Timothy Morton

Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature

A documentary that focuses on Hayao Miyazaki’s deep connection to nature and the environmental themes expressed through his films.

The Hopewell Haunting

A jaded preacher struggles to regain control of his life after a terrifying experience with the unknown in the most haunted house in Kentucky.

Body Swap

CJ is a high strung business woman at the Versa Corporation working on the biggest deal in her company's history. Casey is a laid-back slacker who mooches off his brother Roy. When Casey goes into an interview at Versa only to qualify for unemployment benefits he winds up switching places with her. Now he must contend with her frenemy Lisa while she has to woo an Italian girl Casey's been flirting with.

Living in the Future's Past

Jeff Bridges, alongside prominent scientists and authors, weaves evolution, emergence, entropy, dark ecology, and what some are calling the end of nature, into a story that helps us understand our place among the species of Earth’s household.

Men Go to Battle

Kentucky, 1861. Francis and Henry Mellon depend on each other to keep their unkempt estate afloat as winter encroaches. After Francis takes a casual fight too far, Henry ventures off in the night, leaving each of them to struggle through the wartime on their own.

New Cops

An ordinary man (played by Tim Morton) lives a dull life till his friend Chet (played by Jimmy Kustes) comes over to stay for a few days. His friend ropes him to various schemes and generally makes a bunch of faux pas. His girlfriend (played by Johanna Sims) mostly runs around without alerting him of her whereabouts. He escapes his dull day-to-day existence by watching the TV show New Cops and dreaming various scenarios involving him being the President of the United States and Chet serving as his adviser. Chet recommends they hire detective Flaherty (played by David Maloney) to investigate a book heist at the local library.

Pilgrim Song

Seeking escape from his stalled relationship and unhappy place in the world, a recently pink-slipped music teacher sets out to hike Kentucky's Sheltowee Trace Trail. Among the verdant hills of Appalachia, he encounters various strange characters and becomes the reluctant companion of a gregarious father and son who ultimately help him rediscover what he's been missing.

Holy Land

Cole goes on a trip to work on a novel. Then he comes back.

Passenger Pigeons

Set among the coalfields of Eastern Kentucky, 'Passenger Pigeons' is a story about finding hope and beauty in the dark hills of Appalachia. The film quietly interweaves four separate story lines over the course of a weekend as the town copes with the death of a local miner.

Family Tree

Siblings Tim and Lena squabble after he detects her disinterest in his long-term family genealogy project.

Ginger Sand

David hosts a potential new fling Brandi, and a definite old friend Eric on the same weekend. A coincidence in scheduling that leads to personality conflict.

OMG/HaHaHa

OMG/HaHaHa opens a window to the lives of several young people in Memphis, TN. A gay teenager's video blog frames the various stories, as he introduces his circle of friends and their troubles from unexpected pregnancy to homophobia, break-ups to dying parents.

Team Picture

A realistic character study of a young man in his early 20s negotiating a disintegrating relationship with an ambitious artist/photographer girlfriend and an ascending fling with an adventurous floater, as well as pressures from his family and society to go to college/make steps toward success, all the while becoming increasingly interested in the questionably viable life of playing guitar.

Away (A)wake

Gay secondary school-boy runs away after principal embarrasses him in front of school.