Maggie Baker has a weight problem, and her high school classmates won't let her forget it. They shamelessly ridicule her, and even go so far as to nominate her for Homecoming Queen as a joke. Maggie, however, decides to take the nomination seriously, collects the required signatures and starts campaigning. A number of students get behind her, threatening the chances of the popular clique -- who resolve to sabotage Maggie's campaign by any means necessary.
When depressed and withdrawn Catharine meets a secretive boy online, she begins to come out of her shell. But is he a suitor or a stalker, a friend or foe? The mystery of his existence fuels obsession, denial and deceit, sending her to the point of no return. In the midst of cliques, boyfriends, and digital drama, Catharine is trying to make sense of a world of uncertain identities. The film was inspired by the writer-director's own experience parenting his teenage daughter in the world of cyberspace. @urFRENZ was made to serve as a talking point for the subject matter of bullying and cyberbullying, the number one hot button issue between parents and teens today.
A young woman studying the habits of webcam chat users from the apparent safety of her apartment witnesses a brutal murder online and is quickly immersed in a nightmare in which she and her loved ones are targeted for the same grisly fate as the first victim.
Blake Redding is trapped in this dark room wanting to protect his love so the only thing he will do is escape like no failed student has done before.
What picture of the world ahead did we paint for one another? What world did we think would surround us in the morning light after a thousand nights from here? After a hundred? After tomorrow? A film about love, cats and brain parasites, this disturbing short was inspired by Toxoplasmosis: a disease caused by a parasite that is believed to affect up to a third of the world population and a condition that can radically change human behaviour. Forever.
Despite his outstanding intellect, associate professor Charlie Thurber is a chronic underachiever and has never received university tenure. Aided by his nutty best friend, Charlie launches a final effort to make the grade at Gray College. But a beautiful new teacher whose ascending star threatens to eclipse him shakes up Charlie's plans.
A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, with deadly consequences.
Aging TV star Walter Campbell's attempts to break up with younger girlfriend Lucy are thwarted by the announcement of her pregnancy. Looking for space, Walter resolves to visit his estranged daughter Nic, currently residing in Big Sur, resentful of her father's neglectful parenting and womanizing ways. He agrees to give a lift to Nic's friend Kim, who having recently attended the funeral of her estranged mother, is dealing with her own emotional baggage. Upon arriving in Big Sur, Walter discovers that Nic is living on a lesbian commune, and is in fact due to get married. Nic is appreciative of Walter's acceptance of her sexuality, which sees the pair's relationship begin to repair, but this newly formed bond is at risk of being destroyed once and for all.
Three Los Angeles friends stumble out of their 20's, searching for love, purpose, and what it really means to be an American in 2007.
HOW I GOT LOST is the heartbreaking yet hopeful story of Andrew and Jake, two friends dealing with loss amidst events bigger than them. Andrew is the friend we all have, the one who convinces you to come along despite your better judgment. Talented but with seemingly nothing to lose, his tailspin is balanced only by his professional drive to succeed as a trader on Wall Street. His best friend Jake, broken-hearted and writing sports instead of fiction, does his best to clean up the mess his friend creates until he runs into his capricious ex, Sarah again. So Andrew convinces him to ditch New York and hit the road, going nowhere. They commandeer a cab to Philadelphia, where they borrow Andrews moms station wagon. But when their car runs out of gas in the middle of Pennsylvania, Andrew reveals the real reason for the trip -- his father has died, and he doesn't think he can make it through the funeral alone.
Randall Mullen quits his day job with the hope that working from home will spur his creativity. Instead, all it spurs are a lot of naps, a little madness, and a new relationship based, in part, on the humane treatment of balloon animals.
Lily is a young girl who's mother is spiraling out of control through drinking and drugs. In an effort to save herself, Lily searches for her father; just as she finds him, tragedy strikes.
Retired LAPD officer, Matt Bell, moves to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin to open the town's first yoga studio and immediately longs for his days patrolling the streets of Compton.
Leo's Love(s) is a romantic comedy in the style of Woody Allen that follows Leo, a struggling writer doomed to write advertising jingles, as he meets and falls head over heels in love with Max, the girl of his dreams. Max is everything that Leo could want: she's beautiful; she's smart; she has a particular fondness for late 19th century French poetry; and as an actress who's biggest role is portraying a dancing, chocolate sprinkled dough nut in a local commercial, she is very much a kindred spirit. The only problem? Leo is engaged to Rachel, a bi-polar spitfire with a penchant for violence through kitchen utensils.
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
Moving his family into a revamped, scientifically advanced World War II sub, Captain Daddy attempts to prove that living beneath the sea is a safer, more normal life for his family. Too bad he’s lost the instructions.