Francisco Velasquez

Single Residence Occupany

A Chinese immigrant living in a Single Residence Occupancy apartment receives news that her family's application for better housing is denied, and grapples with how to share the news with her children.

7lbs 8oz

When a young mother moves into a Jersey City neighborhood, an encounter with a stranger shows her the value of community.

The Gift

While taking care of her elderly employer, Rosa, an in-home caregiver, awaits news on her ailing mother who’s in another country and struggles to send her a gift that might fill Rosa’s absence.

Blackout

While on a routine mission, an astronaut soon finds herself battling for command, facing forces known -- and unknown -- intent on destroying her.

Lonely Blue Night

The consequences of a mother's decision to leave her daughter in the care of an American homestay family are slowly unearthed.

Wednesday

Recently homeless and living in a car with her mother, a teenage girl commits a reckless act, desperate to rescue a vestige of their former life. Starring Mychala Lee and Chene Lawson. Directed by Daniel Willis; written by Jessica D. Shields.

The Coin

In Chinese New Year holidays, finding the coin inside the dumplings means having a blessed year ahead. A young woman loses a jar on her journey to a new country, which contains the lucky coins she has been collecting growing up. Her new life begins with a search to find the coin.

Just One Night

Two best friends, Rum and Yusra, both devout Muslims, put aside their religious convictions to enjoy a night on the town where secrets are surfaced and their friendship is put to the test.

Full Beat

A trans teen reluctantly braces herself for court-ordered time with her unaccepting dad, but finds an unlikely ally in his fiancée.

Eve

Set in a dystopian future, biblical Eve has a dream that changes the trajectory of life as we know it.

They Charge For The Sun

In a dystopian future where people live nocturnally to avoid the harmful rays of the sun, a young black girl unravels the lie that has kept her and her sister in the dark.

Reagan

When Reagan, a fifteen-year-old sex worker, leaves her East Oakland group home, she is forced to redefine the concept of family in an unfamiliar landscape.

Care

Rose, in an assisted living facility, unexpectedly falls for another resident, Bea; but with her memory failing, she reflects on this love before she forgets entirely.

Firefly

When things in her house start to change, a delightfully curious young girl, Maya, senses that a monster may be the culprit. In an effort to protect her mother and grandmother, she takes the monster hunt into her own hands. She soon learns that, while the threat it poses may be real, the monster itself is more someone than something.

Get the Life

A transgender teenager faces an unwanted pregnancy and risks losing everything he loves in order to live courageously.