From Omeleto. A man spies on his neighbors. PEEPHOLE is used with permission from Brendan Butler. Learn more at https://instagram.com/butlerproductioncompany. Stetson is just moving into a new apartment. A recovering alcoholic who is rebuilding his life, he’s looking for a fresh start with the help of a new home and the support of his mentor…

From Omeleto. A golfer prepares for a tournament. BIRDIE CRICKET is used with permission from Neil Tuli. Learn more at https://instagram.com/neil2d. Amit is a young high school golfer preparing for an upcoming tournament in his garage. But his practice isn’t going well, especially regarding his chip shots. When his mother, Nandani, comes home, things go…

From Omeleto. A weightlifter meets a hoarder. YURI is used with permission from Johnnie Hobbs. Learn more at https://iamjohnniehobbs.com. Yuri is a Black Russian weightlifter. He’s massive and imposing as a physical presence. But inside, Yuri is shy and gentle, looking to release stress and lead a more serene life. But he often finds himself…

From Omeleto. A dinner party runs out of wine. SHORTAGE is used with permission from Luca Nappa. Learn more at https://instagram.com/lukenappa. Four friends — Erin, Ben, Liz and Rob — are gathered for a birthday party. It’s full of convivial conversation, jibes, heated opinions, good food and lots of wine, and all seems good, if…

From Omeleto. A migrant returns home. THE BACKWAY is used with permission from Cherno Jagne. Learn more at https://instagram.com/cherno_mj. Momodou is a young economic migrant who returns to his homeland of Gambia. He was smuggled out two years earlier with the aid and financial help of his family and is now being deported back from…

From Omeleto. A man on a date imagines the worst. THE BELL NEVER RINGS AGAIN is used with permission from Matthias Fuchez. Learn more at https://oneofnineltd.com. Mike is waiting for his first date with Lara at a restaurant, seated at the table already. As time passes and Lara still hasn’t shown up, his imagination runs…

From Omeleto. A man is forced to leave a review. PUSHOVER is used with permission from Brian Lederman. Learn more at https://brianlederman.com. Aaron ordered a hand-blown glass paperweight online some time ago. One day at work, he gets a phone call. It’s from the paperweight company, following up on his purchase and wanting to know…

From Omeleto. A young girl rescues a bird. CORVIDAE is used with permission Tom de Ville. Learn more at https://instagram.com/devilligan. Jay is playing outside one day when she comes across an empty bird’s nest. When she witnesses a group of boys cruelly injure a crow, she rescues it, feeding it faithfully and trying to help…

From Omeleto. Twin siblings botch a robbery. MATTRESS EXPRESS is used with permission from Noah Morse. Learn more at https://instagram.com/mattressexpressthefilm. Ben and Rosie are twins fighting to pull their childhood home out of foreclosure. In a final desperate move, they decide to team up with their unsavory Uncle Lloyd to pull off a robbery at…

From Omeleto. Two Japanese-American brothers fight in World War II. NISEI is used with permission from Darren Haruo Rae. Learn more at https://instagram.com/niseithefilm. Minoru and John are two brothers born and raised in the U.S. to parents who emigrated from Japan. Minoru is eager and idealistic, but John is more pessimistic and cynical. When World…

From Omeleto. An Indian woman steals from her in-laws. STARCH is used with permission from Ajai Vishwanath. Learn more at https://ajaivishwanath.com. Indira is a young Indian immigrant wife and mother living in Sydney, Australia in the 1990s. She and her family are in a precarious financial situation. Her husband has been looking for work, to…

From Omeleto. A grandmother tries to go viral. TIKTOK CHALLENGED is used with permission from Ivan Rome. Learn more at https://ivanrome.com. Claretha is a soap opera-loving grandmother who always dreamed of being a star. Now, with the advent of social media, she has her chance to grab the spotlight, and she is determined to go…

From Omeleto. An astronaut struggles with failure. MISSION is used with permission from Mark Buchanan. Learn more at https://xfilm.co. Michael is an astronaut in training to make the first manned mission to Mars. But he doesn’t make the cut, sending him into an emotional tailspin. His son James watches his father flail in life, struggling…

