Our friends have settled into a comfortable routine which is quickly interrupted when they’re brought to a halfway “camp” for people with special abilities. In the past they demonstrated an inability to control their powers and have been offered, more or less without a choice, the opportunity to learn how to control their powers under the guidance of more experienced power users.

Landscapes around the world are being changed by human activities, from melting glaciers, to warming and rising seas, to the spread of invasive species. With scientist and National Geographic Explorer Alizé Carrère as our guide, ADAPTATION tells the story of communities in four parts of the world who have devised remarkable ways to confront – and surmount – the imminent environmental crises they face.

The executive office door swings open…and veteran UBS TV executive MORTY is confronted by his new boss, who tells him the network is looking to nurture diverse viewpoints and has tasked him to mentor the diversity writers fellowship.

This demotion leaves Morty angry, so he knocks back a few drinks and vows to use these diverse kids to help him get a new hit TV show, and get back on top.

Meanwhile, the multicultural writers Morty will soon be ushering into the Hollywood fold have just viewed an orientation video narrated by a woman who claims to be the network’s first black employee and whose message sounds like a veiled plea for them to run far, far away.

But the new Mentees stay put and begin to speculate on who their new Mentor could be. Self-righteous LANGSTON believes it will be Spike Lee, and a desperate JESSICA hopes for Lena Dunham!

When a very late CHAD, who is seemingly white, straight and male, enters, the disappointed Mentees assume he’s their instructor. However, Chad introduces himself as the final mentee, and everyone’s confused as to why he’s in the program at all.

Back in the executive suite, Morty, perhaps for old time’s sake, or maybe even for good luck, gropes his secretary, then heads off to mold young minds.

Morty starts off on the wrong foot when he compares the Mentees to an ad for UNICEF, and manages to racially slander everyone, even when he’s trying to be complimentary! (In one instance, he compares Jessica, who’s Jewish, to Dr. Ruth, clarifying that it’s a compliment, because he schtupped her!)

Then Morty begins educating the dumbfounded Mentees on his four-step formula for writing a hit TV show. But all he does is end up championing actor Kirk Cameron, encouraging seeking funding from the Westboro Baptist Church, and classifying Donna Reed as a “hot piece of ass”.

Chad excuses himself, only to run into Jessica and MELANIE in the unisex bathroom, where they once again try (and fail) to get to the bottom of how Chad got accepted.

They return as Morty’s finishing his first day’s lesson with an inspirational speech on how he slept with Jeannie Shrimpton. Once Morty and Chad leave, the remaining Mentees bond as they hypothesize further on why Chad’s there and what his relationship with Morty is.

DWIGHT posits that maybe Chad’s there because he’s colorblind, which leads the Mentees to double-check the Diversity Program rules, where they’re bewildered to find that even a handicapped gay white male would be ineligible. This leaves militant Langston both angry and conflicted, as he always gets whenever he feels sympathy for white people, no matter how otherwise disadvantaged they may be.

And that’s just Day One of the UBS Diversity Writers Program. With no-holds-barred racist and sexist Morty at the helm, and having nothing to lose, it really may be the worst run diversity program ever!

Alicia & Jerome is a comedic web series that explores the kill or be killed nature of the LA corporate world and Alicia's attempt to find balance. I hope you enjoy our submission.

A blind painter relieves her past by returning to her old workshop

After losing her job as a seamstress and having trouble to pay her bills at the end of the month, now, Frederique works as housekeeper in a gym where she became friends to a 10 year younger rapper, Ivy. The announcement of a rap battle tournament where the winner will win $3,000, will push her to make the feat to survive to this new exercise.

BlackArrogance! is a documentary series that illuminates the world of the Black artist. The show paints a picture of not only how Black artists shape the world but also unveil their everyday muses. The series profiles Black artists from each and every borough in New York City who create in all different mediums: visual art, dance, filmmaking, animation and more. Each short documentary delves not only into the artist and their creative process, but it ties their practices to indigenous art forms and culture that fall within Black cultural heritage. It is meant to equip viewers with an almost encyclopedic knowledge of Black artistry and culture but through a casual coffee table approach and vocabulary, making Black art history accessible to the public.

It's a story about feelings, sex, and loneliness. About a common lack of social communication, tactility, and intimacy. About the pandemic and the global lockdown we all went through. After a pretty hard breakup Bai Lu (Yang Ge) escapes to Berlin for a couple of days - but now she is stuck there, apparently for months, since all the borders are closed due to the pandemic. Bored and lonely, she finally makes a desperate move – she decides to find a boyfriend without leaving home. Meanwhile in Moscow, the lockdown takes her friends by surprise. One girl becomes an abandoned bride, the second experiments with a webcam because she simply needs money, and the third, on the contrary, has it all - two kids and a lot of work to do.

