Matt Barats

Nearly two decades after a devastating tornado abruptly cut their senior year short, a group of mid-30s adults must return to their hometown high school to complete their remaining requirements and finally graduate.

When a well-meaning loser gets rejected by his much younger and more successful blonde girlfriend, he rents a small sailboat by the airport and spirals into a state of deep personal reflection.

The lost pilot episode of a heartwarming family western that aired once on Christmas Eve of 1971, never to be seen again... until now.

Sofia works as a location scout for a TV pilot filming in New York City. It’s her job to find the homes, businesses, and exteriors where the show will be filmed. Driving around the city's different neighborhoods, she enters the private spaces of strangers to photograph their cozy apartments and eclectic shops, stepping into the fabric of their lives while trying to satisfy the demands of her erratic employers. Over a day filled with these encounters, Sofia witnesses moments of curiosity, vulnerability, and quiet tension until her work takes a sudden, personal turn.

When a woman's phone battery dies, she is forced to see the world from a new, unsettling perspective.

A struggling commercial actor camps for a month, occupying himself with historical research, following the timeline/locations of Joseph Smith’s life. But as financial troubles seem to weigh heavily on him (and his Domino’s Pizza commercial has still not aired yet), a dramatic detour is taken in order to get his life (and the film) back on track.

A guy basically can’t even right now with this breakup… and she literally has no idea…

An inspired photographer tries to connect with the working man.

Two college freshmen say goodbye to their summer internship.

Two mysterious drifters wandering a strange desert find themselves thrown into a journey of self-discovery, traversing a surreal and hostile terrain in search of answers to life’s unanswerable questions. As they spiral deeper into a world of madness, they must discover the meaning of…THE MIND PRISON.

A sensual advertisement for the lofty high-rise buildings in an ambiguous metropolis. “The High Rise Beckons,” directed by Matt Barats, is a satirical commercial real estate ad where we’re tempted by an oddly erotic narrator and slow punch-in shots of various properties. Building to building, we observe shiny high-rises with sharp corners and immaculate views. The anonymous speaker never foregoes any of the mouthwatering details. Akin to a late-night porn advertisement, the effect is comedic and delivers a punchy commentary on the world of real-estate development.

You don't need a reason to party, but your wife not loving you anymore is a pretty good one.

A guy tries to get over a breakup by making a documentary about himself.

Behind dark sunglasses, two mysterious drifters share their latest collection of thoughts, stories, and strange memories.

After the conniving understudy of an avant-garde theater group knocks off the star actor, he finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse with Inspector Ike, New York City's Greatest Police Detective.

An aspiring improviser has his priorities in wild disarray.

Adapted from the cult novel Speedboat by Renata Adler.

A senile sportscaster by the name of Barth Pencil attempts to find an old love by reading his memoir to a bunch of little kids.

Tommy McNamara is alone in the bathroom of a karaoke bar, reminiscing on broken friendships and practicing the one song he knows will make everything right: I Try by Macy Gray.

A young creative working on an animation portfolio receives feedback from a friend and a stranger.

A man takes home a lot of leftover spaghetti from a potluck.

Modern man Greg Trowel is looking for love.

After being fired as a school administrator, a man turns to modeling to spread the word of God.

A man at the park wants something from a group of teen skaters.

A pregnant woman heads down to her family's beach condo in Florida to get away for the weekend but ends up running into her past.

On a visit home to Idaho, Matt documents family dynamics and recalls scattered memories from childhood. “Here We Have Idaho,” is a witty self-portrait about small-scale resentments and feeling undervalued amongst loved ones. He leaves his “high-octane, balls-to-the-wall” life as a New York City alt comic to spend some time with the fam. But soon he learns there’s no room for him to stay in the house — he’s been demoted to sleeping in a trailer in the driveway, a fact that he stews on for days.

In a dystopian society, two mysterious drifters transmit pirate radio broadcasts from their underground bunker, journeying deep into their own minds...deeper than they've ever been before.

When a lonely suburban mom begins experiencing hallucinatory migraines, she sends her son Tim to retrieve her medication. While on the road, he is tailed by a menacing truck and taken hostage by a pair of vengeful vagrants. In a case of mistaken identity, they believe Tim is the mayor, who has begun euthanizing local geese and feeding the tainted meat to the community.