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Family Weekend

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.
CQ

Short film made with the help of the Sundance Film Institute and serving as a proof-of-concept for the subsequent feature film.
Reservoir Dogs

Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men. A woman offers to take an injured man to the hospital. A widowed father and his son seek for a new wife/mother. A man seeks revenge for a woman's honor. A bored housewife tries to explain to her husband that he's not as romantic as he used to be.
The Witches

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
Landline

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
SubUrbia

The story of a rodent's unrelenting quest for happiness and fulfillment.
Happiness

The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.
The House of Tomorrow

An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
Don't Think Twice

Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and grouchy, gout-ridden Uncle Edgar.
Perfect Day

Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it. A second horse-drawn truck joins the first, and they head down the street to a house fire. Inside a man sleeps, he awakes amidst flames and throws himself back on the bed. In comes a firefighter, hosing down the blaze. He carries out the victim, down a ladder to safety. Other firefighters enter the house to save belongings, and out comes one with a baby. The saved man rejoices, but it's not over yet.
Fire!

A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighborhood, but when it comes to the truth as to why they're living there, they don't exactly come clean with their neighbors.
The Joneses

A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.
Code 3

Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.
Sea Scouts

A gentleman deals with the consequences of a car accident, which has left him with a spinal injury that means he has a permanent smile on his face.
The Smile Man

Chip and Dale are starving in their tree home when they notice a plentiful supply of acorns on an island in a lake. To get to the island, they borrow a miniature model ship of Donald's to sail on. The irate Donald, however, doesn't appreciate them stealing his ship and makes several attempts to get it back and thwart their scheme to get to their acorn paradise. Chip and Dale are, of course, always one step ahead of Donald.
Chips Ahoy

A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
Lady Windermere's Fan

When Day, a sunny fellow, encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods, sparks fly! Day and Night are frightened and suspicious of each other at first, and quickly get off on the wrong foot. But as they discover each other's unique qualities--and come to realize that each of them offers a different window onto the same world-the friendship helps both to gain a new perspective.
Day & Night

An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
In the Soup

Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to a Justice of the Peace. After typical Laurel and Hardy blundering, they manage to sneak the girl away from her father's house.
