SHE'S THE BEST THING IN IT is a feature length documentary film directed by Nyswaner. When Tony Award winner (Grey Gardens), and theater veteran, Mary Louise Wilson travels to her hometown of New Orleans to teach acting to a group of reality-TV addicted theater majors, Nyswaner follows her with a camera crew recording this clash of generations and cultures. When she challenges her students to “behave truthfully in imaginary circumstances,” by calling upon their own emotional experiences, they are forced to examine the losses suffered in their young lives, including the lingering trauma of Katrina. Ms. Wilson recalls the city of her youth and the painful realities that lay beneath the colorful surface, including the familial conflicts that propelled her into a life of trying to “make people laugh.” The film includes interviews with theater and film stars, including Meryl Streep, Frances McDormand, Valerie Harper, Charlotte Rae, Melissa Leo, Tyne Daly, and Estelle Parsons, discussing their struggles on the way to becoming actors and the special challenges facing women in the field. Produced by award-winning filmmaker, Neda Armian (Rachel Getting Married, Jimmy Carter Man from Plains), SHE'S THE BEST THING IN IT is a funny, moving examination of the actor’s craft and some brave women who have devoted their lives to it.

FREEHELD is the true story of car mechanic Stacie Andree, her partner, New Jersey detective Laurel Hester, and conservative cop and politician Dane Wells, an unlikely trio drawn into a fight for justice when Laurel is diagnosed with terminal cancer and government officials block her attempts to leave her pension to Stacie. A funny and triumphant story of love, friendship, and courage starring Ellen Page, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, produced by Stacey Sher and Michael Shamberg for Endgame, based on the Oscar-winning documentary by Cynthia Wade.

WALTER REED is a feature for television based on the Pulitzer Prize winning articles documenting wounded Iraq War vets’ struggle for decent care at the famous military hospital. Director: Jim Sheridan, Producers: David Helpern, Larry Lyttle. HBO Films.

PREDISPOSED is a feature that Ron Nyswaner is producing. The film is to be directed by Philip Dorling, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Melissa Leo as a son and his mother on the best/worst day of their lives, Little Miss Sunshine meets Trainspotting. Writer/Director: Philip Dorling. Co-author story: Ron Nyswaner. Producers: Neda Armian, Peter Sterling, Ron Nyswaner.

MAN MADE MAN is a feature drama recounting the true story of Laura/Michael Dillon, the world’s first female-to-male transsexual, and Dr. Harold Gillies, the father of modern plastic surgery, with Tea Leoni as Laura/Michael. Producers: David Duchovny, Tea Leoni, Susanna Jolly.

STOLEN CHILD is a feature drama based on the novel by Keith Donahue about a changeling who steals a human boy’s life and discovers his gradually awakening humanity. Producers: Marc Platt, Neda Armian.

A theatrical feature, Shakespeare’s HAMLET re-imagined as a contemporary suspense thriller set on a college campus with Emile Hirsch as Hamlet. Director: Catherine Hardwicke. Producers: Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen. Overture Films.