Ham on Rye
Dir. by Tyler Taormina, prod. by Omnes Films
Grand Special Prize at Deauville Film Festival, Best First Feature in IndieWire’s Critic’s Choice, Audience Choice Winner at New Hampshire Film Festival, The New Yorker’s Top 20 Films, Official Selection at Locarno Film Festival, Official Selection at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Recent Work
Gregory Falatek is a multidisciplinary artist and award-winning filmmaker, born and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Most recently, Falatek was featured in "Christmas Eve in Miller's Point" by Tyler Taormina and "Eephus" by Carson Lund, two films that made their world premieres at Cannes Film Festival 2024 in the Directors' Fortnight.
Falatek's first role in a feature film was his breakout role as Garth in Tyler Taormina's, "Ham on Rye", which was featured by Richard Brody on The New Yorker's Best Films of 2020. Recently, Gregory wrote an amazing screenplay for "Elmwood Park", a psychological thriller that follows three high school seniors on a psychedelic journey after they witness a murder, which he will direct in Fall 2025.
Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point
On Christmas Eve, a family gathers for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on, one of the teenagers sneaks out to claim the wintry suburb for her own.
World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2024
Eephus
Grown men's recreational baseball game stretches to extra innings on their beloved field's final day before demolition. Humor and nostalgia intertwine as daylight fades, signaling an era's end.
World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2024
Ham on Rye
A bizarre rite of passage at the local deli determines the fate of a generation of teenagers, leading some to escape their suburban town and dooming others to remain.
Indiewire’s Critic’s Choice of 2020, The New Yorker’s Top Films of 2020 by film critic, Richard Brody