Don Swaynos

A chance meeting in a parking lot in 1979 between filmmaker Trent Harris and a young man from Beaver, Utah inspired the creation of an underground film that is now known as Beaver Trilogy. But the film itself is only part of the story.

Follows childhood friends turned professional comedians, Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, the founders of the Found Footage Festival. When Nick and Joe book their gag strongman routine on unsuspecting morning news shows, their pranks go viral and land them in federal court with a vengeful media conglomerate. The stress of the lawsuit and pressure to continue their pranks threatens their livelihood and tests their lifelong friendship.

A local TV host is having a bad day.

The reunion of a woman and her estranged daughter is interrupted by a man with an unusual request.

A podcaster implicates her step-father in a series of unsolved murders, which makes for a compelling show but an awkward family reunion.

After being dumped and fired on the same day, Marie, a maid, gets a job cleaning up after an overworked businessman and the aggressively messy roommate he’s forgotten about, sending her into a surreal world of candy, insult comics, and pretend marriages.

A chance meeting in a parking lot in 1979 between filmmaker Trent Harris and a young man from Beaver, Utah inspired the creation of an underground film that is now known as Beaver Trilogy. But the film itself is only part of the story.

Follows childhood friends turned professional comedians, Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, the founders of the Found Footage Festival. When Nick and Joe book their gag strongman routine on unsuspecting morning news shows, their pranks go viral and land them in federal court with a vengeful media conglomerate. The stress of the lawsuit and pressure to continue their pranks threatens their livelihood and tests their lifelong friendship.

A local TV host is having a bad day.

A local TV host is having a bad day.

A local TV host is having a bad day.

The reunion of a woman and her estranged daughter is interrupted by a man with an unusual request.

The reunion of a woman and her estranged daughter is interrupted by a man with an unusual request.

A podcaster implicates her step-father in a series of unsolved murders, which makes for a compelling show but an awkward family reunion.

A podcaster implicates her step-father in a series of unsolved murders, which makes for a compelling show but an awkward family reunion.

After being dumped and fired on the same day, Marie, a maid, gets a job cleaning up after an overworked businessman and the aggressively messy roommate he’s forgotten about, sending her into a surreal world of candy, insult comics, and pretend marriages.

After being dumped and fired on the same day, Marie, a maid, gets a job cleaning up after an overworked businessman and the aggressively messy roommate he’s forgotten about, sending her into a surreal world of candy, insult comics, and pretend marriages.

After being dumped and fired on the same day, Marie, a maid, gets a job cleaning up after an overworked businessman and the aggressively messy roommate he’s forgotten about, sending her into a surreal world of candy, insult comics, and pretend marriages.

An outfit unwittingly triggers rumors about the sexuality of a conservative congressman. Inspired by actual events.

Working at a movie theater is fun, and that's why Mason, Dennis, and Gabe have done it for years. But, those years of neglecting the world outside the theater are finally catching up to them. Now, they have to make a decision: start on the long, hard path to maturity or stay at the theater, where they can avoid customers, screw with customers, and eat as much popcorn as they desire.

After years in hiding and struggling to control his demons, an eccentric drifter returns home and discovers that his childhood abuser, the center of his pain, is still alive.

Savor a selection of experimental shorts from the fourth annual Tromadance Film Festival, an event that touts itself as a truly populist venue. This volume showcases more one-of-a-kind independent films starring hookers, superheroes, vampires and other intriguing characters. Films include "Le Bagman," "Lick-It Man," "Revenge of the Killer Meat," "Little House in Saskatoon," "976-Lars," "The Dubya," "Nosferatu the Friendly Vampire" and many more.

Every slate marker used in the production of an independent feature film.