Christopher Messina

Short social directed, written, edited, and shot by John Paul Lopez-Ali

Uma mulher é abordada por uma estranha que acredita ter sido retirada de sua história em comum.

Short film written and directed by John Paul Lopez

Danny (Betsy Sodaro) é uma caminhoneira metida a durona. Já Melanie (Mary Holland) é uma atendente doce e sem jeito. Certa noite, a dupla de amigas vai a um bar, onde descobre o talento de Melanie para a luta de braço. Danny então decide treinar a amiga para ser a mais casca-grossa de uma importante competição que irá render um prêmio em dinheiro à vencedora.

A nameless young woman recounts a peculiar dream, set in a mysterious fictional city and populated by her real-world friends and acquaintances, in Bingham Bryant’s vivid, precisely conceived exploration into the uncanny logic and banal strangeness of our subconscious wanderings.

Caterina was born in South America but lives in New York. Her willingness to make close emotional connections to others is as much of a burden as it is a gift.

Ao longo de uma década, a jovem Jo se torna cada vez mais disfuncional devido à sua saúde mental. Sua amiga Mara tenta ajudar, mas algumas vezes é forçada a recuar para se preservar.

When Teonna is unexpectedly suspended from school, she encounters a girl from her past who takes her on an adventure through the city.

In the first year of Trump’s Presidency, Daryle Lamont Jenkins, an Antifa activist, combats the rise of the Alt-Right movement, while Richard Spencer, an Alt-Right leader, fights to gain ground, culminating in a tragic showdown in Charlottesville.

O plano de Constantine Nikas era assaltar um banco e descolar uma boa quantia em dinheiro, mas nada sai como o planejado e seu irmão mais novo acaba sendo preso. Decidido a resgatá-lo, Constantine embarca em uma perigosa corrida contra o relógio, onde ele mesmo é o próximo alvo da polícia.

Uncompromising millennial radicals from the United States and the United Kingdom attack the system through dangerous technological means, which evolves into a high-stakes game with world authorities in the midst of a dramatically changing political landscape.

Two young Argentines, brought together by chance, wander the streets of New York City, increasingly lost in a maze of currency exchange, translation problems, religious vocation and nocturnal flirtation.

Betting, boxing, and boozing: this is the weird, true story of the time Norman Mailer confronted James Toback to argue about the difference between bourbon and scotch, setting off a years-long rivalry that climaxed in a stare-down during a tense Jets vs. Browns game and a couple well-placed stomach punches. In this short, Toback recounts the tale of his of his encounters with one of America's all-time great writers.

The story of a man that earned his place as an innovator, motivator and legend in skateboarding that now creates inspiration and opportunity for a new generation. Cole's progression from humble neighborhood beginnings to the world of elite street skateboarding is revealed through recently discovered archival footage, presenting a skater that went on to achieve the highest amount of skate contest wins, a list of defining video parts, being twice selected as Thrasher magazine's Skater of the Year, back-to-back X-Games gold medals, and becoming the 2013 Street League Super Crown World Champion

Viciada em heroína e moradora de rua, Harley (Arielle Holmes) tenta, mas não consegue se livrar do vício e do namorado abusivo Ilya (Caleb Landry Jones). Entre euforias químicas, brigas e surtos violentos, ela busca grandes momentos, aquela arrebatadora beleza econtrada em lugares inesperados.

Em 17 de outubro de 1989, às 17h04, logo após Al Michaels e Tim McCarver terem iniciado a transmissão da ABC para o terceiro jogo da Série Mundial entre o San Francisco Giants e o Oakland Athletics, o chão começou a tremer sob o estádio Candlestick Park.

For the Plasma begins in a remote house on the coast of Maine, where a young woman named Helen has found work as a forest-fire lookout responsible for monitoring the nearby woodland. While analyzing CCTV footage of the surrounding forest, she discovers she can reconfigure her perception to predict shifts in global financial markets. But when her inquisitive and demanding friend Charlie arrives at the house, Helen finds herself challenged and unsettled by her new colleague, and the two girls’ relationship begins to unravel. From this cryptic premise grows a lo-fi mind-bender of intimate scale and startling relevance that flirts with sci-fi and horror conventions, even as it subverts them. To the strains of an electronic score, For the Plasma juxtaposes pastoral imagery with surveillance technology, every shade and shadow captured in gorgeous 16mm.

Between surrealism, unusual characters, art and magic tricks, "Swim Little Fish Swim" is a dreamlike journey from childhood to adulthood.