A young Black man struggles to overcome his own fear of the water — and America's historical stereotypes of Black people — to learn to swim. 
Based off a Guardian Article about the real-life experience of writer/director/journalist Dave Schilling.

Can't Float

A young Black man struggles to overcome his own fear of the water — and America's historical stereotypes of Black people — to learn to swim.

Decades after an eccentric father builds his adopted Chinese daughter a playhouse to shield her from a world that won't accept her, dementia forces her to become the architect of his fading memory.

Girl | Dad

Decades after an eccentric father builds his adopted Chinese daughter a playhouse to shield her from a world that won't accept her, dementia forces her to become the architect of his fading memory.

A young biracial Southern girl, hungry to establish herself in the sphere of hunting-dog breeders, is accompanied by her father to a potential sale and finds herself contending not just with preconceived expectations, but also the uncomfortable attentions of the buyer.

Squall Mouth

Realizing that Xolotl—the Aztec god of death—has come to take his owner, a little dog named Skippy leads him on a heartfelt tour of the house, showing the small, loving moments that defined their life together.

XOLO

Realizing that Xolotl—the Aztec god of death—has come to take his owner, a little dog named Skippy leads him on a heartfelt tour of the house, showing the small, loving moments that defined their life together.

A caged lion festers in anger and silence until an unlikely friend comes along to help him tell his story.

The Zoo

A caged lion festers in anger and silence until an unlikely friend comes along to help him tell his story.

In a small town in Montana, Simon struggles under the pressure of working in his family’s grocery store under the management of his younger brother, Dev.

But I'm Your Brother

In a small town in Montana, Simon struggles under the pressure of working in his family’s grocery store under the management of his younger brother, Dev.

HIGH BEAM follows Genna, a 9-year-old gymnast who spends a day at work with her mother, a dedicated gymnastics coach. When it’s finally her turn to perform for her evaluation, she finds herself unable to execute the skill in front of the one person whose approval she craves most. Forcing her to question if this sport is worth pursuing anymore.

High Beam

Under a new moon, Terry a middle aged man, struggles to confront his father with dementia about the future of his care.

The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms

Under a new moon, Terry a middle aged man, struggles to confront his father with dementia about the future of his care.

A down-on-his-luck cowboy roams Bombay's neon night in this lyrical, urban Western.

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