Perfect Roast Potatoes is a bittersweet comedy about grief and cooking, starring Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), six-time BAFTA nominee Catherine Tate (The Office, Doctor Who), Jonathan Cake (Doll & Em, Camping), and featuring the voice of Jessica Walter (Arrested Development, Archer).
18m/2016/USA/CO Premiere
Director: Nick Frew
Writer: Nick Frew
Producers: Vicky Petela, Martin Desmond Roe, Chris Uettwiller
Starring: Catherine Tate, Jonathan Cake, Tituss Burgess
Growing up in Wyoming, ten-year-old Rose is happily at home out hunting birds with her family. However, when she rises to her older brother’s dare and swallows the heart of a mourning dove while cleaning the day’s take, she begins to worry that the heart in her belly will sprout into a fully formed dove. The burgeoning conviction that she is carrying a bird around in her stomach alters the entire experience of the hunt, and drives her to confront her fears about growing older and shedding her tomboy skin.
26m/USA/2016/CO Premiere
Director: Katrina Whalen
Writer: Katrina Whalen
Producers: Katrina Whalen, John Parlante
Starring: Georgie Charette, Charlie Koss, Sophie Cheroutes, Doug Hall
The Visit
During an encounter with his aging mother, a man must face the unimaginable consequences of his dubious past.
13m/USA/2017/CO Premiere
Director: Romina Schwedler
Writer: Romina Schwedler
Producers: Romina Schwedler, Alain J. Carmona, Ruben Rodas
Starring: June Squibb, Sean Maher
Hit & RunAn alcoholic desperate to end his life encounters a prostitute desperate to start hers. After an initial repulsion to each other they soon discover each has something to offer the other.
20m/UK/2016/World Premiere
Director: Hannah Pike
Writer: Hannah Pike
Producer: Hannah Pike
Starring: Jack Deam & Katie West
Modern Houses is a psychological-thriller about the creative process. Following a breakdown, architecture’s celebrated young star is finally ready to unveil the model that will be her greatest design. With the client at the door and her face staring back at her from the cover of Architectural Digest, she hears a whisper.
17m/USA/2016/CO Premiere
Director: Matthew Dixon
Writer: Matthew Dixon
Producers: Kate Williams and Louise Williams
Starring: Lili Taylor
Jack and JillTwo best girlfriends take a small town by storm on what could be their last weekend together.
15m/USA/2017
Director: Nikhil Melnechuk
Writer: Nikhil Melnechuk
Producers: Nicole Cosgrove, Spencer Gillis, Ludovic Littee, Nikhil Melnechuk, Melissa Jackson, Kim Waltrip
Starring: Melissa Jackson, Ellen Hollman, Michelle Hendley, Damian Young, John Buffalo Mailer
Think FastA business woman on a tight deadline must choose to either hang up on a wrong-number caller in crisis -- or commit career suicide.
12m/USA/2016/World Premiere
Director: Bridget Stokes
Writer: Jan Stanton
Producers: Bridget Stokes, Bo Bilstrup
Starring: Molly Stanton, T.J. Power, Jaz Sinclair
SafeZoneFatima, a twelve year-old Syrian girl, tells her harrowing story of escape from war as she tries to rebuild her life and pursue her dream of music and school. As she deals with PTSD, Fatima illustrates the compassionate bond of family as she struggles with becoming a young woman in a refugee camp.
9m/Australia, Egypt, USA/2017
Directors: Marco Bollinger, Jodie Livingston
Producers: Marco Bollinger, Marjon Javadi Jodie Livingston, Josh Ludmir, David Tarleton
Boycott Band: The Return of OneA washed-up boyband in North Carolina rides House Bill 2 to fame and fortune.
22m/USA/2016
Director: Habib Yazdi
Writers: Will Chambliss, Owen Tingle, David McClay, Habib Yazdi
Producers: Frank Sun, Chau Mui, Regina Brizzolara
Starring: Arya Ghavamian, Owen Fitzgerald, Alex Maiolo, Andy Becker, Jon Gartner
Out of the limelight, under the streetlight, enter the world of NYC’s transgender underclass. One church opens its doors to provide meals, clothing and sometimes, a little drag show magic.
30m/USA/2016
Director: Sasha Pezenik
Producer: Sasha Pezenik
WasteRoger lives a grim and detached life, picking up medical waste for a living, but looks forward to his evening conversations with his quirky roommate and foodie, Olive. But as the meals become increasingly strange, and push the limits of curiousity, Roger must ask himself how far he will go for love?
