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Kabir McNeely
BROTHERLY LIES
THE MANAGER POSITION
AND THE HEAVENS MUST HAVE CRIED
COUNTING DOWN

IVALU
Anders Walter’s beautiful Oscar-qualifying short drama Ivalu deals with the most tragic of subjects in a sublime fashion. Although its scope is relatively narrow, it

BURROS
The capital of the Tohono O’odham Nation happens to be 20 miles from the Mexican border. Thousands of migrants travel through the searing-hot Sonoran Desert

NORTH STAR
North Star, an Oscar-qualifying short film written and directed by P.J. Palmer, is a stunningly touching look inside the story of two partners and their

NAKAM
In Hebrew, Nakam means revenge, and from 1939-1945, the Jewish people had ample justification for resorting to the mindset. But even in the face of

Kabir McNeely
Kabir McNeely is an American actor and filmmaker – best known for his short film Blue Girl which won him several awards. He began his

BROTHERLY LIES
A seemingly mundane opening scene of two friends troubleshooting code gives the viewer entry into a story where life decisions are made with the heart,

THE MANAGER POSITION
Want to see a film that speaks to a situation so many of us have been in? Craig Trow’s The Manager Position is so quickly

AND THE HEAVENS MUST HAVE CRIED
And The Heavens Must Have Cried takes place in the Summer of 1968, and follows Charles Manson and four of the women who fell under

COUNTING DOWN
Mental illness is not an easy thing to understand – especially if you’ve never actually experienced a bout. But the medical community has long included