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F*ck Yes Series

Los Angeles, California• Series
Romance, Comedy

F*ck Yes! is what affirmative consent sounds like. Sex made hotter. SoSFW (sort of Safe For Work.)

Second Assault

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Documentary

Twelve years after being sexually assaulted on her college campus, Jillian embarks on a journey to confront the past.

Women Who Ride

Oakland, California• Film Short
Documentary

WOMEN WHO RIDE is a short character-driven verité documentary about Oakland’s first Black all-women motorcycle club, D’Vious Wayz.

Juvenile

Memphis, Tennessee• Film Feature
Documentary

Five young people share their juvenile justice system experiences in conversation with activists working to abolish youth incarceration.

Creating Indigenous Superheroes with Purpose

Denpasar, Indonesia• Film Short
Animation, Teen

Luh Ayu Manik Mas is a community-developed superhero from Indonesia who invokes indigenous knowledge and modern tech to improve the world.

Zaynab the Great and the Giant Plastic Monster

Los Angeles, California• Writing & Publishing
Adventure, Family

Zaynabthegreat.com Zaynab the Great is a revolutionary kid's book about plastic pollution, friendship, and community activism.

Pretty Ugly

Washington, District of Columbia• Film Feature
Documentary, Science

A face-off between toxic chemicals in cosmetics and one conscientious consumer on a quest for answers in an unregulated world.

Uncontrol

Houston, Texas• Film Short
Horror, Thriller

Deep in the throes of psychosis brought on by neglected OCD, a woman comes to face her inner demon.

Melissa Center is...Marrying Jake Gyllenhaal

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Comedy, Musical

What starts out as her mom's pesky fantasy (and mild-to-moderate obsession...ok MAJOR obsession) turns into a full - on MISSION as Melissa,

MOTHMAN: An Anti-Hate Superhero Comedy

Greensboro, North Carolina• Film Short
Action, Comedy

After discovering the tampering of a student election, Ronnie Reed must become MOTHMAN to save the campus from an evil fraternity.

Wilmington on Fire: Chapter II

Wilmington, North Carolina• Film Feature
Documentary, History

Over 120 years have passed since the 1898 massacre in Wilmington. Some things have changed. But some things still remain the same.

PONY — a short film by Halo Rossetti

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania• Film Short
Drama, LGBTQ

A late-'90s genderqueer pre-teen defies a grieving mother to embody their true gender and sexual identities in the wake of a family tragedy.

American Morning

New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama

After surviving a mass shooting at his elementary school, a teacher resorts to desperate measures to reconcile his guilt and ignite change.

LOLA

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama

When a young woman is blamed for her ailing health due to her size, a life-threatening medical emergency pushes her to advocate for her life

The Plop

Vancouver, Canada• Radio & Podcasts
Comedy, Family

PUT COMEDIANS BACK TO WORK & MAKE KIDS LAUGH

FRESH OFF THE BOAT & KIM'S CONVENIENCE SUPPORT AAPI ARTS AND STAND UP FOR BLACK LIVES

Los Angeles, California• Orgs & Companies
Film-related Business, Filmmaker Resource

TOMORROW, May 30, the casts of your two favorite shows gather together for live online table reads to support Asian Pacific American arts or

KIM'S CONVENIENCE & FRESH OFF THE BOAT TO SUPPORT AAPI ARTS!

Toronto, Canada• Orgs & Companies
Film-related Business, Filmmaker Resource

TOMORROW, May 30, the casts of your two favorite shows gather together for live online table reads to support Asian Pacific American arts

Cultura TV

Phoenix, Arizona• Series
Drama

This is a show about redemption. Diana made some wrong choices in her life and is on the road it making it up for those choices.

Stetson Tenz: Remote Therapist

New York City, New York• Film Feature
Comedy, Experimental

Stetson Tenz, an eccentric remote therapist, strives to help Americans during the difficulties (and weirdness) of The Pandemic.

Swoontown

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
LGBTQ, Satire

While lounging at the pool, Andy falls for Dot, but in order to win Dot over Andy must go on a treasure hunt to prove their character.

Project Phoenix

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Other

Let's come together to employ hundreds of crew members starting TODAY, to produce films in a safe & creative way embracing the "new normal".

Stay With Me

Conway, Arkansas• Film Feature
Drama

When a young woman begins to struggle with borderline personality disorder, her best friend and boyfriend struggle to help her survive.

Hysterical

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy

A comedy about recovering from sexual assault.

Buy In

New York City, New York• Film Short
Horror, Thriller

a charming young salesman and a strange, lonely traveler who find themselves locked in a struggle for control over their own destinies.

Acid Test (feature) Finishing Funds!

Houston, Texas• Film Feature
Drama, Teen

A rebellion of a coming-of-age tale fueled by Riot Grrrl music, dysfunctional family, and LSD.

It’s a Wonderful Plight

Dallas, Texas• Film Feature
Musical

A Hip Hop Musical explaining 400 years of Black people in America through song.

Side Effect

Salt Lake City, Utah• Film Short
Drama, Thriller

A greedy psychiatrist is over-prescribing the drug Panacetlyne when she mysteriously starts exhibiting signs of the side effects herself.

PhenomX

New York City, New York• Comics
Action

Max Gomez was wrongfully incarcerated, now released from prison, he is asked to join a new government trial, that gives him superpowers.

Spell It Out In Neon

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Romance

After a romantically naive twenty-something recognizes that her commitment phobic “friend” may not reciprocate her feelings, she demands HE

The Weight of Perfection

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Other

Young Olympic gymnast Ellen finds herself entangled in Coach Amanda’s unresolved web of psychological damage and a dangerous game with fire

Daruma

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama

PATRICK must enlist the help of his neighbor ROBERT to take the daughter he never knew he had to live with her maternal grandparents.

