Jennifer Beatty

Set inside a hospital waiting room across the street from a hectic outdoor music festival, Desert Palms is a single-take live action immersive film that follows a throng of injured characters as they wait to be seen by an extremely slow and overwhelmed ER facility.

I Wasn't Me is a POV short film about one man's struggle to remember his tragic night of intoxication. Waking up naked in a park to a terrible feeling of regret, he pieces together his night, which centers around a love interest.

Chynne takes on the unexpected role of a caregiver after she rescues her niece, Z, from her drug-addicted mother. With no place to sleep, she resorts to stealing packages with hopes of selling the merchandise to pay for a room. After an unsuccessful first attempt, she finds something worth selling but will it get her what she wants? —Sunny Bonner