Giacomo Rocchini

It's 1987, and Kristin is the new girl in town. With the insistence of her cousin, Natalie, Kristin is swayed to attend the birthday party of Jennifer- the most popular girl in school. But tonight, high school reputations are the least of their worries. With recent news of a homicidal maniac escaping a nearby hospital, party guests begin to disappear one by one.

A thirty-year-old Spanish writer in Los Angeles embarks on a journey of self-discovery in the midst of his first love story with a man and his last with a woman, all while facing the added isolating reality of being a foreigner.

In a not so distant future- a coalition of the old earth's nations have sought and claimed the discovery of a new planet "Gaia" as the human race's last hope for survival. However, when the human settlements rolled in, what awaited them was neither discovery nor pioneering but colonization and war against the planet's original inhabitants. With an increasingly militaristic government that demands the settlers' sacrifice for the good of all, one family is torn apart when the eldest daughter, Ara, questions who the real bad guys are. At a time where mass think seems to be the safest option, Ripple Effect asks us if we're brave enough to go against the grain, and at what cost?