Toilet-plunger salesman Wallace Cavanaugh arrives in Ocean City with a poor job performance record and little else.
After a long day of trying to sell his wares, Wallace finds himself with time to kill before he and his boss set off on their early morning ride back to New York.
And then something magical happens. He meets Imogene. She sells him a movie ticket and later joins him an amazing nightlong conversation.If only he could see her again. Surely, he's then be able to rid his life of its misery. Under the guise of selling more plungers, Wallace convinces his boss to let him stay behind.
But, Imogene is nowhere to be found.
Now on his own in Ocean City, Wallace begins a search that will ultimately change him in ways he never thought possible. By falling into Imogene's old routines-- eating where she ate, attending her dance class, and hanging around the theater where they first met-- he finds a life he enjoys much more than his own. But when his boss realizes no plungers have been sold and returns to find out why, Wallace has to make a choice between his responsibility to his past and his desires for the future.
Will he continue searching for Imogene? Will he stay in Ocean City? Will his sense of duty drag him back to New York? Something has to give. The question is: What?
Recipient: NYU Haig Manoogian Post-Production Award
Recipient: Best Short, Roslyn Film Festival 2007
Nominated: Best Student Film, First Glance Philadelphia Film Festival
Nominated: Best Dramatic Short, Ohio Independent Film Festival
Nominated: Best Student Film, Ashland Independent Film Festival
Nominated: Best Student Film, Rehoboth Beach Film festival
Opening Night Film: Cape May New Jersey State Film Festival
Opening Night Film: Ocean City Film Festival
Official Selection: Palm Springs International Festival of Short Film
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Ofelia is a young Mexican woman who has come to the U.S. to work in the table grape vineyards of central California.
Joe is an American schoolteacher supplementing his income by working as a foreman in the same vineyard. Neither speaks the other’s language, but when their eyes meet they both know instantly that they’ve met the love of their lives. Inspired by the true story of how Ofelia and Joe Bozarth met, OFELIA AND JOE is a comedic fable about our ability to connect across cultures and the adaptability of the universal language—love.
Official Selection: Beverly Hills Shorts Festival
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Brad is feeling like a third wheel.
His buddy Dave is trying to pick up some girl outside their local 7-11 and he's stuck waiting for him in the parking lot. Then he sees her. She looks like she's been crying and she's just a few feet away. What does one do in those situations? Do you go to her or give her the privacy she probably wants? Brad is about to make a choice.
Official Selection: Valley Film festival
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