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Directed By

Sarah Pirozek

#LIKE (Trailer)

Trailers

Woodstock teen, Rosie is mourning the anniversary of her younger sister Amelia’s death, when she discovers the mysterious man who sexploited her sister, bullying her to commit suicide, is back on-line trolling for new victims. After the authorities refuse to get involved she discovers a darker side she never knew she had as she takes justice into her own hands.

Directed By

Davy Rothbart

17 Blocks

Feature Films

Using two decades of intimate home video, the story of the Sanford family, whose struggles with addiction and gun violence eventually lead to a journey of love, loss, and acceptance.

Directed By

Christopher Holt

3 Sleeps

Short Narrative

Based on a true Story. When Mum leaves the girls home alone for the weekend, 9-Year-old Casey is sworn to secrecy. But when Casey’s youngest sister falls seriously ill, she is now caught between protecting her mum or saving her sister's life.

Directed By

Daniel Glynn

48 Hours with Muhammad Ali

Short Documentary

On July 18th 1974, freelance photojournalist Peter Angelo Simon, got a loud knock on his hotel room door at 4.30am in the morning. 'Grab your pants and your camera. The Champ is running'. The Champ in question was Muhammad Ali.

Directed By

Michael Mahaffie

605 Adults 304 Children

Short Documentary

An immersive and intimate documentary filmed entirely by The Peoples Temple in Jonestown.

Directed By

Andy Tai, Eduardo Enriquez

A Long Way From Home

Student Film

In an old western tavern, the fate of a town is about to change when an outsider arrives and doesn’t have the money to pay for a glass of water.

Directed By

Maddie Marshall

Abnormalities

NJ HS Showcase

An awkward teenage boy is being monitored from the most unlikely places.

Directed By

Derek Knowles, Spencer Seibert

After the Fire

Short Documentary

Residents of Sonoma Valley struggle to find their places in a community that has been reshaped overnight by the historic Northern California wildfires.

Directed By

Richard Hempton

All of Me

Short Narrative

In 1986 four friends have just begun their lives as teenagers and plan to make their eighth grade sleepover the best one yet. In one night they discover things about themselves and each other that could change everything.

Directed By

Victor Tadashi Suarez, Mimi Wilcox

Alpha Mare

Short Documentary

Karin is a sage elderly woman who lives a solitary life above the Nicasio Reservoir in California with a herd of Danish Warmbloods. When she suffers a catastrophic break from reality, she looks to her horses for help.

Directed By

Morgan Barth

Angela

NJ HS Showcase

A selfless girl gives strangers a piece of life they are missing .

Directed By

Jon Sosis, Bethany Watson

Anya Marina: Indie-pendent Woman

Web Series

After being dropped by her label, Anya Marina documents her journey as an independent artist trying to revive her career.

Directed By

B.Monét

Ballet After Dark

Short Documentary

Ballet After Dark tells the story a young woman who found the strength to survive after an attack. She created an organization that is helping sexual abuse and domestic violent survivors find healing after trauma through dance therapy.

Directed By

Ryan McGlade

Bennifer

Short Narrative

Jed's family isn't how he remembered it.

Directed By

James P. Gannon

Betty Feeds The Animals

Short Documentary

Betty loves animals, she loves them so much that everyday she puts 30 bowls of food outside of her house to feed them. She feeds skunks, raccoons, cats, foxes and the occasional possum. This is her story.

Directed By

Rob Ciano, Stanton Hunter

Blackout

Short Narrative

What would you do if you knew the sun was about to expire and life as we know it would be changed forever? Would you riot? Would you break down? Or would you stop and enjoy the last sunrise we will ever have?

Directed By

Benjamin Viertel

Blank My Life: Pilot "A Haunting In Ohio"

Web Series

A surreal, comedy about a girl being haunted by the ghost of her dead, gay BFF.

