On his birthday, a lonely young man receives a mysterious invitation to win a vast sum of money. The catch? In order to win the money he has to survive six minutes against a horde of cannibal zombies, booby traps and lethal mercenaries armed with sniper rifles and heat-seeking missiles.

America spends more than twice as much money on health care per person as other countries, yet gets much less actual health care in return. Paul Hochfeld, an emergency room physician, looks at several reasons for this and finds more than enough blame to go around, from health provider fears of of liability suits to unreasonable patient expectations, to disproportionately expensive end of life care. The film also offers several prescriptions to cure the problem.

After reading about an upcoming football game, a young man heads out to the local superstore with one thought, and one thought only on his mind: “I gotta get a TV.”

Before entering the workforce, two recent college graduates and life long friends set out on a long delayed big adventure to drive south from their Oregon homes until the pavement runs out, which they think will be somewhere in Panama. Along the way, they find fellow travelers from around the world, beautiful locations, and surprising hospitality from the people they meet on the way.

A teenage girl, trapped in an impulsive marriage to a much older man, finds self-understanding and a path to happiness in remembering her childhood fantasies, with the aide of a strange yet familiar man she meets at a café.

In 1972, five college men anxiously watch a live TV broadcast to see if their birthdates will be picked in the draft lottery. Powerfully written and directed, and wonderfully acted, the film packs a lot of drama into its 15 minutes, masterfully tying the Vietnam war to the occupation of Iraq, and shows that whether service is by draft or by volunteer army, the rhetoric driving war has remained virtually unchanged.

A compelling drama set in the Dominican neighborhoods of Manhattan, Nothing to Nobody tells the story of Alfonso, a tortured young man with the soul of a poet. After having served an eighteen month prison sentence, he is determined to change his destiny, to embrace the omnipotent American Dream and regain his elusive freedom. But can he? Trapped by a dark secret, paralyzed by fear, Alfonso will have to rediscover the true meaning of loyalty, family and love in order to conquer the invisible walls surrounding him. Will he succeed in redeeming himself and catch a glimpse of Freedom? And what will he need to sacrifice? Nothing to Nobody is an intense and probing drama laced with poetry, pathos and haunting images.

As if spontaneously, a movie begins, a strip of film in search of a character. Oona appears, a character not sure of what’s going on. As the movie plays on around her, she strives to make sense of the action, and understand who she is and her place in the story.