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A Nigerian-Italian girl secretly witnesses a white Italian boy she grew up with commit a hate crime, and wrestles with whether to speak up or not when the boy shows up to her home the next day.
Project type: Fiction Short
Producer/Co-Writer/"Renzo": Will Graziano
Director: Francesca Castelbuono
Executive Producer: Bradley Gallo
Executive Producer: Olivia Hurd
Co-Writer: Daphne Di Cinto
Co-Writer: Alanna Bennett
Script Consultant: Angelica Pesarini
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When 32-year-old father Ady Barkan is diagnosed with ALS, a terminal illness that will soon paralyze his entire body, he decides to use the time he has left to confront the politicians who threaten his health care and America’s democracy. As he loses his ability to speak, he sets out across the country with his wife, 2-year old son, and a motley crew of activists to launch the most unlikely political movement in a generation.
Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Nicholas Bruckman
Producer: Amanda Roddy
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A woman in the midst of an anxiety attack is confronted with questions about her own existence by two characters, who happen to be voices in her head.
Project type: Fiction Short
Producers: Kavi Ladnier, Rohi Mirza Pandya, Anita Hodges
Director/Screenplay: Kymberly Harris
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A thriller about a collection of confident women who begin spending time at a midcentury home with a bachelor who offers them an interesting escape and ''members only" solution to their problems, only to experience him nurturing their insecurities into an entirely different form. As they descend into an unconventional bacchanal, one innocent voyeur puts things right.
Writer/Director: Anne Marie Boidock
Producer: Jay Johnson
Music Supervisor: Alex Suskind
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An elderly woman being priced out of her family home on O'ahu, Hawai'i must decide whether to leave the islands for good, or start anew with the help of an ancient island entity.
Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director/Producer: Melina Kiyomi Coumas
Associate Producer: B Okabe
Cinematographer: Miles Sprietsma
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Henry, a Black man grieving the unexpected loss of his father, finds himself regretting all the conversations they never had, when an opportunity arises for them to talk one final time.
Project type: Fiction Short
Director/Writer: Frederick Thornton
Producer: Gia Rigoli
Producer: Sean Hackett
Executive Producer: Fanshen Cox
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A Rom-Com with a splash of sci-fi about a time loop rebellion against fate.
Writer/Director/Producer: Scott Mckinney
Producer/Composer: Jackson Brown
Producer: Benjamin Hatmaker
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On a storm-ravaged beach, two women-of-a-certain-age find $2.5 Million and take it, knowing no one will suspect them. But when a couple of baddies show up looking for their cash and a townie ends up dead, the women must come up with a plan to save their community.
Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director: AR Nicholas
Associate Producer: Marla Friedson
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A young man that’s been living a life of crime has finally come face to face with his fate but it’s up to his Godfather to save him from making the biggest mistake of his life.
Project type: Fiction Feature
Director: Tony Chennault
Producer: Joshua Meekins
Producer: Osagie Johnson
Producer: Shandra McDonald
Executive Producers: Brandon Pankey, Christina Faith, Stephon Barnes
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A nurse’s unexpected transfer to the isolated Austrian Alps to care for an impaired woman turns into a nightmare when the patient forces her into a series of psychological and sadistic games.
Director: Bianca Foscht, Dilara Foscht
Producer: Ilayda Cetinkaya
Cinematographer: Leo Behrens
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Two movers reluctantly help a lost man in the dead of the night, only to realize far too late the trap they've gotten themselves into. A horror short, based on a story by Stephen King.
Project type: Fiction Short
Writer: Corey Slater
Director: Daniel Carsenty
Producer: Blaine Morris
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The lesson is love: when Pop Pop and his grandson, Les, play jazz, they summon six queer spirits and tumble through their memories.
Project type: Fiction Short
Producer: Vernon Jordan III
Cinematographer: Brian Emilio Rojas
Producers: Cynthia Francillon and Matthew Keene Smith
Executive Producers: Jamal Parker and Tarell Alvin McCraney
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A married couple’s relationship takes a turn when the notion of inviting a third person into their bedroom sparks a heated dispute between them.
Project type: Fiction Short
Co-Writer/Director: Erwin Alejandro Ordóñez
Co-Writer: Neilkanth Dave
Producer: Bobbie Lucas, Julia Schmidt
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In a whimsical universe made of music, a lonely blue world, Blue, struggles to find its place. Just as Blue is ready to give up, an unexpected bond with an opposite world, Red, changes its course forever. Will their bond stand the tests of time?
Creator/Writer/Director: Jordan Miles Rosenheck
Lead Animator: Victor Scorrano
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Oscillation Transia Film Festival is a non-profit traveling event, exploring the intersection of solar energy application and environmental awareness through the art of film.
Project type: Festival
Festival Director: Jess Giacobbe
Festival Engineer: Austin Krause
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Two survivors of a synagogue shooting form an unexpected bond that becomes instrumental in navigating their individual paths through grief.
Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal
Writer: David M. Stern
Actor/Producer: Anthony B. Caldwell
Producers: Zechariah Thormodsgaard, Yoni Rusnak, Asia Bonetto, and Noah Finn
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Out In The Streets reveals the untold history of graffiti and street art as a tool for queer activism through the personal stories of a global artist community.
Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director/Producer/Cinematographer: Daniel Albanese
Producer: Jonathon Roessler
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A proud Black woman must confront the racial implications of her genuine love for the classic-rock band, Journey.
Project type: Fiction Short
Director: Portlynn Tagavi
Writer/Lead Actress: Erika Hamilton
Producer: Alexis Sterling
Executive Producer: Mel Jones
Cinematographer:Kalilah Robinson
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Attempting to fulfill the dying wish of her father, a Chinese marine biologist reunites with her mother in the U.S. and embarks on a road trip up the Pacific coast, mending their seemingly irreconcilable gap.
Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director: Ziyao Liu
Producer: Laura Scarano
Producer: Sophie Changhui Shi
Cinematographer: Akina Van de Velde
Editor: Emily Ge Zhai
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Outer Circle is a transformative initiative aimed at nurturing underrepresented voices in filmmaking. We champion unique, diverse narratives through various programs, including our flagship Script to Screen competition. By providing resources, mentorship, and a platform to share their stories, we empower filmmakers who often find themselves outside the mainstream narrative, striving to effect change in the film industry and beyond.
Project type:Organization
Producer: Outer Circle Initiative