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Next Exit Films
Приєднався 5 тра 2015
Independent outlet for creative works led by writer/director/producer Andy Krysiak.
Visit www.andykrysiak.com for more information.
Visit www.andykrysiak.com for more information.
Andy Krysiak - Filmmaking Reel (January 2025)
Andy Krysiak is an independent film director, screenwriter, and producer based in Chicago. Drawing from a wide array of influences, he is interested in oppressive power systems, social constructs and relations, the ethics and democratization of art, the struggle for individualism, and the absurdities of political discourse.
Since graduating from DePaul University with a BFA in Film & Television, Andy has focused on creating low-budget, DIY projects which favor intimate creative collaboration and celebrate the joyous nature of the filmmaking process. In between his own short-form projects, he has also been working to develop numerous features all while taking on opportunities as a script supervisor, assistant director, and production assistant in the Chicago film industry.
In June 2024, Andy launched NEXT EXIT FILMS, a formal outlet to share his own creative work across multiple disciplines all while championing fellow creative independents whose work inspire and innovate. He is also currently working to develop a brand-new film festival designed by and for DIY, amateur filmmakers seeking to have their voices heard.
When he isn’t thinking about movies, you can probably find him writing music with his acoustic guitar, playing volleyball, or reading graphic novels.
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All projects are available to stream here on Next Exit Films except:
Avon Calling: vimeo.com/764181270
George Jesterson: ua-cam.com/video/6BuvF7ztKG8/v-deo.html
Halloween Reclaim: ua-cam.com/video/pDz9yhyFb2o/v-deo.html
Follow Next Exit Films on Instagram: nextexitfilms
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Copyright Andy Krysiak 2025. All rights reserved.
Music: "Creatures" by Great Ghosts
Since graduating from DePaul University with a BFA in Film & Television, Andy has focused on creating low-budget, DIY projects which favor intimate creative collaboration and celebrate the joyous nature of the filmmaking process. In between his own short-form projects, he has also been working to develop numerous features all while taking on opportunities as a script supervisor, assistant director, and production assistant in the Chicago film industry.
In June 2024, Andy launched NEXT EXIT FILMS, a formal outlet to share his own creative work across multiple disciplines all while championing fellow creative independents whose work inspire and innovate. He is also currently working to develop a brand-new film festival designed by and for DIY, amateur filmmakers seeking to have their voices heard.
When he isn’t thinking about movies, you can probably find him writing music with his acoustic guitar, playing volleyball, or reading graphic novels.
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All projects are available to stream here on Next Exit Films except:
Avon Calling: vimeo.com/764181270
George Jesterson: ua-cam.com/video/6BuvF7ztKG8/v-deo.html
Halloween Reclaim: ua-cam.com/video/pDz9yhyFb2o/v-deo.html
Follow Next Exit Films on Instagram: nextexitfilms
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Copyright Andy Krysiak 2025. All rights reserved.
Music: "Creatures" by Great Ghosts
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Відео
The Spirit of Punk (2024) | a short film about Identity, Love, & Punk Rock
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SYNOPSIS: When Rock, a young Chicago punk, shares a romantic spark with the free-spirited Ty at a local show, she contemplates a desperate, dangerous measure to prove herself worthy of Ty’s traditionalist punk sensibility. Thank you for watching! More films coming soon. Support my next one at www.gofundme.com/f/i-only-sleep-when-the-room-is-pitch-black if you like what you see. Or just like and...
it's okay to feel proud of your art.
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thanks for watching! consider subscribing to follow my filmmaking journey, or just to give me a rush of dopamine. I won't question your motives. "only never," the sophomore album under my pseudonym Seek To Destroy, out everywhere now! play on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/0sDol7DmUfqpA4seJKnviQ?si=uRFjCc7qRVisILXarK8e2Q help send my next short film to festivals: gofund.me/01baae84 website: ww...