Directed By

Buster Marker Jønsson

Bliss of Struggle

Short Narrative

A young boxer fights in the present, but struggles with his past. He is haunted by a figure from his past, a figure that gives him strength to overcome the physical obstacles that he is facing, but at the prize of his mental well being.

Directed By

Phillip Youmans

Burning Cane

Feature Films

Amongst the cane fields of rural Louisiana, an aging mother struggles between her religious convictions and the love of her son.

Directed By

Sean Fredricks

Cannonball

Short Narrative

A type-A Brentwood mom hires a superstitious hitman...but the universe teaches them one big lesson: inertia's a bitch.

Directed By

Jimmy Ward

Chance Encounter

Short Narrative

Chance Encounter follows a true story from Lauren Raney, a teacher and avid community member of a small town in New Jersey called Manahawkin. Starting off in the late 1990’s, Lauren is visiting the nearby hospital to see her dying sister and is suddenly approached by a man that she will eventually meet again 17 years later when she's the one dying.

Directed By

Michael Barnett

Changing The Game

Feature Films

Trans athletes have to work harder than their cisgender peers in order to thrive in their field while also having the courage and resilience to face daily harassment and discrimination. They have found sports as a way to channel the negativity around them and gain a sense of self-worth and validation. This film is their urgent, articulate plea for acceptance.

Directed By

Michael Boylan

Come Here Often?

Short Narrative

A chance encounter of a man and a woman in the park might not be chance after all.

Directed By

Russell Leadbeater

Coming Home

Short Narrative

A young orphan is adopted and experiences love for the first time.

Directed By

James Barker

Daughter of Ruin

Student Film

A young girl must take care of her injured mother in an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of a hostile land.

Directed By

Nick LeDonne

Dear Dad

Short Narrative

A father and son struggling to communicate; a conceptual film about dialogue, without dialogue.

Directed By

Kristian Melom

Dear, Dreamer

Short Documentary

Best known as a New York Times Best-Selling author and mentor to young adults, this short documentary finds Jason in the writer’s room preparing for the release of his next book. Here we catch a rare glimpse of a singular artist and thinker as he traverses the schools and landscapes of modern-day America.

Directed By

Raj Trivedi

Del Rio

Student Film

On her treacherous journey to reunite with her daughter, an undocumented mother's fateful run-in with a border patrol agent changes both of their lives forever.

Directed By

Raed Alsemari

Dunya's Day

Short Narrative

Abandoned by her domestic help, Dunya fights to throw the perfect graduation soirée.

Directed By

Crystal Kayiza

Edgecombe

Short Documentary

Edgecombe County is a predominantly African-American agricultural community in the eastern region of North Carolina. Like many communities in the historic South there are remnants of chattel slavery and monuments to civil rights struggles.

Directed By

Bernardo Lopes

Eva

Short Narrative

Lisbon is heaven. Eva is going to have a son of Adriano. The forbidden fruit is to let yourself be loved.

Directed By

Zack Morrison

Everything's Fine: A Panic Attack in D Major

Short Narrative

A musical comedy about a woman at the onset of her quarter-life crisis and her existential journey through the various stages of anxiety in song and dance.

Directed By

A.V. Rockwell

Feathers

Short Narrative

Elizier, an emotionally-dejected new enrollee at The Edward R. Mill School for Boys, must overcome memories of a tragic past and the present hazing by his peers in order to tackle larger issues dominating his young life.

Directed By

Jake Wichansky

Fermata

Student Film

When Anna isn't making as much money as she needs, she must face the possibility of giving up her dream of a music career.

Directed By

Jesse Mittelstadt

Flyby

Short Narrative

When a passing asteroid begins to effect how people perceive time, one man struggles to keep up with a life that is quickly disappearing into the future.

Directed By

Martin Sandin

Foggy Days

Short Narrative

Stockholm 2018. In a time where social media gives us performance anxiety and confirmation is becoming increasingly important, Clara meets Peter. Clara wants the world. Peter wants nothing but to be loved.

