
Marco Rodríguez
Joe
A folktale in Los Angeles.

Joe

Julian

Sam

Charley

Mia

Andrew returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral, a journey that reconnects him with old friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam—a girl also struggling with various maladies—opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional connections, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.

Room for Rent (2016) After the untimely death of his parents, David Bagley's life is shattered. He decides to buy his first home, in an attempt to sort things out, but quickly finds that his problems aren't going to be solved so easily. After placing an ad online for a roommate, David starts to receive emails about a possible haunting in his house and makes it his personal mission to disprove all their theories. Of course, after a few bumps in the night and something stalking the shadows of his attic, David starts to doubt his skepticism.

A coming-of-age story about Jack, a 16-year old Iranian boy growing up in 1989 Los Angeles. With the 1979 Iranian Revolution a distant memory, the AIDS movement as a backdrop, and a haunting score by Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij, Jack learns how to stage his own much smaller revolution within the confines of his traditional family.