Starring	Sara Hatfield
	Jacob N. Honig
	Isaiah Zagar
Written & Directed by	Jeremiah Zagar
Director of Photography	Eric Messerschmidt
Edited by	Tony Gannon
Produced by	Vito DeSario
	Ari Krepostman
	Charles Nuckolls
	Jeremy Yaches

Documentary becomes dream as artist Isaiah Zagar (himself) sits in a diner, reminiscing on his childhood as he draws a picture of a bird. His looping pen strokes come to life, carrying us back into a childhood memory of him (Jacob N. Honig) and his mother (Sara Hatfield) at the beach in Coney Island. A mix of 35mm film, digital video, and animation. Music by Explosions in the Sky.

Coney Island, 1945 is one of ten short films produced by Cinemantics as part of 10 Takes on New York. Click here for more information or contact us.

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- San Francisco International Festival of Short Films 2006
  Jury Finalist
- World Wide Short Film Festival 2006
- SXSW Film Festival 2006
- Indianapolis International Film Festival 2006
- Palm Beach International Film Festival 2006 - Tribeca Film Festival 2005 (World Premiere)
- London Film Festival 2005 (International Premiere)
- Hamptons Film Festival 2005
- IFP Buzz Cuts 2005
- CMJ Film Fest 2005
- Brooklyn Bridge Summer Park Series 2005
- Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 2005

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Jeremiah Zagar was born in South Philadelphia in 1981. At nineteen he shot Delhi House, a documentary about a hospital and orphanage in India. The short premiered at the 2002 Slamdance Film Festival and went on to screen at the Egyptian Theatre in LA and on PBS affiliates across the country. A year later, Zagar's The Unbelievable Truth was a semi-finalist in the student Academy Awards and was named "Best Narrative Short" in the Philadelphia Film Festival. The movie has screened in a number of festivals including Tribeca and Denver International. Zagar's Baby Eat Baby, a film about war and truth starring nude babies and people made of clay, premiered at the 2004 Florida Film Festival and was named "Best Experimental Short" at the Atlanta Film Festival.

Jeremiah is currently editing a documentary about his father, artist Isaiah Zagar, and he hopes to return to India to expand Delhi House into a feature. His first feature-length screenplay Paper Giant was given the Irene I. Parisi award in the Set in Philadelphia Screenwriting Competition and he is putting the finishing touches on a new script called Olive. A graduate of Emerson College, Jeremiah lives in Brooklyn and teaches filmmaking to high-school kids.