Freeman Hospitality

Atlanta, Georgia• Series
Sci-Fi, Thriller

In 2055 a black family-run security firm escorts a foreign journalist into the badlands of South Georgia to interview a local tyrant

18 1/2 - A Feature Film

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Comedy, Thriller

A Nixon staffer tries to leak the 18 1/2-minute tape in this kick-ass 70s-era Watergate conspiracy thriller/dark comedy.

Foghorn: A Film about a Vagina Gone Wrong

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy

When a girl's vagina suddenly starts honking like a foghorn, she's thrust down a surreal journey through LA.

The Pushouts

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama, Documentary

THE PUSHOUTS is the story of Victor Rios’ evolution from school pushout to UC professor and thought leader on the school-to-prison pipeline.

Rosalie

New York City, New York• Series
Comedy, LGBTQ

After denying herself romance her entire adult life, Rosalie finally admits her truth: she's a lesbian who's never even so much as held hand

Sad SAC

Berkeley, California• Series
Comedy, Family

As the second children in their Asian-American families, Priya and Audrey try to step out of the shadows of their successful older sisters.

Adventure Date!

New York City, New York• Film Short
Comedy, Horror

After being expelled from quilting graduate school for using witchcraft, Susan meets a stranger for a tinder date that goes terribly wrong

Make America Bake Again

New York City, New York• Series
Comedy

With a little help from her cousins, Wisconsinite Mary Margaret Anderson tries her to darndest to make it on America’s favorite baking show.

Comic Relief

Savannah, Georgia• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama

Determined to succeed as a stand up comedian a kid's party clown chases her dreams while struggling with increasing alcoholism & depression.

16,000 Dollars

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy

A struggling black college grad considers his options after receiving a reparations check for $16,000

Drought

Wilmington, North Carolina• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama

The summer after high school, Sam searches for a better life for herself and younger brother with Autism.

Whirlpool

Sacramento, California• Film Feature
Drama, Family

A haunting story about a complicated man with a deep secret that threatens to destroy his family at any moment.

Close Ties to Home Country

Chicago, Illinois• Film Short
Comedy, Biography

Based on real events. Akanksha, a kind immigrant, finds family in the rich people's dogs she dogsits, while her sister's US visa is denied.

Ass Level

Los Angeles, California• Music Video
Comedy, Music

A comedy hip-hop music video about the upside to living life in a wheelchair: you are ALWAYS at "ass level."

I Am A Banana

Washington, District of Columbia• Film Short
Documentary, Family

After uprooting their lives and emigrating from their home country, these families struggle to keep touch with each other as they are expose

Lady Parts

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama

When a high-risk cancer patient chooses preventative surgery, her removed organs move into her house and start talking to her.

Fruit Fly

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
LGBTQ, Romantic Comedy

At an off-kilter performing arts school, a young woman with a penchant for falling for gay men finds herself in a love triangle.

Circuit

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama

A young black teen's extraordinary fight to escape her captor who has forced her into sex slavery.

Harana (formerly "A Song for Myself")

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Music

A homesick Filipino lounge singer confronts her cover band in order to play her original song in front of their uncaring Vegas audience.

DOWN the MIDDLE

Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy

The owner of an ad agency retires unexpectedly, making his uptight business manager and his trust-fund bohemian daughter polarized partners.

Interrobang

Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, Romance

Love, sex, and anxiety collide in 6 stories that explore awkward, irreverent, emotionally raw, and relationship defining moments after sex.

CNT Productions

Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, Film-related Business

CNT flips the script on stereotypes one story at a time.

CLARKSTON: Mother of Exiles

Atlanta, Georgia• Film Feature
Documentary

Three refugees & a former Klansman seek to reestablish their identities in a nation struggling with an identity crisis of its own.

The Boxers of Brule

Lower Brule, South Dakota• Film Short
Documentary, Sport

Devastated by her friend's suicide, a young Lakota woman forms a girls boxing team with the urgent hope of leading them down a safer path.

Adulting Web Series

Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy

Adulting is a comedic web series about an unlikely duo, Katie and Charlie, who take their first stab at the real world together and attempt

The Great Divide

Denver, Colorado• Film Feature
Thriller, Western

In 1879 Colorado, a destitute ranch heiress must seek restitution by joining forces with the dangerous outlaws who murdered her father.

Winning

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Comedy

Four people and a talking cat think they’re the lone survivors of a nuclear apocalypse, until Ivanka Pump shows up...

GOALS N' SHIT

Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, Drama

GNS is a comedy centered around a newly unemployed businesswoman forced to rebuild her life based on process instead of perceived "success."

Brown Town

McAllen, Texas• Film Feature
Musical, Romantic Comedy

A loner beat boxer finds family in her college's South Asian acapella team.

The Bachelorette Party

Orcas, Washington• Film Feature
Comedy, Horror

Six girlfriends go to a remote island for a bachelorette party, where they go from fighting off bad hangovers to fighting for their lives.

I Don't Live Today

New York City, New York• Film Feature
Drama, Experimental

On his last night in NYC, a struggling Black painter wanders the streets cutting off all ties he has to the morally hypocritical art world.

Matt and Dan Season 2

Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, LGBTQ

"Matt and Dan Season 2" is the hilarious and absurd continuation of the gay sketch comedy YouTube series "Matt and Dan".

I Friggin Love you

Los Angeles, California• Series
Drama, Romantic Comedy

Love can make you or break you.

Street Cred Season 1: When It All Changed

Detroit, Michigan• Series
Sci-Fi, Teen

We're building inclusive leadership of the future by co-creating technology of the future, today!

Rent Controlled

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Shorts Program

The three Torres siblings are priced out of their hometown until an opportunity to achieve the unthinkable - rent control - presents itself.

The Last Stop

New York City, New York• Series
Drama, Comedy

What happens to those weird and wonderful New York City subway characters after they leave the train?

Reflection

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama

When the murders of unarmed African American men seem never-ending, the women in their community must search for strength.

