2022 Film & Music Competitions

An unwitting bystander at the Dakota Building saves John Lennon's life on the night of December 8, 1980, forcing Lennon to reexamine his life and his new friend to forge his own path in an unfamiliar world.

Episode 1: Mystery of Sex in the File Room & Episode 2: A Morning Brew. Set in a car dealership’s service department, most scenes take place in an open office area with three stand-up desks/work stations where three service writers are stationed. Hilarious interactions between this lively service write-up staff are punctuated by insane customers with quirky car problems. Every episode includes a mystery needing to be solved that sometimes weaves through several episodes. The actions of the service manager as he sets about trying to solve these mysteries weaves not only a humorous tale but also includes moments of serious drama.

It is Aeschylus’ world of Agamemnon—forty stories up in modern Manhattan. This story/play has hatred, dishonor, infidelity, crimes, cheating, lying, deception — and a chorus.

Shy 16-year old Amy just wants to dance, but her deafness causes her dreams to be shattered when she is bullied out of dance class. Finding the most unbelievable new dance partner, her neighbors neglected dog, they perform a spectacular routine that lands them on a national TV talent show where they compete against her former dance crew.

A young boy, on the cusp of adolescence, has his boxed-in world opened up by an optimistic newfound friend.

The truly unique story of "pretty" Kitty Kallen, including her rise from humble origins to most popular U.S. singer, is revealed in flashback amid news of her untimely death.

After 25 years of marriage, Antonietta Pirandello (Portulano) was committed to an asylum. Her crime “gelosia suprema,” excessive jealousy. We know his story. And hers? That of a marginalized woman.

As members of the 137th New York Volunteer Regiment, brothers Burt and Henry Bayless fight in many of the brutal and defining campaigns of the US Civil War.

The show follows newly promoted, but disgraced, CAPTAIN AN-DREA HALE who’s been assigned to command a deep space, three-person, semi-automated prison transport ship. In route, Captain Hale is ordered to interrogate and identify which of her prisoners is also a rebel terrorist before they arrive at the prison asteroid. If she doesn’t, all the prisoners will be put to death. Mired in moral and ethical dilemmas, in each episode Captain Hale will face a prisoner in a mano-a-mano confrontation to uncover the terrorist while maneuvering through the political and moral minefields amidst a hostile crew and hostile prisoners. When she discovers the Military has plans to destroy her ship and everyone on board if she fails, Captain Hale races against time to ensure the survival of her ship, her crew, her prisoners, and herself. While mirroring the isolation of our current pandemic world and the social dilemmas we are facing today, TRANSPORT is, ultimately, about hope and the way forward.

An emotionally damaged man with a string of failed relationships confronts his fears and his past with the help of a mysterious artist.

A 68-year old man becomes a contestant in a TV singing contest, revealing his life of love gained, love lost and self found.

A comic and nostalgic movie about Catholic school, childhood and family in the 1950s — following poor little Ray Bellini as he pines after the most beautiful girl in the sixth grade, determined to kiss her by Christmas.

After some violent racial profiled incidents with police, a counselor enters an interracial relationship and become a cop where she endures everyday issues from insecurity, greed, homophobia, and racism from fellow police officers, as well as from her own daughter.

When a group of rich, entitled teens pull a practical joke on one of their own and it goes awry, the teen goes on a transitional journey of life and reality on the streets of L.A. In an on-going game of “Dare,” a Beverly Hills rich kid finds himself on the mean streets of LA with no i.d., no money and no memory. His lifeline - a homeless teenage girl masquerading as a boy for her own safety, her eight-year-old brother, and a transgender former Marine Medic, now a hooker. Highlighting teen homelessness, “Dare” is a first love, coming of age story about accepting responsibility and the meaning of family, friendship, love, and tolerance.

When a local Sheriff is murdered by four outlaw brothers, a former lawman turned Preacher seeks justice. When the Preacher’s wife becomes a victim, he seeks “eye for an eye” revenge.

Dealing with trauma stemming from his Mother’s murder, a Brooklyn teenager uses an Ouija board to connect with her, only to unleash an eminent demon that threatens to destroy everything he loves.

Rascal is a true story mirroring many of today's controversies, told from the perspective of a 7-year-old child.

Feeling like an outsider, a nine-year-old girl navigates the pitfalls of her posh private school and the worrisome absence of her deployed father.

The story follows Gordon, a lazy, unemployed young man who lives with his parents. His life is upended when his is forced to work due to a new revolutionary government program that replaces farm subsidies with the unemployed as farm workers, which produces disastrous results in a three-way struggle among the unemployed, the government and the farmers. Can Gordon finally get his life back on track?