The Business of Staying Young

Storage Unit

Ted is a 35-year-old aspiring actor who has not quite made it yet. When he heads to his families storage unit to grab something, he encounters a dead body.

Googled

Imagine a mobile app that allows you to take a picture of a complete stranger and instantly provides you with most personal and sometimes intimate information about that person. Imagine the possibilities. Imagine the consequences. A man on a business trip meets a mysterious woman who seems to know a little too much about his personal life. The encounter changes his life forever.

The Innocents

Using a variety of found objects composers, Allen Otte and John Late explore the issues surrounding wrongful imprisonment and exoneration in the American criminal justice system.

Jayro

When a seven-year-old Texas boxer steps into the ring to face his next opponent, the pressure of the fight is not the only thing on his mind. The film is constructed as an allegory for the challenges faced by people of color and immigrants in the US.

The Drone

Written by BAFTA Nominee John J. McLaughlin (Black Swan, Hitchcock, Carnivale, and many more), The Drone tells a story of DJ - a small quad-copter who is simply trying to fit in.

YouTupolis

YouTupolis is a sci-fi short about a dystopian future where people live in a city owned by YouTube. People of YouTupolis make a living by making videos and posting them online. They never leave their homes. The film is a result of a collaboration between YouTube vloggers who never met in real life and who never had to leave their homes to make this film a reality. Welcome to YouTupolis!

Princess

An aspiring model dreams of becoming the voice of Moana in the upcoming Disney film.

Fearless

In small-town Texas, a non-profit boxing gym is the location where Nancy Wagoner and James Reyna provide a space where participants “have a safe, educational and encouraging place to learn their skills.” Dispelling the myth of lifting oneself up by one’s bootstraps, FEARLESS is an observational documentary focused on the difficulties facing people of colour and immigrants in the United States today by unpacking the concept of American optimism and the unrealistic expectations that accompany it.

Shaholly

This story talks about the struggles of a congenital amputee who was once told that she could never become a model.

G.R.A.S.S.

The film documents the devastating flooding at a Golden Retriever Acres Senior Sanctuary (G.R.A.S.S.) in Spring. TX.