"Good drama makes life more interesting."
Benin has left Adelaide for a new life in Sydney, but he will soon realize that there is only so much charm to a fresh start. The struggles of adulthood seem to escalate around him - a recent breakup, followed by a series of other failures, has cornered him into a dark state of mind. With some help from his friends, he'll have to strive for the obvious personal development needed in order to keep moving forward.
Griffin Avis-Foster
Benin Flamhaff
Liz Harper
Juliet Brews
Rupert Raineri
Marley Hansdon
Cameron M. Ellis
Logan Winfield
Benin has left Adelaide for a new life in Sydney, but he will soon realize that there is only so much charm to a fresh start. The struggles of adulthood seem to escalate around him - a recent breakup, followed by a series of other failures, has cornered him into a dark state of mind. With some help from his friends, he'll have to strive for the obvious personal development needed in order to keep moving forward.
Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating consequences.
An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.
Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the movie screen. The movies give Bud the strength to get through another day as he deals with his oppressive school environment and his burgeoning homosexuality.
Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.
On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend.
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the troubled man she didn't.
Sean is taken to a motel and is given a prostitute for his 18th birthday by his father. He must sleep with her to "fix" his questionable homosexuality. "Pretty Boy" is a coming of age story of a young bullied teen, Sean, struggling with his sexuality and the hardships of high school. After his father finds some questionable magazines in his room, this devout Christian will go to any lengths to get his son to find the light and "perform" the way a man should. Sean is introduced to Katie, a prostitute that understands the stigmas of modern society and helps him see the true light that is within him.
A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
A lonely typographer with a cruel speech impediment but an eloquent inner voice must face his greatest fear.