Letters From Within

Synopsis: A short documentary film that takes us inside the walls of the Juvenile Hall in Salinas, California. This film offers a chance to experience what life inside a youth prison is all about. This journey depicting the concept of youth incarceration will leave the viewer stunned, inspired and hopeful for change in the future. The goal of the filmmakers is to educate people about the growing problem of juvenile delinquency and help prevent today’s youth from making the wrong decisions. (Duration: 10:00 min, Format: HD 1080i)

Created by Stephen Sprague & Juan Ramirez

Summer Saturdays

Synopsis: A Music Video by Sourgrass about a lonely man riding solo on a two person bike, scouring Santa Cruz in search of nectarine girl. (Duration: 5:30 min. Format: HD)

Created by Nicholas Bucci

Libary

Synopsis: A librarian experiences a moment of peril during the chaos of her day.
(Duration: 5:00 min Format: HD 1080i)

Created by Shelly Russell & Lauren Scheier

Unsung

Synopsis: The player fills the boots of Squad Chief Ryan Frost, a squad leader of the human resistance against the alien Combine Empire. His team embarks on a dangerous mission vital to the survival of the rebellion. (Duration: min. Format: Video Game)

Created by Ryan Hodge

Avenging My Mom

Synopsis: An improvisational film in which I avenge my mom's death,something I can't do in reality so I am imagining doing it instead. In scene one I am in my room explaining what happened to my mom and yelling at my father, aunt, and the surgeon who performed her angiogram and messed up. In the second scene I have hired a lawyer who says we can win and we take the surgeon to court. Finally, in the last scene, I am told by the judge that I had every right to sue and that I win and the surgeon will never be allowed to practice anywhere again. (Duration: 5:30 min. Format: Mini-DV)

Created by Alexis Malex

Rogues

Synopsis: For years, Rockfort City has been defended by the heroic Mr. Intrepid. Now, he has been slain and it’s up to his greatest villains to avenge his death. (Duration: 5:30 min. Format: Animation)

Created by James Eaneman & Trevor Nagy

Catching Up

Synopsis: A young boy copes with the difficulty of being a migrant education student. (Duration: 5:30 min. Format: Radio Theater)

Created by Isaac Castro

A Squirrel's Life, Part 1&2

Synopsis: A squirrel who commits suicide for a want to be reborn as a human. (Duration: 3:00 min. Format: HD)

Created by Arthur Levinson

Surcos de Esperanza

Synopsis: This is a tribute to hispanic descent, a story of a woman who has come to this country, lacking educational and financial resources. For many years she has toiled hard in a career as a field worker. Despite historically harsh working conditions and discrimination, she has raised a family of five. "Hope Furrows". (Duration: 6:00 min. Format: HD)

Created by Monica Martinez & Bettie Anderson

The National

Synopsis: An elderly super-hero attempts to find his place in society as he becomes too old to fight crime. When a disaster strikes Metropolis, our hero feels a need and obligation to be a hero to the city and to himself. A legacy left behind becomes the city's greatest strength, and the lives our hero has touched will carry on for him after he is gone. Duration: 10:00 min. Format: Super 16mm

Created by Ben Hoedt & Jack Scott

Infection

Synopsis: The country has been infected by an airborne biological attack. A young couple seeks refuge from infection in the bowels of an abandoned building, only to find out they’re not alone, and not safe, even here. They are being hunted by a maniac bent on “cleansing” the building of infection. How will they survive in this post-apocalyptic world where danger lurks even in the very air they breathe. Will they defeat the maniac or risk infection on the outside? (Duration: 7:00 min. Format: HD)

Created by Ryan Milbourne & Jacob Gustafson

Candy Flipped

Synopsis: Adam lets go of inhibitions and becomes immersed in the underground rave scene in the San Francisco bay area. (Duration: 10:00 min. Format: HD)

Created by Samual Myers, Robert Lowenkopf & Daniel Rodriguez

Kame Hime

Synopsis: A young man, Urashima Tarō, is fishing at the side a lake where he meets a turtle who takes him to the palace of Kame Hime, goddess of the lake.  Kame Hime asks Tarō to stay with her and Tarō, tired of his old lonely life, decides to stay.  The two fall in love, but Tarō feels guilty for leaving his parents and decides to return for a day.  When he returns he finds that it has been 300 years since he left.  Tarō opens a box given to him by Kame Hime, which returns him to his true age.  He returns to Kame Hime, but dies in her arms. (Duration: 10:00 min. Format: HD)

Created by David Bennett & Lauren Scheier

Seduced by Nature

Synopsis: "Seduced by Nature" is an Outdoor Adventure Television Show and each week viewers learn about their favorite outdoor sports and activities as they follow expert and enthusiast Joel Booth into the serene realm of the natural world. From the Redwood Coast of California to the Grand Tetons of Wyoming and beyond, viewers are captivated by the beauty of the natural world and inspired to go on their own adventures. (Duration: 5:00 min. Format: 1080i HD)

Created by Tristan Mansson-Perrone

Movie Reviews

Synopsis: Chris Ponce's website reviews the most recent movies to hit the screen each week. Chris' personal rating system awards pizza slices to the films: full pizza for the best of them, and an empty pizza tin for those that make Chris feel like: "I just wasted two hours of my life which I wlll never get back." (Duration: 6:02 min. Format: Blog)

Created by Chris Ponce

Iniquity

Synopsis: Ren is a 23 year-old with ambitions of becoming a photographer. She moves to the city with the promise of a new job for a magazine when she meets Alex, a 25 year-old, who lures her into an underground art scene full of vices. She realizes that she has strayed from the path to her goals, but is it too late? (Duration: 10:00 min. Format: Super 16mm)

Created by Amanda Frost & Nick Schneider

Statick

Synopsis: This experimental short is about Gidget, a media obsessed agoraphobic, living what should be the best years of her life indoors. One morning, she receives a message from the outside world that helps her to imagine a life beyond the four walls of her cluttered bedroom. Gidget is able to break free from her fears if only in her mind. (Duration: 5:00 min. Format: HD)

Created by Staci Caccioppi

Fishbowl

Synopsis: Colin is a recent college graduate who is trying to figure out what to do with the rest of his life. He feels like he has no options and is stuck swimming circles in a fish bowl, with no purpose or direction. A jarring twist of fate opens his mind to the possibility of an ocean beyond his bowl.  (Duration: 5:30 min. Format: HD)

Created by Kimber Neely

The Whole Story

Synopsis: In this fanciful animated short. "I", a typical drone of Flatland, receives an order from "They". "I "must journey to the Old Place to vanquish the dreaded “Evil Thing", and to receive from him “That Which Your Heart Most Desires”. But when "I "encounters "The Evil Thing", he finds something unexpected, and ends up making a deal. (Duration: 5:00 min. Format: 3D Animation)

Created by Melissa Lieurance

How Do I Love Thee?

Synopsis: A five minute poetic video that follows the dialogue of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poem, "How Do I Love Thee." Surrealist images represent the anesthesia-induced dream state of a young girl as she goes through cancer surgery. The video takes place during modern times but with Victorian overtones. (Duration: 5:31 min. Format: HD)

Created by Robert Michaud

Surf Video

Synopsis: (Duration: 5:30 min. Format: HD)

Created by Matt

Demo Reel

Synopsis: Nathan Danforth will be showing his acting reel; a compliation of the highlights of his film acting career the past couple years. (Duration: 4:46 min. Format: SD)

Created by Nathan Danforth