Featured Projects

Heart of Lumber
Genre: Comedy

Raised by a cult of talking antique furniture, Sadie’s life changes the day she makes her first friend.  +

The Long Walk of Carlos Guerrero
Genre: Drama

The odyssey of survival of an undocumented New York city chef and a young girl from El Salvador, after they get stranded in the deserts of Arizona.  +

SWINE
Genre: Drama

After his dream restaurant fails, a world class chef returns home to start fresh, only to find himself being dragged into the dark criminal underbelly when he goes into business  +

SELFLESS
Genre: Drama

A devoted mother, desperate to fulfill her and her husband’s American promise for their son, enacts a tragic plan to secure her son’s future—forcing her family  +

Jersey Boy
Genre: Drama

A Sikh boy growing up in suburban New Jersey struggles with his identity after a family tragedy in the aftermath of 9/11.  +

Umi -The Sea-
Genre: Drama

After a tsunami devastate Northern Japan, a spared fisherman learns how to dive to search for the remains of his missing wife but a freak diving accident forces him to reconcile  +

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.  +

Hand Holds: Climbing after Parenthood
Genre: Documentary

This free-to-watch web series explores the challenges of rock climbing after parenthood through short conversations with parents who are well-known pro climbers.  +

Between Us and the River
Genre: Drama

Two college students in love must reconcile their relationship when they find themselves on opposing sides of a war in which they wanted no part.  +

Haunted Basement
Genre: Horror

An imaginative young boy must confront a nightmarish monster that lives in the basement and cannot be seen by his parents.  +

To Live
Genre: Documentary

Spurred by her own desire to feel whole, a young filmmaker rushes against time to capture her grandmother’s life in a small village in Belarus when family secrets begin to  +

Fukushima Now
Genre: Documentary

FUKUSHIMA NOW is an interdisciplinary Film/VR documentary about the 2011 Fukushima accident on its 10th anniversary.  +

Tree Hunter: Portrait of an American Artist
Genre: Documentary

An acclaimed regional artist and trail tree explorer, Dennis Downes, ties us to nature and our indigenous past.   +

The Chemical Factory
Genre: Documentary

While reminiscing about childhood in 1980's Oregon, Andrew Leung faces cultural divide through the story of his mother's struggle in 1960's communist China.  +

Rishta
Genre: Drama

A dependent little brother fears losing his only friend when his big sister is introduced to a potential rishta (suitor) during an Eid gathering.  +

Dream Boy
Genre: Student Film

After a curious dream, a rosy-lensed yet romance-oblivious girl mistakenly takes an analytical approach in discovering the identity of her secret admirer.  +

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