Featured Projects

Liyana
Genre: Documentary

A talented group of orphaned children in Swaziland dive into their imaginations to create an original African tale about a girl on a dangerous quest.  +

The Slabs
Genre: Drama

Two homeless brothers brave the summer heat in their newfound home of Slab City and confront their painful past.  +

Send a Voice
Genre: Documentary

A young Lakota mother fights to do the best she can for her children in this poetic meditation on motherhood, trauma, and healing.  +

Displaced
Genre: Documentary

DISPLACED is a neglected history of Lithuanian emigration and Russian oppression.  After WWII, many Eastern Europeans prepared to flee the Soviet Union with its expanding web  +

Stormy Feathers
Genre: Comedy

Venus mandates a mission to save romance as a young man navigates grief. Will romance be restored? Prepare your wings, it's time to fly!  +

Tattoo Mike: The Illustrated Man
Genre: Documentary

A young artist with a fatal medical condition comes to New York City to have his face tattooed so he can live the life of a carnival sideshow performer, years before a sideshow  +

"1 in 100"
Genre: Student Film

A documentary focusing on an overnight camp for children with congenital heart conditions and the soul, love, and community that shapes it.  +

#UNFIT
Genre: Documentary

#UNFIT is a feature-length documentary film in which medical doctors, mental health professionals and leading Republican influencers go on the record,  +

Ayahuasca Diaries
Genre: Documentary

Ayahuasca Diaries, made with Amazonian tribes and contemporary scientists, is a film about an elixir transforming personal lives and world culture.  +

Million Dollar Block
Genre: Documentary

A complex portrait of a neighborhood and its inhabitants, Million Dollar Block gives us a window into one public housing development on the precipice of change. The film’s  +

AFTER THE WAR
Genre: Documentary

The insidious nature of post-traumatic stress, and the complex question of how it's healed, is explored through the personal journeys of three American combat veterans from  +

Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
Genre: Experimental

Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps is a filmed interpretation of Scott Turner Schofield’s transgender performance piece embodying the experience of becoming a man.  +

Miss Mermaid
Genre: Drama

May travels from Taipei to New York and discovers a secret life her sister has been keeping from her and their distanced mother.  +

TOTAL SUN
Genre: Documentary

TOTAL SUN is a feature documentary that takes you on a spiritual journey deep into the heart of Venice Beach's homeless community. With unparalleled access to  +

Subsurface
Genre: Drama

Trapped and alone, a young man must confront the pain he's endured when he finds himself face-to-face with consequence.  +

Lights Camera Uganda
Genre: Documentary

Uganda’s “Tarantino of the slums” Isaac Nabwana overcomes everything to build his action movie studio in the ghetto. Now he faces his biggest challenge yet.  +

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