On the phone with a rich man whose son he has kidnapped, with whom he hasn't had contact for fifteen years, the kidnapper gives him the chance to save his son's life and rebuild their relationship.
As an American civilian truck driver working in Iraq, Paul Conroy's convoy is attacked by a group of Iraqi insurgents. Some time later, Paul awakes in a coffin with only a lighter, a cell phone, and his ever-growing anxiety. Faced with a dwindling oxygen supply and a dying battery, he must fight panic, despair, and delirium as he races against time to escape the claustrophobic death trap.
Police officer Asger Holm, demoted to desk work as an alarm dispatcher, answers a call from a panicked woman who claims to have been kidnapped. Confined to the police station and with the phone as his only tool, Asger races against time to get help and find her.
A man awakens in a car wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. He can't remember who he is or how he got there, but a report over the radio fills in some of the blanks, as it describes a violent bank robbery and names a perpetrator who happens to be sitting dead in the back seat.
When my friend Whitney added me to her ABC’s of Quarantine Film Festival lineup in March, I was excited and then immediately thought about the things I didn’t have: a camera, sound equipment, access to other people, fancy skills or experience “like everyone else”...I wanted to make something but figured I probably couldn’t. Then for some reason on May 20th, I decided to think about what I did have: an idea, my cousin’s house to myself for the day, an iPhone and some editing capabilities, and then I just went for it. I learned some new things like: creative endeavors don’t have to come with ~ideal circumstances~ to be worth your time/effort/attention. My letter was W and the only rule was it had to be under 5 minutes :)
A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.
Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul.
A lonely character in a deserted world watches as it goes up silently in flames.
A couple and their friend get high on a weekend getaway trip, where tensions rise as one engages in unfaithful behavior, which only seems to escalate as the night goes on.
Over the course of one day in August 1912, the family of retired actor James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of his wife Mary, the illness of their youngest son Edmund and the alcoholism and debauchery of their older son Jamie. As day turns into night, guilt, anger, despair, and regret threaten to destroy the family.
A young woman archaeologist searches for the wreck of a sunken boat during the 2nd World War to save the honor of her grandfather, a former sailor, accused of having hijacked the cargo of art objects he was loaded convoy to Algeria and embarked on a treasure hunt.
Three young women, while in a vacation in Greece, run afoul of three charismatic young men who prove to be much more than they seem.
A woman, frustrated by the unwillingness of her out of work husband to switch jobs, in her anxiety, falls prey to a system that commodifies women. Against the backdrop of a persuasive consumerist culture, while the man experiences conflicting emotions, she goes numb in her quest for a better foothold in life. Torn between survival and living in grace/disgrace, the emboldened woman realizes the shifting power balances in their relationship.
In the hope of coping with a broken relationship, a girl named Maria continuously goes on dates at the tea house, where she met her past lover while overwhelmed with grief and loneliness.
High school hockey bruiser Will Mankus is more lost than ever following the unexpected loss of his best friend and star player, Danny, to suicide. As his alcohol consumption intensifies and his mental health declines, Mankus must lift himself up from rock bottom with the help of his small-town New England community to find hope and pursue his dreams of playing college hockey.
When her husband, who is much older than her, dies, Hyo-jeong, a young mother who ends up living with her one-year-older stepdaughter, Joo-ah, decides to find a male helper. Each one of them brought a male helper, but the mother and daughter were fighting over which of the two they should hire. Eventually, they decided to pick both of them. Hyo-jeong and Joo-ah enjoy a pleasant sex life with their male helpers who match each other's styles. However, mother and daughter get tired of it quickly.
Naissances
A patient, charged with a murder they cannot remember, find themselves subjected to a 51-50 psychiatric hold in an institution. There, they uncover a chilling truth: the facility is dedicated to treating disorders stemming from supernatural causes.
After the loss of their parents two years ago, John and Mark navigate their way through the holidays. While Mark has been able to move on, John is having a bit of a harder time causing him to avoid holiday traditions.