The Thing Before the Thing

A self-destructive ex-Mormon finds out her estranged, abusive father is on his deathbed in Provo, Utah – so she road trips across the country to reckon with her past, current friend-with-benefits in tow.

Alice-Heart is an aimless college student residing in Philadelphia. She aspires to be a famous writer but drops out of school in her last semester of senior year on a whim. Immediately cut off from her disappointed Filipino mother and dumped by her studious boyfriend, she finds that she has to pay bills on her own for the first time. Distraught, she takes solace in her neighbor Tony, a self sufficient freelance photographer. Tony encourages her to pursue her passions and hold onto her friendships. With this in mind, Alice-Heart navigates the beginnings of adulthood and combats “adult baby” allegations along the way.

Luján is watching a video to learn English on youtube, when the teacher uses a phrase as an example that awakens strange feelings.

When Allie (Danielle Evon Ploeger) returns home during her final college summer break, she doesn't anticipate staying long, but that all changes when there's a death in the family and Allie inherits her childhood home. Her life-long BFF, Kenzie (Kelsey Thomas) helps her deal with her loss, and other family drama, by forcing her to join The Browncoats, the team she captains in the small town's co-ed softball league. Kenzie's advice for Allie is simple... When life sucks, just grab your glove, and grab a ball. Everything just sort of fades away when you're playing catch.

After their roommate commits suicide by ceiling fan, two young men try to distract themselves.

Elisa and Julia are spending the day locked in their house. The arrival of Romina, an unknown girl who has slept the night there will come to show them that maybe after all things can be pretty much better outside.

Two lesbians on a date have hard conversations that both pull them together and push them apart.

Two mismatched personal trainers' lives are upended by the actions of a new, wealthy client.

Alan is a musician who leaves a busted-up band for New York, and a new musical voyage. He tries to stay focused and fends off all manner of distractions, including the attraction to his good friend's girlfriend.

Steve and Claire have been in love since they were in elementary school. Now in their mid twenties after a long relationship, this chapter of their lives together is coming to an end.

With Master Baker on the line, anything could happen

Two familiar faces reunite on a Friday night because of a lost sock; after chatting for hours, they realize that they feel a particular connection, all while cooking French toast.

Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim's discovery of a bone and a rusty old gun in the yard. Tim is excited by the idea of a mystery, but Lee doesn't want him to dig any further, preferring that he focus on the family taxes, which he promised to do weeks ago. This disagreement sends them on separate and unexpected adventures over the course of a weekend, as Tim and his friends seek clues to the mystery while Lee searches for answers to the bigger questions of marriage and parenthood.

Over the course of a long, booze-filled Halloween in Los Angeles, four romantic relationships unexpectedly affect the fate of the others. A dark romantic comedy, shot in beautiful black & white on a budget of just under $2,000, I'm Trying To Impress You takes a raw, cool and sometimes fantastical look at young romance in the 21st century.

Two maladapted young women, both part of the same internet gore enthusiast community, formulate a plan to meet in person with the intent that one will kill the other, film the killing, and sell the cameras that “watched” to an unsuspecting customer online in the hopes of spurring on a “new era of death.”

Two high school friends meetup before making their way to a house party, only to get lost when they decide to take a shortcut through the forest.

Two distant friends, who both are pursuing careers in filmmaking, attempt to rekindle their friendship over a short camping trip.

Two friends go camping at Lago Verde.

A guy who moves back to Portland, Oregon becomes involved in the mystery of his ex-girlfriend's disappearance.

In this MiniDV curio, a young woman moves to New York and becomes entangled in her roommates’ tumultuous relationship.