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From Omeleto. A teenager struggles at home. 1 UP is used with permission from Greg Francis. Learn more at https://gregfrancisdirect.com. Fifteen-year-old Andrew is grieving the loss of his father, along with his mother. Their house is a struggling one, and Andrew’s mother is having a tough time especially. Andrew struggles to help and support her,…
From Omeleto. A teenager struggles with her mother. JULES is used with permission from Jenny Ward. Learn more at https://jennywardedits.com. Tara is a teenager living at home with her father, Dean, and her mother Jules. Life at home can be difficult with Jules’s struggles with bipolar disorder, but Dean does his best to maintain stability…
From Omeleto. A man makes a bad joke. SHUT UP, JACK is used with permission from Alexander Bewkes. Learn more at https://alecbewkes.com. Jack is at a social gathering with a mix of friends and work colleagues when someone makes a funny remark about being pantsless on Zoom. Attempting to add to the humor, Jack makes…
From Omeleto. A woman struggles with a job. THE AVON LADY is used with permission from Carolina Espiro. Learn more http://carolinaespiro.com. Rosa is a 65-year-old Chilean immigrant who decides to become an Avon Lady, in part to practice her English and earn some extra money. But she’s having a hard time getting into the swing…
From Omeleto. A son leaves for the army. IF YOU KNEW is used with permission from Christoffer Tambour and Viktor Wiberg. Learn more at https://imdb.com/title/tt26692092. Robin is a young Finnish-Swedish man living in Sweden with his mother. But as a male citizen of Finland, Robin must leave his home and travel to Finland, where he…
From Omeleto. A woman is kidnapped. FEMALE CAPTIVE is used with permission from Brit Crawshaw and Josh Hayward. Learn more at https://britcrawshaw.com. Gem is a young woman who finds herself abducted and imprisoned to get ransom money from her rich brother. During her confinement, she is guarded by a man who seems somewhat sympathetic to…
From Omeleto. Two women duel. SATISFACTION is used with permission from Bailey Tom Bailey. Learn more at https://baileytombailey.com. Belinda and Verity are two aristocratic women living in Georgian England. They were formerly friends. But when Verity throws out a petty insult at a recent tea party, Belinda demands that the pair duel, due to her…
From Omeleto. A stray dog finds a family. SUPERTRAMP is used with permission from Fabrizio Gammardella. Learn more at https://facebook.com/supertrampshortfilm. A lonely little girl with a skin ailment struggles with feeling alone and different in the world. But when she finds a puppy on the street that has markings on its face like she has…
From Omeleto. A groom remembers his father. WALK WITH ME is used with permission from Adrien Boublil. Learn more at https://instagram.com/directedbyadrien. Oscar is a groom-to-be getting ready for his wedding, but despite the presence of his mother, he feels alone. As he prepares, he remembers his father, who passed away and did not live to…
From Omeleto. Two men play a basketball game. AYO, CHECK UP is used with permission from Nathan Xia. Learn more at https://nathanxia.com. Garrett hits the basketball court one afternoon, when he challenges Kevin, the only other player there, to a game of one-on-one. At first, it seems like an ordinary game. But as the competition…
From Omeleto. An editor gets disturbing footage. DEATH OF AN EDITOR is used with permission from Kyle Hartford. Learn more at https://kylehartford.com. Ella is a video editor who works from home, due to her reclusiveness and inertia. Despite the entreaties from her mother and friends, she often is reluctant to leave home, where she holes…
From Omeleto. A snail tells a story. LOVEBUGS is used with permission from Teddy Alvarez-Nissen. Learn more at https://teddysmovies.com. A cultured, intellectual snail lives within the walls of a suburban home. Within these walls, he has a hidden library, where he settles in to share stories from his life as part of his forthcoming autobiography.…
From Omeleto. Two nurses visit patients. PATIENCE is used with permission from Louis Chan. Learn more at https://louischanfilms.com. Flora and Kev are nurses in the U.K. Flora has been a nurse for some time but is burning out; Kev is newer to the profession and uncertain about his abilities. They visit patient after patient in…
From Omeleto. A man learns about the universe. YOU ARE HERE is used with permission from Michael Friberg. Learn more at https://instagram.com/youarehere.film. Peter is an insurance salesman going about his normal life and doing his job. One day at work, while dealing with customers and navigating office politics, he comes across an interesting fact: there…
From Omeleto. A geneticist creates a hybrid. EMBRYO is used with permission from Alex Russek. Learn more at https://linktr.ee/alexrussek. Dr. Miranda Barrett is a geneticist creating human-alien hybrids as part of an ambitious secretive corporate initiative. But she soon receives orders to terminate her research, and is faced with the destruction of her years of…
