Shoot

Directed by Veronica Rodriguez
USA, 2019, 12 min.

Inspired by real events, two prestige auction houses engage in the ancient form of ritualized combat, Rochambeau, for a coveted $20 million art collection.

Producers: Aaron Bergman, Jay Ellis
Cast: Jay Ellis, John Gemberling, Ally Maki, Raymond Lee, Lonnie Chavis, Txunamy Ortiz


 
Girl Callin

Directed by Tiffany J. Johnson
USA, 2020, 14 min.

After a drug deal goes awry, two best buds make a presumably careless decision that not only jeopardizes their relationship, but possibly their lives.

 

Writer Adrienne Childress

Producer: Adrienne Childress
Cast: Kate Berlant, Griffin Matthews, Courtney Sauls

 

Wingmen

Directed by Nicole Emanuele
USA, 2019, 15 min.

Sara’s bachelorette party is going off without a hitch until she and her maid of honor get a call to report for active duty that threatens wedding plans. These two twenty-somethings have been training for years to be deployed by the U.S. Air Force, so they’ve got this, right?

Producers: Steven Farneth, Erica Fishman
Writer: Nicole Emanuele
Cast: Jaz Sinclair, Ana Coto, Samantha Boscarino

 

Human Terrain

Directed by Parisa Barani
USA, 2019, 16 min.

An American anthropologist is working in Iraq for the Human Terrain System, a real-life military initiative created to bridge the cultural divide. She befriends a Muslim Iraqi woman and finds herself caught in the middle of an ethical dilemma, forced to choose between their friendship and loyalty to her country.

Producers: Thomai Hatsios, Daniel Leighton
Writers: Parisa Barani, Jennifer Blackmer
Cast: Maggie Siff, Sarita Choudhury, Aariq Manji, Scott MacDonald, Michael Felix

 

Jack and Jo Don’t Want to Die

Directed by Kantú Lentz
USA, 2019, 19 min.

A disillusioned man, Jack, works the night shift at a freezing facility where people choose to halt their lives. His life takes a turn on the night he chooses to freeze his own body when he meets Jo, a terminally ill girl being unfrozen early due to a lack of funds.

Producers: Roja Gashtili, Erica Fishman
Writer: Kantú Lentz
Cast: Justin Kirk, Olivia Edwards, Moses Storm



Dorothea’s Blues

Directed by Channing Godfrey Peoples
USA, 2019, 15 min.

The story of an African-American woman who is rocked to her core when a national news event opens up an old wound.

Producer: Neil Williams
Writer: Channing Godfrey Peoples
Cast: Tonea Stewart



White Echo

Directed by Chloë Sevigny
USA, 2019, 16 min.

Carla believes she may have inner powers. As she and her friends play a game of Ouija, group dynamics ensue: power of persuasion, belief, and frenzy. When she is visited by a spirit, she must confront the supernatural powers she claims to possess.

Producer: Lizzie Nastro
Writer: Chloë Sevigny
Cast: Kate Lyn Sheil, Alison Sudol, Hailey Benton Gates, Eleonore Hendricks