This Is Desmondo Ray!

46m

2014 Winner for Special Original Ideas Award returns with a full series.

The world is closing in on Desmondo Ray. After the disappointment of no one responding to his much-talked about video dating tape, he finds himself living alone in a rundown apartment complex on the outskirts of Forgotten Falls, a small town at the end of the world. When a film crew starts documenting Desmondo, they attempt to pry painful secrets about how his house mysteriously burned down, and the condition of his widowed father who suffered horrible burns in the fire. The more they push, the more Desmondo descends into his own fantasy world where nothing can harm him. However, when a self assured young woman asks Desmondo out, his universe is turned upside down and he must suddenly traverse the many obstacles of dating. In the aftermath of his big date, Desmondo learns that love can be hiding in the most unexpected of places, and that his heart must always follow the stars, even in a dark and troubling world.

This is the story about a peculiar man... This is Desmondo Ray!

Writer/Director: Steve Baker
Producer: Leanne Tonkes
Director of Photography: Jason Hargreaves, ACS
Music: Megan Carnes

Runaways

5M

A young girl runs away from home in the dead of winter with her recently deceased mother's ashes in the hopes of having her remains dumped on the beach, only to be caught by her estranged older brother who tries to talk her out of it.

Director: Patrick John Ford
Producer: Morgan Ackley
Screenwriter: Patrick John Ford
Cast: David Rysdahl, Sophie Koski

Night In

3M

During a quiet night in, a young woman knows she's not so alone.

Director: Christina Raia
Producer: Christina Raia
Cinematographer: Jeanette Sears
Composer: Alexandra Kalinowski
Screenwriter: Christina Raia
Cast: Dani Thomas

Ginevra

4M

Dawn is breaking and the owls are stirring. A young woman has been murdered, but is this truly the end? This short film is based on an unfinished poem by Percy Shelley published in 1824.

Director: Tess Martin

Where There's Smoke

11M

After a tragic accident, a firefighter must convince the city commissioner he's able to return to the line of duty.

Director: Evan Ari Kelman
Executive Producer: Parker Hill, Rose Ganguzza
Editor: Henry Hayes
Composer: James Newberry
Cast: Tom Lipinski, Robert Cervini, Terrance McFadden Jr., Gregory James Cohan, Edward Heegan, Sawandi Wilson, Michael Basile, Joe Ryan, Colin Murray, Steve Cavanaugh, Kevin Ralston