Nikita Patel

The Starter Marriage

A pair of twenty-something strangers decide to go through a one year “starter” marriage so they can practice for the real ones they hope to have later in life… only to let love get in the way.

Clock

On the eve of her 38th birthday, a woman desperately attempts to fix her broken biological clock.

A Ghost Story

Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

I (Iago)

The infamous tale of jealousy and betrayal, OTHELLO, is reimagined during the revolutionary experiments of the Black Panther Party. Based on the play by William Shakespeare.

After All

When traditional grandmother Verna, suffers a stroke, her estranged daughter Ellen, returns to their modest home, facing the role of caregiver to both her ailing mother and her teenage daughter. As Verna’s memories blur and long-buried family secrets resurface, Ellen confronts painful truths about her past. In the midst of family upheaval, Haley struggles with relentless bullying, her identity, and anxiety, while watching her once-stable world fall apart.

The Other

Unable to conceive, a couple seeks to build a family with a young orphan, survivor of tragic childhood. But their act of love turns to horror when they realize the violence in their foster's past has returned to destroy the new family.