Matt Hatleberg

Two 16 year old carefree confidantes, Bella and Bernie, tentatively explore independence and sexuality while trying to dodge the ever watchful eye of Mrs. Judge, Bella's mother. The evangelical Mrs. Judge has concerns over Bella's friendship with the vibrant Bernie, wary of Bernie's secret family history repeating itself in Bella. As Bella learns more about Bernie, and herself, she will realize that choice is fickle, sometimes coming down to those who make the choice and those who must live with the consequences.

Transposing Mark Twain's immortal anti-racist novel to 2017, "Huckleberry Finn: A Close Place" depicts the friendship that develops between a poor Missouri boy and an undocumented African immigrant as they drift down the Mississippi River on a makeshift raft in pursuit of freedom.

Every other weekend, Imani (Krystel McNeil) returns to her family’s Illinois farm to help her widowed dad Leonard (Anthony Irons) keep the animals fed, house clean, and crops alive. However, once their livestock start disappearing, prompting fears of wild animals or just bored kids from the surrounding suburbs, Imani confronts the reality of her and her family’s future.

An A.I. therapy tool helps a lonely and depressed man confront the darkest parts of himself.

A woman and her ex-boyfriend reconnect at the vet after their dog gets sick, as a new boyfriend experiences jealousy. “WILK,” directed by Peg, is an experimental comedy with its own absurd cinematic language and esoteric scene-building. Joseph watches from the car as his girlfriend, Tallie, is consoled by her ex outside the vet (while Joseph’s car has a penis spray-painted on it). Later at home, Joseph still feels antsy about Tallie’s reconnection with her ex, as he’s offered a glass of ‘WILK’ (wine+milk) soon claimed by Tallie’s roommate, an eccentric music producer. Having learned what the titular WILK means, we can now cut to a boxing match between a milk mascot and a wine mascot while a hip hop track plays. Delivered as a medley of bizarre shifts and barely discernible story beats, the film is intriguingly chaotic and one-of-a-kind.

A kid's identity crisis and lifelong sinus problems are transformed by his relationship with a disabled boy.

On the night before a pivotal decision, an obsessive poet reconnects with her past loves in order to discover the pattern behind her failed relationships.

An unhoused Missouri teenager and an undocumented Mauritanian migrant drift down the Mississippi River together on a makeshift raft in pursuit of freedom in this contemporary retelling of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

Amidst strange encounters in her life and work, Helena, a Brazilian filmmaker living in Chicago, is struck by a compelling obvious question: Where’s south?

An attention-seeking man takes drastic measures to repair his relationship with his absent boyfriend. 'Play With Me' follows Nate as he transforms himself into someone (or something) he believes is worth loving.

A couple takes a chance on an odd, beautiful restaurant, only to learn looks are deceiving.