Carl-Jan Colpaert

Casualties -- When Annabelle (a mid-40's mortgage funder) meets William (an overzealous comedian) for a first date, things heat up. But hot turns cold quickly when hearts are on the front line. Do these two have a chance at love?

Gas, Food Lodging -- This highly-acclaimed film tells the story of a struggling single mother, Brooke Adams, as she attempts to guide her teenage daughters, Ione Skye and Fairuza Balk, through the difficulties of growingup in a desolate New Mexico truck stop. Nora tries to save her daughters from making the same mistakes she made: loser men, early pregnancies and dead-end jobs.

Trapped in a marriage to an abusive, violent husband, Annie Summers (Caroline Goodall) has given up trying to run away. Instead, she enrolls in a cooking class and strikes up a friendship with fellow student Tommy Nance (Mark Harmon). As the two become better acquainted, Annie confides her predicament to Tommy, who turns out to be in the killing business and is more than willing to help his new buddy solve her marital problem.

Set in the small town of Laramie, New Mexico, the sexy waitress and struggling single mother, Nora (Brooke Adams), is doing her best to keep her two teenage daughters, Trudi (Ione Skye) and Shade (Fairuza Balk), from making the same mistakes she made-- specifically, loser men, early pregnancies and dead-end jobs. But Nora's frustration at her inability to cope with the burden of raising fatherless daughters is getting the best of her. Shade somehow maintains optimism in the arid landscape while pursuing the daunting task of finding a man for her mother and locating her long absent father. Through a series of both planned and chance meetings, Shade, Trudi and Nora all find men and Shade is led into the magical world of first love.