Garda of the Traditional Country

The Ball Method

2020

Alice Ball, a 23 year-old African American Chemist living in 1915 Hawaii fights against racial and gender barriers to find an effective treatment for leprosy before Kalani, a 10-year-old patient is exiled into the leper colony of Molokai.

Just One Night

2019

Two best friends, Rum and Yusra, both devout Muslims, put aside their religious convictions to enjoy a night on the town where secrets are surfaced and their friendship is put to the test.

Burying Doris

Doris and Quinn watch tv, until it's time for the Doctors. This is the prequel short to the feature film-- BURYING DORIS, where an estranged New England farm family is forced home to settle the estate of their beloved grandmother as well as a few lifelong grudges.

Sign

2016

'SIGN' is a short film that tells, through vignettes, music, and sign language, the story of a relationship between Ben, a hearing man, and Aaron, who is deaf.

First Crush

2023

They connected through music. Now, with Yujia gone, Jiankai plays his heart to bring him back.

A Naked Boy

2015

A forty-five-year-old history teacher, Jin-tae, has hallucinations about one of his students.

Katshinau

2023

In New France before the British Conquest, Marie, an indigenous slave, serves the local surgeon. Her daily life of household chores is bleak and alienating. The encounter with a young girl she presumes to be her child will give her motivation to undertake radical actions.

A History of Violence

2005

An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.