Gene Renaker

THE TUNNEL Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama ⋄ Family A naive preacher's kid encounters a Vietnam War draft dodger and agrees to help him escape to Canada, but when he almost kills a brutal trainyard cop in the teen’s defense, the shaken 12-year-old struggles to accept his share of the blame.

THE HOME BOYS Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama ⋄ Family Upon moving into an assisted-living home, a grieving widower is befriended by a zestful resident who makes it his mission to teach the ultra-conservative newcomer a final life lesson—acceptance—and reunite him with his estranged lesbian daughter.