Feature

American Sunset

Feature Film - USA - 01:33:00
Produced by Jackie Giroux, Marc Savoie
Written by Jackie Giroux
Directed by Michael Masucci

Corey Haim and Frank Molina star in this riveting thriller about a husband who awakens to find his wife missing and then receives a call from a mysterious voice asking, “Wanna play a game?" The game is simple: a clue, a riddle, and if answered correctly, it brings them one-step closer to rescuing his wife, but one wrong answer… one missed deadline and the consequences will be fatal.

Big Boy

Feature Film - USA - 01:22:28
Produced by Thomas Hackett, Willie Rockefeller
Written by Thomas Hackett
Directed by Thomas Hackett

Big Boy is a coming-of-age story, only here the person coming of age is a 46-year-old divorced mother. Holly Grace doesn't realize how empty her life has become as a pharmaceutical rep until she gets lured into singing in her son's band. Her 22-year-old son David isn't thrilled with any of this – with his mother's self-discovery or her romance with his best friend. While his mother struggles to embrace her talent, David must come to terms with his own limitations. For neither mother nor son is this an easy process, bringing out long-buried resentments in their relationship.

Cargo

Feature Film - USA - 01:26:45
Produced by Abigail Honor, Chris Cooper, Yan Vizinberg
Written by Yan Vizinberg
Directed by Yan Vizinberg

A young Russian woman, smuggled into America by human traffickers, and a notorious Egyptian transporter, hired to drive her from the Mexican border to New York City, form an unlikely bond that transforms them and threatens to derail the traffickers' plans.

Currency

Feature Film - USA - 01:25:00
Produced by Brad Rosier, Julie Rosier
Written by Brad Rosier
Directed by Brad Rosier
www.currencymovie.com

Several lives are observed over the course of 8o years. A writer asks why we live. A child asks why we die. Mobsters ask why life has value. An old woman asks why we are alone. A scientist asks why there is anything at all. They all want to know why. And they all die.

Far Away Eyes

Feature Film - Hong Kong - 01:28:00
Produced by Maria Lo-Orzel
Written by Stanley J. Orzel
Directed by Stanley J. Orzel

In Hong Kong an ace hit man reluctantly meets with three professional colleagues to resolve unfinished business. Over an elaborate meal in a hotel suite, the four highly skilled assassins reminisce about the past and ponder the future.

In a tense and highly claustrophobic setting, accusations fly, lines are drawn and secrets are revealed. It all culminates to a brutal exchange and an explosive showdown where no one is safe.

Girls! Girls! Girls!

Feature Film - USA - 02:00:00
Written by Jenn Fee, Beth Grant, Tracie Laymon, Lauren Miller, Sandra J. Payne, Shana Sosin, Barbara Stepansky, Vanessa Claire Stewart
Directed by Beth Grant, Tracie Laymon, Jennifer Chambers Lynch, Shana Sosin, Barbara Stepansky, America Young

"Girls Girls Girls" is a dynamic movement that is proactively creating more opportunities in key artistic roles for female filmmakers, while fostering mentorships with young women.

Three gals, Jenn Fee, April Wade and America Young, have embarked on a journey to create a compilation showcase consisting of 6 shorts produced, directed, written, edited and shot by women filmmakers. Follow them through this adventure - all the trials and triumphs, fiascoes, escapades, and downright amazing things that happen when women work together!

Heaven's Rain

Feature Film - USA - 01:45:00
Produced by Brooks Douglass, Courtney Morris, David McCann, Larry Moss, Paul Brown
Written by Paul Brown
Directed by Brooks Douglass, Paul Brown

Heaven's Rain is the powerful true story of one family's love, loss, and ultimate triumph over tragedy.

Brooks and Leslie Douglass grew up in a home filled with love and compassion. Their father was a renowned pastor and their mother, a talented singer. In 1979, their lives changed in a night. Two drug-crazed drifters invaded the Douglass' Oklahoma home and shot them all, leaving the parents dead and the children clinging to life.

Initially sent into an emotional tailspin, Brooks regained his footing, became Oklahoma's youngest state senator, and championed important victims' rights legislation. But his seemingly 'got it all' life hid financial, marital, and emotional troubles. It is not until he confronts the killer that he is able to move forward from his past.