Gaining & Losing

New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama

On the road to eating disorder recovery, Nina’s past threatens her success. Will the pressure be too much?

The New Frontier

Seattle, Washington• Film Short
Western, Experimental

This isn't your classic TLC Western. A Western Film reclaiming People of Color's Forgotten History and Contributions to the United States

No More Comics in L.A.

Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy

STRUGGLE. SISTERHOOD. STAND-UP

Fight Forward

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Comedy, Documentary

Fight Forward follows multiple student activists across California advocating for a return to free tuition in public universities.

Shedding - a feature film

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama, Fantasy

A cat who longs to explore the outside world transforms into a human and helps heal a broken family.

Desolation Center

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Documentary, Music

The untold story of influential Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings that still reverberate throughout our culture.

FOR GINA

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama

When 3 year old Sofia is diagnosed with cancer, the people who's lives she's touched must come to terms with love and loss.

You Are Going To Explode

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama

A depressed man searches for meaning to stave off his own spontaneous combustion.

ABRUPTIO

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Horror, Thriller

A loner must uncover a sinister race of beings before the explosive they've implanted in his neck detonates.

The NEW FREEDOM

Denver, Colorado• Film Feature
Horror, Thriller

It's not just about survival. It's about a community.

What Daphne Saw

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Sci-Fi, Thriller

In the future, criminals are reprogrammed into silent, unquestioning servants.

Agent of Change

Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, LGBTQ

A secret agent is on a mission to save the future of food, and as a transgender man, save humanity... one gender stereotype at a time.

In the Blue Hour

New York City, New York• Company
Drama, Experimental

What are we supposed to make of a life? A perfect hostess invites her friends to attend one last party - and you are invited!

Passive Aggressive Dads

Blue Hill, Maine• Film Short
Comedy

Two dads try to spend a nice day at the park with their daughters and end up avenging their life's failures upon a group of obnoxious teens.

Birth of Pleasure

Atlanta, Georgia• Film Short
Drama, Experimental

Narrative dance-film which explores sensuality and modern issues around the female body, through a retelling of the Psyche and Cupid myth.

Shield

New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama, Family

Zoe overcomes her unusual attachment to a blanket with her foster mom's creative use of comic books.

Hello World: The Film

Atlanta, Georgia• Film Feature
Documentary, Other

Software is everywhere. But who makes it? This film will uncover this hidden army of coders who make our lives work.

Smoked

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy

A Postmates courrier's world is turned upside when she has to deliver bagels and lox to her old high school.

Dom na Marse

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Sci-Fi

A bipolar woman must choose: follow her wife to an unfamiliar planet led by a cold-blooded regime, or endure alone on a deteriorating Earth.

On Story Project

Austin, Texas• Series
Film-related Business, Filmmaker Resource

On Story shares passionate discussions about the creative process of storytelling to audiences worldwide for free.

The Unknown Country

Dallas, Texas• Film Feature
Adventure, Experimental

The discovery of a forgotten family photograph sends Isabella on a journey through the belly of America. In her solitary quest, she navigate

DYKES, CAMERA, ACTION!

New York City, New York• Film Feature
Documentary, LGBTQ

A history of queer cinema from the women who made it happen.

Ring is now STALLED

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Romantic Comedy

Two strangers on dates from hell bond in the women's bathroom over their issues with love.

Scab Vendor - The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Biography, Documentary

A deep scrutiny into the life of one of America's last outlaws, Scab Vendor is the story of tattooist, writer, and pirate, Jonathan Shaw.

"Too Many Bodies: Place Called Us" A Music Video about Gun Reform

Los Angeles, California• Music Video
Drama, Experimental

A girl walks through a high school magically resurrecting those hurt by gunfire in a dance.

Queen of the Capital

Washington, District of Columbia• Film Feature
Documentary, LGBTQ

Daniel, a government bureaucrat in Washington D.C., dreams of becoming Queen of the Capital.

Comedic Timing

Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy

An improv teacher helps her all-women class sort out their personal lives as hers careens out of control.

Pozole

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama

Maia prolly killed her Nana.

Becoming Incurable

Sacramento, California• Film Feature
Documentary

A filmmaker captures the struggles, triumphs, and every day lives of three individuals living with severe chronic illnesses.

GRIT

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama

Frankie, a single woman in her late 30’s, discovers that due to an infertility issue, motherhood is suddenly a matter of now or never.

Choke

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Action

A rising MMA star hides her refugee status from her small American town, and the world.

LIFE AT ALL COSTS - A Documentary Series Going Beyond Pro Choice Vs. Pro Life

Los Angeles, California• Series
Documentary, News

Follow Asha Dahya, a former conservative Christian on her attempt to find common ground between pro choice and pro life.

Michael And Michael Are Gay

Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, LGBTQ

A satirical look at gay marriage through the eyes of two neurotic married misfits named Michael.

Made Public

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Shorts Program

A fast-paced, poignant comedy about a groom whose reservations about marriage go viral on the eve of his wedding. *2017 Emergence Winner*

2BR02B

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania• Film Short
Sci-Fi

Everything was perfectly swell...

We Are Gathered Here

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama

On the eve of his wedding a declaration of love from an ex forces Ben to decide if gaining a steady future is worth losing an exciting past.

Showtime

New York City, New York• Film Short
Action, Drama

Showtime follows Darius & his brother who dance on NYC trains to earn honest money, when an opportunity comes, Darius's loyalty is tested.

Fizzle

New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama, Comedy

Fizzle, a play by Gilbert Girion, is now being adapted into a short film! It's a cocktail party with a twist! Won’t you join us?!

TOPLESS

Seattle, Washington• Film Short
Drama, LGBTQ

TOPLESS is a narrative short film that follows two strangers as they undergo breast removal operations for very different reasons.

The Vigilante Chronicles (Campaign)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania• Series
Action, Drama

A teenage girl is faced to crime, police brutality, sexual identity, after she gains enhanced human abilities.

