Justin Lord

Ridley

An ambitious grad student returns to her childhood home to say goodbye to the memory of her late kid sister - only to be shocked when her sister walks through the door and says hello.

Goldfish

In this surrealist vignette-based film, a goldfish makes conversation with various objects. A TV becomes a writer, a triangle learns it is not a hexagon, and a goldfish sees themself without an audience. // \ / \ \\ \ / \ / /\/ /// \ / \ \\ \ / \ / /\/ /// \ / \ \\ \ / \ / /\/ /

The Ending of the Order of the Elephant

A precocious, proud preteen who has grown up throwing tea parties argues with her friends over whether she is too old now to still enjoy tea parties, while the babysitter attempts to resolve a misunderstanding with their rocky relationship. Meanwhile, a toy elephant narrates the entire event.

First Chair

A clarinet player works to keep her spot in first chair when a new player joins the band.

Basketcase

Kaylin's family is fairly happy and fairly normal - besides the fact that they have to wear baskets over their heads at all times and they're not allowed to ever meet anyone from the outside world. Her parents refuse to tell her why they live this way, and Kaylin can't take it anymore. She decides to begin breaking rules and starts by inviting over a boy whom she met online.

Bathwater

A church choir singer explores morality and God through spoken word.

The Shakespeare Mashup

Clarence Henderson is known for his self-written, self-directed high school plays. When his latest production, "The Shakespeare Mashup," begins to fall apart minutes before it starts, Clarence tries to fix it all... but can he?