The films of Melanie Shatzky and Brian M. Cassidy have screened at the Sundance, Berlin, Toronto and Rotterdam film festivals, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, and ICA London. Brian and Melanie have won awards at several festivals including the European Media Art Festival, Chicago, New Orleans, Athens, and RIDM in Montreal. In 2012, the duo was nominated for a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Director. Their most recent films are the documentary The Patron Saints and the dramatic feature Francine, starring Academy Award® winner Melissa Leo, which The New York Times called “a small gem.”