10-56

Providence, Rhode Island• Film Feature
Drama

A group of friends go to an island to detox together, not aware of the struggles they will face once there.

Brujos

Chicago, Illinois• Series
Drama, LGBTQ

Brujos is a queer-of-color web series that follows four gay Latino grad students... who are also witches!

The F Word: A Foster-to-Adopt Story

Oakland, California• Series
Comedy, Documentary

The F Word: A Foster-to-Adopt Story

Am I Out There?

Austin, Texas• Film Short
Drama, Documentary

Before getting abducted by aliens for the last time, Josh makes a documentary to prove his story to the world...and say goodbye.

Malabar

Miami, Florida• Film Short
Drama, Thriller

An undocumented mother risks everything to save her child from a human trafficking White Nationalist.

Second Assault

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Documentary

Twelve years after being sexually assaulted on her college campus, Jillian embarks on a journey to confront the past.

Aloha

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Family

Aloha follows one new mom's quest to find the perfect birth announcement after the delivery of her baby doesn't go quite as planned.

The Inner Edge

Old Bridge Township, New Jersey• Film Feature
Drama, Fantasy

A NJ cop struggling with changes in her life, has to save a suicidal stranger to unlock what powers lie within her.

Lost Bayou

Lafayette, Louisiana• Film Feature
Drama, Family

A struggling addict ventures out into the Louisiana swamp to discover that her estranged faith healer father is hiding a troubling secret.

Little Evil Bookshop

Seattle, Washington• Film Feature
Comedy, Satire

When the world's most powerful occult leader visits a modest mystic bookshop, its owner must impress him at all costs.

Stormie

Santa Maria, California• Film Feature
Biography, Drama

An adopted Hispanic teenager looks for his birth family in an attempt to find his place of belonging.

Palace

Bloomington, Indiana• Film Feature
Drama

The family-fractured lives of a stubborn mechanic, a retired widower, and a repressed college student intertwine at a bar in rural Indiana.

White Death

Needham, Norfolk County• Film Feature
Drama

A construction worker tries to leave the family business to pursue his life long dream of making a documentary about great white sharks.

Fantastic Santa Monaco

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama, Satire

A film about a group of performance artists who are looking for love, connection and significance in Los Angeles.

Pulling Wool

New York City, New York• Film Feature
Action, Comedy

A two hander about a platonic best-friendship that culminates in a city wide search for $7,000 to pay off gambling debt and save their lives

Rigor Samsa Series - The Bastette Group

Los Angeles, California• Series
Music, Experimental

All female creative team launches platform for collaboration starting with an experimental video series set to original music.

Interference

New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama, Thriller

A violent altercation between a police officer and a black man left one person dead. A couple passing by must decide what they believe.

Clementine

Portland, Oregon• Film Feature
Drama, LGBTQ

A heartbroken woman stows away to her estranged lover's lake house where she becomes entangled with a teenage girl.

Cinematcher - Lights.Camera.Connect.

New York City, New York• Company
Film-related Business, Filmmaker Resource

Hire and Get Hired for Film, TV and Digital Projects Instantly - globally

Paper Birds, Film Production Fund

Oakland, California• Film Short
Action, Drama

A desperate TV starlet with a rocky career makes an attempt at getting back in the spotlight by joining the circus

The Ring Thing

New York City, New York• Film Feature
Drama, LGBTQ

Saying yes to the future means letting go of the past.

Wed-Locked

Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy

Robert and Denise, a recently married couple, do their best to put differences aside and navigate the beautiful minefield called marriage.

ONE TRUE LOVES: A Web Series

Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, Romance

Between her tweenhood and early twenties, Lydia meets eight different loves of her life.

Nia On Vacation

Patras, Greece• Film Feature
Drama, Comedy

Escape is relative.

Mama Drama

Fairfield, New Jersey• Film Short
Comedy, Drama

A suburban mom has a falling out with her friends via text messages. It takes her 10-year-old daughter to remind of what really matters.

What Color is Blue

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania• Film Feature
LGBTQ, Experimental

Two young queers question the difference between political action/inaction and life/death in a world that does not want them to exist.

Me, My Mom & Sharmila - From Stage to Screenplay

Chicago, Illinois• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama

An intergenerational story of three South Asian women, a daughter, her mother & a Bollywood icon, whose destinies collide.

Exposure

Pepin, Wisconsin• Film Feature
Romance, LGBTQ

Two women set off on separate journeys of self-reflection and contemplation. What happened between them? How did the relationship die?

Architect Blues

Atlanta, Georgia• Film Short
Drama, Other

A short film that explores the side hustle every black woman has that keeps her pockets empty.

Keep Sidewalk Strong

Birmingham, Alabama• Film Festival
Film-related Business

After 19 years running, help us keep Sidewalk Strong in Birmingham's historic Theatre District!

Forbidden Steps

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Global Celebration, Family

A Muslim police officer stuck between his dancer daughter & orthodox father must grapple with ties to tradition & his own American dream.

Soiled Doves

Los Angeles, California• Series
Drama, Western

1887: A female saloon owner, a troubled prostitute and a newcomer with a secret must unite to save their frontier town from an ancient evil.

The Last Partera

Durham, North Carolina• Film Feature
Documentary

A 95-year-old midwife passes on her wisdom to a new generation of Costa Rican women fighting for their right to choose how they give birth.

Bertoia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania• Film Feature
Documentary

Enter the metal forest and journey through the soundscape left behind by iconic artist Harry Bertoia.

Consexual

Bozeman, Montana• Film Short
Documentary

Consexual will comment on the status of rape culture at MSU Bozeman, show the resources available and that there is hope for survivors.

Abby and Tabby Alone in the Desert

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Comedy

A modern day Thelma and Louise... with aliens... and it's a comedy.

