Theodore Schaefer

98-year-old Joy Kane, a music teacher and ex-dancer, shares stories and plays piano with her daughter Carol. Their afternoon together reveals artistic lives, family bonds, and their paths across two centuries.

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Two friends trudge through a Michigan forest with the intention of following through on a disturbing pact. Once their plan goes shockingly awry, the haunting consequences of their failure can't stay hidden for long.

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A family gathers on Christmas Eve for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and tensions arise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own.

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In the wake of a tragedy, a grieving widower turns to a mysterious self help book from the dark web written by an eccentric guru, which promises to unlock the power to fly.

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When her boyfriend returns to Ukraine to care for his ailing father, 23-year-old Dakota must navigate the precarious anxiety of holding onto the past and forging her future in the midst of her South Brooklyn universe.

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Eric returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As the trip extends, Eric finds it increasingly difficult to avoid confrontations and revelations as his carefully constructed façade of his adulthood gives way to old childhood conflicts.

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An aspiring auteur tries coaxing her dad and uncle into financing her first short film but winds up raising more questions than dollars.

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After having her identity stolen, a woman, and her son's pregnant girlfriend, bond together on a surreal journey as they attempt to track down the perpetrators.

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A series of surreal vignettes at an American Diner.

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Reality and fantasy begin to blur when a teenager, alone in her attic bedroom, immerses herself in a role-playing horror game online.

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A Black family in rural Vermont attempts to live a life of solitude and cope with the ghosts living on their property.

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A young woman working as a surrogate at an upscale, remote facility uncovers a sinister truth hiding behind an idyllic façade.

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A prismatic view of college and the existential angst encountered when faced with questioning one's purpose and direction in life. A philosophical comedy that intertwines ancient greek philosophy and playwriting with modern day escapism and dread.

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Lucas and Iris are fourteen-year-old best friends grappling with the weight of adolescence in a fractured world. Lucas is plagued by nightmares of forest fires that spark his fear of coming environmental destruction. He enlists the more introverted Iris on a journey to confront environmental wrongdoers. What begins with small acts of sabotage in their Tennessee hometown escalates into a mission targeting a high-profile polluter in the northeast. Along the way, their path is shaped by the people they meet and the realities they face.

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