Mother of Sorrows • Drama/ Thriller/ Mystery • (25:00 Min)
Director: Kristin Verbitsky• Producers: Kristin Verbitsky, Paul Verbitsky
Stars Paul Gutkowski, Jenson Smith
“Mother of Sorrows” follows handsome Dr. Ted Maple and his wife, Marlie, who seem to be the perfect suburban couple. When Marlie falls mysteriously ill, Ted is a devoted caregiver, tending to her every need, especially making sure she takes her pills. But when Marlie begins skipping her medicine, she starts to notice things that lead her to doubt her own sanity as well as her faith in the good doctor.
Airhead • Drama/ Fantasy • (3: 13 Min)
Director/ Producer: Jason Fenton • Stars Adam Heroux and Sabrina Fenton
A balloon man struggles through the ennui of an average day only to discover something unexpected and wonderful in the end.
Ultraviolent • Drama • (15:49 Min)
Director: Michael Easton
On April 24, 1996, in an act that mirrors the ending of his best-known film Performance, avant-garde director Donald Cammell shoots himself in the head, putting an end to a lifelong obsession with art, insanity and death.
Frog • Drama/Action/ Adventure • (17:15 Min)
Director: Tyler Wallach • Producers: Jonathan Bucari, Lenny Emery
Stars Liam Foley, Cayce Kolodney, Clare Foley, Gabriel Rush
After school, Danny, an innocent 11-year-old, retreats to his refuge - the frog pond. After catching a frog, he steps outside of his comfort zone and ventures further upstream. It is here, in dark woods, that he comes face to face with the neighborhood bullies. They proceed to teach him a cruel lesson on the penalties of trespassing and kill his frog. Frog is a story of innocence, cruelty, and triumph that focuses on Danny's quest to seek justice
The Emissary • Drama/ Music • (14:20 Min)
Director: Rudy Dobrev • Producers: Rudy Dobrev, Andrea Harrison, Thomas Kaier, and Doug Hall • Stars Margo Martindale and Rudy Dobrev
Margo Martindale (Emmy Award winning actress in a Drama Series, 'Justified') ('August: Osage County', 'Million Dollar Baby') takes on the lead role of Natalie Ray, a mother longing for her son. Loosely based on Bellini's opera 'Norma' and inspired by the final days of opera legend Maria Callas, director Rudy Dobrev ('Morning Calm'), editor Richard Marizy (Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winning film 'La Vie en Rose') and cinematographer Daniel Katz (Academy Award winning film 'Curfew') bring the viewer on a journey of self-realization, discovery and reckoning. An obsession with a young man who resembles her son leads Martindale to a surprise encounter with the stranger when he suddenly shows up at her New York City apartment. Their seemingly fortuitous meeting opens the door to a maelstrom of unpredictable realities as paths cross and lives collide.
A Man Wakes Up • Comedy • (14:16 Min)
Director: Voki Kalfayan • Producer: Amos Glick
Stars Jimmy Slonina
The story of a man immersed in a life of habit and routine who, though lonely to the outside eye, seems content to live his stark existence. One morning he awakes to discover an unexplained change in his routine, his apartment, his life!
90 Degrees North • Comedy/ Drama/ Fantasy • (20:50 Min)
Director: Detsky Graffam • Producer: Marianne Graffam
Stars Carsten Clemens, Ecco Mylla, Jürgen Haug, Stefan Dietrich
It’s a fact: good Germans wait at red traffic lights. But what do you do when the green man simply won't appear? In the fantastical black comedy 90 Grad Nord (90 Degrees North) Karl, a stressed businessman, is trapped by an evil traffic island - a bitter fight for survival follows.
The Dynamic Double Standard • Comedy • (4:33 Min)
Director: Luke Patton • Producer: Billy Sullivan and Jade Luber
Stars James Hardy and Kandis Erickson
Zoey's first night as a superhero is nearly ruined when she's given a sexy and impractical uniform.