Feeling anxious and insecure about her first solo show, professional artist Caroline teeters on the brink of canceling a performance and compromising her dream of being an individual artist in her own right. As Caroline's crisis of confidence deepens, she begins to lash out at M.K., her assistant, which leads to M.K. quitting right before the Private View, forcing Caroline to perform alone and ultimately triumph over her personal doubts to find success on her own terms.

When their talent manager Stacey goes missing, Lex and Gabby can't leave their precious careers in just anyone's hands; they hold a series of auditions to find a new manager. With the paparazzi hot on her trail, will Lex's secret be revealed? Will Gabby ever find the love she so desperately desires? Most importantly, will they like Dick? Follow these two vivacious actresses, who wish they were as famous as they think they are.

As Felicia gets older, she convinces herself that its time to find a "life partner." With the support of her best friends, she enters the dating app world for the first time. From hookups, to women, to married men. Felicia might be in over her head.

Decolonizing History features 10 little-known chapters from Quebec and Canada’s history, told through the perspective of BIPOC communities and individuals. It is a unique way to discover insightful facts, historical characters and significant events. It is a first step towards better understanding, better awareness and building a collective history that includes all voices.

A struggling actress pretends to be a dentist on a night out and accidentally hooks up with a real dentist. As their relationship flourishes the lies get worse, and hilarity ensues.

Season three finds the Detention gang sent to island school; a remote educational camp in the woods of Ontario that may just be the key to their new mystery. With no cell reception, twenty-four-hour supervision and three other schools to compete against, how will they unravel Lawren Harris’ mystery?

DICHOS is a comedy web series about Latin American expressions. Because a “saying" in any language never has a literal translation in another, each episode presents absurdist stories that describe their spirit and essence. DICHOS attempts to translate the untranslatable. In the first episode, a soft-spoken woman finally asserts herself before her colleagues.

Darkly Comedic Webseries. Five years after her big break turned out to be a big flop, a struggling actress must ask herself how much humiliation she's willing to endure for another chance to make it.

A comedic web series that explores the variety of individuals who seek therapy for their mental health, via the uncommon format of shorter sessions at a drive-thru window run by an energetic and aspirational Dr. Sylvia Morris. Season 1 has 6 episodes each featuring a different visitor to Sylvia's therapy window.

Is Sylvia in over her head? Or will she channel the strength and resilience needed to maintain her entrepreneurial pursuit while attempting to help the range of characters who visit her window?

“Family Strong” is a short documentary series that tells the stories of five diverse families from across the U.S. as they navigate an increasingly uncertain world. As the family unit becomes a last line of defense in difficult times, the docuseries provides an unvarnished look into the challenges facing American families and their efforts at keeping their families strong. The series is entirely constructed from self-shot footage as each family turns the camera on themselves and invites viewers into their lives.

"If you wear a cute outfit but don't post it on Instagram, did it ever really happen?" THE FASH LIFE is a new comedic digital series about fashion, beauty and Influencer life. Think PARKS & RECREATION meets SNL starring your favorite real life Influencers (as well as some real fakers).

Felicity Makes a Friend is a short web series about Shannon, a psychological assistant working towards becoming a therapist, and Felicity, an off-the-wall client seeking therapy to help her make new friends. Shannon finds out that her advisor, Dr. Davis, needs a “uniquely interesting” client to participate in his psychological study. Felicity would be perfect! However, Felicity will only participate in the study if Shannon agrees to be Felicity’s new friend. Over the next several sessions we watch Felicity and Shannon’s friendship grow- but Felicity seems to be hiding something, and how far will Shannon go to impress Dr. Davis?

Ghostwritten is a short comedy series following a freelance writer as he enters the private homes of the bizarre people who've hired him to write their books. Created by Chrissy Shackelford. Directed by George Gross. Starring James Dwyer and Chrissy Shackelford.

Short Form Dramedy Series Fritzi´s exciting 24 hours begin when she tries to rob her husband's dealer. Fritzi wants to catch her husband's drug dealer. She needs money for a private rehab: for the in-patient detoxification of her addicted husband. The drug dealer,  a small fish who wants to get out of drug trafficking himself, needs money to support his sick father in a nursing home. Together they hatch a plan to screw the “big boss”and get to some money. For Fritzi, the most exciting 24 hours of her life begin, during which she witnesses a murder, falls in love, gains great insights and at the end has to decide, with a bag full of cash, whether she really wants to save her husband? And this after everyone has sung their way through the big question, whether love is enough to save someone?