Golden Sands

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Film-Noir, Music

Set in 1946, a young Mexican American musician, must establish herself in a male dominated world to earn equality and achieve her dreams.

To Life

Austin, Texas• Film Short
Comedy, Fantasy

When grief and laughter meet, the worst advice may be the best.

11/9: The Short Film

Orange, California• Film Short
Drama, Shorts Program

A beat-by-beat depiction of a college party during the night of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.

At The End Of The Day

Lakeland, Florida• Film Feature
Comedy, LGBTQ

A conservative Christian professor finds himself in a gay support group to stop their launch of an LGBT homeless teen shelter.

Biophilia

Petaluma, California• Film Short
Thriller, Shorts Program

When an animal dies under her watch, an isolated new farmer is pushed to prove her worth.

About a Donkey

New York City, New York• Film Feature
Comedy, LGBTQ

A quirky ensemble comedy about growing up, about growing old, and about a donkey.

The After Party

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Mystery, Thriller

A well-known party girl stops in a dive bar for a nightcap and discovers she shares a horrific secret with four mysterious women.

Hard-ish Bodies

Austin, Texas• Film Short
Comedy, Shorts Program

An ensemble comedy featuring the men and women of Stoney’s Rock Hard Palace - a male strip club with dancers of all shapes and sizes.

Quality Problems

Burbank, California• Film Feature
Comedy

Poster Family To-Do-list: Throw perfect eight-year-old's birthday party, find wandering Grandpa and deal with cancer in the left boob.

SOBER OCTAVES

Providence, Rhode Island• Film Short
Music, Experimental

An extended visual album following the journey of three young black men as they battle with societal conformity.

EN MACHINA

Los Angeles, California• VR Experience
Comedy, Sci-Fi

Two inventors, Steve and Steve, create the world's first true artificial intelligence in their garage.

The Benefits of Gusbandry

Portland, Oregon• Series
Comedy, LGBTQ

Love is so gay. One Woman, One Man, a lot of weed, a little crying and NO sexual attraction whatsoever. "Hilarious, irreverent.." - OUT.com

HERE NOW

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Family

HERE NOW is a magical reality about the power of a parent’s love.

Girl Code

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama

When girls talk, there's what they say, and what they're REALLY saying.

Half the Picture

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Documentary

HALF THE PICTURE is a feature documentary about working women directors in Hollywood.

For Flint

Flint, Michigan• Film Short
Documentary

"For Flint" is the inspiring story of neighbors banding together to rebuild a community torn apart by lead poisoning in the water supply.

Twentyfiveish

Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, Drama

Rosie travels with her best friend Tucker for a long weekend, and faces former high school friends as they all face uncertain futures.

F*ck Yes Series

Los Angeles, California• Series
Romance, Comedy

F*ck Yes! is what affirmative consent sounds like. Sex made hotter. SoSFW (sort of Safe For Work.)

Cleaner Daze

Santa Cruz, California• Series
Drama, Transmedia

Jasmine, the new counselor at a Juvenile Drug Treatment Center, struggles to mentor a colorful crew of teenage drug addicts.

10 Days in December - Proof of Concept

San Francisco, California• Film Short
Drama, Romance

One day you'll fall in love.

B.U.T.S

New York City, New York• Series
Comedy

Bilingual, Underrepresented, Titless, Sallies. We are spoofing Latino stereotypes on TV!

Third Candidates

Washington, District of Columbia• Series
Documentary

Why is it rare, and not the norm, to have more than two major candidates? We interview experts and follow candidates learn why.

Vida

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
LGBTQ, Horror

A closeted musical prodigy turned baby vamp must stifle her cravings, risk having sex with her roommate or suck her small-town campus dry.

LUMPIA WITH A VENGEANCE

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Action, Comedy

15 years after the original, the Filipino egg-roll-armed avenger reappears in Fogtown to stop a mysterious drug syndicate...

Mrs. Drake

Denver, Colorado• Film Short
Drama

It takes courage and strength to raise a child but it's constant doubt that consumes a parent.

Custodian

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Animation, Fantasy

The macabre account of a man whose inner demons drive him to seek redemption in the aftermath of bloodshed.

Devoti Tutti

Catania, Province of Catania• Film Feature
Documentary

Saint Agatha of Catania was killed for resisting the advances of a Roman governor. Her story has always been told by men — until now.

A punk Daydream

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Documentary

Indonesia has one of the biggest punk scenes in the world, amidst poverty, pollution and oppression.

Risking Light

Saint Paul, Minnesota• Film Feature
Documentary

A mother embraces her child’s killer. A torture survivor ponders revenge. What is harder, or more crucial, than forgiving the unforgivable?

Black Kungfu Chick

Los Angeles, California• Series
Action, Drama

Just an ordinary girl from South LA learns kungfu from her premed teacher to protect her community from local menaces in more ways than one.

Behind Closed Doors: Dana's Story

Dallas, Texas• Film Short
Drama

Based on a true story, a 12 year old is thrust into the world of domestic human trafficking. Incredibly, her mother brokers the deal.

Love, Hate, Church & State

Nashville, Tennessee• Film Feature
Documentary, LGBTQ

Evangelicals rise against LGBT in TN, where politics are preached from the pulpit & both sides fight to define "liberty & justice for all."

Please Be Love

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama

Nelly, a washed up dancer, falls head over heels in love and gets caught in the middle of a sticky family feud and a national disaster.

Acute Failure

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama

A young, sick Los Angeles actress visits her small hometown for a weekend to get evaluated for a kidney transplant.

Ordinary Women

San Francisco, California• Series
Animation, History

Feminist Frequency's new video series about defying stereotypes, challenging the status quo, and being extraordinary.

Electric Bleau

Atlanta, Georgia• Film Feature
Thriller

In 1980’s New Orleans, a biracial punk rocker must destroy a cursed heirloom before she repeats the same deadly cycle as her ancestors.

