A BLAST
Maria, a caring mother and loving wife in crisis-hit Greece, decides to completely change her life, which perhaps wasn’t as firmly on the rails as she had thought after all. Energetic, sexually and emotionally explosive Greek cinema.
BESTIAL
Long after the fact, two sisters seek moral redemption through avenging their father’s murder, each one completely ignorant of the other’s true motivation.
BLISSFUL BANQUET
Ronnie and Darnell have an intimate friendship. But will a broken heart tear them apart?
BREAK THE ROCK
A touring metropolitan theatre group arrive in a rural town and face a mysterious, homicidal monster unlike anything they could have imagined.
BRYN MARINA
Filmed in time-lapse using still cameras and macro lenses to capture children’s “grow in water” toys as they slowly sprout and came to life. Animated by the music, the plastic toys become underwater characters emerging from the primordial soup.
COLLISION
A young car crash survivor struggles to separate fantasy from reality while confronting demons from her past.
CON QUIEN SUEÑA BERTA?
Who’s in Berta’s dreams?
CRUMBS
A post-apocalyptic, surrealist science-fiction romance from Ethiopia
CYBERGENESIS
A fantastical crowd-sourced journey that imagines a future creation myth, crafted by cyber consciousness from bits and pieces of humanity’s online legacy.
DAVID’S REVERIE
A jazz musician struggles to prevent his epilepsy diagnosis from derailing his emerging jazz career.
DIYU
An experimental short film exploring the existential feelings of a 17-year-old girl who searches for purpose and intimacy while trapped in Diyu, or ‘hell’ in Chinese mythology.
ENTRAPPED
In 2006 the Shain, Eljivir and Tony Duka were arrested and charged with conspiracy to murder US Military personnel. They were found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. But were they really terrorists?
EYES OF THE MOON
(SPECIAL SCREENING) – A fantastical visual world created by a roving caravan of creators. Touching on the mystical, the psychedelic, and the divine feminine.
FEELS LIKE WE ONLY GO BACKWARD
Co-centric heads and other colorfully exploding phenomena swirl and reform rhythmically in time.
FEMTO-MANAGEMENT: A MICROMENTARY
Profiles visionary technology entrepreneur Michael Fertik’s revolutionary approach to business management, which pushes micromanagement to an atomic level of control.
FLORENCE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING
It’s the annual Christmas Eve concert at the Marigold House Assisted Living Facility. All her friends are dying and Florence wants out. When the facility double books two rival Elvis impersonators, Florence takes the opportunity for one last hurrah.
GI JANE
A surreal animated journey through a chimerical world of sexual fantasy…
GORED
Known as the “Most Gored Bullfighter in History,” Antonio Barrera’s unyielding dedication to bullfighting has never wavered. Now with a wife and two children, his career threatens to destroy his family’s stability and Barrera must grapple with forgoing his lifelong passion.
GRAVITATION
Gravitation is a synergy of dance and cinema. It is shot entirely in slow motion and features Diana Vishneva, principal dancer of the Mariinsky Ballet and the American Ballet Theater.
HAGERESEB
It’s 1997 in Seattle’s Yesler Terrace, and 10-year-old Abai is on a quest to find fresh batteries for his Casio keyboard for one last music lesson with his older brother Sam before seeing him sent back to their native Eritrea, indefinitely.
HAROLD AND MAUDE
Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.
HIGH & GRUESOME
In 1930’s depression era America, Scrappy Lamburt and Pearly Stephens wake to discover that a “Sudden Violent Mishap” has caused everything to disappear—including their pet dog Boots, who they set out to find.
HUD
Paul Newman plays an amoral modern rancher who clashes with his rigidly upstanding father.
INFINITY
Arthur tries to establish his career, but strange visions and echoes of the past don’t leave him alone.
JACKRABBIT
The planet’s technological infrastructure has been wiped out by an event known as The Reset. Now, in the isolated City VI, a computer prodigy must team up with a solitary hacker to decipher a strange message left behind when their mutual friend commits suicide. What they discover will forever change their lives.
JACKY IN THE KINGDOM OF WOMEN
In the Kingdom of Bubunne, women are in power while men wear veils and do domestic tasks. Jacky, a lovely young man who dreams of marrying the ‘Colonelle’ has to struggle like a Cinderella to realize his dreams.
JEWISH GIRLS ARE EASY
It’s the first night of Passover and Tova can’t find her brother Sol who is suppose to bring the brisket. To make matters worse Colin, that mornings one night stand, thinks the hickey on her breast is actually the Virgin Mary and won’t leave her side. Will Tova be able find Sol, shake Colin and save Passover?
LAUNCH
A lone space traveler in a cut-rate interplanetary relocation pod grapples with his thoughts as the launch approaches.
LIVE FAST, DRAW YUNG
The Story of Rap’s Most Prolific (7-Year-Old) Artist.
LOOSE CANNONS
A cat detective in over his head with booze, money, and the mob kidnaps his boss’ son to get ahead of the game. Bad move?
LOVE
Sebastian Tellier’s metaphysical journey to paradise.
LUCIFER
Lucifer descends a ladder in the sky to a village in Mexico, where he plays mischief with the inhabitants lives. Filmed entirely in circular “Tondoscope” format.
