NYFA Alum Janek Ambros's latest producing project "In The Summers” is streaming now on Hulu!

You can now watch the feature film "In The Summers", produced by NYFA Alum Janek Ambros on Hulu! 

IN THE SUMMERS, was nominated two Indie Spirit Awards; Best First feature (Janek was nominated as a Producer) and Best Breakthrough Artist.  Previously the film won the Grand Jury Award at Sundance in 2023. Here's what Janek told us about the project in our last conversation. 

NYFA MFA Producing Alum Janek Ambros is a writer, producer, and director based in LA. He is also the founder of the international production company, Assembly Line Entertainment, that has produced numerous films which have premiered at festivals such as Venice Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), DTLA Film Festival, and Shanghai Film Festival.

NYFA AlumnI Network: Tell us more about “In the Summers” & how did you get involved in the project?

J.A: "In the Summers" is a wonderful movie written and directed by Alessandra Lacorazza. The movie focuses on a journey of two sisters who navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It spans multiple decades and is a really touching, bold, and poetic piece of art that only Alessandra could make. As a director herself, she's truly someone I admire for doing such a wonderful job with such tough subject matter when it comes to themes of alcoholism, trauma and family dynamics. Alejandro Mejía, the cinematographer, and Adam Dicterow, the editor, really got to show their skills with this, too.

I have a development deal with Exile Content, which is run by my dear friend and brilliant studio head Nando Vila. Nando is incredibly talented at picking the right scripts and was enthusiastic about Alessandra's script, so I began producing the film with them and another company, Lexicon, which is run by Alex Dinelaris and Rob Quadrino. Over the course of nearly two years we just all - as a team - gradually helped Alessandra make her visionary movie and, alas, it got into Sundance then won the Grand Jury Prize. We had an amazing crew, team of producers, and cast. I'm just lucky and grateful to be a part of it.