The Ladies Almanack

Chicago, Illinois• Film Feature
LGBTQ, Experimental

Hélène Cixous, Eileen Myles, Guinevere Turner, & more star in the epic tribute to women's writing.

Tangerine Juice Fund

New York City, New York• Company
Film-related Business

The Tangerine Juice Fund is crowd sourced fund supporting 1st and 2nd time women feature film directors. Donations are tax deductible.

13 Chambers

Seattle, Washington• Film Feature
Horror, Experimental

13 Seattle-area female artists explore the uncanny, the supernatural, & the sublime within an abandonded building slated for demolition.

The Stone & The Stars

Bloomington, Indiana• Film Short
Drama

The Stone & The Stars is a short film that explores friendship, fear, and how the people we love lead us home.

Docket 32357

New York City, New York• Series
Drama

A high profile case gives Alex, a gifted lawyer, the rare opportunity to ascend to the elite in his profession and he is willing to achieve

DARCY

Ypsilanti Charter Township, Michigan• Film Feature
Drama, Teen

Not Phillip And I

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Shorts Program

Dealing with loss, Sylvia returns home to her family to heal, instead she finds herself losing her grip, and embracing her eccentricities.

Changa and the Jade Obelisk

Santa Monica, California• Series
Animation

An African Game of Thrones meets Harryhausen Sinbad

3000 Cups of Tea

Utah, United States• Film Feature
Documentary

Investigating the Rise and Ruin of Greg Mortenson

OMA

New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama

To complete her thesis, a PhD candidate must get the Holocaust testimony of her estranged grandmother.

Film Festival Secrets 2.0

Atlanta, Georgia
Film-related Business, Filmmaker Resource

Join the community that will shape the next edition of this practical guide to film festivals.

This Is Happening

California, United States• Film Feature
Comedy

YES! WE'VE HIT OUR INITIAL TARGET. BUT EVERY DOLLAR BEYOND 100% MEANS MORE CITIES AND MORE AWARENESS FOR THIS IS HAPPENING. PLEASE CONTINUE

BRIDES TO BE

Seattle, Washington• Film Feature
LGBTQ, Thriller

The night before their wedding, two women battle sinister forces to save themselves, and each other.

Ghost Light

New York City, New York• Series
Comedy

Those that work backstage should never be seen or heard. . . until now.

CHARGER

Chicago, Illinois• Film Short
Action

A short action film: 5 minutes, one shot.

Money & Violence Season 2

Brooklyn, New York• Series
Crime, Drama

Money & Violence is an in-depth look at the line where survival meets responsibility.

Girl Trip

Sacramento, California• Series
Comedy, Horror

A fun road trip ends in murder and mayhem when hidden resentments between best friends surface and everyone learns the hard way never to get

The New Orleans Sazerac

Atlanta, Georgia• Film Short
Documentary

To make the perfect Sazerac combine one part technique, one part interpretation, and a dash of folklore.

Normal Valid Lives

Minneapolis, Minnesota• Film Feature
Documentary

One community's fight to accept and protect all kids.

The Openers

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy

3 aspiring stand up comediennes are chronicled by an inexperienced film student as they try to pull off the biggest show of their lives.

Radical Roots: The Story of a Food Revolution

Minnesota, United States• Film Feature
Documentary

In the 70s radical youth created an explosion of food co-ops, only to be torn apart in a war over what- and who- their revolution was for.

ONE DAY AS A PROSTITUTE

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Documentary

A slice of life documentary exploring sex work in 2015.

Last Caller

Seattle, Washington• Film Short
Horror, Thriller

It was all bullshit...until the conspiracies started coming true.

See You On the Other Side

Seattle, Washington• Film Short
Romance, Sci-Fi

Love is a superpower.

After Ever After

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Experimental

When is it too late to save a marriage that's been slowly bleeding to death for years?

Of Dust and Bones

Santa Monica, California• Film Feature
Drama

A desert recluse is visited by her dead husband's best friend, who arrives with an unsettling agenda.

The Last Glimmer

Concord, California• Film Short
Drama

An unlikely friendship unfolds between two socially marginalized suburbanites who struggle to connect and survive on their own terms.

The wHOLE

Los Angeles, California• Series
Drama

“The wHOLE” is a gritty drama illuminating solitary confinement made in collaboration with those closest to the issue.

Wedlocked

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
LGBTQ, Satire

Not one to be held back by unfair legislation, Sydney outsmarts the web of laws keeping her tied down and unable to get divorced.

Bottle Fed

Saint Louis, Missouri• Film Feature
Comedy, Romantic Comedy

Post break-up, a young mother chases after her "pre-baby" dreams by forming a stand-up comedy mom band with her best friend.

The Sibling Code

United States• Film Short
Comedy

A hilarious comedy about a sister and brother who must come to consensus as they plan a funeral.

First Girl I Loved

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama, LGBTQ

A lesbian high-schooler in Los Angeles falls in love with a young woman even more conflicted about her sexuality than she is.

The Average Girl's Guide to Suicide

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Comedy

After a failed suicide attempt Sarah joins a group of fellow survivors trying to help each other succeed…at suicide.

Downward Hiro

California, United States• Film Short
Drama

LIFE IS TORTURE

Auld Lang Syne

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama

An annual New Year’s Eve party becomes occasion for disaster as three couples' lives unravel spectacularly over the course of the evening.

I Wanna Fuck You Up

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Music

It's a Hoe-down and Missi wants revenge. Help her help you fuck shit up in "I Wanna Fuck You Up".

COLOURING BOOK PRODUCTIONS

Rochester, New York• Company
Documentary

Colouring Book Productions uses storytelling to make diversity normal. Help us "colour" outside of the lines.

Neither Shadow of Turning

New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama

Trapped in snowy isolation, husband and wife descend into torment as their lives are threatened by illness.