LUFKIN’S REACH • SCREENPLAY READING
A noirish crime thriller revolving around a circle of ex-police officers and detectives. Live reading in the Crowley Theater.
MATEO
Mateo follows America’s most notorious gringo mariachi singer on his misadventures in Cuba.
ME
A down and out actress sells and directs an actual reality show centered on her delusional, once famous friend who already believes himself a popular reality show star.
MISSION
A failing missionary seizes an opportunity to save a girl’s soul but soon realizes he’s the one in danger of eternal damnation
MYRNA THE MONSTER
A heart-broken alien dreamer from the moon transitions into adult life in Los Angeles like any other twenty-something.
NEWBORNS
An exploration of a world imagined and enacted by survivors of acid attacks bravely defying the circumstances that will always accompany them.
NEWLY THROWN
A director walks the video commissioner through his music video concept for a band called Mysteries who insist on remaining as their name suggests.
OH, THOSE KITTENS!
A close examination of life as a cat.
ONE HITTA QUITTA
A teenage boy’s addiction to Internet violence, leads him to act out violently himself.
POTLATCH
an experimental short documentary about a dance festival that takes place in a US prison, Hudson Correctional Facility in Co,. Once a year the prisoners are allowed to put on a traditional Potlatch festival. Potlatch technically means ‘gift’. Here the inmates give art works, and express themselves through dance.
SCHMOOLIE THE DEATHWATCHER
An Orthodox Jewish teen spends his first night alone guarding a body awaiting burial, and ends up fighting for his own life.
SKY IS NOT EMPTY!
For centuries the people of the Fereydonkenar region of northern Iran have hunted birds using a traditional method called Doma or Daam’gaah (catching quietly). Ghasem is a young man who hunts migrating birds for living.
SPEARHUNTER
Deep in the wilds of rural Alabama, a spear-hunter proclaims himself the world’s greatest and erects a museum dedicated to his own obsession. An offbeat cast of lovers, acolytes, and critics of the megalomaniacal spear-hunter remember his distinctive tactics both for killing and for leaving a legacy.
STELLA NOVA
Red blue green, circle square triangle, dog star man. The life and death of a star.
SURF NOIR
In a stylized world of neon drenched sunsets, the cult of Santa Muerte keeps a gang of rebel surfers young forever. But when a straight-laced teen named JOHNNY falls for the wrong girl, he must fight for life and love against the bad boys that rule the beach.
THE GOOD SON
A young Nigerian man is forced to address a secret he has harbored from his parents during a traditional, family gathering.
THE IMMACULATE RECEPTION
It’s 1972 in blue collar Pittsburgh. The shy middle brother in a family of hard-working steelworkers, Joey has a chance to prove himself when a girl he has a crush on arrives at his house to watch the infamous playoff game between the Steelers and the Raiders.
THE LAVA
Robots race against time as a volcanic eruption and a young girl with mysterious powers emerge from beneath the soaring plateaus of an alien planet.
THE PREPPIE CONNECTION
Based on a true story of a prep school student who smuggled $300k of uncut cocaine into the US in 1984.
THE REFLEKTOR TAPES
Blends a kaleidoscopic sonic and visual landscape charting Arcade Fire’s creative journey from Jamaica, where the foundations for their Reflektor album were laid, to arena shows in Los Angeles and London.
THE SPOT
A menstrual mishap threatens a girl’s chance at love.
THE UNNAMED
Cursed since childhood, Nicholas has avoided relationships to protect those around him, as he endures the torture of a violent entity. But when he meets Christine, he realizes that everybody needs somebody… even if it kills them.
THROUGH WALLS
A 32 year old dreamer, comic book fanatic & grocery bagger wants only to be noticed by the girl he loves. His superhero spirit guide watches over him.
TRACKS
An amateur skateboarder is left to care for his girlfriend’s young daughter on the day of a championship tournament.
TRAVELING LADY / THE PERFECT BRAND
Meet Nellie Bly, 1889. She is ready for an around-the-world trip with her signature coat, one dress, and a compact suitcase. The largest item in her bag is a jar of cold cream.
TWENTY YEARS OF MADNESS
When the eccentric cast of a mid-90s Public Access show in Detroit reunite after 20 years to make a new episode, they are forced to take a hard look at their lives and reconcile their teenage dreams with the realities of adulthood.
WEDDING DRESS
Michael has been estranged from his family for a long time. When he shows up at his brother John’s house unexpectedly, Rayanne, his new sister-in-law, decides to let him in. But things are not always as they seem, and people may not be who they say there are.
WELCOME TO LEITH
In 2012 notorious white supremacist Craig Cobb moved to Leith, ND and quietly plotted to turn the tiny town into a white supremacist stronghold. After his identity is discovered his threatening behavior escalates and the town’s residents desperately seek ways to expel their unwanted neighbor.
WIFE, INTERRUPTED
A frisky senior attempts various strategies to entice her oblivious husband.
WOMAN OF THE WORLD
A young mother visits an old friend in LA and goes to a party. She meets a TV star and falls under his spell.
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY MEMORY
A flirtation on a city bus yields a surprise.
YOUNG, LATIN & PROUD
An animated musical meditation on the beauty and strife that define Latino culture and its ability to flourish proudly in America.