The Smiler

Instructional videos on how to survive an active shooter send a paranoid man into a self-fulfilling spiral.

Alan, a balding film director, loses his fiancé's dog at a gender reveal party on the morning of an important shoot. A critic named Nick gives candid observations on a series of incomplete shorts that Alan has spent his own money making. As the pursuit of the lost dog and the chaos of the short films begin to blend, Alan grows desperate for the day to be over.

Examines stories of absurd, outrageous, and dramatic real-life residential conflicts from a wide range of larger-than-life characters across the United States, opening a verité portal into the lives of contemporary American.

A modern retelling of the Minotaur myth set in a desolate Downtown Miami mall.

Chronicling the life of Lay'n Pipe, a 47 foot TopGun Cigarette speedboat, from its conception through the end of human civilization. It's not just a speedboat ride, it's a Miami adventure.

Pedro pranks his friend with a slice of cheese.

Considered a staple of Florida tourism, alligator wrestling has been performed by members of the Seminole Tribe for over a century. As the practice has changed over the years, Halpate profiles the hazards and history of the spectacle through the words of the tribe's alligator wrestlers themselves and what it has meant to their people's survival.

something's going down at the pump house, had to check it out.

Glenn argues with his neighbor.

On August 10th I went to JRSInvestigations in Delray Beach, FL.

A friend-for-hire balances his time with his eclectic clientele as he prepares for his most involved assignment to date: becoming a father.

A guest speaker teaches that properties of scale (Big and Small) have no connection with something's moral status (Good and Bad). Things take a turn when the students he speaks to begin pointing out the glaring holes in his philosophy.

My Trip to Miami follows a well-meaning, misguided, tourist as he tries to self-actualize via Trip Advisors algorithmic script. My Trip to Miami is a documentation of a fantasy, a failure in image-based expectations.

Autobiographical documentary about reclaiming my online identity.

While a recently elected mayor prepares for her town’s annual parade, terrifying events begin to transpire.

Trip to subway