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Loafers

Amidst a post-grad haze, best friends Isaac and Cameron navigate the shifting terrain of their relationships, grappling with whether their once unbreakable friendship can survive the weight of change.

  • Zach Schnitzer
    Director
    My Friends, Sweet Disposition, Untitle Jae Matthews Project
  • Zach Schnitzer
    Writer
    My Friends, Sweet Disposition, Untitle Jae Matthews Project
  • Nate Simon
    Producer
    My Friends, Chrysanthemums, Devil Car, Playback
  • Zach Schnitzer
    Producer
    My Friends, Sweet Disposition, Untitle Jae Matthews Project
  • Zach Schnitzer
    Key Cast
    "Isaac"
  • Dan Haller
    Key Cast
    "Cameron"
  • Melissa Marie
    Key Cast
    "Molly"
  • Olemich Tugas
    Key Cast
    "Cyrus"
    Adult Children, Debaters
  • Ruby Sevcik
    Key Cast
    "Q"
  • Beck Nolan
    Key Cast
    "Beck"
    Good Guy With A Gun
  • Cole Steeves
    Key Cast
    "Cole"
  • Chloe Rodriques
    Key Cast
    "Lucia"
  • Joe Swanberg
    Key Cast
    "Bossman"
  • Ryan Kitley
    Key Cast
    "Isaac's Dad"
  • Charin Alvarez
    Key Cast
    "Kari"
  • Benji Khabie
    Key Cast
    "EMT"
  • Nate Simon
    Editor
  • Zach Schnitzer
    Editor
  • C. Ryan Stemple
    DI Producer
  • Emmett Gordon
    Director of Photographer
  • Max Levy
    Director of Photographer
  • Riley Curtis
    Director of Photographer
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Drama, Coming Of Age
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 27 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 22, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    6,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Dances with Films New York
    New York
    United States
    January 17, 2026
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Chicago Critics Film Festival
    Chicago, IL
    United States
    May 6, 2026
    Chicago Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Zach Schnitzer

Zach Schnitzer is an award-winning actor, director, writer, and producer. As an actor, Schnitzer’s credits include THINGY, an upcoming horror feature produced by Joe Swanberg, and several equity theatre productions in Chicago and Minneapolis. As a writer/director/actor/producer, Schnitzer has worked on short films like Sweet Disposition (2024) and To The Moon (2024). Loafers is his first feature as a writer/director/producer.

Because being an artist doesn’t pay, Zach is also a substitute teacher and a server in Chicago.

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Director Statement

I finished the first draft of “Loafers” a few weeks before graduating from college. My producer, and cousin, Nate, read it a few days before he graduated college. This movie was borne out of post grad anxieties. Who are we going to be? How will our lives change? Will our friends still be our friends?

I wanted to deal with this anxieties head on. I love the adult coming of age genre, and I wanted to make my own entry that felt like it reflected me and my friends’ experience of growing into adults. I wanted to make it, too, with these very same friends who, like me, were struggling to find projects that were fulfilling. We thought it was time to create our own opportunities and make work we really care about. “Loafers” was a way for me and my friends to grapple with our anxieties, but it was also a way for us to stake our claim in the ground — we’re artists, and we want to create whether people will let us or not.

This is a movie made by a group of friends. It’s complicated, funny, and sweet. It interrogates the world I’m in and some of the friendships I’ve had. It’s everything I dreamed it could be.