Mr. Chair / Lodger
Basically, Kafka’s Metamorphosis is unfilmable. After all, the author didn’t want visual representations to appear of the insect Gregor Samsa turned into; readers should visualise that themselves.
Sigal
Sigal, a cynical high school teacher, bets that she can make the worst senior student pass an upcoming exam. When a personal connection is formed, Sigal begins to question her initial motives.
Christina Lamont
After a successful debut, novelist Sam Lamont (Jeremy Koerner) struggles to meet a looming deadline for his next book. Frustrated and desperate for inspiration, he begins to follow a mysterious drifter (Bill Olson) that appears in town. But when bodies start piling up and Sam's new muse proves to be more than just a harmless transient, his sanity and career are put in jeopardy as he goes on the run. Taking refuge with his family far from the city, it soon becomes clear to Sam that his stalker may have a deeper motive for his erratic behavior in this terrifying psychological thriller.
Stanley
A freelance computer hacker discovers a mysterious government computer program. He breaks into the program and is thrust into a revolution.
Kat
A freelance computer hacker discovers a mysterious government computer program. He breaks into the program and is thrust into a revolution.
Julie
A freelance computer hacker discovers a mysterious government computer program. He breaks into the program and is thrust into a revolution.
Shelly
Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defence minister and his wife move next door, forcing the Secret Service to order the trees' removal for security. The stoic Salma seeks assistance from the Palestinian Authority, Israeli army, and a young attorney, Ziad Daud, who takes the case. In this allegory, does David stand a chance against Goliath?
Inspired by the standup acts of real life Chinese American comedian Edwin Li, a young man in San Francisco spirals downward into disappointment until he finds solace in a brief sexual encounter with an older woman to whom he may or may not be related.