From The Heart Productions
Fiscally Sponsored Indie Films and Projects

On hell night, three Latina sorority pledges must solve the riddle of a magical ritual or dissolve into the stereotypes that infect our culture.

After 26 years of reflection as a federal inmate, Pete conveys his conviction of returning to his family and working life on the ranch. Narrated by federal inmate Pete Moreno using a series of phone call interviews, the raw emotion of pain to warmth will convey his greatest tribulations and methodical reflections on serving life for marijuana and being absent from his family. Our team is committed to make a film that speaks with humility and honesty, and to share the highly intimate story of a man who has learned a lifetime of lessons. Through this approach, we can forever change Pete's life and bring awareness to many cannabis offenders who deserve and second chance.

Three women in their 30s, a Black divorce lawyer, a Korean-American pharmaceutical sales rep, and an Iranian-American store manager lead this ensemble cast where they collectively deal with issues such as living with Schizoaffective Disorder, Depression, divorce, marriage, infidelity, finding love, and living with cultural and religious differences.

An afterlife guidance counselor defies the rules to assist a grieving mother on Earth, unknowingly jeopardizing the fate of the Universe.

When Eden disappears in the woods with her imaginary friend, it’s up to her older sister Lizzie to venture out and find her—facing the ever-present Deer King who lurks in the trees.

On the Deer King’s Land channels Folk-Horror and Fantasy in a genre-meshing story. With this film, we are combining themes through genre to create a surrealistic fantasy film. In doing so, we gladly accept the challenge of crafting and constructing the character "Deer King". The Writer and Director, Milo Kolvik-Campbell continue to draw inspiration from films such as Pan’s Labyrinth, Sleepy Hollow, and Narnia.

It was 1977. Smokey and the Bandit, Breaker! Breaker! and Citizens Band movies were released that year. CB radios, 8 Track players, feathered hair and bell bottoms were all very popular. Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album went #1 for 59 weeks, and Elvis performed his last Oklahoma concert in March. Weekend social activity for young people was talking on CB radios, hot-rodding up and down main street, meeting friends and hanging out at their favorite diners that were open 24 hrs.

Two CRAZY NUTS leave everyone they meet 'ALL SHOOK UP' after going to an ELVIS concert!

After finding divorce papers in the freezer, a complacent rule-follower attempts a one-night stand, which becomes an island getaway where she meets his family and discovers the sister’s boyfriend is her ex.

As Peg and her daughter connect, they confront the obstacles that 20 years of separation have placed in their way. Their willingness to enter this dark void reminds us that just as the lotus emerges from the mud, renewal is not just possible for some of us, it's possible for all of us.

Two adult siblings (1st gen Asian-Americans) both in the middle of their own life crises, return home to clean their mothers old house. They find something surprising in the house that could change both of their lives.

The film is a short dramedy with supernatural elements. Ordinary Objects is a character-based film where themes of grief, family relationships, and personal fulfillment in modern day America are explored.

An investigative journey into the transactions of injustice of our youth in American culture to give us a visual of just how devastating the travesty of bullying is not only in childhood but how it resonates into bigger issues as they grow into adults from suicide to becoming a bullying themselves.

OurTurn2020 is a nonpartisan PSA designed to mobilize young people across the country to register and vote in the 2020 general election. Millennials make up roughly one third of the United States, but less than half of us actually voted in 2016. When there is so much injustice and inequity in our country, it can be easy to feel powerless. But here’s the truth: participation IS power. It’s time we started flexing. That’s why we channeled some of that optimism into a campaign that, with your help, can have an unmistakable impact. We may have different opinions about how to solve the issues that face us, but opinions are just words. It's time to take action. And it's our turn to do it.

Jay’s traumatic memory of his grandfather’s death haunts him on the biggest stage of his life - the national spelling bee competition.

A rock band is hired to record the soundtrack for a romance movie only to discover that their music is mysteriously altering the film's story line. As the band struggles to restore the happy ending of the movie through the sheer power of music the lines between reality and make-believe become disturbingly blurred.

PAUL HENREID BEYOND VICTOR LASZLO is a story of will and survival overcoming extraordinary circumstances and prejudice. My father's films, NOW VOYAGER and CASABLANCA, still excite a global, multi-generational fan base. The discovery of the real man behind the roles and accolades will reveal a lifetime of dichotomy.
His life reads like a Hollywood movie…Beloved son, neglected child, aristocrat, starving artist, free thinker, freedom fighter, Nazi escapee, movie star, three time blacklist victim, comeback as respected writer/producer/director, passionate family man...haunted by his ghosts, depressed, self medicated. Alone.
Join me as I discover my father PAUL HENREID BEYOND VICTOR LASZLO.

