BIO
Jared Hoffman is a documentary filmmaker and media artist based in Manhattan. Hoffman's lenticular paintings, light & sound installations, and quirky, internet-influenced sculptures imagine technology as the proving ground for cycles of rupture and repair.
He has exhibited works in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and more. He graduated Cornell University with a degree in Information Science, in 2015, and will receive his MFA from City College New York in 2025. "Life's a Mother" is Hoffman's first short film.
FILM SYNOPSIS
The gnarled bond of the director’s mother and aging grandmother unfolds into a new phase through their shared toughness, grace, and care.
Nadine, a stoic woman with comically curly hair, has moved in next door to her mother: 91 year-old Elaine. The fraught lifelong dynamic between them still aggravates Nadine, especially as she takes on managing more and more of Elaine's day-to-day existence. As Elaine's eldest, she is committed to the job of caregiver. But she needs to live her own life, too. Through the observation of ordinary moments—at the swimming pool, in the sun drenched living, in the garden—these matriarchs’ hard-won relationship reveals itself as an extraordinary labor of love.
CREDITS
Featuring: Nadine Hoffman and Elaine Binger
Director: Jared Hofman
Cinematographer: Jared Hoffman
Editor: Jared Hoffman
Sound Design: Marcus Dembinski
Producer: Jared Hoffman and Sophie Power
Thank you:
Andrea Weiss
Antonio Tibaldi
David Briggs
JT Takagi
Jerry Carlson
Shachar Langlev
Tal Lazar
Annie Howell
Emanuelle Michetti
Wendy Lidell
Frankie Cuardrado
CCNY MFA Film 2025 Cohort
Shira Hoffman