Directed By

Tom Phillips

Forgotten

Short Documentary

Vietnam Veterans of America NJ Shore Area Chapter 12's effort to find and identify those unclaimed forgotten cremains of American veterans and their spouses and inter them with full military honors at the NJ Veterans Cemetery.

Directed By

Annie Fleisch

George Gray

NJ HS Showcase

She cannot keep her boat from the water, she has to bring him to where he belongs.

Directed By

Bassam Tariq

Ghosts of Sugar Land

Short Documentary

In Sugar Land, Texas, a group of Muslim-American teens ponder the disappearance of their friend “Mark,” who is suspected of joining ISIS.

Directed By

David Freid

Guns Found Here

Short Documentary

With more gun stores in the US than McDonalds, Starbucks, and supermarkets combined, we head to the ATF’s National Tracing Center which handles roughly 8,000 active traces per day using technology that makes searching a database of gun owners impossible.

Directed By

Katia Badalian

HEROINES

Short Narrative

Nina is a young introspective girl blossoming to understand the world. During a babysitting session her crass middle-aged neighbor explains to Nina through twisted allegories the world of intimacy and love.

Directed By

Alma Buddecke, Marleen Valin

HOT DOG

Short Narrative

Hannah wasn't always happy about the existence of her 'Vajayjay'. She's in a love-hate relationship with her vagina and chronicles how her feelings towards her sexuality have changed over time.

Directed By

Raymond Kleinschmidt

Happy Birthday

Student Film

When a bumbling magician falls in love with a beautiful girl at a birthday party, he must use his magic to win her over.

Directed By

Lucas Crain

Hard Times

NJ HS Showcase

Whilst on a mid afternoon stroll, Rachel, accompanied by her friend Sissy, comes across a discarded hat belonging to her dearest love, Stephen Blackpool. Fearing the worst, Rachel and Sissy set off into the bleak outskirts of Coketown in search of him.

Directed By

Amber Sealey

How Does It Start

Short Narrative

It’s 1983 and 12-year-old Rain wants sex, the only problem is she has no idea what that means. With her self-absorbed parents distracted by their recent divorce, Rain is left alone to navigate the complexities of love and adulthood, and learns to do it her own way.

Directed By

Ryan Maxey

How to Make a Rainbow

Short Documentary

How to Make a Rainbow observes a young girl and her mother over the course of two years as they move together through transitions of home, identity and name.

Directed By

Michael Rowley

Hurdle

Feature Films

As the Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian territories approached its 50th year, Hurdle reveals an important and intimate story emerging from the hearts and actions of Palestinian youth. The new generation responds to a world of walls, checkpoints and arrests in an unexpected and inspiring way.

Directed By

Michael Rowley

Hurdle (Trailer)

Trailers

As the Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian territories approached its 50th year, Hurdle reveals an important and intimate story emerging from the hearts and actions of Palestinian youth. The new generation responds to a world of walls, checkpoints and arrests in an unexpected and inspiring way.

Directed By

Wade Shotter

I Will Not Write Unless I Am Swaddled In Furs

Short Narrative

A fussy writer battles his large ego and high expectations to create a work of art.

Directed By

Shannon Miller

Inkshed

NJ HS Showcase

When student and tutor decide to settle their differences once and for all, there will not be bloodshed, but there will be inkshed.

Directed By

Jacalyn Siminerio

It's a Girl

NJ HS Showcase

An art film exploring the flexibility of gender expression.

Directed By

Ian Phillips

Jamaal: Through The Lens

Short Documentary

A young man from the South Bronx discovers photography as his way to escape his past history of abuse and neglect.

Directed By

Adam McClelland

Keepers of The Wild

Short Documentary

With the numbers of elephants dwindling, Keepers of the Wild exposes the necessary human role in preserving wildlife in Tsavo National Park, Kenya.

