Oscillation Transia Film Festival is a non-profit traveling event, exploring the intersection of solar energy application and environmental awareness through the art of film.

Project type: Festival
Festival Director: Jess Giacobbe
Festival Engineer: Austin Krause

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Two survivors of a synagogue shooting form an unexpected bond that becomes instrumental in navigating their individual paths through grief.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal
Writer: David M. Stern
Actor/Producer: Anthony B. Caldwell
Producers: Zechariah Thormodsgaard, Yoni Rusnak, Asia Bonetto, and Noah Finn

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Out In The Streets reveals the untold history of graffiti and street art as a tool for queer activism through the personal stories of a global artist community.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director/Producer/Cinematographer: Daniel Albanese
Producer: Jonathon Roessler

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A proud Black woman must confront the racial implications of her genuine love for the classic-rock band, Journey.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director: Portlynn Tagavi
Writer/Lead Actress: Erika Hamilton
Producer: Alexis Sterling
Executive Producer: Mel Jones
Cinematographer:Kalilah Robinson

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Attempting to fulfill the dying wish of her father, a Chinese marine biologist reunites with her mother in the U.S. and embarks on a road trip up the Pacific coast, mending their seemingly irreconcilable gap.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director: Ziyao Liu
Producer: Laura Scarano
Producer: Sophie Changhui Shi
Cinematographer: Akina Van de Velde
Editor: Emily Ge Zhai

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Outer Circle is a transformative initiative aimed at nurturing underrepresented voices in filmmaking. We champion unique, diverse narratives through various programs, including our flagship Script to Screen competition. By providing resources, mentorship, and a platform to share their stories, we empower filmmakers who often find themselves outside the mainstream narrative, striving to effect change in the film industry and beyond.

Project type:Organization
Producer: Outer Circle Initiative

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At a dance for Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII, a quiet teen relies upon her zoot suit alter-ego to win the girl.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director: Alexis Sterling
Writer: Kendra Arimoto
Producer: Cori-Anne Greenhouse
Cinematographer: Kalilah Robinson

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A group of dedicated Public School Teachers roll up their sleeves and fight for their students’ lives – plus their imaginations and school supplies – as they question the value of their life’s work and mentor a naïve new English Instructor – all during parent-teacher conference week.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Director/Writer: Angela Garcia Combs
Co-Producer: Meredith Riley Stewart
Co-Producer/Creative Advisor: Asher Huey

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When popular non-binary YouTube ASMR-tist, Pal, enamored with the idea of death, meets their biggest fan who wants Pal to suffocate her to death, Pal is forced to reckon with the very real consequences of their words, deciding whether or not to go down a dark, irreversible path.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director/Producer: Jesse D. Turk

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A coming-of-age dramedy set in 2003, following a young girl and her Italian mother living in Pleasantville, New York, a year after the death of their father and husband.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director/Producer: Maky Rupert
Producer: Kaela Francesca
Producer: Emmett Kowalski
Producer: Dominique Grund

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Sandra finds herself in a new role as a caregiver for her mother living with dementia. Burnt out by the nonsense that is social service, the relentless pile-on of caregiving demands, and the heartbreak of slowly losing parts of her mother, Sandra risks it all and takes a night off.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director/Producer: Akilah 'AK' Walker
Producer/Writer: Diana Gonzalez-Morett
Producer: Camila Villanueva
Director of Photography: Joshua Echevarria
Casting Director: Liz Ortiz

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Chris and his friends take a camping trip to witness the closest super-moon in the Earth's history. The magic of the moment is stripped away when he learns that he's now the third wheel in what was once a happy, polyamorous relationship. Spurned, Chris resolves to get things back to the way they were, but things take a dark turn when they don't go his way.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: J. Matos
Cinematographer: Kansas Ballesteros
Producer: Ardavan Sepehr
Producer: Caitlyn C. Johnson
Producer: Walt Mzengi Corey
Line Producer: Nichole McMinn

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Harley Knox, a double amputee combat veteran, returns from Afghanistan and faces a new battle she must wage to regain her self.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director/Producer: Jennifer Noonan
Casting Director: Monika Mikkelsen

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When a young tomboy growing up on military bases is outcast at her new school a small act of rebellion sparks a family crisis.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director/Producer: Kelly Pike
Producer/Composer: Daniel Walter
Producer: Vanessa Elliot, Connie Jo Sechrist

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After receiving a life-threatening diagnosis Harper’s entire world is turned upside down when she finds herself under the care of a disinterested doctor.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director/Writer/Producer: v.c. rhone
Producers: Kate Rees Davies, Gabrielle Jeanelle, Suzie Abdou, Arlene Silguero

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Pillow Talk peeks into the intimate lives of 5 Gay Couples through their postcoital conversations. Their stories explore the Passion, Hope, Prejudice and Heartache of these diverse but relatable characters; to finally reveal that each is set at a different pivotal moment of LGBTQ+ history. History doesn't Repeat, but we Rhyme.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director/Producer/Editor: Ra-ey Saleh
Producer: Ben Arredondo
Director of Photography: Brandon Ripley

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A group of brainy football players from the worst college team in the country become bodyguards for rock legends Queen. Their whirlwind journey will give them an education in life and a chance at last to feel like champions.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Directors/Producers: Roland Mesa
Executive Producer: Walter Versen
Editor: Christopher Hume
Director of Photography: Alex Garcia

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In the near future, a young working-class Latino is thrust into a fully automated and privatized jail after being arrested by mistake.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director: K.D. Davila
Co-Writer/Co-Producer: Levin Meneske

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Known as the ‘Feisty Grandma’, Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg flipped New Jersey on its head when she unearthed the Bridgegate scandal, which caused the fast and hard fall of Governor Chris Christie. Told through the lens of a mother/daughter story, Politics Is A Mother, Raising Hell is Part Of The Job, reveals how the political is always personal and how an “adorable” grandmother could be one of the most important politicians of our time.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Francine Graff
Line Producer: Jonathan Graff

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A high school boy's struggle with identity and an eating disorder, as his family attempts to heal past wounds and nurture future hope.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Director/Writer: Brandon Shenk
Producer/Editor: Yining Xu
Executive Producer: Iman Zawahry
Co-Producer: Yu Ying Chien
Cinematographer: Vanon Li
Production Designer: Yudi Zhang
Director of Graphics: Yizhou He

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