Broken Toys

A random encounter between two people on the edge leads to a late-night car ride, and a chance to escape long-entrenched patterns of abuse.

  • Dylan Gary
    Director
    Behind The Sun, Tell Me You Love Me
  • Dylan Gary
    Writer
    Behind The Sun, Tell Me You Love Me
  • Dylan Gary
    Producer
    Behind The Sun, Tell Me You Love Me
  • Mateusz Broughton
    Cinematographer
    Warning, Evil Lives Here, Shattered
  • Olivia Hardin
    Key Cast
    "The Woman"
    Loud Voices Silent Streets, The Grift
  • Alexander Bilu
    Key Cast
    "The Driver"
    Flora Ost, Grand Theft Auto V
  • Dylan Gary
    Key Cast
    "The Boyfriend"
    Behind The Sun, Tell Me You Love Me
  • Dylan Gary
    Edited By
  • Mateusz Broughton
    Edited By
  • Dylan Gary
    Sound
  • Mateusz Broughton
    Sound
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 1, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Mateusz Broughton
Director Biography - Dylan Gary

Writer/Director Dylan Gary began his screenwriting career on the writing staff of HBO's critically-acclaimed series TELL ME YOU LOVE ME. Since then he's had his original pilot BEHIND THE SUN included in Sundance TV’s 2015 development slate, received a coveted "blind pilot" deal from Sony Television, and was hired to adapt a novel by Steve Buscemi’s company Olive Productions.

But film and filmmaking is Dylan’s first love and deepest passion. And he's recently formed Three Umbrella Films, a New York based production company focusing on low and micro-budget features that deal with simple, human stories...in all their messy complexity.

His short films BROKEN TOYS and THE UNIFORM are the first films under the Three Umbrella Films banner, and Dylan's hope is that they are helpful in attracting like-minded filmmakers and artists to collaborate with on unique and potent projects for years to come.

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Director Statement

My childhood was a peculiar one...
Born in NYC, my family moved to Los Angeles when I was quite young. And there, after a horrendously violent itching reaction to my first SoCal sunburn, doctors eventually concluded that I was allergic to the sun... Which was problematic, because there's a lot of it out there.

But I suppose the sense of isolation I often felt growing up, and the feeling of being somehow out of step with my own life, forged my most prominent thematic preoccupation as a writer/filmmaker...The search for connection in a disconnected world.

A connection more fundamental than shared interests or political affiliations, deeper even than race or gender. That most essential yet often overlooked connection shared by all of us. That we are alive together, right here, right now. And no matter what we may be going through, we are not alone.

BROKEN TOYS explores the search for this connection, and the mangling our lives can face without it.