Girls! Girls! Girls!
A showcase of six short films written, produced, shot, edited and directed by women.
Beth Grant
Beth Grant
Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Lauren Miller
America Young
Shana Betz
Shana Betz
Barbara Stepansky
Barbara Stepansky
Jenn Fee
Vanessa Claire Stewart
Tracie Laymon
Tracie Laymon
Also Directed by Beth Grant
An almost completely silent film with music, The Perfect Fit is the story of five women who meet by chance in a vintage clothing store, each searching for something important. Full of twists and surprises, their 'perfect fit' turns out to be something quite different than any of them expected.
Also Directed by Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Based on the Far Eastern myth of the snake woman who is able to take on human form.
Detective Michael Tabb knows the city of St. Louis inside and out. He has felt its true heart, as much as its dark underbelly: but he does not know who, in both the dark and light - is taking the lives of young girls.
It is the 1950s. Mary and John are getting a divorce. If only Mary had tried harder to please her husband... if she had cared enough to do whatever necessary to lose those last 5 pounds, it's possible her marriage could have been saved. If only she had trusted in modern science... ladies - don't be a Mary. Watch this clever modern film, lose those last 5 pounds. Your marriage, and your country, are depending on you.
An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.
A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose between escaping or following in his captor's bloody footprints.
A short film set to the music of David Yow, consisting of the segments "Snow Blind" (directed by Adam Harding), "Nearly Invisible" (directed by Jennifer Lynch), "Secret Kitten" (directed by Todd Adam Philips), "Swell" (directed by Tim Rutili) and "No, Proko" (directed by Jared Varava).
This short film showcasing the location-rich city of St. Louis was designed to serve as a proof-of-concept for a feature film of the same name about a detective haunted by his failure to capture a serial killer.
One day while returning home to stay with his widowed twin sister and her daughter, Kevin Finn, a self-centered man whose life brings him more trouble than he bargained for, is recruited by a celestial being named Yvette, who enlists Kevin with a new purpose in his life, which is to save the world.
Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.
A teenager finds out she was abducted as a toddler and returns to her biological family.
Also Directed by America Young
After discovering he might die soon, a timid young man along with his estranged and outrageous childhood friends, embark on a quest for closure on why the love of his life left.
Years after the air outside became unbreathable – two lovers must decide to stay safe inside or face the odds outside to truly live what life they have left.
During battle, a healer duels with her mortal enemy in an unsettling form, facing an impossible choice that will forever forge her destiny as a warrior.
On the brink of their beloved single screen independent movie theater being shut down forever, a misfit band of theater workers face the corporate evil, foreclosure and the unthinkable...having to decide what they want to be when and if they ever grow up. Concessionaires Assemble!
Also Directed by Barbara Stepansky
Seven female directors present seven short films.
An innocent mix-up leads to disaster when two girlfriends encounter an extraterrestrial substance at a winter music festival.
In 1973, two teenagers are illegally transported across the East German border inside a fake cow.
A wealthy high powered woman suffers a horrible tragedy after which she descends into substance abuse,turning her back on her family. She later discovers that someone close to her may be behind her subsequent abduction and kidnapping.
On her wedding day the bride-to-be finds out a well-kept family secret about her heritage that threatens to derail her entire wedding and puts into question the relationship with her long-estranged brother.
Charlotte (Mittel) moves into a secluded hillside home with her boyfriend Howard (Gunn), and soon discovers she is pregnant. But her happiness is clouded by several strange occurrences - ghostly footsteps, disembodied voices, and the appearance of an eerie, faceless woman. The encounters become more frequent and disturbing, and Charlotte is shocked to discover she is suffering from a Dissociative Fugue which has caused her to forget everything from the last nine months. As she sets out to uncover what caused her memory loss, the events of the past blend into the present - threatening not only her life, but that of her unborn baby.
There are terrible things happening in the desert...unexplainable, frightening things. Tragic, inexplicable incidents… ever since she arrived.
Also Directed by Tracie Laymon
A woman with a lot of baggage falls in love with a man haunted by his past. Literally.