Judith Shelton

Leah is a 30-something woman who doesn't want kids. Though she's happily married to Kevin, she's fulfilled by her work and her art and has no interest in babies. But as she gets older, her friend circle is changing. As more of her friends become parents, Leah has less in common with them than she used to. At a baby shower, she discovers her best friend Deena is pregnant, and Leah is crushed. She decides to make new friends - only to discover she's stumbled into a cringeworth misunderstanding.

A conservative Iowa housewife's personal and political convictions are severely tested as she seeks answers from the Republican presidential candidates leading up to the 2012 Iowa Caucuses.

Shot in 1989 on the island of Rapa Nui, with a wind-up 16mm Bolex camera, this tells the story of "The Islander"; a Moai-headed Easter Island maintenance man who hitches a ride to Los Angeles, where he encounters American fiberglass advertising giants and is chased by Primitive Art Hipsters who want to lop off his head. Winner of the Jury Award, NY Short Film Expo Golden Eagle C.I.N.E. Awards