Alex Hennessey

Mara is a young creative writing professor struggling with problems in her marriage to an experimental musician. One day, she runs into Matt, a charismatic, free-spirited author from her past, when he wanders onto her university campus. Bonded by their shared interests, the two gradually become closer. When Mara’s husband unexpectedly cancels plans to drive her to an out-of-town conference, Matt accompanies Mara on the trip instead. Along the way, the tension surrounding their undefined relationship slowly grows.

When a young Afghan immigrant named Mina gets her first job in a nursing home, an unexpected friendship with Luis, a resident with dementia, reignites her love of music and changes her life forever.

Katie Arneson is faking cancer. A university dance major, Katie's falsified diagnosis and counterfeit fundraising have transformed her into a campus celebrity surrounded by the supportive community she's always dreamed of. But now dependent on a bursary for sick students to maintain her ruse, Katie learns the funding is in jeopardy unless she can provide copies of her medical records within the week.

A gentle character study of Harvey - a straight, fat man who decides to submit a photograph of himself to a gay magazine for 'big men and their admirers'.

Anne hasn't been the same since the jump. While skydiving for her best friend Sarah's bachelorette party, the 27-year-old felt focused, free, above it all. Back on the ground, the pressures of her daily life threaten to overwhelm her.

Sadie (Mary Walsh) is an aging downtown girl trying to make her way across the oldest city in North America so that she can see her Niece perform on television. However, on her journey she is haunted by visions of her past. "The Inn of Olde" is an exploration of memory, place, and how easily a life of hardship can manifest itself outwardly.

In an alternate world where apps use human spies to generate suggested content, one data analyst struggles with matters of taste.

A young boy struggles to accept the loss of his mother while his sister copes through violence.

A woman whose life is built around a poisonous forest is plagued by visions of her partner until she encounters a mythical creature that is said to grant wishes.

Three short stories of peopling struggling to reach each other in a world that mostly makes sense.

A field recordist listens in on the dreams and nightmares of an old house.