Welcome to Good Intentions Coffee, an independent coffee shop located in a city neighbourhood in the midst of change. It’s going from rundown and sketchy to an overpriced hipster haven. At the centre of it all are Karen and Ray, Good Intentions’ two baristas, who are known by all the shop’s regulars. Whether it’s hipsters, yuppies, or the occasional undesirable, all of their regulars have the same morning routine: they stumble out of their overpriced apartments to come by the shop for their usual order. From there, their lives can take any number of infinite turns. It could be a chance meeting with an ex, a fight with a bike thief, or a haunted apartment viewing, it always starts with their morning coffee. Karen and Ray have their own routine; brew the coffee, and watch the disasters that are the regular’s lives unfold.

Hogtown is a 7 episodes webseries. The story follows the journey of a single-parent family, coping with Toronto’s increasing housing precariousness. When Manuela,16, and her family are threatened to be evicted from their apartment by a real estate developer, she decides to fight back, in hopes of remaining in her neighbourhood.

I DO is a comedy about Zoe, a French woman immigrating in Brooklyn, who’s desperately trying to find a husband so she can get a visa and work as a Cabaret Singer in New York. Each episode explores a new screwball attempt of her trying to get married to an American citizen, as we explore the diversity of Brooklyn, through her naïve battle against the US immigration Process.
So in the six episodes of Season 1, Zoe will meet six incredible characters. They will offer to help her but will actually pose lots of crazy problems for her.

Cora , a forty something recently divorced brat, is trying to find hersfelf after losing everything. She is willing to do anything to be an independent woman, including being trained to become a famous influencer by a group of excentric losers.

To finally move on after the end of a long-term relationship, a woman, scarred but not scared, begins to look for her new Mr. Right and struggles to find one. So she decides to have many.

1965. Rikers Island. An inmate serving multiple life sentences meets his new prison psychiatrist. Sharp memories of dark, severe childhood abuse and violence are brought to light over the course of four tense meetings together. What is revealed will change both people more than either of them could ever expect.

A rich suburban girl has to fight for her life when her brother sends a hitman after her to get her inheritence.

What happens when you put a group of troubled (and often arrested) teen girls in a "therapeutic" boarding school with laudatory goals and a dysfunctional staff with a director who never lets ethics keep her down? This series is the story of parental frustration, imprudent staff, an owner who never met a law she couldn't circumvent, and girls learning to navigate their new environment.

When a Pakistani immigrant with big dreams of making it as an actor enters into a green card marriage with his privileged American friend, they get in over their heads as they scramble to move in together and prepare for their upcoming interview with the U.S. department of immigration.

A mother, a daughter, an island off the east coast. Conflict of oppression and dominance. Both want to win, both will end up losing.

(mis)placed is a web series about the intersecting lives of twenty-somethings, all searching for love, work, and meaning in the world today.
Alyssa has found what she is looking for but her relationship with her mother stands in the way.

A Whimsical rap parody about the rise and fall of a financial titan in America

With two weeks left to live, Anthony "Ratt" Bastid hires a camera crew to document his life story. Diagnosed with a terminal illness, he teams up with a sleazy lawyer to sue his doctor, all while trying to start a family. What results is a tragicomic portrait of a lovable loser.

A tight-knit coven of millennial witches invites a seemingly innocent outsider into their midst, threatening the intricate balance of their clique and unwittingly exposing them to powerful witchcraft. Caught up in the drama within their circle, they are left vulnerable to the malefic threats closing in and will discover that awakening real magick comes with dark consequences.

Jade, Michael and Stacey - a trio of young, queer, and amorous housemates - pursue love and happiness, but instead blunder their way through life in Sydney's heterosexual-flexible dating scene.

Described as The Three Stooges meets Always Sunny in Philadelphia with a dash of Monty Python for good measure. GoIndie TV calls the show, "Laugh out loud funny." The main theme of the show is "sisterly love gone awry" in which the best efforts of the three main characters to maintain civility quickly devolves as their habitual ways of relating never fail to take over.
Episode 1: SISTERLY LOVE crosses the line as Karen, Kaitlyn and Kristen get some tips from tennis pro Jaques. Episode 2: Ommm My God: Sisterly love gets wasted when the three sisters attend a retreat. Episode 3: Funeral Sisterly love goes cold when their mother does.

