Mike Ott

Japanese sibblings ends up in a Californian smalltown where racism, secret debts and homophobia lures beneath the surface. But so does a romance which crosses friendships and the barriers of language.

Newhall, California sits about thirty miles north of Los Angeles, not quite the middle of nowhere, but not exactly a real city either. It's somewhere in between. A place where the youth work at Video Depot, go to community college, struggle with jocks and townies, and all do their best to understand politics, their careers, their love life and self-image. (imdb)

A young man lives in a trailer park on the outskirts of LA. He goes to community college, has no real friends, no girlfriend, and works part time at The Home Depot. With an obsession for Steven Spielberg and enrolled in a film production class, he is sure all his misery can change, so he sets out to make his cinematic debut. He hopes his film is his ticket out of his mundane life and into a world of popularity, women and success. And he just may be on his way, if he doesn't self-destruct first. (imdb)

Anna prostitutes herself so she can visit her sick mother in Japan; Cory is seeking his biological father. Together they make a road trip in hope of a better future. Honest, penetrating portrait of wandering youths in a disconsolate city, balancing between fact and fiction. (filmfestivalrotterdam.com)

A middle-aged Cuban man and a ten-year-old Mexican girl bond over being away from home in the hopeless back-drop that is Lake Los Angeles. (imdb)

A portrait of love in the California desert. (imdb)

Dreaming of fame and fortune, a local Denver performer hires two indie filmmakers to come to town and make a film with him as the star. (imdb)

A journey into the hallucination of cinema. (imdb)

Army veteran Timothy McVeigh hatches a deadly plan after the Waco siege. A psychological thriller depicting the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. (imdb)