Chiles

A lighthearted comedy/drama that speaks volumes about discrimination, prejudice and the immense power of media stereotyping. The story is told from the perspective of Randal, a black man who’s hoping to be accepted by a Hispanic family because of his love for their daughter, Yolanda. The concept relies on the humor to be found in the nightmare of meeting your future in-laws for the first time. Add in the language barrier and cultural differences, and there’s even more comedic fuel for the fire.

Cody

A child’s journey into the comprehension of death.

The Descendent

Two hit men are sent on a routine job to take out a target. Everything seems normal as they break into the target’s home, but they soon realize that their target is a kid. After a brief argument over what to do, one of the hit men tries to take out the child—and it is revealed that the kid is actually a demon. It soon turns into judgment night for these two hit men, who wish they’d never stepped foot inside the house.

For Women Only

Hanna is a middle-age, middle-class woman whose husband has forgotten their anniversary. After Hanna’s 23-year-old daughter, Lucia, finds her mother halfway through a bottle of wine, she talks Hanna into going with her to a ladies-only party. But when they arrive, Hanna quickly discovers that she has been taken to a sex-toy party!

The Little Gorilla

The Little Gorilla is about a boy who must find the courage to climb a tall and scary jungle gym. In the shadows of looming New York City skyscrapers—and an older brother who lacks faith—the Little Gorilla must unchain the King Kong within.

Quincy & Althea

Quincy and Althea, two 60-year-old bickering married Hurricane Katrina evacuees, have just returned to their flood-ravaged New Orleans home. Despite the seemingly overwhelming task of reconstruction that lies ahead for the couple, the last thing on either of their minds is rebuilding. All Quincy and Althea want is a divorce.

Rebel Song

When a farmer who is too infirm to farm and too old to make love grows to hate his youthful wife’s beauty and love of life, he hires a man to help out on the farm—but his actual goal is to find someone to break his wife’s spirit. The farmer convinces both the simpleminded farmhand and his wife that they need him to survive. Yet as they become increasingly terrorized, they form a childlike bond, whispering thoughts of escape together out of the forest.

Saving Mom and Dad

Ravi is a young East Indian boy who was born in the United States and is attending a Baptist school. The education there is the best his parents can afford, and everything is going fine—until the day he’s told at school that he is responsible for saving his parents.

Small Avalanches

Adapted from a short story by Joyce Carol Oates, Small Avalanches takes place during the summer of 1971 and follows a singular event in the life of 13-year-old Nancy. Spending her afternoons at her uncle’s gas station, Nancy encounters an older well-to-do man from the city who stops for gas. As she walks home at the end of the day, the man returns and follows her. Nancy soon finds herself in a situation that profoundly affects her childhood innocence forever.