Supported Projects

First Resort

Feature Narrative from Spencer Paez, Michael Rose, Claudia Restrepo

Dario is a 30-something insecure actor moving backward in his life and career. When his bestie Jamie announces he might leave their starving artist lifestyle behind for a high-paying tech job in London, it upends Dario’s world. He’s thrust out of his comfort zone even more when Jamie’s birthday party is held at a Palm Springs men’s nude resort! Dario’s obsession with conventional beauty and transactional relationships fails him hilariously in the resort’s inclusive, diverse crowd. Rather than look inward, Dario directs his frustration into a rivalry with the gorgeous muscle gay he fears is tearing Jamie away from him.

Shooting November 2026.

God is a Pelican* Colorado Project

Animated Short from Carmela Murphy, AJ Dubler

God is a Pelican is a stop-motion animated short that follows two misfit middle-school girls’ intense, queer, and turbulent friendship as they create their own religion. The religion is rooted in magic and play, while also a critique of institutional structures that have historically excluded queer people. Through this film, the girls reclaim certain aspects of religion like unconditional love and community, using it as a tool to bring queer and “othered” kids together, while also processing difficult feelings like gender dysphoria, loneliness, and growing pains. After playground sermons, midnight pond baptisms, and unruly followers, the religion sparks a school-wide panic, which ultimately leads to a Judas-like betrayal.

Currently in fabrication, September 2026.

Minnesota Goodbye

Narrative Feature from Sid Gopinath, Alifya Ali

Written and directed by Sid Gopinath (with co-writer Aditya Joshi and producer Alifya Ali), this intimate family epic chronicles four generations of an Indian immigrant family building a life at a lakeside cabin in Northern Minnesota. The story is uniquely structured in reverse chronological order through a series of vignettes. Winner of the 2026 AT&T Untold Stories film production prize at the Tribeca Festival.

Premiere: Tribeca Film Festival, June 2027.

Family Strings* Colorado Project

Short Documentary from Daniel Wright, Brendan Young, Lyman Smith

(Formally Strings of Influence)

As his orchestra audition approaches, a young musician receives a donated World War II era violin, connecting him with its benefactor who is grappling with his family’s Nazi past. Bonded by the instrument, they discover that the old violin carries an urgent message.

Premiere: Breckenridge Film Festival, September 2026.