Marijo Bale

Smile... The Worst is Yet to Come

Dealing with various setbacks, an LA couple escape to Big Bear Lake for a weekend getaway, hoping to reignite their dwindling romance.

Hyphen

A poetic journey of memory and fantasy told through the eyes of four versions of an artist as she creates her own self-identity.

Phantasma

Drawn by a strange ringing, a weary writer slips out of her life to follow it through the city, encountering strangers whose fleeting, intimate moments stir something lost in her. Phantasma reflects on the cards we’re given and what we choose to do with them.

Nine

Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother.

What We Don't Heal

Trapped in a toxic relationship, Marcos discovers the effort it takes to heal and move forward.

The Art In Anguish

Josh Thomas is an artist grieving the loss of his wife, channelling inner turmoil into art. When presented with an opportunity, Josh must decide whether he’s selling art or his emotions.

STATIC!

Ben Quarry is dead. When he wakes up in a daze he realizes he is still trapped in this mortal realm, the only problem is, no one can hear him.

After All

After All is said and done. A man clears out his childhood home, remembering past conversations.

The Brainrotter

Forbearance

After a sudden terminal cancer diagnosis, a teacher and her factory worker husband work to save their marriage from the teetering edge of divorce.

A Volta

Laura is surprised one night with the news that her younger sister Katherine, who disappeared at age 7, has been found. More than 11 years have passed since the tragic event. Her parents died uncertain whether their daughter was alive or not. Now, Laura must cope alone with this reunion and with all of Katherine's scars.

Epitaph

A solitary young woman living with her dog becomes the target of neighbourhood slander. Her sudden suicide—and the earlier discovery of a dead foetus—fuels harsher speculation. Two neighbouring families, a young couple and an elderly father with his bedridden daughter, confront their own fears while discussing her fate. Her ambiguous life and death expose a society quick to judge independent women yet capable of rare empathy.

The Clay Cup or The Clown

A girl trapped in a dream revisiting her past.

Tapped Out

During a happy hour rush, Benny, the backbone of a struggling bar, is passed over for a promotion. As tensions rise with a new manager and new hire, she hits a breaking point and chooses to leave, reclaiming her freedom and future.

The Lens Within Me

A film student from Long Island, who cut his dying father’s cough out of the home movies at thirteen, spends four years filming everyone but himself — until one festival slot, a rival’s film, and the footage he’s been cutting force him to choose between the safe version and the true one.

Faller För Dig

Anantaram

A young man narrates two conflicting accounts of his life, changing the details and incidents in both, as he slowly approaches madness.

Quando il Cielo Cade

One Split Second

In 1995 Los Angeles, a conservative radio talk show host's beliefs are shattered when his wife suddenly dies in a gang shooting.

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