Alex Dashwood

Against the backdrop of the Gay Liberation Movement of the 1970s, a pastor’s daughter begins a high-stakes clandestine relationship with another girl, a rebellious outcast, while working in their small town’s flower shop, the summer before going off to college.

An obsessive co-captain must live up to her older sister’s legacy by leading her team to victory at the Regional Improv Games.

Robert, a budding actor with a lot to prove, is known around campus as the guy from the StarJuice commercials, but he'd rather earn some artistic cred with his original play, "Mystery Man." When a mysterious classmate with a dinosaur birthmark laughs at his in-class monologue, Robert and his friend Naldo are swept into an antic quest to achieve her approval. With a galaxy-hopping POV and kaleidoscopic aesthetic, Austin Coombs-Perez's feature debut channels the youthful urgency and try-anything energy of true indie originals..." - 50th Atlanta Film Festival, First Wave Announcement, March 9 2026.

Vincent, a rebellious high school student is stuck in a classroom during after-school detention and finds himself trapped as sentient basketballs begin to take over the world. Vincent struggles to survive as he listens to the events unfolding over the radio.

When a Chinese-Canadian college student returns home to Toronto, she visits a Hong Kong cafe she frequented during her childhood. Through eating the food, she is suddenly able to relive suppressed memories of her deceased grandmother. Now she must confront their multifaceted relationship and her own identity to find her peace.

After accidentally coming out of the closet, Deena must undo her mistake through the only logical method: time travel.

What is queer now? This simple documentary features young people speaking about their experiences of identity, sexuality and gender in America today.

In this high school satire of classic gangster movies, using NERF guns instead of real guns, Brody Siegel is faced with paying off his debts to save himself.