Directed By

Faren Humes

Liberty

Short Narrative

Alex and Milagros deal with great life upheaval as they prepare to dance at their community’s redevelopment groundbreaking ceremony.

Directed By

Max Field

Lifetime 3 Brothers 1 Story

Short Documentary

A story about three brothers growing up in the streets of North Newark where everyday is a struggle to survive. Family unity, strong Christian values and Brotherly Luv help keep these brothers on the straight and narrow.

Directed By

Logan George, Celine Held

Lockdown

Short Narrative

Struggling with feelings for her best friend, 14 year-old Marie stages an almost perfect plan.

Directed By

Anna Gamarnik

Lost At Sea

Student Film

A wealthy widow grapples with the disappearance of her son, trying to piece together what happened at the cost of her waning sanity.

Directed By

Jules Tardif

Love Story

Short Narrative

After the tragic lost of his wife, Frank finds hope in his new love interest Leslie and will do whatever it takes to keep her safe. (Viewer discretion is advised)

Directed By

Kevin McMullin

Low Tide

Feature Films

Alan, Red, and Smitty spend high summer on the Jersey Shore roving the boardwalk and getting into trouble. But the discovery of good old fashioned treasure sets the friends on an escalating course of suspicion and violence in this atmospheric thriller.

Directed By

Michael Brooks

Mage Hunter

Student Film

To save Jade, Vincent has to decide whether Mages are truly dangerous beings or just regular people like him who have gone down the wrong path.

Directed By

Carly Usdin

Misdirection

Short Narrative

Camila is your average college freshman with obsessive-compulsive disorder and a big, gay crush on her roommate. After a near car crash, Cam is stuck trying to find a distraction.

Directed By

Julian Lipoff

My Dad Has Work In The Morning

Student Film

After finding a magical VHS tape during a rainstorm, Cory is zapped into the sitcom My Dad Has Work In The Morning. Cory now has to find a way home while also learning how to be a dad at the same time.

Directed By

Aaron Hobson

No Faith In The Streets

Short Narrative

A day in a life of young African American man and his friends, as they go through the trials and tribulations of their surroundings throughout their day.

Directed By

Molly Gillis

Now You Know

Short Narrative

An uninhibited 10 year old girl faces the fallout from flashing her class at her strict Catholic school.

Directed By

Jamie Effros

ON

TV Pilots

In the near future, a weekly meeting of Device Addicts Anonymous (DAA) is the refuge for six strangers consumed by their virtual worlds. But when a new member joins the group, bringing with him something beyond addiction, they all begin to realize that their connection to the virtual and to each other may be far more than coincidence.

Directed By

Jeremy Teicher

Olympic Dreams

Feature Films

A young cross-country skier bonds with a volunteer doctor in the Olympic athletes village.

Directed By

Qianzi Gao

One of the Thousands

Short Narrative

A Mexican woman who believes in God is forced to embark on a life-threatening journey to America with a young man who does not believe anyone. They have to face not only the hard-natural conditions but also the shaken hearts.

Directed By

Irving Nestor

Operation First Light

Student Film

In this creative, high-energy story, a group of boys at summer camp plan a mischievous raid on the girls' cabins only for the advantage to be reversed as the boys face an ambush unleashed by a ruthless, well-oiled pranking machine.

Directed By

Royce Adkins

Outcast

Short Narrative

An ex super soldier with chronic asthma uses his prescribed medicine to help take down a dangerous arms dealing gang in order to prove his worth after being kicked out of the program that created him.

Directed By

Christophe Switzer

PAPA

Short Narrative

How does a father explain prostitution to his eight year old son while riding in a taxi in Paris? It depends on the driver.

Directed By

Derrick Forkel, Mitchell Jao

Pharaoh

Student Film

In a legacy of tradition, a newly ordained Pharaoh must learn and decide what kind of ruler she wants to be for her people.