2015, USA, Director and Producer: Catherine Dudley-Rose; 14 min. Subjected to intense pressure by her pianist father and the formidable weight of her own musical ability, a young girl retreats into her herself. As surreal images fill her mind, she finds temporary refuge. However, to find true freedom, the girl Read more…
2014, Ireland, Directors: Steven Benedict , Lorna Fitzsimons, and Jennifer Shortall, Producers: Áine Coady and Sharon Cronin; 95 min. Booker-prizing winning author, P.C. Molloy never dreamed he would end up writing for a tabloid magazine. Making matters worse is Molloy’s growing fame as a gossip columnist. Soon, Molloy is struggling Read more…
2015, USA, Director: Nicholas Coles, Producers: Nicolas Coles, Alexis Spraic, and Max Velez; 12 min. Who knowingly purchases the former residence of a notorious serial killer? Meet Tom and Barbara, proud new owners of the most infamous house in Sacramento, CA. As the middle-aged couple renovates the crumbling house, they Read more…
2015, Iran, Director: Tiyam Yabandeh Jahroumi, Producer: Rohollah Sohrabi; 14 min. During the Iraq-Iran war (1980-1988), two soldiers on opposite sides are thrown together. Over the course of a few hours, the two men share the horrors of the conflict, planting the seeds of brotherhood in the unlikeliest of soils. Read more…
2014, USA, Director/Producer: Wei lu; 6 min. After her husband is turned into dinner, a mother crab vows to save her son. If they can just make it to the prow of the ship, they will find safety in the ocean. Mother and son embark on a perilous journey under Read more…
2014, USA, Director: Rosemary Rodriguez, Producers: Enrico Natale and Rosemary Rodriguez; 96 min. A group of eccentric retirees have their lives turned upside down when their beloved apartment complex is sold out from under them. Facing an uncertain future, the residents are forced to rely on their wits and each Read more…
2015, USA, Director: Michael Molina Minard, Producer: Ophelia Harutyunyan; 15 min. Abdul is journeyman boxer who was raised to fight and win. Bitter after years without success, Abdul is determined to win the title that has eluded him. When Abdul kills his opponent in the ring, his popularity soars. Filled Read more…
2014, USA, Director: Tegan Shohet, Producers: Christina Dow and Anne Sawyier; 18 min. After his pregnant wife kicks him out over gambling debts, Jack stays with his best friend, Dave. When Dave offers to split the proceeds of a stolen lottery ticket, Jack jumps at the chance, hoping the windfall Read more…
2014, USA, Director: Lisa F. Jackson Producer: Marjorie Schwartz Nielson; 76 min. Through the intimate portraits of five student survivors, It Happened Here exposes the alarming pervasiveness of sexual assault on college campuses, the institutional cover-ups, and the failure to protect students. The film also gives voice to the burgeoning Read more…
2015, Ireland, Director: Hannah Quinn, Cinematographer: Tim Fleming; 13 min. When high tide traps a man and a woman on a barren rock off the coast of Ireland, the couple is forced to confront the reality of their damaged relationship. My Bonnie is the debut comedic drama about love on Read more…
2014, USA, Director: Terry Lamb, Producers: Terry Lamb and David Usner; 8 min. All Faraz wants to do is see his family. Then he is detained at an airport en route to Washington D.C. Based on his name, Middle Eastern features, and a fingernail cleaner, Faraz is subjected to relentless Read more…
2014, USA, Directors/Producers: Jilann Spitzmiller and Hank Rogerson; 93 min. A group of retired entertainers live out their days at the Lillian Booth Actors Home. When the Home’s administrators urge residents to mount a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the retirees tackle the project with enthusiasm, skill, and a Read more…
2014, USA, Director: Moon Molson, Producer: Pelin Uzay; 17 min. When two uniformed soldiers show up on her doorstep, Sayeeda Porter is faced with news she can’t bring herself to accept. Soon, life in the Harlem housing project she calls home is running interference for Sayeeda’s grief. As the grim Read more…
2015, USA, Director: Ted Martland, Producers: David Breschel and Ariel Heller; 14 min. Daniel is a young veteran attempting to assimilate to life as a civilian. Hoping to transition from a soldier to an actor, Daniel settles in Los Angeles and begins taking acting classes. When Daniel’s drama teacher pushes Read more…
