Featured Projects

Paramours
Genre: Drama

A unique predicament erupts between best friends, one gay and one straight, as their deeply co-dependent relationship splinters when a woman comes between them.  +

The Organist
Genre: Documentary

The longtime organist at San Francisco’s iconic Castro Theatre — an underrecognized LGBTQ artist at the end of his career — attempts to secure his legacy.  +

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  +

Rooted
Genre: Documentary

GERMAINE JENKINS—urban farmer, activist, and a Black mother—is taking on the power structure in North Charleston, SC, to save her cooperative farm, Fresh Future Farm  +

Untitled Internet Archive Film
Genre: Documentary

In a bold effort to save the Internet’s “Great Library” from ruin, tech trailblazer Brewster Kahle—founder of the Internet Archive—battles the powerful  +

Heart of Lumber
Genre: Comedy

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

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.  +

Western Conviction
Genre: Drama

1879 Prescott AZ, four local friends aim to get rich and find love influenced by notable characters: Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday, Geronimo, Wyatt Earp and Celia Ann Blaylock, all  +

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.  +

Floating Daisies
Genre: Drama

As the anniversary of her sister's death approaches, Charlie is unexpectedly confronted by her estranged mother's sudden reappearance, igniting a turbulent journey of confronting  +

"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.  +

ARUKU ( I Walk )
Genre: Documentary

A soul-searching filmmaker documents chance encounters with fellow pilgrims who set out on a renowned Japanese pilgrimage extant since the 12th century.   +

Buried
Genre: Drama

Buried, a hybrid narrative and experimental film, explores the physical and surreal surrounding work burnout, stress and rage.  +

In Loving Memory
Genre: Drama

An old, lonely man coping with the death of his only brother is reunited with his estranged son for the upcoming funeral.  +

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.  +

Dear Michelle
Genre: Comedy

A trio of pre-teen misfits must rally their small town Southern community to save their local ice rink from closing in the summer of 2002.  +

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