Past Work

Emergence Films Projects

Our projects have been screened at over 70 international film festivals and distributed on channels like HBO, Hallmark Movies, Amazon, Verizon go90, and Seed & Spark. Below you can watch the award-winning projects the Emergence Films team has created.

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INGRESS

A woman who can move between realities loses her husband in a tragic accident and seeks the help of a spiritual channel to find her way back to him.

Written and Directed by Rachel Noll James

Produced by Sienna Beckman and Rachel Noll James

Detach

Denied a girls’ night out, Sophia, a teenage influencer, pushes the limits of the mother-daughter relationship as she attempts to DETACH.

Starring Luna Blaise and Mercedes Lopez Renard.

Written, Directed and Produced by Frankie Ingrassia
Executive Produced by Sienna Beckman

A Thousand, Thousand Things

A story about the vastness of being a woman.

Written by Katy Kinard
Animated by Jessica Gray

Produced by Sienna Beckman

Follow the River

A desperate young woman shoots her abusive fiance at the altar and escapes into the wilderness, finding unlikely salvation in the man sent to hunt her down.

Written and Directed by Rachel Noll James

Half Light

A woman reflects on a moment and a decision she can never change.

Written and Directed by Rachel Noll James
Selected as quarter finalist in NexTV
Distributed by Seed and Spark

Lucy & Bear

A girl, her dad, and her bear.

Written & Directed by Angela Chen

Smells Like a Girl

Musical duo Lisa Frankly writes feminist punk rock that encourages young listeners to speak up, express themselves, and always defy expectations.

Produced by Sienna Beckman
Directed by Emma Zakes Green

Take Your Birth Control

Influencer Anna Akana reflects on life lessons she wished she could pass on to her little sister who committed suicide when she was a teenager.

Written and Directed by Anna Akana
Written & Directed by Maggie Levin
Book Link So much I want to tell you

Paramnesia

A woman begins to experience disturbing hallucinations and can’t distinguish what’s reality and what’s in her head.

Written & Produced by Rachel Noll James
Winner for Best Short at LA Thriller Fest
Distributed by Funsize Horror

The Storyteller

The love of an enchanted young girl brings wonder and healing to a broken family.

Written & Produced by Rachel Noll James
Silver Prize in Family Film Category in Page Screenwriting Awards
Distributed by Hallmark Movies Now

Don’t Pass Me By

Four women sit at a crisis point in their lives. As each story unfolds, the characters struggle to find the courage to live for themselves, to reclaim the relationships they have lost along the way, and to make time for the things that really matter.

Written & Produced by Rachel Noll James
Won Best Feature Writer at LA Femme Film Festival
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures
Starring Rachel Noll James, Elizabeth Izzo, Katy K. Burton, with C. Thomas Howell and Keith David 

Birthday Boy

A young man steals a car but is unprepared for what he finds in the back seat.

Produced by Sienna Beckman
Directed by Andrew Saunderson
Executive Produced by Jean-Marc Vallée
Distributed by HBO

How to Not Get Raped

A viral video that gives you exactly the advice it promises.

Produced by Sienna Beckman
Created by Anna Akana

Meet a Muslim

In this contentious time, how can you be a positive part of this important conversation?

Produced by Sienna Beckman
Directed by Tara Miele

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