Raising Genius

Café Chairel

March 2025 •Spanish

Two lonely people cross paths while working in a coffee shop. Even with opposite personalities, they both want to move forward with the business which they use as a conduit to heal their wounds, even though they know nothing about coffee.

Inspirational Blame

Invalid date •English

Dani and Michael, two down-on-their-luck filmmakers, decide to craft and film their own independent movie despite their tumultuous lives begging them to give up their passions.

She Paradise

June 2021 •English

17 year old Sparkle discovers a free spirited group of Soca dancers at a car show in the bustling streets of downtown Trinidad. Enamored by the glimpse of sisterhood, she uses her wit to convince them to take her under their wing. The women bring Sparkle into a dizzying nightlife of partying, glamour, and money, but as things spiral out of control, Sparkle is forced to make some tough decisions.

The Hinge

May 2026 •English

The movie follows an unnamed internet hitman who, after one of his previous victims comes back to life, locks himself in his bathroom with a gun with one bullet to get away from the corpse that is outside his bathroom door that is banging on the door trying to get in! As time goes by he slowly starts going insane and starts talking to himself in one sided conversation while having weird dreams that seem to predict the future, he receives dog food and phone calls from a strange man with unexplained knowledge about everything named Mr. E, who discusses topics of morality, philosophy, and mysterious, all-powerful them, while asking to be let into the house!

Quantum Suicide

October 2024 •English

The story of a physicist on a quest for the Grand Unifying Theory of Physics. In the process of his experiments he suffers radiation poisoning, loses his vision and alienates his partner, who leaves him. But in his obsession he finds clarity and the key to understanding our reality. There is one final test he must perform.

Lucid

December 2022 •English

Winter and summer, day and night, life and dreams. Lucid is all about duality. Anxious and awkward in real life, Everett decides to make a change. After coming across studies in the art of Lucid dreaming, Everett hopes to improve his inept social skills. Will having full control of his dreams help him feel complete? Find out in the second feature-length film imagined by Nate Ross & Daniel Walker: Lucid.

Ghich Pich

August 2025 •English

A coming-of-age story about middle-class Indian fathers and their relationships with their sons - entangled in rebellion, insecurities and bound by tradition. Set in '90s Chandigarh.

The Quackening

March 2025 •English

A grumpy Welshman reluctantly visits his grandmother, only to discover she has only gone and got herself cursed! So now he needs to bloody save her (and the world) from a demon duck...before midnight.

Limelight

June 2024 •English

Chicano first-year college filmmaker Joshua Trujillo carries the burden of three unfinished projects. Despite the setbacks in his career, his countless prayers to God have convinced him that this journey is one of divine purpose. With a bike to traverse the winding landscape toward recognition, Joshua embarks on a quest to craft a picture worthy of advancing his filmography into the limelight.

All Roads Lead to Cubao

June 2025 •Tagalog

A couple breaks up and spends the night wandering the streets of Cubao as they ponder on their relationship “what ifs”--struggling to let each other go in a place where all roads eventually lead to each other.

Violet Vendetta

July 2025 •English

Action/ Comedy Short film. ©2025 Hayden Films. All Rights Reserved

April Fool

July 2025 •English

A depressed 28 year-old reconnects with his estranged family and comes to terms with the loss of his father.

Four Long Faces

June 2025 •Hindi

A quiet morning gives rise to a cyclical story of letdowns. The lives of a flower seller, a heartbroken man, a petty thief, and a weary boat man intertwine in an undercurrent of chaos, longing and loss. Though strangers to one another, their lives are unknowingly bound by a bundle of flowers.

The Clique

May 2025 •English

A group of friends in high school decide to go camping in a remote location deep in the woods. What they don’t yet understand is that someone (or something) is watching them. The group begin to slowly notice mysterious happenings throughout their campsite. Things go missing, and slowly, one by one, the people do too.

CANDLE BEARER

May 2025 •English

Elly, a former artist, and Dej', a troubled musician, find themselves locked in a fragile and tense dynamic as they navigate, or rather fail to navigate, the weight of Dej's addiction. On a cold night in the studio, the band find themselves in a familiar, but ever so painful, situation. Dej's constant intoxication and Elly's ongoing denial push bandmates to leave, cause songs to be abruptly cut short by drunken mishaps, and lead to empty promises being tossed around amid incomprehensible antics. Elly must decide whether taking a step forward, no matter who she might leave behind or how difficult that might actually be, is the right thing to do - if there even is, or ever has been, a 'right' thing to do for her. The internal struggle unfurls as Elly's night becomes one that could either mark a new beginning, or bring everything to an end.

One man show

June 2025 •English

A working class musician struggles to fund his own dreams. We follow his story where he navigates feelings of grief, loss and small glimmers of hope.

Song Three

June 2025 •English

A small group of 23-year-olds attempt to make it in their respective art careers all the while dealing with love, loss, growing up, and reality.

La Stanza Di Una Formica

November 2024 •Italian

Wrench

December 2024 •English

A recovering kleptomaniac plots an impromptu Christmas dinner with her unconventional family to win back her ex-boyfriend, but an unexpected proposal reveals old habits die hard.

First Friday

Invalid date •English

A comedy/drama film following two siblings (Tiana and Trey) as they struggle to survive as vendors in the Las Vegas Arts District. Tiana and Trey try to make a deal with a drug dealer by selling 3D printed guns in exchange for their lives at First Friday.