Durango Independent Film Festival 2009

What was a simple job escalates into a violent misunderstanding in this heart-stopping drama involving an American family and the three immigrant laborers hired to help them move.

Paul is fed up with driving trains and longs to write novels. Two people fall under his train and he hears that three accidents qualify him for early retirement with 10 years of salary … lump sum! All he has to do is find a willing victim. He meets Tommy, furious at being saved by Paul from jumping off a bridge. Paul offers him £1500 cash to wait until Monday. Having abandoned his family, Tommy decides to salve his conscience by paying his wife, Rosemary, and his daughter Frankie a last visit. Relationships are changed forever, but Paul and Tommy are confronted with the reality of the deal they struck. After all, a deal is a deal.

The Grim Reaper is mistaken for a babysitter and learns a thing or two about life.

Based on true events, “Denim” humorously explores the great indignities people will go through to get laid.

“Distraxion” is a character-driven short film about the personification of an office worker’s late night annoyance: his boss’s cheesy jazz music.

In this bitter-sweet dark comedy and full length mockumentary, a filmmaker and crew follow former certified public accountant Don Wimmer, who at the age of 42 gives up everything to pursue a long-abandoned dream of becoming a professional skateboarder.

In this “love letter to music,” a down-and-out musician gets one last opportunity to realize his dream but must embark on a journey that takes him far beyond his comfort zone.

A neglectful father’s past catches up to him when his Nazi son returns home to discover he has been harboring a family of Jews.