From Omeleto. A mother and son meet a stranger. TOGETHER is used with permission from Ryan Still. Learn more at https://ryanstill.com. Kate is a mother on the road with her young son Jack. But this is no fun road trip — there’s tension and fear, they sleep overnight in the car and both parent and…
From Omeleto. A woman prepares a meal. LUNCHBOX is used with permission from Anne Hu. Learn more at https://linktr.ee/lunchboxthefilm. Shirley is a Taiwanese-American woman preparing a meal from her childhood. Using her deceased immigrant mother’s recipe book, she makes zongzi, turnip cake, and hand-cut noodles. Each dish she makes evokes a childhood memory, tracing a…
From Omeleto. A romantic and a cynic argue. THE MOON is used with permission from Niyantha Shekar. Learn more at https://niyantha.com. One man — an artist with a romantic temperament who is painting on a rooftop — gazes up at the moon. He implores his companion — an older, cynical man who’s more of a…
From Omeleto. A couple sees a paranormal event. BISECTED is used with permission from Danny Pineros. Learn more at https://dannypineros.com. Mia and Ben are a couple that have embarked on a cross-country drive together. There’s a sense of disconnection between them in the close confines of their care. But when they witness a series of…
From Omeleto. A teenager struggles after a tragedy. NOT AFRAID is used with permission from Mikaela Bruce. Learn more at https://cavalofilms.com. Olivia is a Native American teenager living in rural Montana. After a prolonged absence after the disappearance of her sister Jessica, Olivia returns to her high school junior varsity basketball team, looking for life…
From Omeleto. A woman vanishes. HOW TO DISAPPEAR is used with permission from Milton Woods. Learn more at https://www.instagram.com/m.d._woods__. Emma and Josh are happily ensconced in a relationship. They’re deeply in love with one another, sharing a home and life. But they have a problem: Emma disappears into thin air at unexpected moments. She cannot…
From Omeleto. A car race turns tragic. THE 1971 KITCHEN GRAND BRIE is used with permission from Ian Beckman. Learn more at https://kitchengrandbrie.com. The Kitchen Grand Brie is the greatest, most perilous race in the whole house, where foods compete for the glory of winning and the opportunity to live in the fridge and stay…
From Omeleto. A copywriter stops working. I’M GOOD is used with permission from John Merizalde. Learn more at https://johnmerizalde.com. Herman is a copywriter at an ad agency, where his co-workers are in awe of his work ethic and productivity. But on one Friday, he stops working. When his co-workers invite him out, Herman declines, saying…
From Omeleto. A teenager wants a tattoo. BABY SKIN is used with permission from Jordan Anstatt. Learn more at https://jordananstatt.com. Cory is a teenage boy who wants to get a tattoo from legendary artist D-Tang, but Cory’s strict mom Patricia won’t let him get one until he’s eighteen. After being grounded for rebellious behavior, Cory…
From Omeleto. A woman gets behind the wheel. BAD DRIVER is used with permission from Antonia Grilikhes-Lasky. Learn more at https://instagram.com/bad_driver_film. A woman gets behind the wheel of a car with her companion. She just got out of a relationship, and she’s unloading, going through the whole arc of her time with her ex. Compulsively…
From Omeleto. A woman goes to the ocean. AND THE OCEAN AGREED is used with permission from Tanya Modini. Learn more at https://tanyamodini.com. Vina is an elderly woman with dementia, living in a nursing home. Her memories of the past are all but gone, and she exists only in the haze of the present tense.…
From Omeleto. A man won’t leave the bathroom. BATHROOM BREAK is used with permission from Dave Canning. Learn more at https://davecanning.com. Ben is at his job on the morning of an important meeting. But he’s not in the meeting, though he’s supposed to be. He’s in the bathroom, and he won’t leave. His co-workers entreat…
From Omeleto. A woman meets her brother’s girlfriend. AUDREY is used with permission from Julianna Robinson. Learn more at https://juliannarobinson.com. Connor is having dinner with his sister Meredith and her partner Rex. He’s going to introduce his new girlfriend Audrey to his sister, and Meredith and Rex are curious about who Connor has chosen. But…
From Omeleto. A teenager must help her mother. THE LADDER is used with permission from Noam Argov. Learn more at https://noamargov.com. Alma is a teenager who immigrated to Central Florida with her mother. On the morning of a crucial math exam, her mother discovers a leak in their apartment ceiling. Her mother, unable to communicate…
From Omeleto. A woman discovers her gift. TUNING RENE MARIE is used with permission from Rachel Kessler. Learn more at https://rchlksslr.com. Rene Marie is a renowned two-time Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist and songwriter. But before she was a professional musician, she was just a young girl who grew up in a turbulent home, married young and…
