J.J. Johnston

After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.

A man seeks fatherly advice by creating scenes from a never-produced comedic screenplay written by his late dad. The scenes eerily show up in and influence the filmmaker’s own life, yielding an excavation of family, legacy, and navigating adulthood.

In a dystopian future, the last human is raised by a machine. He struggles with the loneliness of no human interaction and questions the teachings of a mysterious religious 'Manual' which the machine claims is holy.