2015, USA, Director: Josh Hope, Producers: Tommy Beardmore, Christopher Hong, Josh Hope, and Mikki Raphael Rosenberg; 95 min. Riley is stuck in a dead-end job and a failing marriage. When he discovers his wife’s infidelity, Riley quits his job and embarks on a cross-country road trip. Hoping to discover where Read more…
2014, USA and Belize, Director/Producer: Lucas Martelli; 10 min. In the not too distant future, all the seas have disappeared. A courageous young female pilot battles vicious sky pirates for control over the last remaining source of water—the clouds. Featuring old, beat-up planes cobbled together from aviation graveyards, The OceanMaker Read more…
2014, USA, Directors/Producers: Peter Getzels and Harriet Gordon; 67 min. Armed with low tech gear and high-minded notions that penguin populations hold the key to human survival, Ron Naveen lays bare his 30 year love affair with Antarctica, the world’s most pristine scientific laboratory. ‘The Penguin Counters’ is a treacherous, Read more…
2015, Germany and USA, Director: Jacob Frey, Producer: Anna Matacz; 4 min. Most of the time, Jake is so engrossed in his video games that he pays little attention to the world outside. One day, his mom decides to give her son a little surprise. Jake is so fascinated with Read more…
2011, Australia, Director and Producer: James Francis Khehtie; 14 min. Adapted from a short story by John Boyne, the award-winning author of “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” The Telegram Man explores the impact of World War II on a close-knit Australian farming community. Starring Australian and international screen legends Read more…
2014, Israel, Director: Inbar Horesh, Producer: Maya Zaydman; 26 min. Hagar makes a reluctant visit to a nursing home in Jerusalem to visit her father. Unable to face him, Hagar flees down the corridor, and through one misstep after another, becomes trapped in the building. Soon Hagar’s simple visit has Read more…
2013, USA, Directors: Richard Barber and Andre Lambertson, Producer: Richard Barber; 89 min. Members of three school marching bands grow up in New Orleans, America’s most musical city, and one of its most dangerous. As their band directors get them ready to perform in the Mardi Gras parades, the students Read more…
The Light Thief 2015, Bahrain and Spain, Director and Producer: Eva Daoud; 19 min. What happens when the essence of Love is snatched from somebody and locked away in a vessel with no name? Can these broken-hearted souls overcome dark forces to break the curse and recover from their pain? Read more…
2014, Hungary, Director: Réka Bucsi, Producer: József Fülöp; 10 min. Symphony no. 42 offers a biting satire of humanity’s dependence on and exploitation of animals. In this thought-provoking animation, animals assume human characteristics, while people behave like animals in an ever-evolving kaleidoscope of unsettling images and sounds. Set to the Read more…
2014, Moldova, Director/Producer: Dmitri Voloshin; 5 min. A shipwrecked pirate receives an unwelcome visit from the Grim Reaper and uses his wits to cheat death. Then the Grim Reaper begins squandering the pirate’s hard-won treasure, skipping gold doubloons over the waves and using precious jewels as bait. Soon, the pirate Read more…
2015, USA, Director: Vern Moen, Producers: David Price and Jonathon Wang; 40 min. The same miracle material that has enabled us to land on the moon, rebuild a human heart, and curb epidemics is overlooked by humanity and treated as a disposable, single-use product. Its name is Plastic, one of Read more…
2015, USA, Director: Director: Jason Zeldes, Producer: Michael Klein; 93 min. Donte Clark’s poetic voice was honed on the violent street corners of Richmond, CA. Rather than succumbing to the pressures of a struggling city, Clark inspires a group of like-minded youth to mount an urban adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo Read more…
2015, Mexico and USA, Director: Matthew Heineman; Producers: Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin; 100 min. In the drug wars waged along the US-Mexico border, there are no heroes or winners, only an endless cycle of greed and violence. Cartel Land explores the moral complexities, economic pressures, and very human failings Read more…
2014, USA and Brazil, Director: Dominic Gill, Producer: Nadia Boctor; 24 min. Follow climbing instructor Andrew Lenz in his quest to build a youth outreach program in Brazil’s largest slum, a neighborhood plagued by gang violence and drug addiction. Through weekly climbing expeditions among the cliffs above their favelas, the Read more…
