Jennifer Reeder

Red Luck

Mike Olenick

Mike Olenick, Jennifer Reeder

Anonymous notes, a jump rope, an overgrown yard, a crumpled piece of tinfoil, a baseball bat and a drill guide a group of individuals towards violence, sexual perversion and an inevitable encounter with Red Luck.

Tales of the Uncanny

David Gregory

Eli Roth, Tom Savini

David Gregory and Kier-La Janisse take a detailed look at the history of horror anthology films with the help of more than sixty writers, genre specialists, and members of the film industry.

And I Will Rise, If Only To Hold You Down

Jennifer Reeder

Katherine Crockett, Kasey Busiel

An evening in a suburban household reveals a familial fault line: a woman and her husband argue diffidently in the kitchen, and, tucked away in her bedroom, their teenage daughter and her friend get ready for a school dance. The two pairs revolve around each other, repeating the same words, though they are all stricken with the same inability to connect.

A Heart and Other Small Shapes

Jennifer Reeder

Denise Amrikhas, Yahn Soon

This short deadpan narrative is a glimpse into the lives of two children and three adults maximizing dysfunction. Regular people keep secrets and act out intimate wants. Ultimately, this piece examines the awkwardness and specificity of human desire.

White Trash Girl

Jennifer Reeder

A woman from poor upbringing grows up to be the leader of a group of extremely rugged individuals.

Girls Love Horses

Jennifer Reeder

Tatiana Suarez-Pico, Natalie Cornish

A professional woman, traveling alone, recalls and reenacts an incident from her adolescence after injuring herself off-camera. This is a fractured little story about a business trip, a bloodstain and being okay.

A Million Miles Away

Jennifer Reeder

Ultra-Violet Archer, Kelsey Ashby-Middleton

An adult woman (the conductor) on the edge of failing and a pack of teenage girls (the choir) simultaneously experience a supernatural version of coming-of-age. The transformation is equal parts tense and tender. It unravels patiently to the infectious beat of an 80s era heavy metal anthem rearranged as a lamentation.

Blood Below the Skin

Jennifer Reeder

Kelsey Ashby-Middleton, Morgan S. Reesh

This short narrative chronicles a week in the lives of three teenage girls. They are high school classmates from different social circles, who form a bond in the wake of an unanticipated incident. Two of the girls are falling in love with each other against all expectations and the third girl is forced to mother her own mother after her father vanishes. Each girl seeks comfort within the walls of her bedroom where the music blasting from the turntable provides a magical synchronicity between them all.

Signature Move

Jennifer Reeder

Fawzia Mirza, Shabana Azmi

A secret new romance with Alma forces Zaynab to confront her complicated relationship with her recently widowed mother. In this coming-of-age Muslim melodrama, Zaynab copes by taking up Lucha-style wrestling.

Seven Songs About Thunder

Jennifer Reeder

Darline Jarry, Paula Carter

When a young woman with remarkable and hilarious coping skills finds the dead body of a teenage girl in the woods she is forced to reconcile her greatest fear--her fantastically failing life. This is a dark comedy about a mother, a daughter, a liar and her therapist.

Lola, 15

Jennifer Reeder

Lola Beale

LOLA, 15 is the first film in an upcoming series called LET ME GET WHAT I WANT THIS TIME. Its a short, formal documentary which intimately observes the sacred spaces of a fifteen year old girl named Lola. The larger series will examine many more of these spaces across a wide range of race, class, location and culture. The painful process of shedding adolescence is actualized in this highly curated interior--a sanctuary and visible elegy to childhood. Through languid drifts across the details of Lola's bedroom, a secret language is revealed.

Accidents at Home and how They Happen

Jennifer Reeder

Tatiana Suarez-Pico, Jon Osbeck

A young Colombian woman’s violent and expected suicide prompts her estranged twin sister to confront an adolescent trauma.

V/H/S/94

Chloe Okuno, Simon Barrett

Anna Hopkins, Kyal Legend

A mysterious VHS tape leads a police S.W.A.T. team to the discovery of a sinister cult whose collection of pre-recorded material reveals a nightmarish conspiracy.

Tears Cannot Restore Her: Therefore, I Weep

Jennifer Reeder

Jacqueline Hanna, Frank Afolabi

A professional sign language interpreter becomes very unprofessional as she suffers a sincere but hilarious emotional breakdown during a gathering for hearing impaired physics enthusiasts whose motto is “Let’s Get PhysicScal”.

Crystal Lake

Jennifer Reeder

Marcela Okeke, Shea Glover

Crystal Lake is about a group of young girls who take over a skate park, forming an all-female force field on the half pipe. There on the reclaimed ramp, with no boys around, they are thriving and visible. This is an anthem for young feminists, which presents female friendship as a means to survive adolescence.

Knives and Skin

Jennifer Reeder

Marika Engelhardt, Raven Whitley

In the wake of a high school student's mysterious disappearance, a collective awakening seems to overcome the town's teenage girls, gathering in force until it can no longer be contained.