Lauren Neal

A queer writer/director pitches her film to a studio exec who keeps demanding her lesbian characters be sexier and less political, cycling through genre after genre — until she finally bargains for the one thing he won't allow: a real kiss.

Controversial alt-music superstar Grace Freedman returns from "the dead."

A science fiction thriller immersed in a dystopian world of neural implants, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, and black-market crime.

A deep-sea fish becomes enamored with a glowing fishing lure that has fallen from the surface, but when it is suddenly taken away, the fish embarks on a journey to find that magic again. Along the way, it must grapple with the physical toll of its journey as it gets closer and closer to its goal.

Set in a world where love is deemed illegal and can be eradicated with a special procedure. With 95 days to go until her scheduled treatment, Lena Holoway does the unthinkable, she falls in love.

When Emma's cancer takes a turn for the worse, she presents her new wife Josie a deathbed order: find someone new while Emma is still around to approve of her choice.

The members of Fall Out Boy undergo kidnappings, torture, and murder at the hands of Courtney Love, the leader of a cult with one aim: to silence the music.

Visions of a past relationship leave Matthew broken and isolated until an intimate encounter at a porn arcade opens a peephole to unexpected possibilities.

Digital artist Lex Carre documents her struggle with anxiety through work that she posts anonymously online. Her pieces capture the attention of cunning curator Andrea Caulfield, who offers mentorship in exchange for control of Lex’s career. When Lex’s mental health starts to spiral from the pressure, Andrea assumes ownership of her work—prompting Lex to plot a psychological showdown against the exploitative mentor who stole her art and nearly destroyed her mind.

A young couple plans a romantic getaway in the wilderness for the upcoming solar eclipse. As the weekend progresses, a series of disturbing discoveries lead them both to a truth they could never have imagined.

When Fiona wakes up in the hospital, unaware of the events that had transpired and resulted in her being hospitalized, she feels abandoned by her family and all around her. She lashes out at Anna who is forced to reveal the horrifying truth. Written by Wanjiru Njendu

Made in 48 hours, a foray into a mind at once propagated and plagued by bipolar disorder. Winner of the 2020 Outfest Fusion One Minute Movie Contest.

A film about youth, uncompromising rebellion, and love: "The Lovely Rejects" is the story of Cat and Joseph, two young lovers with chronic illnesses who meet while undergoing chemotherapy treatments. Tired of being in debt and battling with health insurance companies, the two go on the crime spree of their lives.

Set in a dystopian future, biblical Eve has a dream that changes the trajectory of life as we know it.

A charming but messy HBCU sophomore on the verge of expulsion resorts to desperate measures to save his spot — including befriending (and perhaps even abetting) a strange and socially awkward transfer student who is really a supernatural creature set on destroying the institution from the inside out.

A daughter revisits past "hello's" in order to learn how to say goodbye to her recently deceased father.

A daughter revisits past "hello's" in order to learn how to say goodbye to her recently deceased father.

Made in 48 hours, a foray into a mind at once propagated and plagued by bipolar disorder. Winner of the 2020 Outfest Fusion One Minute Movie Contest.

Made in 48 hours, a foray into a mind at once propagated and plagued by bipolar disorder. Winner of the 2020 Outfest Fusion One Minute Movie Contest.