Doug’s Christmas • Family • (24:30 Min)
Director: Calvin Steinken • Producer: Brendan Wilson
Stars Clarke Devereux and Maya Boudreau
Christmas Day 1951: Doug survives a battle where his friend, Kim, was killed. The Korean War, Kim's dying words mixed with his passing on Christmas Day, still haunt Doug. Searching for answers, Doug meets a struggling, young mother and her two daughters. The love and hardship of this young family inspire Doug to find meaning in his life. Of all times ... at Christmas.
Colt 13 • Drama • (13 Min)
Director: Luke McKay • Producer: Luke McKay, Franck Zuanic and Rachele Wiggins
Stars Dean Krywood and Ivan Ford
Jack Muldoon was a Rugby League phenomenon with the world at his feet; Billy, his older brother, was a drunken mess, crippled by Jack's fast growing shadow. But a cruel twist of fate tore their existence at the seams and now, 13 years later, Jack is left clinging to shattered dreams and a pension funded booze habit. To make matters worse, Billy's back in town to help bury their Father and has now achieved everything that Jack ever wanted to - family, success and respect. Bitter to the core and with only Billy to blame, Jack wants answers as to how it all went wrong. And he'll stop at nothing to get them.
M. Steinert & Sons • Documentary/ Musical/ History • (7:38 Min)
Director: Mike Mallen • Producers: McCabe Walsh
M. Steinert & Sons’ iconic store has been a storied presence in Boston for 155 years. A beacon for musicians from across the globe, this shop ultimately redefined its neighborhood into the famed Piano Row. Led by the Murphy family for 4 generations, the legacy surrounding the oldest music store in the United States has evolved into local folklore. Not to mention the ghostlike opera house that sits two stories beneath their Boylston Street location.
BRITNEY- holics Anonymous: A SPEAR-itual Awakening • Comedy • (10 Min)
Director: Jerell Rosales • Producer: Jerell Rosales and Eileen Soong
Stars Max Lasser, Suilma Rodriguez and Turi Haim
Freddie gets a Spear-itual awakening when he joins an anonymous support group for closeted Britney Spears fans.
Whiskey Treaty Road Show • Music • (23:04 Min)
Director: Timothy Bradley • Producer: Timothy Bradley, Susie Hanna and Tory Hanna
Stars Tory Hanna, Abe Loomis, Billy Keane, David Tanklefsky and Greg Smith
The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow showcases five acclaimed singer-songwriters hailing from Western Massachusetts and their four-day roadshow throughout the Commonwealth in a fun, lively and engaging way. Through the interviews, performances and experiences captured while on the road, the goal is to feature the musical talents birthing from Western Mass and ultimately reveal the true warmth and beauty of what the Treaty represents: the confluence of music and people and its powerful effect on our shared experiences. The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow is a showcase of the hidden talents of Western Massachusetts, music collaborations, friendship, and the love we show for our community. This film has 100% original score.
Our People • Drama/ Music • (6:40 Min)
Director/Producer: Albert Kahn • Stars Allen Enlow and James Miller
A young Jewish man must choose between tradition and true love when his rabbi father forbids further contact with his secret love interest, a young black woman.
Pony • Drama • (31:08 Min)
Director: Candice Carella • Producer: Mary Ann Tanedo
Stars Xander Berkeley, Miko Nakano and Suzy Nakamura
CLAUDIA, a hardworking single mom, has to go out of town on an important last minute business trip, forcing her to leave her 5 year old daughter MIKO with uncle JEFF, a rock musician in his 50's who is still running on fumes of his glory days.
Spending the weekend looking after a spirited 5 year old, Jeff must suspend his delusions of grandeur and face reality. Miko is the catalyst for him to re-evaluate his life and re-connect with the inspiration that originally led him to music and he is able to gently guide her to a nascent understanding of life's vicissitudes.