Synopsis: A collection of short films.

Cremation – (0:08:00)

Directed by Katie Royer

Two young women run a mortuary out of their apartment.
Inspired by the filmmaker’s experience working as a freelance funeral arranger in Los Angeles.

The film is mentioned in an essay by the director in The Huffington Post, “I Got Paid $60 to Attend Your Funeral:
Confessions of a Freelance Funeral Arranger”

FOUR – (0:19:30)

Directed by Jennifer Sheridan

A Dowager prepares for her birthday party, the celebrations are rudely interrupted by a young couple on the run and a Hotel Manager insistent on clearing his mounting debts. A Hitman has checked in across the hall…and he’s watching someone.

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Roll Pin Punch – (0:12:00)

Directed by Debbie Vu

A sparring match between two MMA fighters, both women of color, and the pivotal moments leading up to the fight.

Split Second – (0:13:00)

Directed by Julianne Donelle

When a woman is shoved out of a cafe moments before a grenade is detonated by the very man who commits the attack, she struggles with the guilt of survival as she attempts to uncover the reason why her life was spared when so many others were taken.

The Sex Talk – (0:11:16)

Directed by Brittney Grabill, Isaiah Wesley Taylor

In the comedy, THE SEX TALK, millennial roommates Aimee and Sarah try to figure out what to discuss when giving Aimee’s niece the sex talk in the modern day of feminism, sexual liberation, and the me too movement.
It all starts like any other morning, with Sarah peacefully cooking her morning breakfast and Aimee kicking out her recent booty call. At the breakfast table, Aimee realizes that her niece, Gracie, is planning on having sex with her boyfriend. Having never received the sex talk herself, and knowing her prudish sister wouldn’t talk about sex, Aimee takes it upon herself to give her niece the sex talk later that day. Aimee, who is quite experienced in the coitus department, tells Sarah that it will be easy to give her niece tips and tricks to help her have a good time.

Realizing the direction this “sex talk” is going, conservative and practical Sarah steps in and suggests that Aimee also includes information about safe sex, consent, and reproduction. Aimee decides she needs Sarah’s help and they spend the whole day hilariously exploring periods, relationships, changing bodies, condoms, dildos, butt plugs, and everything under the sun in preparation for their talk with Gracie that evening. It’s overwhelming, but the two women end up learning more from each other than they expected.

Even though their sex talk with Gracie turns out to be a bust, their day of discussing the taboos and joys of sex helps them both grow and step out of their comfort zones as people and in their relationships.

They Won’t Last (0:15:41)

Directed by Portlynn Tagavi

After attending their friends’ perfect wedding, Christine is forced to consider the future of her own relationship when her hopeless romantic boyfriend Alex proposes. When Christine is unable to say yes, Alex makes it worse by giving her an ultimatum: either get engaged or break up right now.

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Tyrant (0:09:18)

Directed by Barbara Mones

In a world of darkness, the Tyrant, a being made of light, is the only solace to those who fear the dark. His followers must decide whether or not they will continue to live under his cruelty, or embrace the fear of the unknown.

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