The Heart of Texas
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Janie May, an aspiring country singer stuck in the paycheck-to-paycheck grind, gets big news that she’s a radio contest finalist while finishing her overnight shift at a local diner in Waco, TX. She must race to the station to sing for hometown country music hero Harlan Thompson in hopes of winning the opening act spot […]
A Fragile Heaven
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A suicide survivor working at a psychiatric ward tries to protect a patient’s manufactured family when the doctors decide to destroy them as a form of healing. The worker needs this job to support his mother, but when he sees the patient lovingly care for her paper babies, he starts to contemplate the co-dependent relationship […]
The Displaced
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A poignant narrative that speaks to the resilience and fortitude of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable adversity.
Cold as Ice
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In the hopes of boosting their professional draft stock, a rivalry is born as an injury plagued hockey player (King) and a hockey prodigy (Zane) attend a private workout for the head coach of the LA Captains, Coach Richards. They will all soon learn that the game they love is as cold as the ice […]
Elm
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An abandoned doll and a scarecrow scared of crows form an unlikely bond when they work together to overcome their fears and heal their mutual pain
The Principles of Greenology
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Three friends find time to hang out in their usual spot to talk about life, weed and cigarettes.
May
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May is reliving the same year over and over again. She’s unable to escape the minutiae of her office job and the loneliness of her marriage. That is until a kind moment is caught on camera that changes her fate forever.
Dare to Dream
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Dare to Dream is the story of a young Max Ornstil discovering a letter from a present day version of himself, describing in detail his future of living out his dreams of becoming a professional soccer player and playing for his hometown. The film explores how a kid with ambitious dreams would react to hearing […]
A Tale of Earl GrayMay
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An embattled Civil War veteran, dealing with all of his trauma, goes into the desert to fight his inner demons.
Sunrise Boulevard
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1955. An in-crisis famous actress enrolls in a Clinic that helps artists to find inspiration through a pioneering sorrow therapy.The therapy doesn’t work with her. The other artists start to take inspiration from her sunny presence.The only way to bring the Clinic back to a painful and productive atmosphere is to turn her smile off […]