J. Alan Nelson

Portraits

After a particularly brutal heist, Alex is disturbed by the actions she and her fellow gang members have just committed. Terror sinks in as she looks around the campfire and realizes that she's the only one affected by their grizzly deeds.

Retro Freaks

They collect toys. She collects souls. A group of friends must stand together to take down the demon, Princess Acula, before it is too late.

Gay Cake

This delicious cake shop doesn't serve gay people...OR does it?

The Collaborators

Outside a street of bars and nighttime cityscape, a young filmmaking crew embarks on a low-budget short film production, fueled by stress-induced creativity and burgers, to dramatize the story of a couple's painful breakup. Tension mounts on set from the crew's own exes-turned-friends, Eric (the director) and Connor (the screenwriter), as they clash on the script's personal interpretation to them, throwing the project's completion into question.

Abortifacient

A genre-bending 'operatic cinema' featuring 18 classical music pieces, this psychological horror feature tells the story of a young couple that has issues when confronted with an unexpected pregnancy. A film that explores love, romance, and changing gender roles, and most of all, themes of power and control.

Caller #4

A "shock jock" radio DJ is thrust into a game of cat and mouse with a mysterious caller claiming to be a serial killer.

Mom

A young boy believes he is forced to raise his two younger siblings after tragedy had stricken their family. Fearing they would be separated and never see each other again, like the immigrant children he saw it happen to on the news.

The Scientist

An unconventional scientist, struggling to care for his terminally-ill wife, embarks on a journey to develop a cure for her. However, his methods of treatment and tampering with human DNA, could lead to the extinction of humanity.

Barracuda

Sinaloa hitchhikes into Texas to meet Merle, her half-sister by way of their dead country musician father. As the two get to know each other, Sinaloa's chaotic influence starts to unravel Merle's quiet, comfortable life. While the family music legacy brought Sinaloa to Austin, she won't leave without taking revenge against the people who stole her daddy away years ago.

Hot Air

A man fakes his death. At his funeral he discovers he has a son and attempts to find him.

Carter High

The true story of four student athletes from Carter High School in Dallas, Texas in the 1980s, whose bright futures irrevocably changed due to their off-field activities.

Animalium

Two brothers on a road trip through Texas discuss the morality of killing and ponder our place in the natural world.

A Country Called Home

Ellie is a 27-year old whose life is far from where she imagined it to be. Filled with annoying friends, a self-involved boyfriend, and a career that she can’t bring herself to pursue, Ellie feels detached from her life. When she learns that her estranged alcoholic father has died, her world is disrupted and she begins a journey that takes her to a small town in Texas. While dealing with the logistical arrangements of her father’s death Ellie has to confront what happens when the structures and safety nets we build for ourselves come undone.

Into the Who Knows!

After escaping from summer camp, Thomas and his invisible fox Felix have the adventure of a lifetime.

Why Haven't They Fixed the Cameras Yet?

A woman leaves her holiday work party late to discover the security cameras are still broken.