Sumiko Braun

My Stepfather's Secret

Bailey Kershaw returns home for the summer from college to discover that her mother has a new boyfriend, Hugo, who she plans to immediately marry. Bailey is unsettled by Hugo and how quickly he has invaded her family home and her mother's life.

Monster Challenge

Famed composer Michael Giacchino catapults a hapless Patton Oswalt (as himself) into an outrageous series of challenges in his infectiously silly tribute to the eccentricities of Japanese game shows.

Hoài (Ongoing, Memory)

Centering on the story of a queer Vietnamese American woman, this short film explores the collapsing and intersecting realities of heartbreak: from romantic partnerships, families, and nation states.

Organize Chaos

In a complex web of tales within a tale, spanning two continents and involving a multitude of characters, Organize Chaos juxtaposes drama, action, and humor in the world of organized crime. The business of the underworld has its own unwritten rules. Among them is rule Number one: Never cheat your business associates. And when these rules are broken, the guilty must be punished with a vengeance. There is always one man who emerges to bring order back in the business. He will be the judge, the jury and the executioner. But to bring back order again, he must first Organize Chaos. His name is Mike and he will show no mercy.

This Last Lonely Place

On his last night on the job, an unsuspecting LA cab driver gets roped into helping a wealthy investment banker cover up a brutal crime.

Sharknado

A freak hurricane hits Los Angeles, causing man-eating sharks to be scooped up in tornadoes and flooding the city with shark-infested seawater. Surfer and bar-owner Fin sets out with his friends Baz and Nova to rescue his estranged wife April and teenage daughter Claudia.

Tonight and the People

In an imaginary Los Angeles, a bunch of cow-boys, a group of activists, three hippies, four teenagers and a few gangsters are waiting for a major event that is supposed to happen tonight. Meanwhile, they talk about their values, dreams, ideal lovers, and about how politics affect their lives.

A Haunting on Gabriel Street

Rockford Illinois. Local boy, Logan Lewis, is reported dead along with 41 others at a house in Los Angeles, CA. The government releases a statement blaming a undiscovered uranium mine nearby. The bodies, over-exposed to radiation, have been confiscated. The house ruined and destroyed. Shaken by her brother's death, Devan seeks answers. She recruits her childhood friend, Nate, to come with her to California and make peace with Logan's death. Nate, caught up in the conspiracy, brings along his friend Brandon to document it all on video. But what they find is unlike anything they ever expected, for not everyone in the house that night is dead...