The Handmaid's Tale Scene Recreation: "Offred"

A recreation of the opening scene from the pilot episode of The Handmaid's Tale, "Offred." Originally directed by Reed Morano, ASC. Original cinematography by Colin Watkinson, ASC, BSC. Original teleplay written by Bruce Miller. Made in Misael Sanchez's "Filmmaking: Visualizing and Creating Moving Images for the Screen" at Sarah Lawrence College.

Sol de Agosto

What keeps us apart? What holds us together?

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

After a worker kills a superior and commits suicide, each of his family members attempts to forge a path forward in life.

Seasick

Ferry deckhand Sadie is in disarray as she tries to delete a love-confessing text to her coworker.

Acá te dejo

for the hope of it all

A film about people on having different perspective on life. It's a journey in a car of two different people having a conversation on difficulties of life.

Boarding the Midnight Train

A young woman meets a stranger at the train station. Their train was cancelled, and they both have to wait for the next one. They decide to spend the four-hour wait in each other’s company.

Say My Name

A violated girl is trapped in an underworld of shame. As a child, she was exploited by her father and his friends, and then thrown to the streets as a vulnerable teenager. Despite life going against Mel at every turn, she is determined to see the good in people and find hope before her past catches up with her.

Boots

A teenager recounts a terrible night in the city where he ends up drunk and unhappy at a 24 hour diner. There, he has an encounter with a sweet, inviting family that leaves him feeling a little less lonely.

Fire in the Pond

A retelling of the events of 9th November 1974 when a group of teenagers saw an unidentified object flying over Salem Mountain.

Nobody's Home

Trans woman Mirae, who just can’t live with her family, tries to get a house by assault settlement.

Paano Humuli ng Kidlat

A man is hell-bent on leaning towards the forces of luck as he searches for the final winning lottery digit.

Bizarro World

Six distinct, lighthearted, absurd tales that were filmed in and around LA. Includes the short 'Backyard Barber'.

Namas Dei: The Tucker J. James Story

A clueless wannabe movie star moves to LA and goes viral for all the wrong reasons, only to evolve into a slightly less terrible version of himself. #blessed

Maslenitsa

Spoiled seven-year-old Vanka lives a carefree childhood. Going with his father to the Maslenitsa holiday, Vanka meets a runaway deserter in the forest, about whom he tells the adults. This act instantly deprives Vanka of his childhood, and the father of his child. The event opens his eyes to the adult world in which the child will have to live on.

When life gives you lemons

A visual narrative for the single 'When life gives you lemons' by Haniya Nafisa.

Forever

A young adult comes home to organize his father’s belongings and inadvertently finds his childhood VR goggles, which open up memories of the past. In his early childhood, his father died unexpectedly, leaving him without closure. Through the VR goggles, he discovers that he may have a second chance to say goodbye to his father.

Guide to a Midwest Hometown

Coming back during Winter, Alex Powell explores both the places and personal connections found in his hometown and how they've changed. “Guide to a Midwest Hometown” explores what makes the barren places at home feel sentimental and special, and the good and bad feelings that come when being back home. Inspired by "How To With John Wilson".

Chroma

In his daily commute an old man looses track of time and his grip on an overwhelming reality. He remembers a life long forgotten.

Nocturna

A man loses his grip on reality as he tries to uncover the meaning behind his strange recurring dreams.