York, NY –– Digital Filmmaking Summer Program
2015 Upright Citizens Brigade, Los Angeles, CA –– (2 Sessions)
2014 NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY –– Pre-College Acting On Camera, StoneStreet Program