A feature documentary about Nikola Tesla’s discovery the Earth produces an unlimited reservoir of naturally-sustainable energy and the system he invented to harness it to provide an infinite, non-toxic and renewable resource for the shared benefit of all humankind.

The film follows the events in Tesla’s life, and reproduces the groundbreaking experiments that led to the discovery he called his ‘greatest achievement’. Independent scientists and engineers provide solid scientific evidence to confirm it. In the process Pictures of Infinity reveals the soul and spirit of a true scientist and humanitarian whose passionate quest for knowledge was always at the service of humanity.

After a surprise pregnancy, a Black strait-laced lesbian and her multiracial Filipinx trans partner wrestle with how the new baby will affect their relationship and how to raise their child in a binary world.

"Pioneers of the Pacific," is an independent documentary film centered around The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) beginning with the first baseball team in Oregon, The Portland Pioneers. The film captures the personality of Oregon baseball and its beloved baseball teams by holding up a mirror to society, to see reflections through the eyes of players, fans, teams and coaches that lived it.

From the Portland Webfeet of the 1890s Northwest League, The Browns, a charter member of the PCL, to The Beavers 100-year run, the film examines segregation, integration and triumph of minority players and teams who ultimately broke barriers and racial divides. Negro League teams like

Fed up with the series of break-ins at an exclusive Beverly Hills apartment, the doorman/struggling actor decides to dress up in his high school mascot costume and take on crime as a bumbling superhero.

When mixed-race teen, Lily, is uprooted from her life in California and moves to Kauai, she discovers the dark side of “paradise” that can be traced back to its colonized history. In an effort to understand her place on the island, Lily must learn how to become a mindful settler while tackling the growing pains of teenage-hood.

During the summer before they must leave for college, lifelong friends IRIS and ROSIE are presented with a unique business opportunity: illegally harvesting and selling succulents from the California coast. But the two must decide where to draw the line when it comes to breaking the law, their morality, and their friendship.

Two estranged sisters, brought together by circumstance, are forced to face their differences in pursuit of an unexpected artistic truth that will change their lives forever.

A young stripper, lost in sin and darkness, receives supernatural visions of God that restore her faith and guide her to redemption.

Imagine opening a door into a world that you were warned about as a child. Bad choices send a woman spiraling into a world she will never belong to.

Now, a broken and desperate mother cries out to God as a battle rages in the supernatural between dark and light. It’s only when Melissa accepts what God has for her that she finds freedom to get away from the dark world that held her captive and returns now to free others.

Since before the charter was signed in Wilmington, NC, there have been humans being sold. Not long after the charter in 1739, a myth was created. A secret group, men and women alike who would steal slaves and send them north to freedom. During the Civil War, it was rumored they used weapons on plantation henchmen to move human beings along the Underground Railroad. During the race riots of 1898, it was thought they would come to the defense of the African Americans being attacked by whites. Black business owners and Black City Officials were slain in the streets and yet, these anti-heroes never appeared. Some say they disappeared. Some say they were part of the mob...

Ever Had Your Fortune Told by a Puppet? Dr. Penelope, a Psychic Puppet, Co-Stars in This Short Film.
PSYCHICOLOGIST is a film about Julia, (Katie Koster - Class Dismissed, Congratulations Mr. Gonzalez!), a graduate student returning home struggling to finish her psychology dissertation. She finds herself in comical, yet serious situations where she questions herself and her intuition when she meets her mother’s (Carrie Madsen - Gilmore Girls, Jane the Virgin) psychic puppet, Dr. Penelope. Contrary to Julia’s beliefs, Dr.Penelope offers her unexpected insight to trust her inner knowledge. The importance of human connections is explored through Dr. Penelope’s diverse clients.

Ninja and her team trying get justice for Ninja parents

When Katherine, a career-driven mother, is faced with the tragedy of losing her only daughter to suicide as a result of being bullied, she must fight the justice system in order to bring meaning to her daughter’s life.

