SHORT FILMS
Short films are where Quaywood Productions began, and they remain the heart of everything we do.
Since meeting during their freshman year at Emerson College, Matthew Pelton and Nick Warner have used the short film format to hone their voice as storytellers, crafting narratives that challenge, surprise, and connect on a personal scale.
Every short is an experiment in finding the key to a story, a chance to take risks, sharpen craft, and discover the ideas that go on to shape Quaywood.
CHULLA VIDA
2026
After 35 years of teaching math in the same small South Jersey town, Kevin Pelton sells everything he owns and moves alone to Cuenca, Ecuador, trading his normal routine for volunteer classrooms, mango-stained sidewalks, and a life that almost passed him by.
WHAT IF I'M ALREADY DEAD?
2026
Some questions don't have answers. Some do.
YOUR MAMA'S PIE
2025
Four high school friends gather for a bittersweet graduation ceremony, having to face the hard truths of moving on from the place they've called home.
PLEASE DON'T LICK THE PSYCHEDELIC TOAD
2023
As a new relationship rises and falls, so do the visuals of the movie, showing the best and worst that young love has to offer.
A TRIPTYCH ABOUT WATER
2022
In an anthology, two ex-friends reunite, a man who lost his family ultimately reconnects with them, and a man in self-exile makes his way back to society.
RIVERFORK COMMUNITY COLLEGE
2021
Patrick Myaz is an oblivious dean of admissions at a fake community college. While starring in a promotional video showcasing the school's academic and social life, students and faculty share their true feelings about Myaz and his desperate attempts to make friends.