Matthew Ericson
Sound
Known For

In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
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Assigned to a county-mandated drug court program, Cody Parsons embarks on the tenuous journey toward recovery amid the opioid epidemic in rural Ohio.
Union County

Two young misfits head for New York City to celebrate their idol and muse, Stevie Nicks, at The Night of 1,000 Stevies. Along the road, in order for them to escape their painful pasts, they must discover their strengths and learn self-acceptance.
Gypsy 83

Consumed by the distant violence he witnesses daily, a military drone pilot drifts toward self-destruction, leaving his sister to face the intimate cost of war fought far away.
Variations on Violence

On the eve of her cotillion ball, a young Black girl grapples with her queer identity and questions her purity.
Pure

Two friends living in Mānoa Valley spend a summer day together before one of them moves to New York City.
Mānoa Valley

A Theatre Company prepares for season previews under a manipulative Director, whose fanatical tactics blur the line between illusion and reality.
Staging Anna
After being summoned back to her childhood home to care for her bedridden father, Joan must confront the unearthed demons of her family's past and contend with the home's dark, malevolent energy that is both unseen and, much to her horror, seen.
Recluse

In a karaoke bar in post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, an expired can of tuna fish and a fake Louis Vuitton purse encourage each other to believe in their artistic voices even if the world sees them as trash.
Tuna Tartare
Darius and Hakeem dance on New York City trains to earn honest money and escape the crime-riddled streets of Harlem. Their friendship is tested when unforeseen opportunities come.
Showtime

A dystopian future that’s ever nearer, Acid City floats in toxic waters and is left to its own devices. But under the boiling sun, the city weaves together its own social fabric. With audio recordings taken off the streets of NYC, this animation offers us something rare in the face of climate catastrophe: hope.
Acid City

Goodbye, Art attempts to answer the question of why art feels stuck today. How did we get here? Why does art suck now? The film puts that question to artists and intellectuals and even to a man who suspects that the Earth might be flat.
Goodbye, Art

As the protests for Mahsa Amini surge, an Iranian-American family's country road trip transforms into a pulsating journey of revolutionary and archival wonder.
Echoes of Pomegranate

A young Korean American model juggles working in a restrictive fashion industry and hoping to be acknowledged for who they truly are.
Minseo

After her spaceship crash-lands in the ocean, a woman struggles to understand the reason behind the disappearance of her fellow astronauts.
Beyond Zero

A deep-fried comedy about spelling.
Eureka!

An isolated woman navigates an archipelago of illness.