The Hollow Tree is a 2007 film directed by Patrick Steward and co-produced by Haydenfilms. It tells the touching story of a runaway who encounters a mysterious stranger who enlightens him to the reality of “home".
A young boy in the 1950s re-imagines a family conflict as a rollicking, black and white outer space serial.
When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns out to be a star grappler, sparking dreams of a big win -- until the boy's mother retrieves him.
Everything is on autopilot. A bicycle propels forward with no rider and adolescent boys make internet videos. At home, Mark's family drifts in isolation, escaping the lazy afternoon, when reality circles back.
A prep-school student accidentally films the drug-related deaths of two classmates, then is asked to put together a memorial video.
