GO FOR GRANDMA
(director)
Inspired by the iconic ‘80s fantasy films we all grew up on, Go for Grandma is a magical journey into the mind of a young boy who escapes a traumatic home life through the power of his imagination.
The movie stars Succession star Justine Lupe and Academy Award nominee Amy Madigan. Its world premiere was at AFI FEST 2023. The Moveable Fest calls it “a glorious coming-of-age story... a tender tale of fraught family dynamics and boundless creativity.”
CODE RED
(writer & director)
What's a girl to do when she gets an unwelcome visit from Aunt Flo? A self-conscious teenager uses technology to combat the stigma around menstruation. Inspired by a real-life story.
Funded by Google and supported by the Panavision New Filmmaker Program, Code Red stars Elle Winter (Disney's Next Big Thing) and Kylee Russell (Disney's Zombies). It premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival in the UK and Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film Festival in the US.
PORCUPINE
(director)
W. Earl Brown (Deadwood, Wild, There's Something About Mary) stars in Porcupine, a film set in 1970s Nashville. Brown plays a gruff country music legend who's paid a heavy price for his fame. The film deals with classic country themes of heartbreak, family fracture and forgiveness. With an original guitar score by a Grammy-winning composer, Porcupine is a love letter to country music and the troubled geniuses who created it.
Porcupine premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival and went on to screen at film festivals across the US and internationally before being acquired by ShortsTV.
113 DEGREES
(writer & director)
Francesca and Joe are astronauts who've become lovers. Bunkered up in their little spaceship, Earth is a distant reality: everything they want is right here. But now their mission is ending, and Joe's wife is waiting for him back home. Thinking she's going to lose him, Francesca takes desperate measures, leading to unintended and tragic consequences.
113 Degrees screened at film festivals across the globe — from genre fests like San Diego Comic-Con and Fantasia to shorts festivals like LA Shorts and Mecal Barcelona to historic film fests like Moscow and Taormina. It was subsequently licensed to ShortsTV and the movie subscription site Fandor.
POLANOW
(writer & director)
Polanow is a winter's tale from Eastern Europe. It tells the old, familiar story of the end of love. In this version, a beautiful ice queen marries a warm-blooded mortal. She tries to show him Polanow, her mystical birthplace, but he doesn't have enough magic in his heart to see it.
This Polish language drama won the First Jury Prize at the Cologne International Short Film Festival and was broadcast by the pan-European network ARTE.