From Omeleto. A woman’s shadow comes to life. SHADOW is used with permission from Kamell Allaway. Learn more at https://instagram.com/kamellowtail. A girl and her mother live together in a rundown home. Theirs is a small world, and they have only one another for connection. But when they conflict, as parents and children do, the mother…

From Omeleto. A man starts over as an actor. AARON WITH 2 A’S is used with permission from Steve Lichtenstein. Learn more at https://instagram.com/aaronwith2asfilm. Aaron is an actor just getting started in his career — but at the age of 65, just when his wife is looking to retire. Reinventing himself in middle age and…

From Omeleto. A group reads a friend’s last note. THE NOTE is used with permission from Brett Cramer. Learn more at https://brettcramer.com. John has died tragically, having taken matters into his own hands, and his friends and family have gathered after his funeral in his mother’s home for the wake. Three of his friends —…

From Omeleto. A young girl tracks down a clown. BUBBLES is used with permission from Carrie Gifford. Learn more at https://instagram.com/carriegiffordphotos. Penny is about to turn 13. As she tries to plan her birthday party, she wants to hire her favorite clown, Bubbles. But Bubbles has fallen prey to an unbearable sadness and doesn’t do…

From Omeleto. A father struggles during his son’s chemo. SAVING ART is used with permission from Remi R.M. Moses. Learn more at https://instagram.com/savingartfilm. Brian is a dad to five-year-old Arthur. Arthur has been diagnosed with leukemia. Trying to grapple with the tumultuous emotions, Brian tries to protect Arthur by telling him that chemo will give…

From Omeleto. A woman travels back to her teenage years. JUDY-ISM is used with permission from Emily Lerer. Learn more at https://instagram.com/judyismfilm. Judy is a self-proclaimed “Jew-ish” woman planning her wedding to a non-Jewish man. While testing out cakes in preparation for the reception her mother pushes her to try a piece of Jewish apple…

From Omeleto. Two cops work their first shift together. WINDOWS is used with permission from Jorge Parra Jr. Learn more at https://windowsthefilm.com. Miranda Williams and Julia Hansen are both police officers in the Los Angeles Police Department, and yet they couldn’t be more different in temperament, personality and philosophy. When they are assigned as partners…

From Omeleto. A couple faces accusations. IN PLANE SIGHT is used with permission from Ben Gutteridge. Learn more at https://xfilm.co. Arman and Emily are a couple on a plane together, happily sipping a drink together as they look forward to a pleasant trip to Tehran. They’re newly engaged and Emily is on the way to…

From Omeleto. A man finds a romantic connection. A MATTER OF CHOICE is used with permission from Louis Norton Selzer. Learn more at https://louisnortonselzer.com. Dryston is in the waiting room of a euthanasia clinic, watching the other characters in the room as he waits to be called for the procedure. But then he encounters a…

From Omeleto. A woman with Alzheimer’s struggles to stay home. COLD HEIR is used with permission from Maxwell Dezell. Learn more at https://linktr.ee/maxwelldezell. Cecilia is a mother and grandmother who takes care of her granddaughter Alana. But Cecilia is becoming forgetful, as her Alzheimer’s is just setting in. But she is trying to hold on…

From Omeleto. A teenager copes with a bipolar mother. LIGHTNING AND THE BOTTLE is used with permission from James Mills and Derek Doublin. Learn more at https://instagram.com/millsmovies. Sammy is a teenage girl and a musician, managed by her mother Janet, who is also a musician. The two share a close, intense bond, coping with poverty…

From Omeleto. A rapper gives an interview. A FRAUDULENT EXISTENCE is used with permission from Anant Mehra. Learn more at https://anantmehra.com. Vaughan is a musician and a hip-hop artist who performs under the name Apollo. He’s about to launch his new album to much anticipation and has lined up an interview with a prestigious magazine…

From Omeleto. A Native American son honors his father. FOUR NIGHTS AND A FIRE is used with permission from Alex Nystrom. Learn more at https://alexnystrom.com. A young photographer has recently lost his father. True to his Ojibwe tradition, he takes on the responsibility of keeping a sacred fire alive for four consecutive days and nights…

From Omeleto. Two friends reunite in a virtual space. SHELL ISLAND is used with permission from Joe Simmons. Learn more at https://josephsimmons.co.uk. Frank is visiting his old friend Nelson, who suffers from locked-in syndrome, a condition where the brain is active but all muscles but the ones in the eyes are paralyzed. But Frank can…

