Josiah Cosgrove

Penny on the railroad (2025)
by Proper Gander Animations Train Driver A character warns the other that placing a penny on a railroad track can cause a train to derail. Ignoring the warning, a character places a penny on the track. The character who placed the penny briefly considers its potential value before questioning its worth. The situation quickly evolves into a chaotic event involving a speeding train, a panicked conductor, and an unexpected outcome regarding the durability of the penny.

storm gets sued | Looney lawsuits (2025)
by Proper Gander Animations Storm's Lawyer An angry man is shown in a courtroom, declaring his intent to sue a small, grumpy-looking rain cloud that is sitting at the defendant's table. The man explains that the cloud "rained on his parade" while he was taking a walk in the park. A lawyer representing the cloud objects, humorously telling the man that if he has a problem with the cloud's work, he should "talk to the man upstairs" The cloud, frustrated, declares it has "business in Seattle" and begins to rain and lightning inside the courtroom before leaving. As the cloud exits, the judge hammers his gavel and shouts, "Don't you storm out of here!"

Pip and Luna Budget: $0 - $100K | Animation ⋄ Art House ⋄ Comedy ⋄ Drama An anxious, hoarding orange tabby journalist and his spirited best friend navigate their young adult lives in a bustling feline city, eventually discovering that the only thing more permanent than loss is the person who stays by your side.

The Girl and the Pinecone Animation ⋄ Fantasy After an act of kindness toward a forest relic leads her into a realm of eternal splendor, a young girl discovers the horrifying price of beauty when she returns home decades later, only to find she is transforming into the very wilderness she once sought to escape.

Orwell's Animal Farm Animation ⋄ Art House ⋄ Experimental ⋄ Thriller / Suspense In a stark, hand-drawn reimagining of Orwell’s masterpiece, the liberation of Manor Farm is captured through an increasingly suffocating lens. As the pig Napoleon consolidates power through quiet manipulation and psychological warfare, the film’s naturalistic palette slowly surrenders to an oppressive, monochromatic crimson. By the time the final, corrupted law is painted on the barn wall, the world has become a visceral blood-red nightmare—a silent, symbolic witness to the death of an ideal.

Sinatra Budget: $10M - $30M | Biopic / True Story ⋄ Drama As his memory fades, an aging Frank Sinatra fights to maintain his legendary stature, performing 84 concerts in a single year. The film juxtaposes the "gliding intonations" of his youth with a frail man being helped onto the stage at the Fukuoka Dome. Behind the curtain, a "tragic personal drama" unfolds through a bitter legal battle with a biographer and the permanent collapse of his lifelong friendship with Dean Martin. The narrative builds to May 14, 1998, when the "Seinfeld Miracle" clears the streets of Los Angeles for a high-speed ambulance run to the hospital. Amidst a fractured family legacy and a final whisper of "I'm losing," the icon is laid to rest with 10 dimes and a bottle of spirits "for the road".

Agent Cannon Budget: $0 - $100K | Animation ⋄ Comedy Bruce Cannon, a hyper-intense, borderline delusional vigilante who treats every minor neighborhood disturbance as a global extinction event. Alongside his long-suffering partner Max, Bruce navigates a psychedelic urban landscape where the mundane routinely collides with the impossible. From thwarting canine masterminds and Scottish cereal mascots to battling Shakespearean demons and lava-dinosaurs, the duo faces an escalating war with mob boss Vladimir Bullshivik.