Young, Jewish and misunderstood Simon Markowitz gets himself into hot water with his Rabbi when he creates his own recipe for a knish that no one in his family seems intent on eating.
Social & External
Simon Markowitz
Rabbi Kleinfeld
Aunt Miriam
Rose Markowitz
A young woman receives a diary as an inheritance from her father, in which he tells her that she must take a trip to Chiapas, a requirement for access to all his possessions.
The troubled relationship between Gianni and Nino, set in the narrow-minded and prejudicial Sicily of 1982.
On the eve of a major life change, Abby sorts through memories, unfinished conversations, and the pieces of a friendship strained by ambition. As departure day looms, the past and present collide, forcing her to confront what moving forward really means.
Alex received the best Christmas present from his Uncle Charlie - Santa's very own pipe. But when he tried to share his evidence with the world, he was met with pranks from non-believers. Alex and his cousins set out to prove Santa is real.
A group of friends finds their fun at vacation camp ruined when a big corporate developer threatens to build a pollution-spewing factory on the land.
Three best friends ditch their high school prom dance. The night that follows unravels their hidden and suppressed desires which cast a glimpse of the emotional bewilderment of a whole generation.
A young woman on the autism spectrum breaks free from her overprotective, but loving mother in search of freedom, friendship, and a little chaos in the summer after high-school graduation.
Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger.
Dragphoria is a short film about drag and identity, finding yourself in a noisy crowd, and slowly accepting yourself after a long-awaited denial.
Strange revelations about a newly wed couple come to light when Kyle Foley cooks for the first time.
Bobby is an underachieving high school kid with a deep love for motorcycles. His most recent achievement seems to have been getting photos of himself on a road trip printed in a motorcyclist hobby magazine. When he gets a letter from a girl his age, he decides to write her back.
Alma, a beautiful girl who didn’t get the chance to hear how chaos the world is since she was born. Her mother then bought a hearing device for Alma hoping she would love the idea of sound. She got it wrong. It wasn’t just that she couldn’t hear, she wasn’t being heard. By a poetry in her room, she asks her shadows about love she has to the universe.
Špela graduated in Art History and has never had a steady job. Unlike her two best friends, who have moved out of Slovenia years ago with no plans to return, she is determined to stay in Ljubljana. When even her longtime boyfriend gets a job abroad she moves back in with her parents and her grandma. But Špela wants to grow up and cut the cord instead of delaying her already well overdue adulthood any longer.
August, a teenage grocery store cashier, faces a difficult choice: Does she stop and help a young single mother in need, or turn a blind eye for the sake of her job?
Hazel, an employee at an internet cafe and a fan of Project Xandata (a locally produced real first-person shooter made) gets the attention of a pro team founder when Hazel beats her team singlehandedly in one night. Hazel’s gameplay goes viral, making her an instant sensation.
Evelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other. As Evelyn tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school.
Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.
A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
Oliver doesn’t have a family so he steals one.