Film Submissions
Mindshare: The Download
🎬 Mindshare: The Download is a cerebral, Black Mirror–style descent into memory, identity, and the cost of technological ambition. Written and directed by Curtis Johnson and produced by Create Source Media is a tense, character‑driven story about the dangers of outsourcing human memory to corporate systems.
🧠 Synopsis
When a grieving tech consultant agrees to test a revolutionary neural‑extraction device, he discovers that the company behind it is secretly rewriting memories to manipulate human behavior. As the line between his real past and the implanted one dissolves, he must confront a version of himself he no longer recognizes—and expose a system designed to control the minds of millions.
🎥 Key Credits
- Director: Curtis Johnson
- Production Company: Create Source Media LLC
- Key Cast: Shane Franklin, Trenell Blanks, Bradleigh Turner, Nancy Hubanks, and Amijah Johnson
🚀 Release Timeline
- Festival Run: July–December 2026
- Private Screening: August 2026
- Distributor Release: Film Hub, January 2027
- IMDB: Mindshare: The Download - IMDb
Beneath the Code
🎬 Beneath the Code is a 2025 American crime drama directed by December Reid, produced by Copenhagen 19 Studios alongside producers Candra Brown and Forris Washington
🧠 Synopsis
The story follows Zo (played by Johann Sebastian Lorenzo), a seasoned operator in Houston’s underworld, as he confronts betrayal within his crew while plotting his final score. Amidst loved ones, he grapples with the harsh realities of loyalty in a city where trust is rare
🎥 Key Credits
- Director: December Reid
- Production Company: Copenhagen 19
- Key Cast: De' Aundre Bonds (Snowfall), Johann Lorenzo (Meet the Blacks), Dakari Akil
🚀 Release Timeline
- Release: December 2025
- IMDB: Beneath the Code (2025) - IMDb
- Watch: Watch Beneath the Code (2025)
Lot 24 the Rental
🎬 Lot 24: The Rental is a surreal, sleep‑deprived psychological thriller from filmmaker Curtis Johnson and produced by Dogs Den Films. Anchored by an intense lead performance from Trenell Blanks, the film blends grounded emotional unraveling with animated and reality‑bending sequences that pull the viewer into the protagonist’s deteriorating mind
🧠 Synopsis
A middle‑aged businessman suffering from crippling insomnia retreats to a friend’s rental unit to work and recover. But the longer he stays awake, the more the walls between reality, animation, and hallucination begin to collapse. As his panic attacks intensify, he discovers the rental may be more than just a place to rest—it may be the doorway to a fractured world where his deepest fears manifest and the truth becomes impossible to separate from fiction.
🎥 Key Credits
- Director: Curtis Johnson
- Production Company: Dogs Den Films
- Key Cast:
- Trenell Blanks, Enoch Greenhood, Aby Smidt, Shane Franklin, Bobby Robinson
🚀 Release Timeline
- Release: February 2024
- Distributor: Stadium Media
- IMDB: Lot 24 the Rental (2024) - IMDb
- Watch: Watch Lot 24: The Rental (2024)
Alien Domicile 2 Lot 24
🎬 Alien Domicile 2: Lot 24 is a contained, paranoia‑driven horror sci‑fi feature from filmmaker Curtis Johnson, expanding the universe introduced in Alien Domicile. Led by Trenell Blanks, the film blends isolation, creature‑mythology, and psychological dread as a group of friends uncover the truth behind a missing relative and the secrets buried in the woods.
🧠 Synopsis
When Rachel receives an unexpected invitation to stay at the remote camping lot once owned by her missing uncle, she reluctantly agrees—hoping a quiet weekend with friends will offer clarity. But the deeper they venture into Lot 24, the more they realize his disappearance wasn’t an accident. Strange noises, shifting shadows, and an unseen presence stalking the campsite force the group into a fight for survival as they uncover a terrifying connection between the land and an otherworldly threat.
🎥 Key Credits
- Director: Curtis Johnson
- Production Company: Dogs Den Films
- Key Cast:
- Trenell Blanks, Enoch Greenhood, Aby Smidt, Shane Franklin, Kathryn Whitney, Nijah Fudge
🚀 Release Timeline
- Release: August 2018
- Distributor: ITN Films
- IMDB: Alien Domicile 2: Lot 24 (2018) - IMDb
- Watch: Watch Alien Domicile 2: Lot 24 (2018)