Acting
Alden Doyle is an actor and writer.
Bijan & Kellen take a detour on the way to a concert.
In Zen Buddhism, “Makyo” refers to the comfortable nest we make out of our delusions. In this impressionistic, dream-like film, a young man prepares to give up worldly comforts—and relationships—to break out of those delusions. Through surreal chance encounters with an old friend, a vacuum salesman, and even bugs, Abner learns how to find stillness in a chaotic world.
Tasked with laying off the employees of his father’s company during a work party, an inept man tries to lessen the blow in a misguided effort.
A couple's daydreams intertwine, beckoning them to escape together and explore the depths of their shared longing amidst the emotional turbulence of distance.
On Halloween night, a brooding teenager conspires with a group of anonymous web denizens to prove to the internet that they are so much more than just keyboard warriors.
After a sultry summer spent infatuated with one another, time trickles by slowly for a young couple. While they spend the winter in a cabin on Cortes Island, they begin to feel entranced by their wood stove, triggering an experience of the absolute. Their entrancement comes to a head after they read a poem, which forces them to confront their deeply repressed fears. A study of love, darkness, attachment, inner demons, and the power of poetry.
