$POSITIONS

description

A blue-collar Midwesterner attempts to save his family from the throes of poverty by investing their savings into speculative cryptocurrencies.

When Mike Alvarado's crypto investment strategy decays into a full-blown gambling addiction, he sends his life into a nightmarish anxiety-inducing downward spiral, compromising his relationships with his girlfriend, his developmentally disabled brother, and his recovering addict cousin. The feature directorial debut of writer and director Brandon Daley is a semi-autobiographical story based on his time trading stocks and crypto during the COVID-19 quarantine days. A twitchy, hyper-contemporary comedy with equal doses of laughs and panic attacks, $POSITIONS recently had its World Premiere at SXSW 2025.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
SXSW 2025

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Brandon Daley is a comedy filmmaker based out of Chicago, IL, whose debut feature $POSITIONS recently had its world premiere at SXSW 2025. He wrote and directed the short film, SAVASANA, which won No Budge's Best Comedy and was featured on Vimeo as one of the best NSFW films of all time. Brandon recently had his feature film acting debut as Tall Brandon in the Kris Rey film I USED TO GO HERE (CUFF 2020 Selection).