A joyride through silent-film era Hollywood, whose center of gravity is a rising, 24 year-old starlet whose violent death clips the rose of her silver-screen dream. One hundred years later her three grandsons embark on a 20-year journey of discovery and recovery,after finding a studio photo in their mothers childhood scrapbook--hidden away in a closet for half a century. A Tragic ending to Regina's blossoming Silent Film career, lead by"Premonition of Evil" that her mother had on her departure one rainy evening in Hollywood , she said " Regina, I feel something terrible is going to happen tonight, please be careful" Those were the last words she heard as she departed out for the night!

A lucky bunch of kids and professional artists gather each year on a funky little island farm to learn how to make music and film together. This year, a pandemic threatens the ability to gather safely, will the kids still find a way to adapt and evolve? Can Rock ShopZillah! survive the plague and transform into something new?

A romantic engagement celebration in a luxurious hotel takes a disturbing turn when a terrified fiancée kills her husband-to-be.

This short film follows Victoria, who is finally recovering from depression. On her engagement celebration with her fiancé Oliver, Victoria will struggle to trust herself with the eerie events that will soon start to happen in the hotel. Is it all in her mind because she stopped taking her meds or are they really happening?

After getting food poisoning, Victoria will experience very strong hallucinations that will force her to face her parents and the long lasting trauma that they inflicted on her. However, her parents are not so ready to let her go…

Princess Avali Anaveria has a secret she’s been keeping from her family. When her parents surprise her with the news she’ll be taking over the throne far sooner than expected, Avali sneaks away before the truth is uncovered. She visits her old friend from college in a remote town in Utah where she meets Anderson Habbeshaw, who happens to look exactly like movie star Bennington Farrows. When Bennington and his talent manager stumble onto a viral video of Anderson and Avali, hilarity ensues as Bennington, Anderson, and Avali play a romantic, secret-keeping game of “Who’s Who?”

"SAM & NINA Courageous Cry" , A Feature Film on the untold, true life experiences of being 'on the road' touring with NINA SIMONE;
by her BROTHER, Composer, Songwriter, Musician, Actor, Producer, SAMUEL WAYMON.

A 15-year quest to expose the underworld of sexual exploitation and trafficking from Asia to the Americas leads world-reporter Chelo Alvarez-Stehle to the windswept beach where her childhood ended and family secrets began. As she documents the transformation of sex-trafficking survivor Virginia Isaias—a Mexican American woman whose past is engulfed in a cycle of sexual exploitation—into a resilient survivor committed to break that pattern, Chelo undertakes a parallel journey of healing and introspection as she sets out to shatter the silence about abuse in her own life.
www.sandsofsilence.org/trailer/
#sextrafficking #humantrafficking #sexualviolence #childabuse #priestabuse

Children go in the VR World to escape real life issues, drama and tragedy. They like the VR World more than real life and stay in longer and longer each time as they are happy inside. Will they find more problems or peace inside and stay?

There’s a Revolution Transforming Education and it’s NOT Happening in the Classroom!

As Schoolhouse Rocked follows one family's journey from reluctant homeschoolers to enthusiastic advocates, it breaks down common misconceptions about home education, and opens the window into the live of the many families who have been impacted by the homeschool revolution.

“This is not an exaggeration to say, this is the movement that is needed to save this country.”
– Rick Green, Wallbuilders

“We believe homeschooling is critically important if we are to save our republic and the Christian family and church.”
– Kirk Cameron, Actor and Producer

WWII officer Hiroo Onoda made international headlines when he surrendered in 1974, ending thirty years of holdout on Lubang Island in the Philippines. Claiming to not know the war was over, he was hailed a hero; but can he really uphold that image when civilians were killed in the name of a war already ended?

‘Seconds Away’ is Live Action Sci-Fi/Drama that follows Ryan, 19, who finds himself in possession of Video Camera that allows him to travel back in-time to footage he has previously recorded. When his Mother is diagnosed with Terminal Cancer, he begins to record moments exclusively with her, however, he ends up facing the tough choice of ridding himself of the footage, after a posthumous visit to his Mom.

A group of ex-convicts combine forces to create a sadistic school for serial killers.

"Never let anyone steal your dreams, if I can do it so can you." is the unfinished story of our National Treasure, the legendary shadow man, Maestro Sammy Nestico.
From the roaring swinging 1920's to 2020, one man's dream is fulfilled and a world is changed forever, "one note at the time". For sixty years, Sammy lived in the shadows of some of the greatest musical icons of the 20th century. At the young age of 77, he decided to stand in his own light and live his dream. As composer, arranger and educator, Sammy influences the youngest aspiring musicians to professional performers worldwide. The sound of Big Band and Swing carries the Sammy Nestico stamp for generations to come.