16m/USA/2016/CO Premiere
Director: Justine Raczkiewicz
Writers: Justine Raczkiewicz, Amelia Gray
Producers: Justine Raczkiewicz, Domenica Castro
Starring: Sarah Bartholomew, Luke Baines
ValenciaWhile driving to the reading of her father’s will, Catherine is faced with an anomaly on the side of the road.
7m/USA/2016/World Premiere
Director: Logan George
Writer: Celine Held, Logan George
Producers: Celine Held, Logan George
Starring: Celine Held, Mia Vallet
Free to LaughFree to Laugh is about the power of comedy after prison.
15m/USA/2016/CO Premiere
Director: Lara Everlyn
Producer: Elease Lui Stemp
The Fixxers
Agents from the future are sent back in time to find a hidden genome placed in unsuspecting Los Angeles residents by the Russian Government.
7m/USA/2016/CO Premiere
Directors: Caitlin Norton and Geoff McClelland
Writer: Caitlin Norton
Producers: Caitlin Norton, Geoff McKellen, Maxfield Lund
Starring: Caitlin Norton, Maxfield Lund, Jeff Elam, Tyler Wolfe, Jamen Spitzer, and Kim Estes
Schmoolie the Deathwatcher
A Jewish teen spends his first night alone guarding a body awaiting burial, and ends up fighting for his own life.
10m/USA/2015/CO Premiere
Director: Michael Ray Escamilla
Writer: Theresa Burkhart Gallagher
Producers: Theresa Burkhart Gallagher, Diana C. Zollicoffer, Michael Ray Escamilla, Bo Bilstrup (Co-Producers Najeeb Khuda and Andrew Joustra)
Starring: Jesse Heiman, David Barrera, Mark Kelly, Barry Neikrug, Caitlin Geier, Caleb Thomas
The Julie Stories
Staten Island, New York, 1993. Big Julie has been a bus driver for 25 years and wants his piece of the American Dream. When he sees an infomercial for a new franchise business, he quits his job and sets out to get rich! But door-to-door is not his thing, and his family must step in to help him avoid utter failure.
15m/USA/2017/World Premiere
Director: Julio Vincent Gambuto
Writer: Julio Vincent Gambuto
Producers: Amanda Milius, Thembi L. Banks
Starring: Joseph Callari, Andrea Helene, Judith Scarpone, Dylan Naber
Director: Nick Frew
Writer: Nick Frew
Producers: Vicky Petela, Martin Desmond Roe, Chris Uettwiller
Starring: Catherine Tate, Jonathan Cake, Tituss Burgess
Quick FixGrowing up in Wyoming, ten-year-old Rose is happily at home out hunting birds with her family. However, when she rises to her older brother’s dare and swallows the heart of a mourning dove while cleaning the day’s take, she begins to worry that the heart in her belly will sprout into a fully formed dove. The burgeoning conviction that she is carrying a bird around in her stomach alters the entire experience of the hunt, and drives her to confront her fears about growing older and shedding her tomboy skin.
26m/USA/2016/CO Premiere
Director: Katrina Whalen
Writer: Katrina Whalen
Producers: Katrina Whalen, John Parlante
Starring: Georgie Charette, Charlie Koss, Sophie Cheroutes, Doug Hall
The Visit
During an encounter with his aging mother, a man must face the unimaginable consequences of his dubious past.
13m/USA/2017/CO Premiere
Director: Romina Schwedler
Writer: Romina Schwedler
Producers: Romina Schwedler, Alain J. Carmona, Ruben Rodas
Starring: June Squibb, Sean Maher
Hit & RunAn alcoholic desperate to end his life encounters a prostitute desperate to start hers. After an initial repulsion to each other they soon discover each has something to offer the other.
20m/UK/2016/World Premiere
Director: Hannah Pike
Writer: Hannah Pike
Producer: Hannah Pike
Starring: Jack Deam & Katie West
Modern Houses is a psychological-thriller about the creative process. Following a breakdown, architecture’s celebrated young star is finally ready to unveil the model that will be her greatest design. With the client at the door and her face staring back at her from the cover of Architectural Digest, she hears a whisper.
17m/USA/2016/CO Premiere
Director: Matthew Dixon
Writer: Matthew Dixon
Producers: Kate Williams and Louise Williams
Starring: Lili Taylor
Jack and JillTwo best girlfriends take a small town by storm on what could be their last weekend together.
