Category: New Entries

07/2018 New Entries

Jewel of the Pacific

What happens when a sleepy beach town starts transforming? Surfers move in. Beach and surf revolution begins. Next, college students make it a bustling neighborhood of their own. Then come the entrepreneurs and work professionals, demanding better restaurants, better bars, better fitness options, and of course their own farmers market. Cost of living starts going up, pushing out original residents. Happened in New York City in the 80’s, then San Francisco in the 90’s. Now gentrification is spreading across the United States and perhaps the world. Join us in exploring this topic with Jewel of the Pacific. In the heart of San Diego, California. Pacific Beach. Directed by Eladio Arvelo (USA)

07/2018 New Entries

A Wreckoning

When a bully goes too far during a street-race, he never realized the depth of the mistake he was making until it was too late. Directed by Carlos Hagene (USA)

07/2018 New Entries

Blink of an Eye

A typical teenage girl that is an amazing daughter, big sister, student and dancer. She injures her knee and pain medication isn't enough so she falls prey to heroin. This is a horrific but all too common end for this wonderful young lady. Directed by Greg Robbins (USA)

07/2018 New Entries

My Country is Missing

As a result of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, 22-year Liza moves to Canada to study. Being far from family isn't easy, but even more difficult is seeing that people around her aren't aware of the troubles in her country. Directed by Liza Korotka (Canada)

07/2018 New Entries

Dave & Theo

Two delinquents on the downside of advantage spend their days trying to get off the streets and lead a normal life by any means necessary. Along the way, the people they encounter lead them even further down the rabbit hole. Directed by David Hoey and Nicholas Burton (Australia)

07/2018 New Entries

The Appointment

Gary is struggling with his wife's affair, but today his demeanor is different when he visits the psychiatrist, Dr. Aron Sharma. Directed by Shayla Ash (UK)

07/2018 New Entries

Jeffrey’s Radio

When 6-year-old Jeffrey dies a mysterious death, his parents move out to never to be seen or heard from again. When the Goldsteins purchase the house looking for a new start, Shortly after strange things begin to happen when 12-year-old Rebecca finds an old radio in her bedroom that's gonna leash a reign of terror so sinister. It sends them packing and running for the hills. In this thriller/horror, they will learn the true meaning of "listen at your own risk". Directed by Kathryn L. Scurry (USA)

07/2018 New Entries

Unorganized Crime

The youngest son of a Mafia Don is finally about to become a made man, much to the dismay of several family members. When push comes to loyalty, he must prove to himself and his family he is worthy of their trust. Directed by Nick Vallelonga (USA)

07/2018 New Entries

Aje Ijo Series: Rivers of Nine

"Aje Ijo" short dance film series centers the humanity, resiliency, vulnerability of black & African diasporic people (of all genders), interrogating the western gender binary and interrupting accompanying notions of masculinity and femininity. Our individual and collective complexity, survival, thriving, and ultimately our healing as a people are at stake, and compel the elaboration of this narrative. To this end, the ?lm elicits elements of spiritual cosmologies of the African diaspora, particularly those that emerge from the Yoruba divine consciousness, Ifa, and the Orisa (deities) that comprise it. Directed by Kiana Harris (USA)

07/2018 New Entries

Express

Emily and Zara are two girlfriends that went out one night to party. Little did they know, they would find themselves later trying to escape from a group of kidnappers. Directed by Alfonso von Ziegler (USA)

07/2018 New Entries

Back Home

This autobiography documents the filmmaker’s heart-rending personal journey to reconcile with her estranged mother, who is about to undergo hip surgery in Tokyo. Directed by Haruka Motohashi (Japan)

07/2018 New Entries

All-American Type

When a group of dudes in the greater Los Angeles area, self-categorized as "pretty boys," decide that their looks have ruined their romantic lives, they set out to reverse the curse. Directed by Chance Calloway (USA)