Jacob Kader

In 2023 I won first prize in Remix the Script short screenplay competition awarded by Open Screenplay and ADC (Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee). Draws on being the only left-hander in my family, yet departs from our family life by depicting a father coming to terms with his past culture/religion and letting his son find his way.…

In the Spring of 2022 my family and I went on a “float” of the Rio Grande with friends and family. The day started innocuously enough, but as we put-in our paddleboards and canoes things took a turn (or dip) for the worse. The Rio Grande in the Spring is, in parts, a bustling and…

2020 was a confusing and disorienting year, its effects still bleeding into 2021 and likely for the rest of our lives and the younger generations. When I think of NYC I consider this photo from Spring/2020, Broadway and 10th Street on a Saturday, just completely gutted. I rode my bike downtown from Central Park and…

Please check out the film I co-wrote, Abe, which released on April 17th to iTunes and several other streaming platforms. Drop a line if you get a chance to check it out.

The film I co-wrote with Lameece Issaq, directed by Fernando Grostein Andrade was selected for the 2019 Sundance Film Festival Kids Section. See you in Park City. (Or I’ll see you in Orem, Provo, or Ogden where I’ll be hanging with my Utah Stowe-Kader kin.)