Using Shakespeare's original text and characters, we shine a light on the human experience in a COVID-19 world.

Building on the success of the previous two seasons of the multi award-winning web series, Shakespeare Republic (2015-2017), this new season of the work turns the lens on Shakespeare's characters in lockdown, featuring actors from Australia and around the world.

Created, adapted and directed by Australian actor/director, Sally McLean (who directed all the actors in real time via video conferencing from Melbourne, as they simultaneously filmed themselves on their smartphones in their respective homes across 3 continents), we look through a myriad of windows from Australia, Scotland, England and the USA into the current shared experience of human beings in isolation. Reflecting a plethora of experiences in lockdown, including home schooling, YouTube bingeing, mental health, death of a loved one, Zoom dating and more, we train a lens on the shared human experience that connects us, despite our physical separation.

Featuring actors with credits from Broadway, the West End, Shakespeare’s Globe and mainstream Film & TV, both established and emerging ... this is deliberately Shakespeare with a difference..

Starring: Leo Atkin, Dominic Brewer, Don Bridges, Maya Cohen, Frank Collison, Tim Constantine, Mark Dickinson, Danielle Farrow, Laura Gardner, Jodi Haigh, Philip Hayden, Justin Hosking, Christopher Kirby, Emma Kniebe, Jessica Martin, Sally McLean, Mark McMinn, Robert Myles, Yolanda Ovide, Sarah Peachey, Miguel Perez, Sass Pinci, Phoebe Anne Taylor, Caris Vujcec

This season is ranked as the No. 1 Anthology Series for 2021 & in the Top 10 web series in the world (WSWC 2021)

TO SEE HOW THE SEASON WAS FILMED WITH NONE OF US IN THE SAME ROOM AT THE SAME TIME, with Sally directing all actors in real time from Melbourne, Australia via video calls as they shot their episodes on their smart phones, watch our short behind the scenes video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0N_tByrJBg

TO VIEW ALL EPISODES WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES - PLEASE GO TO: http://www.allthewebsastage.com

To see all our awards & screenings for this season to date, please go here: http://allthewebsastage.com/awards-screenings/

Social Murderer is an 8 part web series based on the power and influence of social media presence, societal pressures, youth culture and true to life scenarios - told through the lives of 8 different characters. A famous YouTuber and his non-famous girlfriend, an old school dater, two regular millennials, a known Instagram Influencer, a wannabe Influencer who shares too much, and a grandmother.

What would you do if you have a second chance in life? A newly divorced woman begins her life in LA pursuing her dream whilst navigating single life after 20 years of marriage and the unexpected visit of her mother.

Through a meditative journey into the depths of Florida ecology, Tales of Sunshine observes the intimate and inspiring stories of four naturalists during the height of COVID-19. Explore the web of subtropical life with a conservation biologist, an ex-convict fisherman, a mermaid activist and a farm worker coalition leader.

On his 50th birthday, a once promising comedian with a flat lined career decides to quit comedy and go back to his roots as a serious actor. In season two, Adam's struggles to remain creatively relevant while dealing with issues at home. Meanwhile, his acting coach/former lover deals with her own issues of sobriety and the relationship with her daughter.

When two dudes decide to look for a third roommate, not in their wildest imagination do they think that one of the guy's Ex will trick them into accepting her as a housemate. The series delves into the intricacies of urban housing and relationships among the youth.

A pilot episode of an upcoming series that follows the drama between two local girl groups and the unique rivalry between them and their mission to be the biggest band in a city that most people haven't even heard of.

Weirdos is a female-driven teen drama series exploring the struggles faced by Charlotte, a plus-size teen girl who is relentlessly tormented and bullied by a group of teenagers in high school. With the help of a new student, Sam, she finds her inner strength and finally stands up for herself. Thanks to kindness, Charlotte not only changes the direction of her life but also that of her bullies. Weirdos weaves an intricate and heart wrenching story of teenage life that deeply resonates with young teens across the globe. To date, it has garnered 4.5 millions views on YouTube and tens of millions on other social media platforms.

The day her home city of New York had more deaths than on 9/11, Documentary Director Lauren Anders Brown began asking essential workers to record their experiences before and after they began working their shifts as mail carriers, nurses, subway drivers, sanitation workers, redeployed doctors and doormen. What results is a story of humanity, humility, and everyday heroes hidden within these New Yorkers.