Jelani Alladin

On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.

A messy, heartbroken man returns to the city hoping to win back the ex he ghosted and reconnect with his chosen family, but he finds that everyone’s moved on — except him. Now he has one chaotic weekend to make things right … or finally let go.

Next Year is a haunting drama set in the not so distant dystopian future that unfolds in a fractured America where homosexuality is illegal and surveillance reigns. The story centers on Robert, a grieving father who is navigating life after the loss of his husband and the terrifying state of the country.

It’s 1983 in San Francisco and a mysterious killer is targeting homosexual men. But Calvin just wants to kiss that handsome stranger.