Confronted by his mother’s illness and his child’s exploration of gender, a traditional blue-collar guy is torn between who he has always been and who his child needs him to be. The film was an Official Selection at the 2024 Garden State Film Festival, where Silverman was nominated for Best Actor in a Feature, and the 2024 Durango Independent Film Festival, where he won Best Narrative Feature Performance. Among its many other festival selections, Two Lives earned a Jury Prize honorable mention at the 2024 Omaha Film Festival.