Social & External
Roger Rojo
A quiet morning gives rise to a cyclical story of letdowns. The lives of a flower seller, a heartbroken man, a petty thief, and a weary boat man intertwine in an undercurrent of chaos, longing and loss. Though strangers to one another, their lives are unknowingly bound by a bundle of flowers.
Elly, a former artist, and Dej', a troubled musician, find themselves locked in a fragile and tense dynamic as they navigate, or rather fail to navigate, the weight of Dej's addiction. On a cold night in the studio, the band find themselves in a familiar, but ever so painful, situation. Dej's constant intoxication and Elly's ongoing denial push bandmates to leave, cause songs to be abruptly cut short by drunken mishaps, and lead to empty promises being tossed around amid incomprehensible antics. Elly must decide whether taking a step forward, no matter who she might leave behind or how difficult that might actually be, is the right thing to do - if there even is, or ever has been, a 'right' thing to do for her. The internal struggle unfurls as Elly's night becomes one that could either mark a new beginning, or bring everything to an end.
A young woman on the run must survive a news cycle frenzy in order to escape a dangerous plot involving a notorious girl gang.
In an inner world suspended between oblivion and creation, a female figure moves through a dreamlike space where forgotten ideas take shape. Genesis is an experimental piece that explores the journey toward the origin of an idea — of oneself.
A comedy/drama film following two siblings (Tiana and Trey) as they struggle to survive as vendors in the Las Vegas Arts District. Tiana and Trey try to make a deal with a drug dealer by selling 3D printed guns in exchange for their lives at First Friday.
01. Whoever's In New England 02. The Last One To Know 03. Sunday Kind Of Love 04. Cathy's Clown 05. Rumor Has It 06. Fancy 07. Is There Life Out There 08. Does He Love You 09. Why Haven't I Heard From You 10. And Still 11. Starting Over Again 12. What If? 13. If You See Him / If You See Her 14. What Do You Say 15. I'll Be 16. Sweet Music Man 17. He Gets That From Me 18. You're Gonna Be
Damiano David's short film for the presentation of his first somo album: Funny Little Fears. He speaks and sings about his fears.
Two lonely people cross paths while working in a coffee shop. Even with opposite personalities, they both want to move forward with the business which they use as a conduit to heal their wounds, even though they know nothing about coffee.
Aurora, a young woman who is part of a religious sect with her mother, doubts the veracity of the words of Bernabé, the leader, and seeks a way to make her mother and the rest of the community understand that the truth is not there. Everything becomes chaotic when Aurora begins to have connections with the sacred idol and her objective changes drastically, changing the normality of the community.
After discovering a mysterious drug that lets him relive his days, Cameron Carter falls deeper and deeper into his subconscious.
The film is about a boy who locks himself in the bathroom to work out math equations on the shower wall. The boy has obsessive compulsive parents. The boy is obsessed with a cheerleader named Lacy, who lives across the street from.
Entirely created by a team of high schoolers, BARK follows a 16-year-old girl through a year of growing pains, navigating struggles with her grandmother and identity issues.
Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.
A visual essay on the stimuli that draw a bridge to past memories of my life; a real documentary about where I was and where I am, what I did and what I do; a reflection of the person I was and continue to be.
A depressed 28 year-old reconnects with his estranged family and comes to terms with the loss of his father.
A promiscuous girl falls in love with a woman after a series of random hook-ups.
Short film featuring the extended version of the song “All Too Well” by Taylor Swift. A troubled couple's romance blossoms before it eventually falls apart.
When reserved and lonely teenager Fenix meets popular high school girl Scarlett, the two form a bond that shapes the rest of his life.
When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them apart.
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
A talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUGGED, a moving and inspiring new film that explores the true meaning of success.
Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a few steps behind - while her friends check off milestones and celebrate their new grown-up status. When her high-school sweetheart proposes, Megan panics and- given an unexpected opportunity to escape for a week - hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year old Annika and Annika's world-weary single dad Craig.
A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.
Seven years after their first infatuated encounter, Abril and Manuel meet again. Despite the fact that they are both married, it is soon apparent that their attraction has only grown.
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills.
Harriet finds art imitating life when she discovers certain songs can transport her back in time – literally. While she relives the past through romantic memories of her former boyfriend, her time travelling collides with a burgeoning new love interest in the present. As she takes her journey through the hypnotic connection between music and memory, she wonders – even if she could change the past, should she?
A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies. Released at the height of Thriller’s success, the short film redefined the music video, broke racial barriers, and became the first inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry.
After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo the girl he likes are sidelined when he is courted by the top two campus fraternities, both of which want and need his fierce street-style dance moves to win the highly coveted national step show competition.
Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.
Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.
After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.
A talented singer leaves the Atlanta music scene and starts over in small-town Tennessee, where she finds love and new purpose but can't escape the past.
Soon after the rising young singer-songwriter Beau Williams gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable country star Kelly Canter, the pair embark on a career resurrection tour helmed by her husband/manager James and featuring a beauty queen-turned-singer Chiles Stanton. Between concerts, romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all.