From Omeleto. A young girl shows signs of leprosy. THE BOAT is used with permission from Luke Morgan. Learn more at https://morganbrothers.ie. Dhuckia is a little girl living in Nepal. Lively, sweet and smart, she wants to become a boat builder like her beloved father, Raoul, preferring to follow him to work and help him…

From Omeleto. A teenager faces a terrible decision. CALF is used with permission from Jamie O’Rourke. Learn more at https://eroinfilms.com. Cait is a teenager living on a farm, where the days begin well before dawn, as her father gets up before dawn to tend to the chores. When Cait is bidden to go outside and…

From Omeleto. A pop star returns home. POPPED is used with permission from Noah Benjamin Miller. Learn more at https://instagram.com/noahboy. Mason Grate is a washed-up ex-boy band member whose glory days are behind him. He’s now more famous for his stints in rehab than for making music, and after his latest antics, he is fired…

From Omeleto. A woman wants to confess her love. PLAY IT AGAIN is used with permission from Dan Abramovici. Learn more at https://danabramovici.com. Kitty’s best friend Erin is leaving soon to start a new job in a new city. Before Erin leaves, Kitty invites Erin for one last movie night together. But little does Erin…

From Omeleto. A woman reunites with a childhood friend. GOLDEN CHILD is used with permission from Hannah Levin. Learn more at https://instagram.com/hannahblevin. Lulu is a young woman trying to feel confident and at home in her skin, trying to feel empowered and positive about her body and self. At her dad’s birthday party, she re-encounters…

From Omeleto. A journalist tracks down survivors of war. REMEMBER US is used with permission from Pablo Leon. Learn more at https://instagram.com/rememberusfilm. A journalist is working hard to document the experiences of people who lived through the tragic 12-year-long Salvadoran Civil War in the 1980s. He focuses not just on the military incursions, but the…

From Omeleto. A house collapses on a man. ROOM FOR ONE MORE is used with permission from Jesse Vogelaar. Learn more at https://jessevogelaar.com. Bruno is making stuffed mushrooms for dinner when his best friend Alex calls. After some amiable chit-chat, Alex reveals something shocking: a house has collapsed on him, and he’s going to die…

From Omeleto. A young boy befriends a stray dog. TOMORROW is used with permission from Aryasb Feiz. Learn more at https://tomorrowshort.com. A resilient 10-year-old street urchin is growing up on the corners and alleys of 1970s Shiraz, Iran. His life is a hard-scrabble existence, trying to sustain his existence while securing life-saving medicine for his…

From Omeleto. Two sisters compete for attention. HICKEY is used with permission from Giovanna Molina. Learn more at https://giovanna-molina.com. Grace is growing up with her sisters in a strict evangelical community under the watchful and stern guidance of their father. One day, Grace discovers a hickey on her older sister Kit’s neck, which gives rise…

From Omeleto. An ex-con rescues his daughter. BOTTOM-FEEDER is used with permission from Brandon D. Hill. Learn more at https://instagram.com/bottom.feeder.film. Kieran is a reformed criminal trying to establish a bond with his daughter Abby. After getting out of prison, he takes her on a fishing trip in hopes of getting an opportunity to make amends…

From Omeleto. A homeless man moves in with a blind woman. ROOM TAKEN is used with permission from T.J. O’Grady-Peyton. Learn more at https://tjogradypeyton.com. Isaac has recently arrived in Ireland as a migrant, and after some time staying with friends and friends-of-friends, he no longer has a place to stay. One night at a cafe,…

From Omeleto. A teenager fights for her dream. PARALLELS is used with permission from Kate Surinskaya. Learn more at https://facebook.com/parallelskatesurinskaya. Lena is a teenage girl living in the suburbs of Russia. She’s been fighting with her working-class parents to follow her dream: to attend theater school in Los Angeles and become an actor. But Lena’s…

From Omeleto. A fisherman meets a tourist. MUSCAT is used with permission from Philippe Grenier. Learn more at https://instagram.com/philgrenier. Samir is a young man working as a fisherman in Morocco. Introspective and quiet, he keeps mostly to himself, though he often comes under the critical gaze of his family. But one day he meets a…