Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

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The Pull

United States
2018 — 17' / Color

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Synopsis

After serving time in a New Hampshire jail, a freed inmate faces the pull of addiction.

Directors' Biography

Paul Szynol is a Polish-born filmmaker as well as a media and tech attorney. He immigrated from Warsaw to the US at the age of 12. His films have been featured in the New York Times Op-Docs, the Atlantic, and the New Yorker, and have played at festivals worldwide, including AFI Docs, Big Sky, Clermont-Ferrand, Doc NYC, Palm Springs, Slamdance, and TIFF (Kids). He is a graduate of Columbia University and Yale Law School.

Directors

Paul Szynol

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Paul Szynol

Cinematographers

Paul Szynol

Editors

Paul Szynol

Sound

Paul Szynol

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