Lissa Carandang-Sweeney

When a young college student lies to the girl of his dreams about being able to speak German, he must try and learn the language in one night to avoid revealing the truth.

A newlywed and recent father wins $6 off a scratch-off, which kickstarts a “lucky week” of mismanagement as a wound on his leg slowly grows more infected.

A young married couple (Luna and Jin) spend the first day of summer but the last day of their loving relationship together, trying to find a mug that has more value than its worth.

During a writing retreat, an undermined member of an indie rock band discovers a connection to a supernatural presence.

Two high school friends, Nick and Sam, spend the afternoon in suburban Pennsylvania.

Alice-Heart is an aimless college student residing in Philadelphia. She aspires to be a famous writer but drops out of school in her last semester of senior year on a whim. Immediately cut off from her disappointed Filipino mother and dumped by her studious boyfriend, she finds that she has to pay bills on her own for the first time. Distraught, she takes solace in her neighbor Tony, a self sufficient freelance photographer. Tony encourages her to pursue her passions and hold onto her friendships. With this in mind, Alice-Heart navigates the beginnings of adulthood and combats “adult baby” allegations along the way.

Everything is falling apart for Hannah, a late-twenties aspiring actor, as she tosses and turns in the turbulent seasons of relationships, death, and the ever present oppressive gloom of trying to make something of herself before turning thirty.

A jaded Japanese movie star stranded in NYC without money or phone meets a passionate indie filmmaker and his crew, leading to an unexpected creative journey that could reignite her love for cinema.