Sea of Fog

San Francisco, California• Film Short
Drama, Romance

Strangers pass each other every day, unaware of what exists between them.

"Slut: A Documentary Film"

California, United States
Documentary

Sharing personal stories to explore how we can work toward a world that embraces female sexuality and supports victims of sexual assault.

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

Atlanta, Georgia• Film Feature
Documentary

In 1936 when 18 Black athletes participated in the Berlin Olympic Games, history forgot all except one. This is the story of the other 17.

Hysterical Historical Hillary

Brooklyn, New York• Series
Comedy, Drama

Hillary in another breakup...breakdown to have a breakthrough

The 12th Step

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama

Tim must deal with the hole left in his life after the sudden death of his wife in a horrific car crash.

Carbon Fiber

New York City, New York• Film Short
Documentary, Sport

Four drivers battle fatigue and mechanical failures in a 24-hour race around the clock.

Between Colors

Fullerton, California• Film Short
Drama

A young artist unexpectedly falls in love, losing sight of her dreams of becoming a painter.

Five-Fingered Lucy

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama

A kleptomaniac on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

72 Hours: A Brooklyn Love Story?

Brooklyn, New York• Film Feature
Drama, Teen

A teenager from BK has a ticket out of the projects and 72 hrs to decide if he’s up to the challenge

I Can't With You

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy

When your best friend brings out the worst in you.

the Harlem Independent Theater!

New York City, New York• Company
Film-related Business, Filmmaker Resource

A cinema and event space with a cafe-bar coming to West Harlem summer 2015.

Sleeping With Earrings On

New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama, LGBTQ

Maggie’s marrying the woman of her dreams but will tension between her sisters ruin the day?

Assassin

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
LGBTQ, Thriller

The story of an assassin, a job gone wrong and the woman she never expected to fall in love with.

Zone 2

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Horror, Thriller

Trapped in the bleak underworld of Zone 2, a mother and her disabled son fight for survival.

Cleave

Boston, Massachusetts• Film Short
Drama

An average American husband and wife expose what they are most loyal to may be tearing them apart

You Are in Bedford, Man

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy

A heavy metal legend has just been fired from his own band. And there's a dead groupie in his room.

Help the Texas Theatre get Digital Cinema (DCP)!

Dallas, Texas
Film-related Business

The historic Texas Theatre needs to add DCP to keep offering the best new and repertory films.

The Death of a Government Clerk - an Anton Chekhov story

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Foreign Film

Clerk in 1800s Russia, falls prey to his insecurities when an error questions his meaning of life.

Actress

New York, United States• Film Feature
Documentary

A film about starring in the movie of your life.

Three Fingers

Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee• Film Short
Drama, War

The battle continues long after the war...

Settling Up

New York City, New York• Series
Comedy

A comedic web series about female finances, fertility, and friendship. It's time to Settle Up.

Charlie & Poppy, A Short Film by Jennifer Potts

Manchester, New Hampshire• Film Short
Drama

A young boy cherishes his grandfather who, from a train station platform, creates magical moments.

Cheap Plastic Mask

Chicago, Illinois• Film Short
Horror

A meeting of two strangers in the bathroom of a Halloween party spirals into a waking nightmare.

Son of Somerset Files

Alabama, United States• Series
Sci-Fi, Transmedia

After inheriting her grandfather’s UFO research, a young woman documents her investigation.

Brazilian Wood

Phoenix, Arizona• Film Feature
Drama, Thriller

One man's relentless pursuit of justice collides with another man's bizarre course of revenge.

Across The Tracks

Atlanta, Georgia• Film Short
Drama, Family

In 1960s GA, a young mixed girl decides to pass for white, a choice that follows her for many years.

Policy of Truth

United States• Film Short
Drama

Dwight, must travel home to his father, Walter, who is facing early-onset Alzheimer's.

The Canary

California, United States• Film Short
History, Thriller

One gold miner. One mine. One nightmare.

Finding Jenn's Voice

Pennsylvania, United States• Film Feature
Documentary

Homicide is the leading cause of death during pregnancy. But no one is talking about it. Until now.

A New York Pair

New York City, New York• Film Short
Romantic Comedy

What happens when Molly and Charles must decide between ambition and love in New York City?

Cross

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Film-Noir

A young Filipino backyard boxer enters a Mexican fight ring in the San Fernando Valley.

The Videoblogs

Brooklyn, New York• Film Feature
Drama

A feature film about a lonely young woman who reaches out through The Screen.

Little Cabbage

Atlanta, Georgia• Film Short
Thriller

An eccentric composer in the 1950's is given a magical instrument that distorts her relationships.

Everybody Does It

California, United States• Film Short
Comedy

A young woman searches for her own orgasm

Directed by Women

United States
Global Celebration

Inviting the world to fall madly in love with & wildly celebrate women filmmakers & their films.

Pushing Out Daisy

United States• Film Short
Comedy, Drama

Dead Saturday

Huntsville, Alabama• Film Short
Drama, Thriller

A misled band of youths believes they found a religious loophole for releasing their inner demons.

Rewind: Play

Portland, Oregon• Film Feature
Documentary

Playful exploration of adults who enjoy the simplicity of childhood revelry amidst grown-up pressure

Arcadia Bay

Portland, Oregon• Film Short
Mystery, Sci-Fi

A pair of military scientists discover they are living inside a simulation and set out to learn why.

The Hollies

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Film-Noir, Thriller

Everyone's plastic, but I want to be plastic.

Live a Little

New York City, New York• Film Short
Comedy

An ambitious 9yr old must complete her bucket list since she expects to die by the end of the day.

CongestedCat Shorts

New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama, LGBTQ

Character-driven, stereotype breaking short films about loss from the creators of 'Kelsey.'

FOG CITY

San Francisco, California• Film Short
Drama, Mystery

A solitary amateur ballplayer confronts an invisible past in plain view of a new teammate.

