This years winning live-action filmmakers represent a diverse group: a star feature film directing duo, a veteran commercial director, a pair of award-winning photojournalists, a Canadian writing/directing duo, and a young LA up and comer. What all these creators share is an ability to tell fantastic stories.
Three generations of hunters - Grandfather, Father, and Son - butt heads as they trek deep into an Idaho forest during their annual hunt in the treacherous winter of 1978
Sean is taken to a motel and is given a prostitute for his 18th birthday by his father. He must sleep with her to "fix" his questionable homosexuality.
With fictional podcasts identified as a potential career path for directors, Stefanie Abel Horowitz (sometimes, I think about dying) joins us to discuss what it was like to work with Rami Malek and Cole Sprouse and the difference between directing podcasts and short films.
An experimental film dealing with themes of separation and connection, Andrew Huang's latest is a jaw droppingly gorgeous visual symphony in 3 movements.
9 year-old Trang starts to shift out of oblivion as her aunt Ut tends to Grandma, who lies in her deathbed in the living room. How can a single body occupy so much space? What will happen when Grandma is gone?
An artist and VFX instructor connects with her aging grandmother, Margie, in a documentary short on collecting, artmaking, and obsessiveness as a way to enhance our realities.
A troubled teenager seeks help from his neighbor who has a secret. A thrilling psychological scenario ensues.
The true story of how the Berkeley Police Department, the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, and Mr. Spock from Star Trek are all connected by one of the most disturbing educational films ever created.
