Jump/Cut
by Neena Beber

Three bright urbanites want to make their mark on the world.

Paul, a master of irony and distance, is a hardworking filmmaker on the rise.

His girlfriend, Karen, a grad student, must get on with her thesis or find a life outside of academia.

Dave, a lifelong buddy whose brilliance is being consumed by increasingly severe episodes of manic depression, is camping on Paul’s couch.

Paul and Karen decide to turn Dave into a documentary.

The camera is on twenty-four hours a day, capturing up-close images of his jags and torpors and their responses.

How far will love, friendship, and ambition take this hip trio?