Round Won: A Short Film - Two Brothers box for the right to their late father's remaining assets. Think Matt Johnson meets Succession.
JetKul Productions was co-founded by New York City–based artists Aidan J. Lawrence and Jake Okula, driven by a shared desire to create more opportunities—not only for themselves, but for the emerging artists around them.
Their first short film, Still Here, has quickly begun gaining attention, making its way through the festival circuit and premiering at NY CineFest in Spring 2026. The film marks an exciting introduction to JetKul’s distinct voice within the low-budget indie film community.
Their follow-up project, Round Won: A Short Film, explores a completely new direction in theme and tone, while maintaining the same level of passion, precision, and stylistic identity that has set JetKul apart.
Project Overview:
Round Won (2026) is as much an homage to Raging Bull as it is to Clerks. In this ten-minute, dialogue-heavy, action-packed short, we blend the sub-genre of found footage filmmaking with a beautifully/tragically shot fight sequence for the film’s finale.
Co-Directors/Producer Bios:
Aidan J. Lawrence is an emerging New York City–based actor, director, and producer. Select Regional/Off-Broadway Theatre credits: John Cariani’s Darker the Night / Brighter the Stars (World Premiere: Portland Stage; NY Premiere: Shadowland Stages, BWW Nominations), To Kill a Mockingbird (NY Premiere), Cake Off! A New Musical (Bucks County Playhouse), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Angels in America, Josh Groban’s Great Big Radio City Show, and A Steady Rain. Notable Film/Television credits: HBO’s Gossip Girl, Netflix’s Grand Army, The House Arrest Rooneys (Pilot), Dove commercial As Early As Five, and Xavier Manrique’s Who Invited Charlie? on Amazon Prime.
Jake Okula is a NYC-based actor/writer. He has worked with Patrick Sabongui, seen in NBC's The Hunting Party, in a self-produced production of A Steady Rain in the role of Denny Lombardo. Select Theatre credits: Crush/Slash (NY Premiere, The Tank), Ahead of Their Time (NY Premiere, Teatro Latea), Neon Night by Elise Kibler (NY Premiere, Clark Studio at Lincoln Center). He can also be seen in an adaptation of Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs in June at the KATE in the role of Stanley Jerome.
Ariunsanaa Odbayar is a Mongolian actress and producer based in NYC. Most recently she has been an invited reader/actor for an international playwrights exchange workshop produced by Peacedale Global Arts, working alongside writers from Romania/Hungary as well as U.S based writers Jeesun Choi and Clarence Coo. In her first self-produced production of Stop Kiss, she worked alongside Kyra Zagorsky, recently seen in CIA on CBS. Notable Film credits: 6 Дахь Хүсэл [Mongolian feature], Sardines [premiered at Astoria Film Festival, Kaufman Astoria Studios].