She’s Scorned tells the compelling story of Symphony and Tyler, a young couple whose love story begins with passion but quickly takes a dark turn. After a whirlwind romance, their relationship collapses, leaving Symphony consumed by an overwhelming hatred for Tyler.
As time passes, Symphony's feelings of animosity intensify, eventually leading her down a twisted path of revenge and manipulation. Fueled by her anger, she weaponized the children for her own sinister purposes.
Symphony is a mother of three children, two of whom belong to Tyler. Struggling to provide a stable life for her family, Symphony is forced to confront her own demons and make a difficult decision.

Where salvation meets temptaion , Don't Miss It! The SMALL TOWN Movie.
The town Church is separated from the local Bar and 'Entertainment Dance' establishment by the one, Main Road.
The old church members want the Strippers shut down. EVICT THEM NOW!
The town's 'enjoyers of libations and women's burlesque' feel quite different!
Fun surpises abound as the 'religious and ritious' mix stripes with the passionate 'laissez faire'.

A timid young woman, Jessica attends a costume party and rediscovers true intimacy in ways she doesn't expect.

Son of a Preacher Man is a drama/romance story that merges the story of the "prodigal son, and Dusty Springfield's hit song, "Son of A Preacher Man." Abigail "Abby" King is on a path of success and has never let love get in her way until she unexpectedly meets Jacob, the son of a preacher who has fell victim to the streets and big-city nightlife. She reveals how she unintentionally falls in love with Jacob, and by his bad decisions, and her weak moment, causes them both to lose everything. Abby tells this story from the back of an Uber.

With devoted followers globally, faith-based music artists have amassed a unique fan base in the millions, becoming household names who provide joy and praise through their music. But what happens when those once beloved artists decide to live their truth and come out of the closet?

SONG SILENCED shares the stories of those million record-selling and multi-award-winning musicians who saw their careers truncated or ended as they decided to be who they are and live a life of faith and queer freedom, navigating their sudden professional changes for better and worse, and how they paved the way for out, faith-based performers of today who are reclaiming their place in Christian music.

A troubled teen with a penchant for disappearing acts sees her struggling actress mother (who is suffering from her own personal childhood trauma) in a new light when she is befriended by a trans* groundskeeper at an iconic roadside attraction in the new gothic South.

Jasmine, an American Woman in New York City falls in love with her French tutor in Paris, while her American neighbor is in love with her.

A crew of guys commit a crime together but when it's time to meet up at The Hideout as agreed, only the new guy shows up, he ends up being stuck with Anxiety and Fear as he wonders what happened to his guys; Are they caught? Are they Alive? Are they Dead? Backstory is told as he waits which becomes even bigger than the initial story!

Robert wants to raise his family in a good environment in New York City, but he is continually threatened by a street gang, the Cougar Road Warriors.

Syd Field's timing was perfect. In 1979, he launched his first book "Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting." For anyone dreaming of writing a script, and many Hollywood development executives, "Screenplay" quickly became a bible. Syd went on to write six more books, publish in 20+ languages, and travel the globe to share his knowledge and passion with aspiring screenwriters.

Syd Field influenced filmmakers such as Judd Apatow, Alfonso and Carlos Cuarón, Laura Esquivel, Kevin Williamson, and many others around the world.
WHO was Syd Field?
WHAT were his Hollywood beginnings?
HOW did he come to be known as the "Guru of all screenwriters?"

In the microchipped near-future, in the city of Los Angeles, where the human mind is uploaded to the cloud and thoughts can be used to communicate between synced individuals, a young anxious woman, Ayla, decides to move in with a new roommate,
Devin, a childhood friend with whom she lost touch. The women decide to sync their minds for a chance to foster a new close friendship. Afterwards, Ayla notices some very disturbing behavior from Devin. As their relationship quickly grows toxic, and Ayla starts dreaming about Devin’s memories, Ayla realizes she has less than 72 hours to save herself from being permanently mentally dominated by a narcissist before the sync is officially complete.

What if a dance could change a town?

Take Hands tells a small town story that has a big current relevance—a story of how music and dance can unite people across cultural divides. The film follows Stacy Rose and the South Coast Folk Society as they organize a week-long celebration of traditional American music and contra dancing in rural Coos Bay, Oregon. Stacy wants everyone at the dance, no matter their skills or their politics. She wants a dance week that will bring people together and perhaps change a town.