Recycling | a short film by Andy Krysiak
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Two ex-roommates reunite to watch a movie at the old apartment. Made in participation with @Noamkroll's 2-week no-budget film challenge. Starring Adelle Johns & Luke Socie Directed by Andy Krysiak Cinematography by Lori Guav Website: www.andykrysiak.com Instagram: nextexitfilms
Chin Up (2024) | a short film by Andy Krysiak
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A timid young woman models for a photoshoot with a photographer who harbors a dark secret. Website: www.andykrysiak.com IG: @ajkrysiak7
a song about violence - Seek To Destroy
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"Only Never," the sophomore LP from Seek To Destroy, coming soon. Seek To Destroy is Andy Krysiak's musician pseduonym.
Anthropocene (2024) | A Short Film by Andy Krysiak
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An independent musician experiences an artistic crisis when he scores an opportunity for a record deal with a major label. Written/directed/edited/shot/scored by, and starring, Andy Krysiak. Follow on Instagram for more project news: nextexitfilms Rate and review on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/film/anthropocene-2024
Good Soldiers Never Die (2024) | A Short Film by Andy Krysiak
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SYNOPSIS: A recently returned Afghan War veteran - who also happens to be a cold-hearted serial killer - invites his mother and abusive stepfather to his new apartment for a dinner party. His intentions may be more sinister than they seem… BACKGROUND: Good Soldiers Never Die was the first film I ever wrote and directed as a student at DePaul University. Shot in October 2022, the film experience...
THE SPIRIT OF PUNK | Official Teaser Trailer (Upcoming Short Film 2024)
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Official teaser trailer for the upcoming short film, THE SPIRIT OF PUNK, written and directed by Andy Krysiak. Trailer Editor: Matt Pitt Music: "Suicide 35" Written and Performed by Pure Intention. All rights reserved. FILM SYNOPSIS: After young punk Rock experiences a romantic spark with the free-spirited Ty at a local show, she contemplates a desperate, dangerous measure to prove herself wort...
Andy Krysiak | Director's Reel - March 2024
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Visit andykrysiak.com for more information! Footage color may not be accurate to final product. Featured Music: "Sand People" by Jon Kennedy. All rights reserved. PRODUCTION CREDITS: Avon Calling (2022) Written by Hannah Margaret | Produced by Karen Pinargote | Cinematography by Enrique Gaona | Production Design by Hannah Margaret The Waiting Space (2023) Written by Andy Krysiak | Produced by K...
white man with acoustic guitar sings creep by radiohead while balancing radiohead album on his head
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in the original key too even though I can’t hit those high notes in the bridge follow @ionlysleepfilm for more epic content
film director slander pt. 2 (PLUS shameless rizzless self-insert)
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Support my next film project by donating to our fundraiser! LINK: gofund.me/800c634c Music by: Bensound.com/royalty-free-music License code: AP0YIWUJJRMSLQCX
wake up and live
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This film explores the anomalous transitory space between sleeping and awakening, verging on the cryptic yet focused images that reside in our mind when bridging the undefinable gap of half-consciousness. Made for FILM 325 (Experimental Filmmaking) at DePaul University.
The Waiting Space
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A man's patience is tested in a waiting room filled with eccentric patrons in this short film written and directed by Andy Krysiak. Massive gratitude to all my cast and crew for making this project possible. What began as a still image of a waiting room in my mind inspired by the dry wit and simmering unpredictability of artists like Jarmusch and Lynch slowly morphed into a conceptual piece tha...
Gives me early Linklater vibes
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I loved this. Tons of great stuff!! I really hope you guys keep working hard and making better stuff.
Why is everyone who made this so cool
commenting for algorithm but also because I genuinely like this film. good vibey piece with an awesome b&w look and the ending statement really puts everything into perspective. it’s really grown on me
What an incredible film by an incredible writer and director
Orson Welles fans when the film has a random cockatoo scream just thrown in there (it must be symbolic, everything else in the movie is)
This is great -- particularly needed this now. Appreciate you goat
Unfathomably based
Why is he so cool
Love this, Andy!
Alejandro J. Inarritu trying to help the careers of old/trying actors (it rarely works):
Excited to watch this tonight! Always create and don’t stop!