Trent's War

Shreveport, Louisiana• Film Short
Drama, War

Trent fought in Iraq. Now he wants to live a normal life. PTSD has a different opinion about that.

Section II

United States• Company
Film-related Business, LGBTQ

Netflix for Lesbians.

The Dreamers

Chicago, Illinois• Series
Comedy, Drama

Six young artists working and creating their way post-graduation in the city of Chicago.

Before the Spring

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama, History

A man loses everything he holds dear before finding the strength to rise against a corrupt regime.

There is a New World Somewhere

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama

A troubled woman is seduced by a stranger who takes her on a road trip through America's deep south.

Time Signature

Brooklyn, New York• Film Short
Sci-Fi

Danielle meets her favorite guitarist, Astra, who reveals that she is a time-traveler.

Trichster

New York City, New York• Film Feature
Documentary

Living with the most common disorder you've never heard of.

SOAR

Portland, Oregon• Film Feature
Documentary

SOAR shows what's possible when people with differences get the love and support they need to adapt.

In Honor Of

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama

A woman comes home to a family gathering only to discover that she has walked into her own execution

Sheila Scorned

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Satire, Shorts Program

A grindhouse short starring a quick-witted stripper who's out to get even with the men in her way.

Kibuki: Spirits in Zanzibar

San Francisco, California• Film Short
Documentary, Experimental

An cross-cultural experiment in possession, trance, and the meaning of healing. A poem film.

Charlotte

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama

A drama about those moments of childhood that never leave us.

TurtleDove Films

Austin, Texas• Company
Film-related Business

If you're here for a follow back, we'd rather you follow "A Room Full of Nothing" - that is the only campaign we actively update.

DIBS - Season 2

New York City, New York• Series
Comedy, Romantic Comedy

DIBS is a series about two best friends and one serious relationship. Theirs.

I Am Thalente: In Theatres and on iTunes Now!

Durban, South Africa• Film Feature
Documentary

A homeless skateboarder travels from South Africa to the US and into the heart of skateboarding.

CLAUDETTE

Toronto, Canada• Film Short
Mystery

Her husband missing, a woman confronts harsh truths under the questioning eye of a police detective.

Perihelion

Iowa, United States• Film Feature
Drama, Sci-Fi

Over Under Through The Loop And Together Again

Not Abel

Texas, United States• Film Short
Drama

You can never have both.

Relationshipwrecked

Kentucky, United States• Film Short
Comedy

Relationships can be hard. And people can be cruel. But that doesn't mean all hope is lost.

ROAM

Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky• Film Short
Action

A young boy must defend his right to live on a desolate and destroyed Earth.

The Only First Time

Winston-Salem, North Carolina• Film Short
Drama

High school sweethearts confront personal anxieties on the night planned to lose their virginity.

Panomundo

Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Documentary

A documentary about the history of the steelpan and its influence around the world.

The Devil's Violinist

Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama

A violinist walks the line between beauty and pain as he repays his debt to the Devil.

Consideration

Ann Arbor, Michigan• Film Feature
Drama

Would you date a Sugar Daddy to pay off your student loans?

Moving Day

Texas, United States• Film Short
Drama, Romance

When a terminal illness strikes, one couple calls it quits... and for all the right reasons.

Eveningstar Cinema

Brunswick, Cumberland County
Film-related Business

Save The Eveningstar Cinema

The Dog

New York City, New York• Film Feature
Documentary

THE DOG is the story of John Wojtowicz, the real-life bank robber behind DOG DAY AFTERNOON.

Victoria, Gto

Mexico• Film Short
Drama

A friendship is tested on the last day before heading off to college when a secret is revealed.

The Ritual

Illinois, United States• Film Feature
Documentary

Exploring the commodification of the wedding ritual and how it maps on the bonds of friendships.

PRECIOUS TIME

Iowa, United States• Film Short
Drama, Family

A father and son play chess during the apocalypse.

No Le Digas a Nadie (Don't Tell Anyone)

Brooklyn, New York• Film Feature
Documentary

An undocumented youth fights for herself, her mother and her community to come out of the shadows.

Stoner Apocalypse: The Series

New York, United States• Series
Comedy, Satire

In a post-apocalyptic future, a renegade finds shelter among a group of amiable potheads.

Rez

New York, United States• Film Short
Drama

An Ojibwe boy searches for a safe place for he and his young sister on the Leech Lake reservation.

The Master Cleanse

Brooklyn, New York• Film Short
Comedy

Enter Park Slope's most transformative commune...

The Louise Log (Season 3)

New York, United States• Series
Comedy

She's got a high-maintenance husband and an over-active inner voice.

A short film in 168 Hours

Dallas, Texas• Film Short
Comedy, Drama

Given only 168 hours, a group of talented filmmakers struggle to create a quality short film.

Color Thief

New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama, Other

A true story about achieving your goals even if it is at the end of your life.

Nyctophobia

Chicago, Illinois• Film Short
Horror, Thriller

Maybe you should be afraid of the dark...

She Lights Up Well

Detroit, Michigan• Film Feature
Comedy

A struggling actress moves home and directs a production to try and save the community theater.

Bird Call

Washington, United States• Film Short
Mystery

A mysterious omen is ignored until those who experience it confront its terrifying message.

ZOMPIRE VIXENS FROM PLUTO!

Brooklyn, New York
Comedy, Horror

Foxy zombie/vampires attack Brooklyn in retaliation for the declassification of Pluto as a planet.

Homemade

Atlanta, Georgia
Documentary

Love Land

Austin, Texas• Film Feature
Drama

A young woman with an intellectual disability fights the label that keeps her from her community.

Movement + Location

Brooklyn, New York• Film Feature
Sci-Fi

A woman in Brooklyn learns the hard way that you can't always leave the past behind you.

Stories of the Unconscious

Brooklyn, New York
Experimental

A short film of nine surreal landscapes where animals speak, statues bleed and people seek purpose.