20 Films. $50,000 cash. You're the Judge.

Attend Film Prize in-person or online, watch all 20 short films, and you can vote for the grand prize winner as well as the best acting performance category.

Napoleonic Code

Directed by Michael Cusumano

When a New Yorker reunites with her estranged brother to settle their father’s Louisiana estate, they’re confronted with secrets, old and new.

Written by Michael Cusumano
Produced by Charity Schubert, Michael Cusumano, and Josh Talley
Starring Charity Schubert, Josh Talley
Cinematography by Rob Senska
Edited by Melissa Goslin
Music Composed by Bootsy Spankins, P.I.

About the Filmmaker

Michael Cusumano

Michael Cusumano is a writer and director living in Astoria, New York. A graduate of The University of the Arts with a degree in film, he has produced and directed his writing as short films and as an off-Broadway play. He has also been a contributing writer since 2012 at popular movie website The Film Experience.

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