Anna Cordell

The Idea of a You

When two best friends accept a mysterious invitation to a handsome actor’s new Los Angeles home, the line between performance and reality disappears as the night unravels into debaucherous abstract relationship existentialism.

Licorice Pizza

The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

III

Three generations of the same family grapple with addiction and inherited trauma in this cinematic rendering of the latest album from American folk-rock band The Lumineers.

Thirsty

The story of a mosquito who falls in love with a man after she tastes his blood. Through her eyes we explore the ups and downs of sex, intimacy, love, and a bug's unflinching desire to feel human.

The Knot

Left home alone for the weekend, two sisters navigate their strained rivalry amid the horrors of adolescent sexuality.

Paris Window

Two siblings share an unhealthy life full of games and codes; however, their peaceful life is interrupted when a doppelgänger appears out of nowhere.

Midnight Confession

West Berlin, 1989. Manny Jumpcannon prowls his dingy apartment, phoning various degenerates from his past. He's hoping for some uncertain vindication but the ensuing conversations only reveal his own sordid history of deceit.

Requests

In a nightclub, reminiscent of a 1980s photo-novel, a band is playing requests. The texts play with pop clichés about life and true love. Until a dissatisfied customer can’t take it anymore and reveals the universal truth.

Rubber Heart

After a painful dry spell, a woman attempts to have a one-night stand.

Hip Hip Hooray

A guy breaks up with his girlfriend on his 30th birthday, moments before discovering she has thrown him a surprise birthday party.

Palisade

Lloyd robs a convenience store to help his girlfriend out of debt. To escape the cops, Lloyd breaks into a woman's home, locks himself in her bedroom and holds her cat hostage.