Talk
Synopsis: A Deaf man needs the help of a translator to get his air conditioning repaired.
Death in The Desert
Synopsis: A wayward soul strikes an unlikely friendship with a divine entity.
Hasta la Raíz
Synopsis: Set in 1856 in the greater Los Angeles basin, a Gabrieleno (Tongva) woman working at a Mexican rancho must fight for her land and daughter when the ranchero’s wife leaves to defend her own land grant.
Palmdale
Synopsis: A teenage girl chooses to take matters into her own hands as an eviction looms over her family's trailer. Set in the overlooked beauty of Palmdale, California, the film explores the unmatched bond of a brother & sister looking to maintain innocence in a harsh world.
Darling
Synopsis: After months of suspicion, Fiona follows her husband to a seedy motel where her worst fears are confirmed. Accepting an invitation from Liza, the sex worker, to enter the motel room, Fiona learns that not everything is as it seems.
I Do Without You
Synopsis: Newly engaged and totally friendless Amelia decides to ask her high school ex-best friend to be her maid of honor: who she hasn't talked to in 10 years, and whose crush she stole back in the day... She’ll probably be so excited to see her too!
COURAGE
Synopsis: A young Native American boy discovers strength and identity through the sacred art of Hoop Dance in this powerful story of cultural resilience and self-acceptance.
EDGE OF SPACE
Synopsis: Set in 1961, during the height of the US-Soviet space race, an ambitious USAF test pilot is recruited by NASA for a daring suborbital mission in an X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft with astronomical implications. Inspired by actual historical events.
Thistle
Synopsis: Through flashbacks, we discover our weathered Cowboy grew up in an isolated cabin with his drunken and volatile parents as his only interactions. At that time, he was powerless to change anything about his situation so as he grew, he became hyper-vigilant, a watcher, a thinker. When he was fifteen, he heard an “in the house” gunshot which woke him out of a sound sleep. He had learned over the years that if it concerned him, they’d come and get him so, he rolled over and went back to sleep. The house remained absolutely quiet for about an hour and then he heard his bedroom door hinges creak open. What happened next is the secret he would keep for 60 years but, keep watching, it is about to be revealed.
Neither Donkey Nor Horse
Synopsis: Amidst the outbreak of the 1910 Manchurian Plague, a young Chinese doctor must defy prejudices of both the East and the West to champion his groundbreaking theory of the disease and seek the truth that will heal it.
Welcome To Klyde's Kitchen
Synopsis: A brash young business executive (Ezekiel Bridges), charged with a DUI, is sentenced to performing community service at a homeless center, where he serves indigents against his will and despite his prejudices. A new visitor, a ragged homeless man (Beau Bridges,) and the homeless center’s manager (Sana Saeed,) teach him the value of caring for the forgotten.