A violated girl is trapped in an underworld of shame. As a child, she was exploited by her father and his friends, and then thrown to the streets as a vulnerable teenager. Despite life going against Mel at every turn, she is determined to see the good in people and find hope before her past catches up with her.
The story of an unassuming man’s surreal encounter with the past while waiting in line to check out at the grocery store.
A clueless wannabe movie star moves to LA and goes viral for all the wrong reasons, only to evolve into a slightly less terrible version of himself. #blessed
After a worker kills a superior and commits suicide, each of his family members attempts to forge a path forward in life.
Ferry deckhand Sadie is in disarray as she tries to delete a love-confessing text to her coworker.
A teenager recounts a terrible night in the city where he ends up drunk and unhappy at a 24 hour diner. There, he has an encounter with a sweet, inviting family that leaves him feeling a little less lonely.
Coming back during Winter, Alex Powell explores both the places and personal connections found in his hometown and how they've changed. “Guide to a Midwest Hometown” explores what makes the barren places at home feel sentimental and special, and the good and bad feelings that come when being back home. Inspired by "How To With John Wilson".
A man loses his grip on reality as he tries to uncover the meaning behind his strange recurring dreams.
Con Traje y Sin Zapatos
Six distinct, lighthearted, absurd tales that were filmed in and around LA. Includes the short 'Backyard Barber'.
Spoiled seven-year-old Vanka lives a carefree childhood. Going with his father to the Maslenitsa holiday, Vanka meets a runaway deserter in the forest, about whom he tells the adults. This act instantly deprives Vanka of his childhood, and the father of his child. The event opens his eyes to the adult world in which the child will have to live on.
Acá te dejo
Maarit is a girl who never believes in love until she truly accepts it.
A recreation of the opening scene from the pilot episode of The Handmaid's Tale, "Offred." Originally directed by Reed Morano, ASC. Original cinematography by Colin Watkinson, ASC, BSC. Original teleplay written by Bruce Miller. Made in Misael Sanchez's "Filmmaking: Visualizing and Creating Moving Images for the Screen" at Sarah Lawrence College.
A young adult comes home to organize his father’s belongings and inadvertently finds his childhood VR goggles, which open up memories of the past. In his early childhood, his father died unexpectedly, leaving him without closure. Through the VR goggles, he discovers that he may have a second chance to say goodbye to his father.
Trevor, an obsessive, alcoholic, drug-addicted writer, is disturbed from his rigorous routine when he loses the ending to his latest novel. Desperately, he tries to recover it...
A man is hell-bent on leaning towards the forces of luck as he searches for the final winning lottery digit.
Two young women narrate their stories of recent love relationships. Living in the metropolis of São Paulo, their experiences are permeated by issues influenced by current ways of relating in love.
This hybrid between a videogame and a film inspires you to think about your choices. As humans, we are constantly toeing the line between good and evil, and sometimes we fall in the middle. This is where anti-heroes lie in wait... in the gray.
What keeps us apart? What holds us together?