Film
Darby And The Dead
Directed By: Silas Howard
Screenplay By: Becca Greene
Based On A Story By: Wenonah Wilms
After suffering a near-death experience as a young girl, Darby Harper gains the ability to see dead people. She becomes introverted and recluses from her peers, but moonlights as a spiritual messenger for lonely spirits. But all that changes when her frenemy Capri, the Queen Bee of the most exclusive clique dies in a freak hair straightening accident, forcing the undead diva to turn to Darby for help.
A Kid Like Jake
Directed By: Silas Howard
Written By: Daniel Pearle
Alex Wheeler and her husband, Greg, are trying to find the right primary school for their 4-year-old son, Jake. Described as gender-expansive by his adviser, Jake's increasingly erratic behavior starts to cause a rift between the couple. Alex worries that the adults in her son's life are labeling him prematurely, while Greg wonders if Jake's fondness for dressing up might be more than just a phase.
By Hook Or By Crook
Written & Directed By: Silas Howard and Harry Dodge
"By Hook or Crook" is a buddy film that chronicles three weeks in the life of a handsome, gender-bending, small-town butch with a nagging messiah-complex. Emotionally defeated since the death of her father, Shy heads to the big city to sink herself into a life of crime. She is quickly distracted by Valentine, a deliriously expressive, wise-acre adoptee on a misguided search for her birth mother. The two freaky grifters join forces and learn the true meaning of poise under pressure.
Read: “By Hook Or By Crook, 20 Years Later” | Paste Magazine
Sunset Stories
Directed By: Silas Howard, Ernesto Foronda
Written By: Ernesto Foronda, Valerie Stadler
The free-spirited denizens of Sunset Hall, a Los Angeles retirement home, haven't let advanced age stand in the way of their voicing their concerns about the social and political topics of the day. Documentary filmmaker Laura Gabbert focuses on two of the facility's more outspoken residents -- irascible cynic Irja Lloyd and upbeat, wheelchair-bound Lucille Alpert -- as they attend political rallies and discuss their often opposing viewpoints on hot-button issues.