A student film by a fledgling master––a single-shot "research report" on Berliner's experiences as the Harpur College Film Society projectionist.

Riders on a commuter train get an earthquake warning on their cellphones. Cars lurch as electric sparks fly, people are thrown about and the lights go out. Train 5 passengers awake to find that they are no longer in a tunnel, and overgrown brush can be seen through the windows. People slide open the doors and find that the train tracks end suddenly ahead and behind the car. People's reactions to losing the modern world vary from confusion to alarm to indifference. Where or when are they? Can they survive in this wilderness?

FRIEND REQUEST PENDING is a short comedy drama about the mature generation dating in our modern social networking world. It's a tale of love but more importantly life long friendship. The twelve-minute tale tells the story of Mary (Judi Dench) and Linda (Penny Ryder) who spend an afternoon discussing the pleasures, pitfalls and problems with using social networking to try and woo the local choirmaster Trevor (Philip Jackson).

8点23分，一如既往的早晨。在开往市中心的电车上，几乎所有乘客的视线都停留在自己的手机上，理所当然地认为，今天也会和昨天一样平凡无奇地过去。突然间，电车的某节车厢竟连人带车穿越到未来的荒废世界… 没水、没食物、没信号，手机在那里完全失去用武之地。眼前难以置信的一切，究竟是偶然，还是宿命？被隔绝于这“非日常”中的一群陌路人，又将如何活着回到原来的世界？