Multi-Screening: EVE & STEVE, Ekaant (Solitude), LOSING HOPE, PENDULUM, Rollercoaster (The Pilot)

LOSING HOPE

“LOSING HOPE” embraces the challenge to tell a love story from the perspective of Gideon Hope –  a Black, gay man .

Following the heartbreak from a failed relationship, Gideon is trying to forget the past, especially one that is rooted in childhood trauma and abandonment.  So he puts his energy into his career.  But while tending to his wounds, he unexpectedly meets Donnie, a not-quite-my-type LatinX man who sparks his curiosity.

Gideon must also navigate his dynamic friendships, which add to the complication of embarking on new love.  His friends can’t seem to abandon the ride-along to finding happiness again.  And, neither can his ex-boyfriend.

Overall, Gideon has to decide what is best for him.  The only way to find answers is to lose himself in it all. 

EVE & STEVE

In this four-part, short form series, Eve and her "gusband" Steve navigate the pitfalls of their bad decisions... together.

Rollercoaster (The Pilot)

A music filled romantic comedy, that follows Angelica, a sarcastic and quirky actress, singer and writer. The story of her strange life as a starving artist in Los Angeles, unfolds with oddball characters and awkward moments, all while following the writing of her new country-pop album. It's a feel good, dry comedy, with an inside look to the writing of an album, weaved into a modern day love story. The Pilot is based on the first single on the album, “I Won’t Go Back”, and addresses domestic violence, addiction, and getting away from abuse, as well as addressing all the hardships artists face trying to make it in Hollywood.

*Rollercoaster The Series, as a whole, is a powerful female underdog story, full of ridiculous comedic moments and genuine modern life moments. The remainder of the series gets heavily into modern relationships, current events, and living a life in constant invisible pain, as the main character gets diagnosed with an invisible neurological disorder. Laughing, Crying, Singing, Starving Artists, Awkward Comedy, Health Issues, Modern Marriage, Strong female underdog story.. and the Rollercoaster of music one woman writes about it.*

PENDULUM

Liza, 23, is assistant to renowned film director, Sam Zimmerman. Zimmerman is notorious for ruling with an iron fist, which thrusts various degrees of harassment and mistreatment Liza’s way. Though this sort of environment would send many running for the hills, Liza braves these trials and tribulations in the hopes that she, too, will become a film director in the future. Just when it seems like no one is on her side, Liza’s saving grace arrives in the form of award-winning female director, Ella Harding. With new found confidence and Harding by her side, Liza will acquire success of her own at the expense of the chauvinistic, Zimmerman.

Ekaant (Solitude)

'Manasi' a poet and 'Sudha' a housewife are deeply in love with each other but the restrictions of the society has put chains around their relationship. Ekaant (Solitude) is expression of their secluded extramarital lesbian affair and poetic recital of first moment of closeness.