Six films pushing the boundaries of storytelling.

A personal documentary about a naive aspiring actor who rents a shed on a fading ex-commune in Los Angeles and becomes friends with its aging matriarch, a former hippie, who is slowly becoming radicalized by far-right conspiracy propaganda in 2016.

Heaven on Earth

A family’s new rescue pup is terrorized by deceased pets in this mind-bending horror.

Ghost Dogs

Steve lives both his past and present concurrently. As time is compressed and he flows through spirals of love and sexuality, Steve finds himself in a transition; stuck between a family life built on half measures, and a desire for a more authentic experience.

liminal

In this Tagalog lesson, Kayla will teach you conversational phrases, common expressions, and what it’s like to feel sad and trapped inside your own home.

Learning Tagalog with Kayla

This film is a reaction to colonialism &amp; quarantine. It's made from multiple perspectives and experiences, pieced together. There are various qualities of footage: lo-fi camcorders, iPhone, archival images and screen recordings. The content is based on a question of how to keep our communities safe.

San Diego

Q+A Shorts: Unconventional Narratives

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