2013, USA, Director: Robert Enriquez, Producers: Yousseff Amegrane, Drew Brody, Alma Enriquez, Robert Enriquez, Jason Loh, Basil Mangra, Jonathon McClain, and JoBeth Williams; 7 min. When Grace walks into the Queen of Persia Gold Emporium, all she wants is to get in and out with some badly needed cash. Things Read more…
2014, USA, Director: Jimmy Gadd; 26 min. Born with Aspergers, Darren Meadows has spent a lifetime using his fascination with technology to avoid the messiness of human emotions. A solitary walk on a seemingly deserted beach becomes the stage for a life-changing experience when Darren meets a young woman trying Read more…
2015, USA, Director: Brantley Jones, Producers: Tati Barrantes, Ben Hethcoat, and Brantley Jones; 12 min. A young man’s fascination with the Civil War becomes a problem as he uses his hobby to escape the realities of fatherhood. Things come to a head when Stuckey abandons his girlfriend and newborn for Read more…
2014, USA, Director: Jon Lance Bacon, Producer: Steven P. Neilson; 18 min. On a blind date with a charming young woman, a film student thinks he’s met The One. There’s just one problem. His obsessive compulsive disorder threatens to derail the evening. Can Jared keep his OCD on the down Read more…
2014, Israel, Director: Oren Gerner, Producers: Yoav Birenfeld and Litel Maizel; 17 min. Leaving home is never simple. For Oren, moving in with his girlfriend is an opportunity to break away from his family and establish his own identity. However, the simple act of packing his belongings exposes unresolved family Read more…
2015, Australia, Director: Genevieve Clay-Smith, Producer: Eleanor Winkler; 20 min. I am Emmanuel follows an African refugee and his family as they cope with a legacy of genocide, civil war, and the disappearance of their husband and father. Torn between his desire for connection and his mistrust of the outside Read more…
2014, USA, Director: Liz Manashil, Producers: Stephen Gibler, Tiffany L. Gray, and Valerie Weiss; 89 min. Misfit Amelia, a thirty year old virgin, has her hands full when two very different men begin pursuing her. One embraces chaos while the other scrambles to keep his life together. In the midst Read more…
2015, USA, Directors and Producers: Evangelos and George Giovanis; 100 min. Diagnosed with a terminal illness, Garvey wants nothing more than to die on his own terms. However, Garvey’s determination to end his life blinds him to his wife’s fading memory. When Evelyn disappears on their 40th anniversary, Garvey must Read more…
2015, USA, Director/Producer: Linda J. Brown; 71 min. Filmmaker Linda Brown’s father embodied 1960s masculinity. When a devastating stroke leaves him vulnerable and dependent, Linda confronts the silence surrounding his troubled and violent past. Drawing on home movies, family photos and interviews, she reveals secrets, uncovers lies, and discovers a Read more…
2015, Germany, Director: Susan Boeing, Producer: Andrea Karkut; 26 min. A recently widowed professor (Walter) is diagnosed with a terminal illness that will rob him of sight and coherent thought. Unwilling to burden his son, who is moving to Geneva, Walter agrees to look into nursing homes. Then an encounter Read more…
2014, USA, Director: Frank Hall Green, Producers: Julie Christeas, Frank Hall Green, Joseph Stephans, and Schuyler Weiss; 104 min. With a deceased father and addict mother, jaded, street smart Mackenzie is used to chaos. Sent to Alaska to live with her uncle, Mackenzie runs away when the relationship turns abusive. Read more…
2014, Spain, Director: Javier Fesser, Producer: Luis Manso; 28 min. Anni wishes her school had Internet, just like her cousin’s school in Alegre Vista. Then she could finally get the answer to some burning questions, like how to cure cattle diseases and whether local mines will hurt her village. When Read more…
2015, USA, Directors: Ian and Eshom Nelms, Producers: Brad Johnson and John J. Kelly; 90 min. Waffle Street is the true story of Jimmy Adams, VP of a $30 billion hedge fund, who loses his job and finds work as a waiter at a waffle shop. Amidst the greasy madness Read more…
2015, USA, Director/Producer: Scott Storm; 19 min. Living in poverty and with a nagging hunger, ten-year-old Tommy Willis seeks solace in the wilderness. When he stumbles across a lone, withering apple tree deep in the woods, Tommy is horrified by its condition. It has been vandalized and the surrounding area Read more…