Scotty Leonard

60 shorts. 60 minutes. FLOWER HOUR is a psychedelic parody of the online drinking game created by over 100 artists, musicians, and filmmakers, both local to New Mexico and international.

Following the recent death of her sister Ivy, Violet cleans out Ivy’s apartment with the hope of finding some peace. She gets more than she bargained for when a mysterious camera reveals to Violet that Ivy’s troubles were more complicated than they initially appeared, suggesting that someone…or something… may have been behind her untimely end.

With psychedelic effects from The Video Wizards and music from Albuquerque local bands, follow the antics of two best friends trying to celebrate their last Weedsgiving while being chased across the country by a variety of maniacs and hallucinations.

A film lab technician, obsessed with one of her customers, must act quickly or lose the object of her desire forever when an inevitable discovery forces her into a race against time.

15 seconds a day for 365 days. This is the basic premise of the "Year Feature" challenge taken on by filmmaker Scotty Leonard. But within this challenge, Scotty creates a visceral self-portrait, exploring what it takes to be an underground filmmaker, cat-owner, boyfriend, and low-level assistant in New Mexico's film industry in the year 2021. Get ready for psychedelic dreamscapes, caffeinated mania, eccentric soundtracks, Japanese-speaking cats, street art, and more as Scotty explores what routines and detours make his troubled existence so unique.

This zinema/folk film/underground movie was created in secret with a budget of $502. ($500 to pay for the music and $2 to buy the camera. Alan's music was worth way more than that, but he's a real one and hooked it up).