Beyond Failure

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 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

Six distinct, lighthearted, absurd tales that were filmed in and around LA. Includes the short 'Backyard Barber'.

two college seniors coincidentally reunite at a party after drifting apart freshman year. unrealized anxieties, impulsive decisions and one particularly potent joint...

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...

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.

A visual narrative for the single 'When life gives you lemons' by Haniya Nafisa.

After a worker kills a superior and commits suicide, each of his family members attempts to forge a path forward in life.

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.

Maarit is a girl who never believes in love until she truly accepts it.

Trans woman Mirae, who just can’t live with her family, tries to get a house by assault settlement.

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.

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.

A retelling of the events of 9th November 1974 when a group of teenagers saw an unidentified object flying over Salem Mountain.

In his daily commute an old man looses track of time and his grip on an overwhelming reality. He remembers a life long forgotten.

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.

Acá te dejo

Three friends wake up from the best night of their lives, only to find that their friend is dead.

A man loses his grip on reality as he tries to uncover the meaning behind his strange recurring dreams.

Do Útero Ao Túmulo