From Omeleto. A new mother sees a friend. ANGIE’S LOVE is used with permission from Bayo Lambo. Learn more at https://instagram.com/angiesloveshortfilm. Angie is a young Nigerian mother who is visited by her friend Ama and another mutual acquaintance, Temi. Despite her husband’s disapproval, Angie receives her friends with graciousness, proud to show off her home…
From Omeleto. Two siblings care for their mother. THE WEIGHT OF HOME is used with permission from Jessica Rookeward and Tamiah Bantum. Learn more at https://rookeward-cohenproductions.com. Matt is the grown son of a mother who is seriously ill, and he’s managing the caretaking of his parents and that of his own life and home. He’s…
From Omeleto. A teacher challenges his students. YELLOW TICKET is used with permission from Piotr Toczynski. Learn more at https://toczynski.bio.link. Mr. Valentine teaches literature at a bilingual high school in Poland; today is his last lesson as a teacher before he assumes the new position of principal. His students are, by and large, wealthy and…
From Omeleto. A man sells a car. THE PRICE OF A USED CAR is used with permission from Trevor Lyon. Learn more at https://tmdlyon.com. Dominik is trying to sell his used car, and he’s found a willing and interested buyer in Calvin, who is excited at the bargain price. The pair meet up to look…
From Omeleto. A teenager is torn between her parents. TSEHAI is used with permission from David Ramos and Sarah Shuman. Learn more at https://instagram.com/tsehai.theshort. In the mid-2000s in Southern California, Tsehai is a biracial teenager living with her parents at home. But home is not a peaceful place for Tsehai. Her Ethiopian mother and white…
From Omeleto. An interpreter has a tough day. THE INTERPRETER is used with permission from Andrea M. Catinella. Learn more at https://bastetproductions.com. Belma is a Turkish interpreter going through a romantic crisis when she’s asked to fill in for someone who interprets for patients in a London hospital. She’s deft with languages, but working in…
From Omeleto. A young girl builds a plane. FRIDA IN THE SKY is used with permission from Dani Sadun. Learn more at https://instagram.com/dani.sadun. Frida is an 8-year-old girl who also happens to be an engineering prodigy. She has a gift for building and an adventurous spirit, a legacy she inherited from her free-wheeling, accomplished grandmother.…
From Omeleto. A Korean girl moves to California. CHAMPION is used with permission from Kimberly Han. Learn more at https://kimjyhan.com. Jimin is a 9-year-old girl who has relocated with her mother and brother to California, while her father remains behind in South Korea due to the impending Asian financial crisis. The formerly tight-knit unit has…
From Omeleto. A couple is addicted to their phones. THE SABBATH is used with permission from Max Nowick. Learn more at https://max-novick.com. Zack and Sam are discontented with one another. Unbeknownst to the other, they have the same complaint: they’re on their phones too much and not present with each other when they’re together. Their…
From Omeleto. A playwright writes about an ex. WRITING YOU DOWN is used with permission from Hudson Flynn. Learn more at https://hudsonflynn.com. Alice is a playwright whose latest work is premiering, and she’s excited and nervous. The play she wrote is based on her relationship with her ex-boyfriend Jesse, and the stage’s emotional fireworks mirror…
From Omeleto. A man is sent to another dimension. THE INFINITE ALTERNATE REALITIES OF LARRY SHERMAN is used with permission from Dov Torbin. Learn more at https://dovtorbin.com. Larry Sherman is a middle-aged man who doesn’t have much going for him. He doesn’t have much of a career to speak of, though his habit of herbal…
From Omeleto. A young woman tries to model. THE BUTTERFLY is used with permission from Nicholas Richman and Chris Roy. Learn more at https://instagram.com/thebutterfly_shortfilm. El wants to be a model, just like the ones she sees on social media. But she’s not the tall, thin and willowy glamazon that most people think of when they…
From Omeleto. A woman’s dog is dead. BIBI’S DOG IS DEAD is used with permission from Shervin Kermani. Learn more at https://instagram.com/bibisdogisdead. Bibi’s dog Chopper just died. Distressed and in need of support, she impulsively reaches out to her ex-boyfriend Adam, who loved Chopper. In her grief, she hopes to find some comfort in familiarity…
From Omeleto. A woman visits an unstable mother. THE CALL is used with permission from Riffy Ahmed. Learn more at https://riffy.com. Athena is a young professional living in London who is paying a visit to her single immigrant mother, Cora. During the visit, Athena becomes concerned with what she perceives as signs of Cora’s declining…
From Omeleto. A kickboxer protects her mother. THE K-TOWN KILLER is used with permission from Vahan Bedelian and Healin Kweon. Learn more at https://bedelian.com. Grace is a professional kickboxer nicknamed "The K-Town Killer" and known in the field for her ferocity. But despite her commitment to her vocation, she conceals her fighting career from her…
