WINNER
Erika Miranda // Trailer [Trash] Magic
“Nine-year-old Fox was born into a family of Mexican witches raised in a trailer park in Georgia. Fox dreams of becoming a Baptist preacher. The only problem is, she might just be the most powerful sorceress of them all.”
RUNNER UP
Vanessa Ionta Wright // Sister Mary Murphy: Vampire Slayer
“Summer, 1977, a series of vampire attacks reign terror upon a small Catholic community and only one woman can save them… Sister Mary Murphy: Vampire Slayer. A brand new entry into nunsploitation cinema, hold on tight to your crucifixes, because nun will survive.”
2ND RUNNER UP
Ryann Jet and Britt Banks // The Perfect Landing
“A teenage gymnast must overcome racism and microaggressions to achieve her dream of getting a college scholarship in a sport that traditionally has little diversity.”
Alex Woodruff // 94
“In 1994, an Atlanta father struggles against the festering childhood trauma he tries desperately to ignore. His perceived failures complete a vicious cycle - eating away at him until, incited by laced drugs, his core demons manifest on a perilous night drive.”
Hannah Rae Aslesen // Cottage Core
“Eden is dealing with a taboo medical disorder and enlists the help of her fellow queer friend, Grace when they realize they know shockingly little about the inner workings of vaginas, vaginal dilators, and the limitations of coconut oil.”
Kiah Clingman // Her Pretty Vagina
“Constantly fighting for control of her own body, Kaleigh conceals crippling pain in order to find her voice and uncover the ugly truth about something so pretty..”
Aimée Okotie-Oyekan // Saving Bankhead
“Grove Park, a low-income majority African-American community in northwest Atlanta, Georgia, has borne the brunt of racialized violence since the turn of the 20th century. Based on the original research “Place Making and Place-Taking: An Analysis of Green Gentrification in Atlanta, Georgia”, by Aimée Okotie-Oyekan, this short documentary film explores the history of gentrification, disenfranchisement, and resilience of the Grove Park community through a lens of environmental and land use justice.”
Paul Rowe // Mother of Lost Things
“A boy, ALEX (7), has a penchant for being a little selfish and whose mother, TINA (30s), is active duty military, deployed, and now MIA, finds a mystical creature in the forest behind his military base apartment family housing.”
Karan Kendrick // Fare
“A suicidal cab driver’s mathematical solution to end it all.”
Vandy Beth Glenn, Bridget LaMonica // Shelter In Place
“When she betrays her gangster employer and goes into federal witness protection, a transgender bookkeeper must put her life on hold right when she was learning to live it authentically.”