Nie Ten Czlowiek (Odd One Out)

Feature Film - Poland - 00:01:27
Produced by PAWEŁ WENDORFF
Written by PAWEŁ WENDORFF
Directed by Paweł Wendorff, Piotr Chrzan

The film is a surreal collage of interrelated threads revolving around history of thirty-year-old Kuba who, with his parents' encouragement, decides to take his first job. Though none too convinced, he starts work as a delivery man. Having set out on his first delivery soon after he witnesses a traffic accident. He ends up giving a statement at the police station. And his plans begin to unravel. By a twist of fate Kuba has no idea about the significance of the part he will have to play on this particular day.

No Lost Cause

Feature Film - USA - 02:06:00
Produced by Ashley Raymer-Brown, Rachael Yeager
Written by Ashley Raymer- Brown
Directed by Rachael Yeager

A young, Agnostic woman is bound to a wheelchair after a car crash that left her paralyzed. Now, Beth Ann Collins is forced to live with her estranged Christian father, Billy, with the fear that she will never be able to walk again. Irate and confused, she takes her anger out on her father, her new idealistic acquaintance Nick, and God. While Beth Ann is determined to remain locked in her bedroom, Billy and Nick help her realize that God's love for her is unending. She comes to accept Christ into her life and with that, love is redefined for her.

Paper Airplane

Feature Film - USA- 01:06:16
Produced by Dave Heinzel
Written by Dave Heinzel

Jason Frank, a high schooler obsessed with conspiracy theories, loses the confidence of his friends after one too many failed secret missions. When he discovers that the principal of his high school has created a mind-control substance she is using to take over the city, he sets out alone to save the day. His fate will end up in the hands of his friends, who will have to overcome obstacles, outsmart the security guards and face their arch nemesis - Stanley Duncan, hall monitor.

Paradise Recovered

Feature Film - USA - 01:35:18
Produced by Andie Redwine, Storme Wood
Written by Storme Wood
Directed by Andie Redwine

Esther Harris, a young woman praised for her virtue and devotion to Warren F. Vanderbilt's Prophetic Watchman Ministries, has been given the opportunity of a lifetime – to attend Vanderbilt's Kingdom Bible College and to marry Phillip Sawyer, the son of a minister and a Kingdom student being groomed for the ministry.
When the fundamentalist Christian sect falls on hard times, Esther looks for employment at a local health food store to supplement the group's income.
At the store, Esther gets a chance to share her faith with her new manager, Gabriel, a devout skeptic and preacher's kid, and his roommate, Mark, a college drop-out who finds Christian television to be great entertainment.
When Phillip's father, David, excommunicates Esther for committing a terrible sin, Gabriel's constant challenges and Mark's playfulness open Esther's mind to new experiences and new questions. The friendship with Gabriel and Mark help Esther determine her human worth while helping her reframe her faith in a whole new light.

Pig Business

Feature Film - USA, United Kingdom - 00:56:22
Produced by Tracy Worcester
Written by Tracy Worcester

Documenting eco warrior Tracy Worcester's three year investigation into intensive pig farming and the damaging impact it is having on the quality of our food, the environment, and the health and welfare of agricultural communities. Pig Business follows the Marchioness as she infiltrates farms in Europe and America, where she meets up with charismatic campaigner Robert Kennedy Junior and also confronts the biggest firm in the pig business.

Redneck Roots

Feature Film - USA - 01:18:23
Produced by Heidi Dove, Lisa Gergley, Robin Grey
Written by Joanne Hock
Directed by Joanne Hock

When Crystalynne is called home for her sister's high school graduation, she hides the truth about her redneck roots and sneaks back into the Deep South leaving her Yankee boyfriend Ben behind - or so she thinks.

Ben tracks Chris below the Mason-Dixon line only to find himself stranded in a world of backyard bubbas, intern police officers, and an out-of-bounds radio deejay with a not so secret crush. Throw in a Jesus-lovin Mamma, a juice-lovin' Daddy, a trash-talkin' Granny, and a sex-sizzlin' sister and you've got a recipe for Southern-friend mayhem.

