Carmen Chavez

SARAH is a short film centered around Ayla and her best friend Sarah as they discuss summer plans, specifically, Ayla's "sweet seventeen". All is well until Sarah doesn't pick up Ayla's messages anymore when they are supposed to hang out. As Ayla's birthday nears, the more upset she becomes with Sarah. When the day arrives, Ayla finds herself celebrating her birthday without Sarah and leads to her final straw, spending her seventeenth birthday alone.

STRANGER is a coming-of-age short film that focuses on two neighbors reconciling before one of them goes off to college in Chicago. It is based on a true event that occurred the last day that I was in town before I moved to college. The two characters, Max and Cass, discuss their past together after not talking for years, realizing that they have changed as young adults and miss hanging out but cannot because Cass is leaving while Max stays in town to fix cars. With this last interaction, they get to say goodbye officially on a good note.

A trio of friends drunkenly explores an abandoned school building. After breaking in, Dahlia dares Blair to go into the basement, where she stumbles upon a large bag with something bloody inside. Blair attempts to warn the others, but Foster's ego forces him to investigate. Soon, they realize they are not alone as a creature lurks in the shadows. Trapped, Dahlia and Blair are forced to fight the creature to survive. In the aftermath, Blair begins to feel something dark within.

MIDWESTERN PASADENA follows Maisie Andrews who is home from college on her "winter break". As she gets settled in, she bumps into her neighbor, Angus, as they reconnect. Maisie finds out that Angus is taking a gap year to save up and travel. Throughout the story, Maisie and Angus share moments of reflection and reminisce about their shared past and discussing their dreams and aspirations. Maisie also struggles with the her feelings of uncertainty of the future. It is when Angus and Maisie are in their High School's parking lot when Maisie admits to Angus that she is not really on break and has dropped out, expressing to him that she feels unfulfilled and disconnected from living in the city. She even questions her major. Angus offers support and encourages Maisie to take her time and explore different paths until she finds what feels right.

When her boyfriend suddenly ghosts her for days on end, Jane finds herself devastated and unable to take the advice of her friends. Jane rejects modernity and wallows in a feminine melancholy.

A group of five teens spends their last summer before college at a remote lake house, unaware of the horrors lurking within its haunted history. When eerie events begin to unfold, they confront the sinister legend of the Founder's Daughter, a vengeful spirit tied to a tragic past. The teens must fight for their survival. Will they escape, or will they become another chapter in the house’s bloody history?