Mixed-Tape Shorts
"I'm Coming Over"
In an eccentric mountain town, a borderline neo-Luddite struggles to maintain and share a fragile state of enlightenment
"The Black Balloon"
While trying to move 40 kids six New York City blocks all by himself, a stressed man accidentally loses a bouquet of a hundred balloons. In that bouquet, a lone black balloon scurries free from the rest. It dies and comes back to life, returning to the city, cruising for a companion. On its beat, it learns that humans are complicated creatures with extreme highs and lows, but full of life nonetheless. A film intended to be for children that turned into a sci-fi urban fable, this is the story of The Black Balloon
"Cork's Cattlebaron"
A young protege and his boss sit down for the most epic steak dinner of their lives in Omaha, Nebraska.
"Atlantis"
A young couple meet on the day before the final space shuttle launch in the town that lives in its shadow.
"The Death of Toys"
Ten year-old Seth wants to give up his toys, but his work-numbed mother Lily needs the spark of their playtime more than he does. Her insistence that he keep the toys leads to some unexpected places.
"Advantageous"
Gwen is the spokesperson for a radical technology allowing people to overcome their natural disadvantages and begin life anew. But when her job and family are in crisis, will she undergo the procedure herself?
