Tia Dionne Hodge

Utilizing his paintings to find freedom from his past, a Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering addict desperate to reconcile. Together, they learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving.

An ambitious young woman, desperate for followers and fame, fakes a trip to Paris to up her social media presence. When a terrifying incident takes place in the real world and becomes part of her imaginary trip, her white lie becomes a moral quandary that offers her all the attention she’s wanted.

An autobiographical film taken from the experiences of writer-director Rob Moretti, CRUTCH is a coming-of-age tale about a young man's struggle with family problems and substance abuse. Behind a facade of suburban middle class perfection, David's home life is falling apart. As he tries to cope with the impossible situation, the troubled and impressionable teenager falls under the spell of Kenny, a georgous, thirty-something, has-been actor turned theatre coach. When Kenny's "support" escalates into seduction, David slowly decends into an abyss of drinking and drug addition from which he must escape if he is to survive. CRUTCH is a dramatic tale of the confusion of youth and the difficulties in finding oneself.

幼くして両親を亡くし、伯父夫婦のもとで大切に育てられたピーター。高校3年生となった彼は、6歳の頃からずっと思いつづけている隣家のメリー・ジェーンに未だに打ち明けることができないちょっと冴えない高校生。ある日ピーターは親友のハリーから彼の父親ノーマン・オズボーンを紹介される。ノーマンは巨大軍需企業オズコープ社の経営者にして天才科学者。ノーマンはピーターの科学の才能を高く評価、彼に目を掛けるようになる。そんなピーターは、大学の研究所を見学した際、遺伝子組み換えでスーパースパイダーとなったクモに刺されてしまう。その瞬間、ピーターの身体に異変が起こり始める。