An Old West musical tale with 1940s flair about a mighty little train facing harrowing disaster.

The Brave Locomotive

In an isolated farmhouse in 19th-century New York, a reclusive widow is haunted by a supernatural presence she longs to be her late husband. As the spirit grows increasingly hostile, she questions whether something far more sinister is lurking.

The Traveler

A young Filipina filmmaker attempts to overwrite a painful memory of her mother with a perfect narrative.

Desync

A dysfunctional family sits down to kick their brother out of the family through a new legal process known as familial emancipation, only to begin arguing about who their father’s favorite child is. As secrets are revealed, things take a turn for the tragic and violent.  Rough House Pictures (The Righteous Gemstones, Hippo, Halloween) is attached to Executive Produce.  (See the attached EPK for more info!) (Trailer is coming!)

Supper

Feminist scholar, Susan Rennie, seizes her iPhone and sneaks her queer, octogenarian body into master works of art, disrupting the narrative of the male gaze.  This 8-minute film focuses on a gallery showcase of Susan Rennie&#39;s delightful art with unfiltered commentary from the artist, as well as words from exhibition curator Kirsten Grimstad.*  When Rennie retired from academia, she returned to her first love – photography. With humor and wit, Rennie’s photographic interventions offer a feminist critique of the conventional canon of art history, and an unabashed embrace of her elder, queer identity. The results are juicy, eye-opening, and often hilarious.  Writer/Director/Producer/Editor Cheri Gaulke has created an entertaining journey into the mind of an elder, queer artist through a whirlwind of images and ideas.  Fun fact: Susan&#39;s art is created entirely using her iPhone and iPad. Director Cheri Gaulke and guest cinematographers Knox Bronson and David Leibowitz also used iPhones to film the interviews, art opening, and behind-the-scenes.  *Grimstad and Rennie were co-editors of the seminal The New Woman’s Survival Catalog published in 1973.

Old Girl in a Tutu: Susan Rennie Disrupts Art History

A restaurant dinner gets complicated when Lotte sees her sugar daddy on a date with another woman.

Reservations

Lorrie is miserable at school, bullied for her severe vitiligo. She steals the school’s talking goldfish, escaping school and briefly enjoying freedom. However the pair run into danger, putting their new friendship under threat.

Calico

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