Matilda Corley Schulman

While burying their newest secret (a dead husband), two sisters find themselves forced to confront every secret and hungry desire between them in the middle of the California desert…

Joan Cassin

Why We Left is a visually poetic short film about a couple attempting to escape the grief of losing their child by leaving behind everything they know.

Ursula Ellis

New York septuagenarian Arlene’s daily routine of “doing the research,” terrorizing her AA group, and harassing service workers is upended by the arrival of party girl neighbor, Audrey. But when Audrey brings home an unexpected pet, an even more unexpected bond is formed.

Sean Kirby

In 1964, Vermont dairy farmer Romaine Tenney tragically struggles to maintain his traditional existence as the construction of an interstate highway tears through the land he loves.

Andrea R. Ciobanu

After surviving the moment he was meant to die, a man must confront a mysterious woman and the watch that binds him to the past.

Vivian Ip

The return of an old love quietly fractures a filmmaker’s celebratory night, as a private past begins to reveal itself in the story she chose to tell.

Annie Rhodes Kane

A coming of age story about a high school girl who finds herself uncontrollably turning invisible.

Jennifer Dottin-Rossi and Alicia (Lee) Slimmer

A gifted teenager spirals under grief and life’s crushing blows as his unstable father resurfaces, demanding custody, awakening his mother’s protection from beyond the grave. 

P. Antonio Márquez

Near the end of the Mexican-American War, two hunted rogues hiding in an irrigation ditch must choose between freedom and risking their lives one last time to save a child from a brutal U.S. frontiersman.

KELLY COCHRAN-YZQUIERDO

Following the sudden, suspected suicide of her wife, a grieving widow must navigate the shattering weight of her loss while facing a tense confrontation with her conservative mother-in-law over her late wife's remains.

BRENT LAMBERT-ZAFFINO

You, Me, & Evil is a horror-dramedy about a closeted, bi nerd, who takes his boyfriend on vacation. But his ex-girlfriend crashes. Also, the place’s run by a cult. It’s Please Like Me meets Midsommar.

JEFF PHUNGGLAN

A Thai-American woman searching for her missing brother uncovers an America where immigrants aren’t deported or detained—they’re replaced.

OONA AND MACCABEE MONTANDON

Two estranged childhood best friends meet at a party seven years after they last spoke and confront the state of their lives, their ambitions, and what is left of their friendship.

JAINA CIPRIANO

When Billie, a woman tormented by a lifelong phobia of vomiting, discovers she’s pregnant, she’s thrust into surreal confrontations with her mother, brother, and childhood teddy bear, where grotesque family rituals force her to face the horror she’s avoided all her life.

EMILY TROEDSON

After a mysterious encounter with an Ojibwe Healer transports her to a shadow world, a Métis woman begins her journey to reclaim herself and her stolen land.

ALEE RUGGIERI

An intimate evening turns vengeful after a woman is stealthed by her romantic partner.

MOLLY LOFTUS AND EMILY MANSFIELD

Located on the shores of Squam Lake in New Hampshire, Holderness has upheld the old tradition of ice harvesting for over a century, which uses ice from the winter to cool the town’s residences in the summer. However, environmental factors and dwindling community support has left the ice harvesting tradition in danger.

CHISOM CHIEKE

As cultures clash and insufferable parents meddle, a first generation Nigerian American and her Black southerner fiancee must decide between being true to themselves or trying to live up to their families expectation…a risk to their happily ever after. 

GARDEN STATE SCREENWRITERS

A grandfather weaves together terrifying tales of New Jersey for his granddaughter as they drive down the Garden State Parkway to what awaits them at... Exit Zero.

LINDSEY COPELAND

In the early summer of 2004, four childhood friends reunite at the beach shortly after high school graduation as they face decisions that will change their lives forever.