Doug Barron
A cross-episodic melange of macabre folktales supposedly penned by folklorist Jonathan Mallory Sinus.
Victor Murphy cannot foresee the destructive consequences of building a robotic family to replace the one he lost.
Gay people across the U.S. go on strike when a governor refuses to approve of gay marriages.
The spasmodic transmissions of a malfunctioning television offer the only human contact for a lonely prisoner. But when his true love comes to visit, can he overcome his reliance on mediation?
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.
Larry Burrows is unhappy and feels powerless over his life. He believes his entire life could have turned out differently had he not missed that shot in a baseball game when was a kid. One night he meets this mysterious man, who could change his fate by offering him that alternative life he always dreamed of. But as Burrows embarks on this journey of self discovery he realises that even this new life has its problems and drawbacks..
Official Selection Palm Springs International ShortsFest, Slamdance: Anarchy Shorts, Raindance Film Festival A magical-realist detective story sprawling across the frozen Brooklyn expanse. An underemployed, young drunk crawls out of bed to find his missing friend while a mysterious disease called “the blank” ravages the city and a giant conqueror worm crawls along the sky.