15m/USA/2017
Director: Nikhil Melnechuk
Writer: Nikhil Melnechuk
Producers: Nicole Cosgrove, Spencer Gillis, Ludovic Littee, Nikhil Melnechuk, Melissa Jackson, Kim Waltrip
Starring: Melissa Jackson, Ellen Hollman, Michelle Hendley, Damian Young, John Buffalo Mailer
Think FastA business woman on a tight deadline must choose to either hang up on a wrong-number caller in crisis -- or commit career suicide.
12m/USA/2016/World Premiere
Director: Bridget Stokes
Writer: Jan Stanton
Producers: Bridget Stokes, Bo Bilstrup
Starring: Molly Stanton, T.J. Power, Jaz Sinclair
SafeZoneFatima, a twelve year-old Syrian girl, tells her harrowing story of escape from war as she tries to rebuild her life and pursue her dream of music and school. As she deals with PTSD, Fatima illustrates the compassionate bond of family as she struggles with becoming a young woman in a refugee camp.
9m/Australia, Egypt, USA/2017
Directors: Marco Bollinger, Jodie Livingston
Producers: Marco Bollinger, Marjon Javadi Jodie Livingston, Josh Ludmir, David Tarlet
Boycott Band: The Return of OneA washed-up boyband in North Carolina rides House Bill 2 to fame and fortune.
22m/USA/2016
Director: Habib Yazdi
Writers: Will Chambliss, Owen Tingle, David McClay, Habib Yazdi
Producers: Frank Sun, Chau Mui, Regina Brizzolara
Starring: Arya Ghavamian, Owen Fitzgerald, Alex Maiolo, Andy Becker, Jon Gartner
Out of the limelight, under the streetlight, enter the world of NYC’s transgender underclass. One church opens its doors to provide meals, clothing and sometimes, a little drag show magic.
30m/USA/2016
Director: Sasha Pezenik
Producer: Sasha Pezenik
WasteRoger lives a grim and detached life, picking up medical waste for a living, but looks forward to his evening conversations with his quirky roommate and foodie, Olive. But as the meals become increasingly strange, and push the limits of curiousity, Roger must ask himself how far he will go for love?
16m/USA/2016/CO Premiere
Director: Justine Raczkiewicz
Writers: Justine Raczkiewicz, Amelia Gray
Producers: Justine Raczkiewicz, Domenica Castro
Starring: Sarah Bartholomew, Luke Baines
ValenciaWhile driving to the reading of her father’s will, Catherine is faced with an anomaly on the side of the road.
7m/USA/2016/World Premiere
Director: Logan George
Writer: Celine Held, Logan George
Producers: Celine Held, Logan George
Starring: Celine Held, Mia Vallet
Free to LaughFree to Laugh is about the power of comedy after prison.
15m/USA/2016/CO Premiere
Director: Lara Everlyn
Producer: Elease Lui Stemp
The Fixxers
Agents from the future are sent back in time to find a hidden genome placed in unsuspecting Los Angeles residents by the Russian Government.
7m/USA/2016/CO Premiere
Directors: Caitlin Norton and Geoff McClelland
Writer: Caitlin Norton
Producers: Caitlin Norton, Geoff McKellen, Maxfield Lund
Starring: Caitlin Norton, Maxfield Lund, Jeff Elam, Tyler Wolfe, Jamen Spitzer, and Kim Estes
Schmoolie the Deathwatcher
A Jewish teen spends his first night alone guarding a body awaiting burial, and ends up fighting for his own life.
10m/USA/2015/CO Premiere
Director: Michael Ray Escamilla
Writer: Theresa Burkhart Gallagher
Producers: Theresa Burkhart Gallagher, Diana C. Zollicoffer, Michael Ray Escamilla, Bo Bilstrup (Co-Producers Najeeb Khuda and Andrew Joustra)
Starring: Jesse Heiman, David Barrera, Mark Kelly, Barry Neikrug, Caitlin Geier, Caleb Thomas
The Julie Stories
Staten Island, New York, 1993. Big Julie has been a bus driver for 25 years and wants his piece of the American Dream. When he sees an infomercial for a new franchise business, he quits his job and sets out to get rich! But door-to-door is not his thing, and his family must step in to help him avoid utter failure.
15m/USA/2017/World Premiere
Director: Julio Vincent Gambuto
Writer: Julio Vincent Gambuto
Producers: Amanda Milius, Thembi L. Banks
Starring: Joseph Callari, Andrea Helene, Judith Scarpone, Dylan Naber