From Omeleto. A man teaches his ex to swim. STEPS is used with permission from Blake Winston Rice. Learn more at https://blakewinstonrice.com. Cooper and Kate used to be a couple, living together until Kate moved out. They haven’t seen one another for years, but one day Kate returns out of the blue, seeking a swimming…
From Omeleto. A man and woman meet again. IT WAS ENGLISH is used with permission from Brian Petchers. Learn more at https://brianpetchers.com. Mal is a poet and writer who runs into Ian one morning on the train. It’s a teasing, unexpectedly weighty encounter, both pausing and regarding one another in a sense of suspension. In…
From Omeleto. A young woman works an extra job. MARA HAS THREE JOBS IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO is used with permission from Ana Verde. Learn more at https://anaverde.me. Mara is already working at a food stand and as a tour guide. But following the death of her father and the resulting financial strain, Mara…
From Omeleto. A man tries to avoid a laughing plague. SARDINIA is used with permission from Paul Kowalski. Learn more at https://linktr.ee/sardiniafilm. Ryszard is a serious Polish-American man, a husband and a son who works in a dour office. When a contagious epidemic of uncontrollable laughter befalls the world, Ryszard becomes immune, exacerbating his already…
From Omeleto. A young woman is followed home. A REFLECTION is used with permission from Laurie Barraclough. Learn more at https://lauriebarraclough.com. Cam is returning to her childhood home after a long time away. She’s been estranged from her parents, but she’s brought back to reckon with the imminent death of her father after suffering a…
From Omeleto. A young girl discovers a magical cloud. Raising Thunder is used with permission from Sandbox Productions. Learn more at https://instagram.com/raisingthunder. Kayla is beginning to lose her spark since her mother’s passing. Her father William, spiraling from grief, barely speaks to her and keeps Kayla locked out of her parents’ bedroom, not wanting it…
From Omeleto. A young soldier is tested. OBLIGATORY is used with permission from Eli Staub. Learn more at https://elistaub.com. An oppressive military regime governs Greece in the 1970s. Elias is a young soldier, hoping to stay safe and live a normal life under the creep of censorship and political suppression. He is pressured by his…
From Omeleto. Two comedians put on a show. TONIGHT’S SPECIAL WITH KAREEM AND JOHNNY is used with permission from John Connor Hammond. Learn more at https://instagram.com/tonightsspecial.show. Kareem and Johnny are two comics in New York struggling on the circuit. In a last-ditch attempt to kickstart their careers, they decide to put together a comedy showcase,…
From Omeleto. Two friends buy a hula hoop. HULA HOOP is used with permission from Katie Ivey. Learn more at https://instagram.com/glasstablefilmco. Sophie and Brooke are two women hanging out at home, bored and listless. To break the monotony of everyday life, Brooke impulsively buys two hula hoops, much to Sophie’s skepticism. Brooke is enthusiastic about…
From Omeleto. Two siblings move home. BUT HERE WE ARE is used with permission from Julia Johns. Learn more at https://juliajohns.com. Nate and Lucy are siblings in their late thirties, but they’re not close, due to the ups and downs of life and their past conflicts. But when Lucy arrives back at the family home…
From Omeleto. A goldfish talks to a travel agent. WALKING FERNANDO is used with permission from Max Mir. Learn more at https://maxmir.work. Nadia works as a travel agent at an agency. Though she’s diligent and hard-working, she’s also going through the motions, disenchanted with her work and unengaged by life. One day, she hears the…
From Omeleto. A magical bar serves second chances. PURGY’S is used with permission from Robbie Bryan. Learn more at https://instagram.com/robbiebryanfilm. A middle-aged woman is served a drink by an unusual bartender: a little girl, who stands behind the bar and chats with her customer. The girl says the man in charge is fine with her…
From Omeleto. A man and woman get a drink. CHASING THE NIGHT is used with permission from Abraham Adeyemi. Learn more at https://instagram.com/abeislegend. Fatimah and Leon are hanging out together at a seductively moody bar somewhere in London. Their time together at the venue is almost over and they’re figuring out what’s next. They decide…
From Omeleto. A man and woman meet at a bar. GUY MEETS GIRL is used with permission from Alex Forstenhausler. Learn more at https://alexforstenhausler.com. At a cozy bar one night, a man is drinking at the counter when a woman sits near him. He looks over and she smiles, so he slides over and buys…
From Omeleto. A couple hides out from a mob. THEY’RE COMING TONIGHT is used with permission from John Bonner. Learn more at https://instagram.com/johntheadventure. Peter and Ingrid are a couple hiding in an old house at night. They’re under siege from a group of mysterious strangers from the town, and that group is getting closer with…