‘Status: Rejected’ is an impressive first feature from filmmaker Vahn Pascual that is as much about what makes human connections human as it is about the outside forces and the nature of time that alienate us from each other.

James J. Robinson’s ‘First Light’ enlightens the moral question of battling between God and societal interests for the greater good.

‘The Hearing’ builds upon the easy ironies and parallels of its premise to create an immersive legal drama that prioritizes victims of abuse and sexual assault above everything else.