One Day Crossing

This is a remarkable first film that reveals the power of human compassion to transcend the struggle to survive. In Budapest, during the final days for Hungary's Jewish community in October 1944, a woman is obsessed with protecting her family. New Directors/New Films, Lincoln Center, and Museum of Modern Art, 2000

Director Joan Stein is a 1999 graduate of the MFA program at Columbia University's Film Division. One Day Crossing is Stein's third short film. She has also directed Fault Line (1998) which received a directing award from Columbia University and Reap the Whirlwind - Women on the Road to Surviving (1995), a documentary about the Center for Women War Victims, Zagreb. The film was screened throughout Europe and the U.S and was used to raise funds for the Center. Stein has also worked in various roles in both feature and short films, including Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry (as Producing Intern), and Bette Gordon's Luminous Motion (as Assistant to the Director), which was produced by Good Machine. Additional experience includes her work in theater in New York, as director and co-producer of The Vagina Monologues at Columbia's Miller Theater, and as an Assistant Director at the Here Theater. Among her many projects, she is presently collaborating with Christina Lazaridi on a feature length project. Ms. Stein has received awards for her work including: Gold Medal - Student Academy Awards (2000); Best Woman Student Filmmaker Award - DGA (East coast); Best Film - Polo Ralph Lauren/Columbia University Film Festival; Best Student Director - the National Board of Review; and the Milos Forman Fund.