Carol Brandt
Directing
Known For

When her ill mother urges her to take a vacation from her caretaking, grad-school-dropout Leigh invites her ex along on the camping trip. The two soon find that confronting old wounds during a weekend in the woods is anything but restful.
Pet Names

A desperate theater owner resuscitates his struggling business with off-the-wall productions, all the while losing sight of why he chose this life at all.
Earlybird

Meredith is down in the dumps after getting kicked out of her band, until the ghost of Rocky Rococo shows up to help her out!
Rocky VI

A woman is forced to confront her past when her nine-year-old sister runs away after discovering a family secret.
Dear Coward on the Moon

A couple head up to a cabin to get away from the city, and towards getting inevitably mauled and eaten by a bear.
Arrowhead

When filmmaker Tracey Thomas turned 60 she began interviewing dozens of other 60-year-olds, discussing themes of life, death, love, the afterlife, and more. But when her romantic and filmmaking partner, Dennis, passed away suddenly, Thomas' work took on a much deeper meaning as she grappled with grief while continuing her project. This sensitive and deeply personal film, featuring many local subjects, ruminates on love and loss and the power of film to explore the most unanswerable of questions.
My First and Last Film

The story follows Mira and K, a queer couple with their relationship on the rocks, living out of their van in the Chicago area. As a last ditch effort to escape their desolate life, they plan a bank heist in the small town of Worden, Kansas. However, executing a bank heist amidst a crumbling relationship yields tougher than they thought. As Mira and K adjust to small town living, they realize they must confront the failings of their relationship or lose everything they’ve got left.
Pink Moon

A world within a world within a world
Through the Eye Root

Baby, a 29-year-old addict in recovery, embarks on a cross country to make amends to those she's wronged.
Wherever You Are, There You Go

As his band's popularity begins to wane, semi-successful musician Christopher Darling copes with his boredom in increasingly destructive ways.
Christopher Darling

A conservative teenager questions her beliefs as the people closest to her begin to morally let her down.