HOME - Nancy Deren (30:00)
Life in the neighborhood is bleak for Dorrie (Sierra Farber), a misfit 10-year-old whose restrictive upbringing by her disillusioned grandmother (K Callan) leaves her with few friends and a desire to repeatedly run away. But now her mother Lorna (Traci Lords) is coming home for one of her rare visits, and this time she arrives determined to turn over a new leaf – to stay off drugs, raise her daughter, and make peace with her mother. All Dorie wants is to return her little family to what it once was, but the future will come at a high price, higher than any of them could have imagined…

JONAH - Adam Penn (20:00)
Jonah (Shane Hunter), a 14-year-old outsider, escapes his overbearing mother by attending the birthday party of his classmate, Tommy (Roscoe Myrick). Not fitting in amidst the food fights and make-out games, Jonah is spotted by June, Tommy’s mother (Linda Hamilton) and fellow party misfit. The two develop a connection in which the simple feeling of being noticed allows their protective numbness to melt away, and an unlikely alliance is formed. When June offers to teach Jonah how to dance in the privacy of her basement, the connection ignites and leads to an intimate moment, one that neither one of them will ever forget. With a musical score written by Roman Kuebler and performed by Baltimore’s The Oranges Band.

PRAXIS - Ryan Pattan & Jason Pattan (4:30)
Two men, in business suits, run through the streets of Baltimore. One man carries a briefcase that the other will go to great lengths to acquire. After a showdown, the case’s contents and the reason for the pursuit, are revealed.

NOBODY’S PERFECT – Hank Azaria (25:00)
Once empowered with his grandfather’s magic glasses, a man ventures into the world of dating, looking for Ms. Right.

TALKING WITH ANGELS – Yousaf Ali Khan (13:00)
A young boy is forced to take responsibility for his family as his mother’s mental health deteriorates.

TANGO OCTOGENARIO - David Licata (6:45)
A bickering, elderly couple shuffle down an urban street. They enter a deserted dance hall and begin a tango to Astor Piazoola’s La Camorra 1. Their dance starts where their verbal sparring left off – it’s a battle for dominance. But in their three-minute dance this same confrontational couple transforms into a sensual, loving couple. When they leave the dance hall, they have achieved a new closeness and understanding, evidence by the twining of their hands.