Rent-A-Family is a half-hour dramedy about Mina, a young woman whose reality is shattered when she finds out her father is actually a paid actor who runs a Tokyo based staffing service specializing in placing family members for hire. In an attempt to grow closer to him, she moves across the world and begins working for the company, playing roles herself.

Written by April Shih / NWEP: Stephen Falk, Anonymous Content, and Helen Estabrook (Conde Nast) / Studio/Network: Paramount TV Studios / Paramount +

Dubbed the Hipster Grifter by the Observer Magazine, Kari Ferrell rose to internet infamy after scamming her way through Brooklyn in the late aughts. The series follows what happens when little white lies domino into a federal fraud investigation.

Written by April Shih / NWEP: Mindy Kaling (Kaling International), 3 Arts. / Studio/Network: Warner Bros. TV / Showtime

Milli Vanilli is a half-hour limited series about the rise and fall of the 90’s superstar pop duo. This absurdist dramedy explores the music industry’s complicity in packaging black art for mass consumption and the casualties left behind.

Written by April Shih & Felicia Pride / NWEP: Candace Rodney (Dreamville Studios), Diversity Hire Ltd. / Studio/Network: FX Productions / FX

Based on a true story, Mature Adult Stuff is a half-hour dark rom-com about Lauren, a successful reality TV producer and selfish 30-something who is about to break up with her unambitious boyfriend Eric, until he has a traumatic stroke and begins to lean on her for every basic need. This is the story of how people connect and love after a major life event forces them to slow down and reevaluate what is really important.

Written by Lindsay Weiglein / NWEP: Diversity Hire Ltd. / Studio/Network: FX Productions / FX

Waste Case is a half-hour comedy about Casey Luna, a 27-year-old Latina who can see auras and heal people. She self-destructs her way through life, love, and loss while hung up on her turbulent childhood growing up on the Texas border.

Written by Pamela Garcia Rooney / NWEP: Diversity Hire Ltd. /

Little Earthquakes is a half-hour comedy based on Angela Trimbur’s story about a codependent actor/dancer/community leader and star of her own life who is diagnosed with breast cancer and realizes it might be the best thing to ever happen to her.

Written by Angela Trimbur & April Shih / NWEP: Miranda July (Miranda July Studios), Alma Har'el and Christopher Leggett (Delirio Films), Diversity Hire Ltd. / Studio/Network: FX Productions / FX

Run, Bambi, Run! is a limited comedic portrayal of the true story of Lawrencia “Bambi” Bembenek, the police officer turned convict who was launched to infamy and stardom after escaping prison for a murder she swears she didn’t commit. Hellbent on proving her innocence and avoiding apprehension, she'll juggle a wild romance, fake identities, and always staying a step ahead of the law.

Written by Brandy Finmark, Jessica Blackwell, & Nora McInerny. / NWEP: Diversity Hire Ltd. / Studio/Network: FX Productions / FX

Self Help is a one-hour satirical drama about Abbie, a recent divorceé who retreats to upstate New York to reinvent herself. After discovering a seventy-five cent accounting error for a client, she accidentally finds herself involved in multiple conspiracies, inadvertently being recruited into the NSA while her liberal wellness friends are slowly pulled into QAnon.

Written by Sean Lewis and April Shih, NWEP: Diversity Hire Ltd., The Littlefield Co., Epicenter

As the Ranas - a happily patriarchal joint family - yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for an ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story slowly illuminates the entire Rana family’s desire for a sexual rebellion. Based on the 2019 Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film at the 76th Venice International Film Festival, DARLING. Watch here.

JOYLAND is premiering at the 2022 Festival de Cannes as an Official Selection in Un Certain Regard.

Written and Directed by Saim Sadiq. / Produced by Apoorva Charan, Lauren Mann, and Sarmad Khoosat / EPs: Diversity Hire Ltd., Ramin Bahrani, William Olsson (Astrakan), Kathryn M. Moseley (One Twenty Two), Oliver Ridge, and Katharina Otto-Bernstein

When four black Harvard alum reunite on Martha's Vineyard to throw a surprise party for their close friend, Travis, they arrive to discover that he has undergone deracialization surgery and is no longer black. Shortly after, Travis disappears. Trapped on the island, they must fight against finger pointing and band together to uncover the details of what really happened.

Written by Lacey Schwartz Delgado and Mehret Mandefro / Produced by Diversity Hire Ltd.

Johnna wants to make sure that the celebration of life (aka funeral) for her recently dead husband is the best party ever, but his perfect ex-girlfriend, overly emotional friends, and her own damned grief threaten to get in the way.

Written by Brandy Finmark and Nora McInerny / Produced by Diversity Hire Ltd.

Circus Person is a comedy drama about a one-ring circus and the death-defying runaways who risk everything. When they discover their aging patriarch is nearing his final trick, they realize their way of life as a chosen family is on its way out. Based on the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival Official Selection written and directed by Britt Lower. The short film won Best of Festival at Catalyst 2021. Watch at circusperson.com.

Written by Britt Lower & April Shih / Produced by: Diversity Hire Ltd.

When her talentless frenemy is anointed as the "future of Latinx voices," a struggling Latina writer sets out to sabotage this unearned opportunity. After failing to recruit her friends to join her crusade, she catches a lucky break when she learns her rival isn't exactly who she says she is. Recipient of the Sundance Institute Comedy Fellowship and has been supported by the Sundance Screenwriters Lab ‘22 and Sundance Directors Lab ‘22.

Written by: Michael León & Ashley Alvarez / Director: Michael León / Produced by: Justin Schantz, Diversity Hire Ltd.

Coming Soon!

The improbable love story between Nino, a warmhearted idealist, and Yasmina, a wounded cynic, is challenged by Lebanon's tumultuous social events, and in which an impeding cosmic event would upend all that came before.

IT’S A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD is a recipient of a production grant from the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderun in Germany, a development grant from the Cinémed festival in Montpellier, France, selected at the TIFF Filmmaker Lab, the Nantucket Screenwriter Colony, the CineGouna platform in Egypt, the Red Sea Lodge in Saudi Arabia, a residency at the Cité des Arts in Paris, and won the ART award at the Beirut Cinema Platform.

Written and Directed by: Cyril Aris / Producers: Abbout Productions, Reynard Films, Cinenovo, Diversity Hire Ltd.

KL Cleeton is a poker player who was born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Type 1, a degenerative disorder that has paralyzed him from the neck down since he was an infant. When KL was diagnosed, doctors told his parents that his life expectancy was 2 years.

During the filming of our documentary, KL celebrated his 33rd birthday.

CHIP AND A CHAIR follows KL and his family as they continue trying to beat the odds — both on the table and off, in a society that makes it nearly impossible to live as a person with a disability.

https://www.chipandachairfilm.com

In 1970s suburban Minnesota, The Silver Chain thrived as a social club, boasting a membership of over 100 couples. 50 years later, we track down its surviving members to uncover the group's secret, swinging history and dig into the strong ties that connected The Silver Chain's members long after the swinging stopped.

Written and Hosted by Paul Ditty / Produced by Paul Ditty, Tracy Mumford, Nora McInerny / EPs: Diversity Hire Ltd., Jack Huston