‘The Lunch Date’: Uncovering a Shared Humanity

A short film that leaves us laughing and pleased at what happens when someone misses her train.

A Lady (Scotty Bloch) sits in a diner, in "Lunch Date." Columbia University College of the Arts

NR | 10 min | Drama, Short Film | 1989

As a 25-year-old American actor and TV director, Adam Davidson was still in school when he released his black-and-white debut film, which won the Academy Award for Short Film (Live Action), and the Short Film Palme d’Or at Cannes.