September 27, 2023
OBJECT OF DESIRE
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 5 When Vivien, an aspiring Asian American singer, takes a karaoke hostess job for some quick cash to recover her impounded car, she must confront a slew of clients with a blatant Asian fetish. Trailer https://vimeo.com/813724680?share=copy
September 27, 2023
HOT SODA
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 When the company fracking their hometown is approved to double their operations, a restaurant family is at odds when the CEO and his bodyguard come in to dine. Trailer
September 27, 2023
NAHUAL
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 Victoria, an emotionally isolated artist, must prove she is a fit guardian for her orphaned sister, but as CPS threatens to take her sister away, Victoria contemplates whether to unleash Nahual, an indigenous monster with a mysterious connection to Victoria. Trailer
September 27, 2023
THE MINERS
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 After complete automation of human work has led to the collapse of American civilization, the war for work begins. Mae, a fourth-generation miner, searches for her missing father and uncovers an unexpected truth that makes her question her purpose in life. Trailer
September 27, 2023
IN WONDERLAND
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 When Nina, a resilient and tenacious eight-year-old Mexican girl is granted asylum in the U.S. and forced to stay in the custody of her estranged aunt, she rejects her new family and escapes inside the fantasy world of her book, “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.” Trailer
September 27, 2023
THE BULLFIGHTER
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 4 A farcical comedy about ex-bullfighter, Felipe Fernando de la Fernand, a once extraordinary figure now trapped in an ordinary world. He gets a job as a parking attendant to stage one final bullfight... triggering a past he's yet to reckon with. Trailer
September 27, 2023
DAD’S JOURNAL
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 4 Charlie finds his long-absent father’s journal and goes hunting for answers with the help of the family dog. Trailer
September 27, 2023
CAIRN
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 In contemporary Georgia, a new groundskeeper Ada is surprised by a weekend getaway of the owner Wyatt and his friends. After discovering a bloody earring and a massive field of cairns, Ada suspects Wyatt of causing harm. Trailer
September 27, 2023
COLORS OF SOLACE
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 COLORS OF SOLACE is a story about a black cop wrestling with his identity and the redemption he finds in this struggle when he is tasked with helping his son harness his own inner powers. Trailer
September 27, 2023
BACKBONE
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 Cole, a teenager with a broken back, lives with Len, his domineering alcoholic mother who cannot retire because of his condition. Cole will have to deal with the consequences of her actions at the expense of his own health. Trailer
