An expectant couple's parenting skills are tested when a hungry stranger shows up on their doorstep. Follow the film on <a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/kiddo-2022/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Letterboxd.</a> Content Warning: Language

Kiddo

An expectant couple's parenting skills are tested when a hungry stranger shows up on their doorstep.

Inspired by true events surrounding Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Irena Sendler, The Plumber is an adventure/suspense short about how the courageous act of one person can make a big difference. Irena and her network rescued over 2,000 Jewish children from Warsaw during WWII, and the film is a fast-paced glimpse into the day to day of that time. As curfew approaches, we follow Irena, posing as a plumbing specialist, through the shadows of Warsaw. She risks it all in a smuggling operation, but the pressure of Nazi-occupied Poland looms ever closer and her bravery is put to the test when she encounters a German pilot with a sense of duty.

The Plumber

In this adventure/suspense take, as curfew approaches, an everyday heroine risks it all in a smuggling operation from Nazi-occupied Poland.

A Chinese theater student tries to get rid of her accent in order to land a college performance. But as she tries harder, the line between the skill set and her self-identity gets blurred. <a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/de-closin-night/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://letterboxd.com/film/de-closin-night/</a>

de closin night

A Chinese theater student tries to get rid of her accent in order to land a college performance. But as she tries harder, the line between the skill set and her self-identity gets blurred.

17 year old Maddie wishes someone would pay attention to her, when J.J. appears, she gets what she thought she wanted. Content Warning: Uncomfortable sexual situations

Maddie

17 year old Maddie wishes someone would pay attention to her, when J.J. appears, she gets what she thought she wanted.

Tiffany works the graveyard shift as a security guard at a high rise building. Over the course of one night on shift, her morality is tested. Content Warning: Mentions of suicide

Elevate

Tiffany works the graveyard shift as a security guard at a high rise building. Over the course of one night on shift, her morality is tested.

A young man has a series of stressful interactions on a late-night subway ride that harden him to a fault.

Red Line

A young man has a series of stressful interactions on a late-night subway ride that harden him to a fault.

The Pulpit: Prelude is about small-town politics and the challenges faced by progressive leadership. The film sheds light on the violence and prejudice in various faith communities and the challenges of seeking help from institutions like law enforcement. This short film is a prelude to a feature-length Thriller of the same name.&nbsp;THE PULPIT will return. Inspired by a true story.

The Pulpit: Prelude

When extremists threaten a progressive, midwestern pastor's life, she must answer to a gang of interrogating FBI Agents as she reels from the trauma of terrorism.

When a new father suddenly loses his own dad, an opportunity to travel back in time for an evening gives him a chance to end things on a better note. <a href="https://letterboxd.com/search/desi+standard+time+travel/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://letterboxd.com/search/desi+standard+time+travel/</a>

Desi Standard Time Travel

When a new father suddenly loses his own dad, an opportunity to travel back in time for an evening gives him a chance to end things on a better note.

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