I think watching this video will be a decent supplement for film school
Lmfao this channel is good
End slaps
Here before viral
Damn very creepy. Hood job making the camera so menacing
I like the shadows
I hear amongst various communities that recycling isn't helpful because it's "racist cola propaganda that puts blame on the average ant of a consumer rather than the major corps that, for example, stopped using recyclable glass bottles" this being the main conflict makes me curious about cultural class differences between the two. "It's my apt and I can do what I want with it" great, relevant line amongst the context of Roe currently... what is most interesting to me about this film is how the two both are seeking control in their own ways, this prevents the two from having any actual connection as they are both overly concerned with power struggle. I would like to see the two characters in a future installment unite against their mutual common enemies of oppression (whatever that means to them individually and then finding common ground) rather than picking on each other. "Do they care about the pile" leads me to believe the mullet character isn't having acceptance with current social circle and is seeking to control/critique others circles because that character doesn't have acceptance. I can assume the girls control issues stem from things like Roe but would have liked to see more of why I should empathize with the mullet character. The end was sweet. I still would have liked to see the characters move forward to uniting against a common (non human/abstract) enemy, if not climate change, what could it be? Just wanted like a little more bonding/relation in the end, but, Overall very good watch, I liked the ending. The use of natural lighting is impressive, props to the crew
This was funny
Joe Dante when he realizes everyone only knows him for gremlins and not for his other movies
Thank you all for watching and getting this to 3K views in only 10 days! Drop a like and subscribe for more short films coming soon :) If you're at all interested in supporting my future work, you can help send my upcoming film to festivals by donating here: www.gofundme.com/f/i-only-sleep-when-the-room-is-pitch-black?qid=9682c8c5de2ad9d277862406b83209ba Much love <3
MOOOOOM! New Andy film just dropped!!!!!
Stephen Sommers fans when you day his movies are terrible: *Angry British kid meme*
Angelopoulos one could also apply to Lav Diaz.
Tarantino when he sees feet:
As a scorcese fan, who the fuck is gonna sympathize with Jake LaMotta 💀. If you know you know.
Paul Schrader just had a FB post removed for heavy n word usage. Well played
Modern incels? 😂 Cringe. Also, why are you supporting terrorists? Jesus...
Nah
Next include Ryan Nicholson, that dude's films get WILD
The Russos when they are involved with any movie anyhow From the directors of Avengers Infinity and Endgame
"Wes Anderson is mid" Who the fuck let him cook
I was witchu until the Wes Anderson part
Lady snowblood lmaoooo
this was amazing!
Me at 2:14: oh, umm… what’s-her-face… uhh, Big Homie’s ex-wife, uhh.. shit, the Hurt Locker chick, it’s on the tip of my tongue..
Oh c'mon, Star Wars fans like me understand where George Lucas' influences came from, in fact, my Great Uncle had dvds of Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress, that's how I got into Kurosawa.
Hayao Miyazaki the next day after he announces retirement: (clip from The Wolf of Wall St. where DiCaprio screams "I'M NOT FUCKING LEAVING")
bro seriously sat down watched Fantastic Mr Fox and then called it mid
Who let bro cook (grand budapest being the accepted as the best movie of the century)
Wes Anderson has never made a bad film except asteroid city
@@vinchester8688By who ?
Hey, The Last Duel was actually pretty good
0:13 Y’know what’s funny is that there’s a piece of art just like that. An artist named Andres Serrano (you might know him as the artist who made what would become the cover for Metallica’s “Load” and “Reload” albums) made an artwork titled “Piss Christ” where it was a statue of Jesus on a cross submerged in piss.
W trailer 🔥🔥
You are an interesting and unique individual
Tarkovsky when a movie isn’t poetry in pictures. Tarkovsky when you tell him the movie is too slow:😡
What's the movie with the woman doing chores?
Jeanne Dielman
It won the BFI's most recent Sight and Sound poll (meaning that industry workers voted it the greatest film of all time)
Was waiting for the Herzog Kinsky slander 😂
Luis Estrada carrying Mexican cinema for fifteen years:
That Wong Kar-Wai felt personal 😔