Sedona

Feature Film - USA - 01:30:00
Produced by March Sterling, Tommy Stovall
Written by Tommy Stovall
Directed by Tommy Stovall

Visitors to mystical Sedona encounter eccentric characters and a series of fateful disasters that lead them to unexpected miracles.

Soda Springs

Feature Film - USA - 01:52:00
Produced by Gary Hollie, Jay Pickett, Mike Feifer, Jamer Roush
Written by Jay Pickett, Mike Feifer
Directed by Mike Feifer

Jay Pickett, Victoria Pratt and Tom Skerritt star in this beautifully photographed, heartfelt drama about a man's struggles to claim his future by confronting his past.

Eden Jackson is returning to his hometown to pick up the pieces of the life he was forced to leave eight years earlier when he was sent to prison for manslaughter. This proves to be more difficult than expected as Eden is faced with a town not yet ready nor willing to forgive. The road is not an easy one as old demons resurface to threaten everything Eden has fought to overcome.

An 'old friend,' a 'new love' and a rekindled passion for music open the path to his salvation. On this journey of redemption and self-acceptance, Eden Jackson's life affects many others along the way and affirms that often the only way to the light is through the darkness.

The Deposition

Feature Film - USA - 01:25:30
Produced by Edward Mensore
Written by Edward Mensore
Directed by Edward Mensore

When a man accidentally causes a car wreck that kills his former lover, his life is derailed and his mind is splintered with guilt and the subsequent uncertainty about what exactly happened. Now, a shell of his former self, he must piece together his identity, escape the harsh judgment of the community, and reconcile conflicting court testimonies of others involved in the events that lead to that tragic night.

The Measure Of A Man

Feature Film - USA - 01:51:00
Produced by Andrew Waite, Elizabeth Waite, Gregory Waite
Written by Andrew Waite, Elizabeth Waite
Directed by Elizabeth Waite

At the bedside of her dying father, Elizabeth remembers the life of this extraordinary man. After being raised in an orphanage during the great depression, Donald Bailey sets out on his own at the age of 15 to make a place for himself in the world. He meets the 14 year old daughter of migrant farm laborers, and together they break the cycle of poverty and ignorance This is the inspirational true story of a man who left an indelible mark on his wife and 9 children that would be passed on for generations. His love of life, his optimism, his creative nature, and his golden voice will never be forgotten, and his songs will always be sung.

Trouble Maker

Feature Film - USA - 01:32:00
Produced by Geeta Malik
Written by Geeta Malik
Directed by Geeta Malik

Rekha (Pranidhi Varshney) has a bad temper and a bad case of writer's block. While she lashes out at everyone around her, her life spirals further and further out of control. One by one, her friends are moving on with life, while Rekha is stuck in her dead-end waitressing job. And, unlike her friends, she doesn't have her parents to fall back on when times get rough.
But one day, Rekha overhears surprising news about her newly surfaced, suddenly rich father, a man absent from her life for over ten years. She decides it's time to confront him and make him pay for all the trouble he's caused her since he left. Rekha convinces her best friend, Omar (Peter Pasco), to take her on a road trip to find her father. Along the way, they rekindle a messy romance, and when Rekha finally sees her father for who he is, she must decide whether to stay mired in her quarterlife crisis, or if it's time to finally grow up.

Whatever Makes You Happy

Feature Film - USA - 01:57:30
Produced by A. T. Sayre, Ben Chou, Fritz Ceriales
Written by A. T. Sayre
Directed by A. T. Sayre

Exploring the all too common trappings of dissatisfaction and infidelity in the relationships of urban twenty somethings, Whatever Makes You Happy tells the story of Anna and Alex, two fundamentally different people.
Anna is a practical and bookish grad student. She lives a comfortable, yet safe life of study, friends, and her long time boyfriend Kevin. Alex is a musician, living the carefree urban hipster lifestyle, perfectly happy to coast through life unencumbered.
Everything changes when by chance Anna and Alex meet through friends and connect in a way neither of them expected. This unlikely pair start a fiercely heated affair, putting both of their worlds in jeopardy. Is what they have together enough to survive the damage it causes?