My Bother’s Keeper
Cole, a boxer, is responsible for his younger brother Keegan, but underground fighting is a tough way to pay the bills. When complications arise, Cole has to decide whether to fight for what he believes in most.
Stand Still
The darkness of postnatal depression threatens to overwhelm Susannah, but a chance encounter with Rupa might be the help she needs.
Third Kind
Earth has been abandoned for a long time now and the human race has found refuge in outer space. Three archeologists return to Earth to investigate where a mysterious five-tone signal is coming from.
Circle of Fourths
When the seasons mysteriously reverse their order, an artist seeks to channel the energy to resurrect her dead husband.
Henet Ward
Halima, a Sudanese henna painter, goes to prepare a young Egyptian bride (Basma) for her wedding. Under the watchful eyes of Halima's daughter Ward, the encounter between the two women grows from complicity to suddenly unveiled tensions.
Changing Room
A teenage girl in Iran is a model unbeknown to her traditional and religious father. At her sister’s wedding, her father finds out about her job. The girl, who has spent her income to help her sister get married, realizes that her sister has exposed her to her father. The father scissors her long hair, but she tries to continue her career with her new style.
The Voice of the Voiceless
Indie rapper Marcel "FloStorm" Jones reflects on his experiences as a protestor who was arrested during the George Floyd-inspired protests during the late spring of 2020.
Temper
What do we all have in common? In the landscape of life, Temper explores the emotional trips of the human condition. Through a series of street interviews and deeper dive portraits, New Yorkers share their feelings and experiences on love, loneliness, addiction, motherhood, identity, connection, and purpose.
The Door Across The Hall
After an innocent immigrant mother is left no choice but to abandon her child, a now matured orphan searches for a sense of home.
Networking Lunch
Networking Lunch is a short comedic film about a woman who agrees to meet up with her ex for lunch. It stars Kimberly Michelle Vaughn (Second City) and David Pasquesi (VEEP, Angels & Demons) and was written and directed by Melissa McGlensey.
Feminist Theory and How It Relates to the Patriarchal Dividend
Esperanza and Cameron, a young lesbian couple, want to go out for a peaceful drink. Esperanza has just returned to their progressive home in Los Angeles after a visit to her not-so-progressive hometown. But a series of events involving some less-than-respectful people leaves us all wondering...can they go anywhere without being propositioned?
Don’t Try This Alone
Commanded by the matriarch of the family to quit smoking cigarettes, Benny and Kevin embark on separate missions to stop the habit. As they each struggle to employ various schemes to kick the habit, they realize they can only tackle this massive task together. But as they team up to get rid of their addiction once and for all, the temptations to return to their old ways prove to be harder to resist. Soon things begin to spiral further and further into the wrong direction, leading this father and son duo down a path they may regret.
Speak Only Good of the Dead
Speak Only Good of the Dead is a science fiction/drama short film in which a lovesick mathematician discovers that EPICAC, the military supercomputer he works with, is actually sentient. After teaching EPICAC about love & poetry, he attempts to use the machine to win the heart of his beautiful co-worker, Pat Kilgallen, by claiming EPICAC's poetry as his own.