Willa is a short film based on the short story by Stephen King, published in the 2008 "Just After Sunset" collection.
Social & External
The people behind it
Antonio Dell'Aquila
David
Vincent Norman
Willa
Tracy Green
Helen Lander
Eric Libby
Mr. Lander
Nick Iammatteo
Palmer
Veronica Young
Mother
Phoebe Derdowski
Pammy
Anya Levoshko
Ruth
Michael Chase
Dudley
Ethan Parker
Robert Villanueva
Managing a hotel is hard, but managing an infinite hotel is even harder. When a grieving, masochistic hotel owner's work is put in jeopardy, she must combat the mystic forces at play as her world becomes a paradox.
A case of mistaken identity leads to a heated confrontation between a young Black man and two law enforcement officers.
Descending into a cave, two men seek answers to a book of unknown horrors. What will they find and will their sanity prevail?
After ending a very close relationship, Manuel falls into melancholy and begins to rethink his way of loving. Within his thoughts are the social problems that surround him. He realizes that with these comes a rethinking of what love is. An idea that we have been carrying for a long time: the idea that to love is to possess.
As the gravedigger prepares for the next funeral, each time he digs a hole he wonders about his own death.
A lonely cult-member tries to recruit an old friend - a nihilistic drifter from her childhood church. But it becomes unclear if she’s trying to save his soul, or if she herself wishes to be saved.
Two adventurous 11 year old best friends play around, explore forests and rivers, run, swim and play pranks on a local girl.
12 year old James is now caught between wanting to continue being the adventurous boy he was a year ago, however someone now is more of a mystery for him. Now he wants to spend less time with his best friend and starts spying on the girl that he once called names. He makes excuses not to go with his friend and instead takes peeps at the girl wondering why she does things. James is starting to get a crush on the girl.
At the age of 13, James now disagrees with his best friend and defends the girl against him. He fell in love with her and wants to spend all his time with her. James takes her to the river where he and his friend used to hang out. James is now a teenager and the girl is his whole life.
Father Adam, the local priest, has his world turned upside down when he encounters an evil seductress who intends on manipulating him for nefarious and otherworldly purposes. The sultry Eve has been set out on a mission by an unknown supernatural force and will succeed by any means necessary.
A girl learning to roller skate is approached by a stranger.
A short animation by Makoto Shinkai in Lightwave 3D. Inspired by Haruki Murakami's book "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" with music by Tenmon.
A first-generation American high school student describes what she and her mom learn about people when cleaning their homes.
A swabbie aboard a stranded pirate vessel discovers something hidden beneath the ship’s planks, an ancient and living secret bound to the sea, and to their captain’s past.
After selling his fishing boat, a young single father retreats to his sister's house in an attempt to escape the trauma of his past once and for all.
An unfortunate hitchhiker finds herself running for her life after she is picked up by a deranged driver with the most sinister of intentions.
José, a homeless person who collects garbage, discovers the value of the family tradition of putting together the Christmas tree.
A Young Writer gets caught up in his thoughts, losing track of time and opportunity.
Lok Chen, a primary school student, was sent by her father to a school that champion perfection. Anything that is less is intolerable. With a grading scheme of either a full 100 or 0, those who fail to perform to perfection will be modified for improvements. Soon, Lok Chen discovers that the system itself is flawed with dystopic intent. Whether she will survive the system now becomes the question.
An animated short based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale about a poor young girl with a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames filled with images of loving relatives, bountiful food, and a place to call home.
A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy in this young adult Roald Dahl short story.
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Night in an old mill is dramatically depicted in this Oscar-winning short in which the frightened occupants, including birds, timid mice, owls, and other creatures try to stay safe and dry as a storm approaches. As the thunderstorm worsens, the mill wheel begins to turn and the whole mill threatens to blow apart until at last the storm subsides.
While Native American Wolf is being pursued by the FBI for having taken the law into his own hands, when his mother was raped and killed on their reservation he crosses paths with Cash, a down and out musician who is coping with the end of his marriage. An unlikely friendship develops, as they ride together towards the Teton mountain range, where Wolf will spread his mothers ashes.
Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.
The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.
Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a woman tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.
Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and personal freedom have been well and truly obliterated.
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
When troubled teen Milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo's fantasy into reality.
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a road filled with fast money and violence.
An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl is the object of relentless bullying at school and an oppressively religious mother at home.
MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal champion Xavier Grau.
