Short Films

This short drama tells the story of Clara, a young girl who must learn to cope with painful emotions following the untimely death of her father.

Examines the impact of AIDS within Hispanic-American communities, focusing on the specific economic, social and cultural factors which influence perception of the AIDS crisis, including macho attitudes about sexuality, traditional relations between men and women, prejudices against homosexuality, and the prevalence of drug abuse.

Looks at the many individuals and organizations that have met the challenge of providing services for people with AIDS (PWAs) in San Francisco, including volunteers who provide vital services that government agencies have been unable or unwilling to provide.

When two former gay lovers meet again, years after one has apparently gone straight and married, they reveal, through song and memory-flashbacks, the feelings they experience during this reunion.

Following his therapist's advice, an introverted but determined young college student faces a class party with high hopes for his new social skills, with unexpected comic results.

When a singer reluctantly skips an audition and visits her retarded adult sister to break the news of their mother's death, she is forced to rethink her self-centered priorities.

Ralph is a very gifted and very self-centered piano virtuoso who has been having trouble with his playing.

When four buddies show up for their weekly poker game at a remote wilderness cabin, paranoia soon replaces camaraderie as fear of an extraterrestrial alien encounter begins to prey on their minds.

When Ramona, a "punked-out" older sister, unexpectedly returns home to her mother and two young brothers, none of them are aware that her luggage is filled with cockroaches which will soon infest their home.

Based on a short story by Truman Capote, this film involves a young woman named Sylvia who encounters Mr. Revercomb, a mysterious man who buys dreams from people.

A madcap fairy tale about an overly generous New York woman pursued by three bachelors with different agendas. One wants her money, the second wants money and marriage, and the third may be Mr. Right. Or is he?

A young Vermont farm boy, with his supportive younger sister at his side, braves the wrath of their irascible father and Mother Nature to get his hotrod to the race before start time.

A Yuppie corporate attorney, dissatisfied with both her job and her workaholic boyfriend, perks up when an old flame shows up on her doorstep.

Two former childhood pals, hitchhiking to their longtime summer camp in Maine, meet up with another ex-camper who raises questions about the mysterious drowning of two camp counselors ten years before.

Set in the Bronx, immediately after the end of WWII, this delightful period comedy tells the story of Danny DiPalma, a returning veteran of Italian-American descent.

An elderly couple in New York are embroiled in a longstanding dispute about where to spend their retirement years. In their ongoing battle of wit and wiles, the question is who will be able to out-guilt whom?

While on vacation, an attractive couple pick up a teenage hitchhiker in the Mojave Desert, and the woman's advertising executive husband can't seem to shut off his voyeuristic TV sensibilities.

At 29, Michael, with many failed career efforts behind him, and still living at home with his parents, joins the Los Angeles Police Department in a last ditch effort to win his father's respect.

A comic portrayal of contemporary attitudes toward marriage--including trust, true love, self-preservation, and male paranoia.

And Another HonkyTonk Girl Says She Will chronicles the odyssey of a farm girl who dreams of becoming a country music star. Along the road to Nashville, her quest for the American Dream descends into a perverse nightmare.