On the Eastside of Detroit in the summer of 2003, a Grandfather tries to hide his daughter’s incarceration from his young grandson in the midst of a city-wide blackout caused by an alien invasion.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Eric Riley
Producer: Jasmin Joseph
Producers: Gabriel Freeman, Clark Bishop
Director of Photography: Kate Levy
VFX Producer: Jeremy Brooks
Casting Director: Michele Mansoor

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Three women share their experiences navigating a hostile landscape, and the barriers they faced along the way, to get a later abortion.

Project type: Nonfiction Short
Producer: Asha Dahya
Co-producer: Sarah Moshman
Editor: Prakshi Malik
Animator: McGregor

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When a misanthropic addict in recovery finds out her dying mother gave up a previous child for adoption, she must prove her self-worth by fulfilling her mother’s final wish—track down the other child and bring him home before it's too late.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Director: Desdemona Chiang
Writer/Producer/Actor: Julia Morizawa
Lead Producer: Ashley Song

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A pregnant Palestinian woman, whose husband died in the Israeli prison, wants to avenge his death. Under Hamas’ guidance, she plans a terror attack in Israel. The premature birth of her son makes her reconsider, but will Hamas let her off the hook?

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Adva Reichman
Producers: Nahd Bashier, Nicholas Benjamin

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A once promising playwright returns home to make amends with his dying father while picking up the pieces of a broken dream.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Project status: Development
Director: Kristen Hansen
Producer: Heather Brawley
Producer: Antonio A Ayala
Writer/Actor: Nick Maccarone

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Tipped to be bigger than Elvis as a young man, singer-songwriter Scott Fagan is taking one last shot at success, in his seventies.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director/Producer: Marah Strauch
Writer/Producer: Chris Campion
Producer: Eric Bruggemann

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Threatened by the forces of nature, a prehistoric outcast must use a newly awakened power to save her people: the ability to speak. But is the world ready to hear what she has to say?

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Nich Esposito
Producer: David Fieman

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Three childhood best friends reunite for a camping trip on the island where they went every summer as children, throwing into stark relief how much their lives have diverged.

Project type: Fiction Short
Co-Director: Brandi Nicole Payne
Co-Director: Jen West
Director of Photography: Alexxiss Jackson
Production Designer: Lauren Yisrael
Intimacy Coordinator: Camille Monae

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When social worker Johanna returns to her childhood home after the death of her estranged mother she must confront the abuse she experienced as a child, battling a force within the house that thinks Joanna is still a child in need of discipline..

Project type: Fiction Feature
Director/Writer: Carolynn Cecilia
Co-Producer: Desirée Abeyta
Editor: Jamie Wright
Composers: Michelle Birsky & Kevin Henthorn

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An homage to gritty 70s horror, Stain-Free is the story of Billie, a crippled police officer-turned-illicit crime scene cleaner who struggles to hold onto her humanity while covering up the murders perpetrated by her mysterious Employer.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Phil Tice
Producer: Rudy Scalese

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Locations like the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs show how Stan’s work is a staple of the Mid Century Movement from a California artist working since the 1950’s to today. The film is a study of contrasts, Stan, a reserved man, whose work, much like Jackson Pollack’s, is the culmination of physical battle with his preferred medium, clay.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director/Producer: Francesca Di Amico
Director of Photography/Producer: Claudia Unger

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Elderly prisoners cost taxpayers billions and are the least likely to reoffend, which is why senior citizen activist Bill Ryan - who already helped to end the death penalty in Illinois - wants to set them free.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director/Writer/Producer: Ben Kolak
Producer: Yana Kunichoff

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Veteran suicide is a huge problem in the U.S. today. Steel Soldier follows military veterans and others struggling with PTSD as they use armored combat - an emerging combat sport - to deal with their traumas.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Creator/Producer: Carl Fisk
Director: Jamie Flanagan
Editor/DIT: Derek Evans
Co-Producer: Jordan Letsinger
Cinematographer: Madison McKamey

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A runaway man returns to Alaska to visit his ailing mother amidst a family rift leads to an unexpected entanglement with the homeless community and the revelation of a long-buried family secret that threatens to upend his entire life.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director: Jiin F. Chang
Producer: Bright Chang
Director of Photography/VFX Supervisor: Ryan Tester
Director of Photography: Nathan Shuttleworth

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A young mother's American Dream turns into a living nightmare until she finds the inner strength to listen to a voice she hadn't heard before: her own.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Director: Jared Martino
Assistant Director: Isabella Olaguera

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An inceptive lens exploring the convergence of poor eating habits and elevated sugar consumption promoting health disorders that plague the African American community with solution-oriented goals toward better health/well-being.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Michael Cooke
Producer: Anthony Hemingway
Producer: Anthony J. Davis

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Based upon personal experiences, SummerWinterSummer delves into the recurring cycle of trauma and shame faced by a gay Vietnamese American artist in his pursuit of love.