None of This Matters

Director Shaina Feinberg, Producers Elisabeth Durkin and Judith Mizrachy

Filmmaker Shaina Feinberg is in the midst of a personal crisis, balancing a struggling film career with the relentless demands of motherhood. At her lowest point, she seeks guidance from Joan Darling, an octogenarian director of iconic shows including MASH, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. In None of This Matters, Shaina documents Joan’s life while tracing their unlikely friendship and her own creative reckoning.

None of This Matters was selected as the recipient of the 2025 JFI/JSP Momentum Award.

Shaina Feinberg

Director

Shaina Feinberg is an award-winning American filmmaker and writer. In her twenties she created a stoner-punk sketch show, The Spew, has appeared on This American Life, written a New York Times column (2019–2024), created two original series for Audible and authored three books. She directed two short documentaries for The New York Times: A Brief History of Hating My Face (2023) and I Almost Quit My Career for My Kids. Then I Met Joan Darling. (2025). Her documentary My Mom’s Eggplant Sauce (2022) opened the Aspen Film Festival and is taught at universities in the U.S. and U.K. Her short Cleo From 8:20 to 2:35 received a 2024 NYFA grant. Her film We Should Eat (2024) won the 2025 Caz Matthews Award at SeriesFest, and has screened at over 30 festivals. Shaina was a 2025 resident at JFI with her feature None of This Matters, which was awarded a 2026 NYSCA grant.

Elisabeth Durkin

Producer

Elisabeth Durkin has produced work that has been commissioned by The New York Times, Audible, Topic, Uninterrupted and BRICtv. She co-owns Zerocool, a New York– and L.A.–based production company, and has created branded content for clients such as Macy’s, Maybelline, Dress for Success, Alliance Bernstein and Martha Stewart. Recent work includes: Cleo From 8:20 to 2:35 (2024 NYFA grant recipient), We Should Eat (2025 Caz Matthews Award at SeriesFest) and the feature documentary None of This Matters (2026 NYSCA grant) about Hollywood legend Joan Darling and featuring Marisa Tomei and The Daniels.