CHASERS, an official selection of Sundance 2025, is a 30-minute continuous single shot set at a chaotic Los Angeles house party. The pilot follows starry-eyed musician Sophia as she navigates her complicated feelings for her longtime crush while surrounded by friends confronting their own ambitions and disillusionments – a former child actress chasing reinvention, an influencer masking vulnerability for brand deals, and a cinematographer facing the cost of a breakthrough. Juxtaposing the red flags of modern relationships with the relentless hustle for success, CHASERS explores the sacrifices and self-deception that give their struggles – and exploitation – purpose.

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CHASERS – pilot

At a Los Angeles house party, an aspiring musician pursues her crush through a crowd of hopeful dreamers chasing empty promises.

An aggressive battle between red and dark blue unfolds. The borderlines between the colors vibrate with tension as they fight for their lives.

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An aggressive battle between red and dark blue unfolds. The borderlines between the colors vibrate with tension as they fight for their lives.

Éiru is the smallest child of an Iron-Age clan. All she wants is to be a mighty warrior who is taken seriously by her kinfolk. But when the village’s well mysteriously dries up, only she is small enough to descend into the belly of the earth to investigate and bring the water of life back to her people. Éiru is the story of a child in search of a challenge, and a goddess in search of a champion.

Éiru

When the water mysteriously disappears from the well in a warrior clan’s village, an intrepid child descends into the belly of the earth to retrieve it.

A feeling of emptiness, a restless mind and two pieces of land. What is born from the void that unites them? “Wildflower” is a poetic essay about the undesirable, the lack of control and duality that seeks to explore the different possibilities of interaction between human beings and the uncontrollable side of nature.

Wildflower (Maleza)

A feeling of emptiness, a restless mind and two pieces of land. What is born from the void that unites them? “Wildflower” is a poetic essay about the undesirable, the lack of control and duality that seeks to explore the different possibilities of interaction between human beings and the uncontrollable side of nature.

Created frame by frame from over 500 feet of woven fabric, this animated short reimagines the mysterious disappearance of the filmmaker's great-great-great-great-grandmother, Julianna Hofrichter. In 1841, Julianna left her home in northwest Ohio’s Great Black Swamp to gather hickory nuts, never to be seen again. In this film, she follows signs woven through the landscape to find solace and a deep connection to the wild. Through textured imagery and poetic visuals, the film invites viewers to explore themes of memory, transformation, and the threads that connect family and place.

Whose Woods Are These

A haunting family mystery unfolds through woven fabric in this animated short, where traditional craft meets contemporary storytelling to explore memory, heritage, and the enduring connection between cloth and narrative.

Fresh off a breakup, 30-year-old and barely-holding-it-together Sasha brings her mischievous dog, Sushi, to her younger sister’s baby shower. After fielding a barrage of questions from family and friends about why she is so behind in life, Sasha notices too late that Sushi is destroying all of the baby shower gifts, and Sasha’s dad screams at her in front of everyone. Fighting back tears, Sasha grabs her dog and runs out, humiliated.&nbsp; While Sasha is sitting on a curb feeling sorry for herself and drinking her sorrows away in a champagne bottle wrapped in a poop bag, a dog comes up to Sushi to say hello. The dog’s mom introduces herself and her dog: Jorja and Jpeg. Sasha and Jorja continue on the walk together with their dogs, talking about love, heartbreak, and what it means to release fear and embrace the unknown. Sasha realizes she’s met Jorja before, at the pet supply and adoption center called “Top Bitch” that Jorja owns. As they say goodbye, Sasha agrees to visit Jorja soon.&nbsp; When Sasha arrives at her parents’ house to get her keys, she overhears them saying they worry she lacks the fundamental life skills necessary to be happy in life. Devastated, Sasha goes outside with Sushi, and, inspired by her conversation with Jorja, decides she can’t be burdened with other people’s expectations for her life. In her parents’ backyard, she releases her fear of rejection and desire to be accepted.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Dog Moms

After Sasha’s chaotic dog ruins her younger sister’s baby shower, she finds solace in a long walk with another dog mom — prompting her to release her fears about the future in an unexpected way.

Cristina is a transgender Honduran-American woman who was separated from her mother Alma when she was a small child. This event caused deeply rooted trauma for both mother and daughter. Twenty years later, Cristina has managed to locate Alma, and they will have the opportunity to reunite. Only since their separation has Cristina affirmed her female gender. If she presents as her true self, will her mother embrace her?

Buscando Alma

A Honduran immigrant is given the chance to meet her mother after nearly two decades of separation. As she grapples with the uncertainty of their reunion, she is confronted by tumultuous memories of her past and the fact that she might not be what her mother is expecting.

A woman must face the creatinous consequences of her husbands carelessness.

If You Give a Chad a Spot

Struggling to adjust to a lonelier kind of life after his daughter leaves home, a father begins to experience something rather more disturbing in this enthralling and deeply unnerving film by director Matty Crawford.

Stomach Bug

Determined to find her missing sister, Claire investigates her small town’s mysterious church rituals and battles fragmented visions, cryptic encounters, ever-present surveillance, and a dangerously unorthodox society.

Pulpitum

Determined to find her missing sister, Claire investigates her small town’s mysterious church rituals and battles fragmented visions, cryptic encounters, ever-present surveillance, and a dangerously unorthodox society.

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