RESTORAGE ｜ Omeleto

A man inherits a storage unit. A fractious group of siblings are gathered together after the death of their father for the reading of the will. Young and hotheaded Robert inherits the business empire, while level-headed Lisa receives the estate and a cherished family heirloom. But the black sheep of the family, Chase, gets nothing but a dusty old storage unit. Furious at being left out of the spoils, Chase is resentful and fights with Robert, inadvertently cracking the family heirloom, much to Lisa's deep hurt and anger. Chase only gets more upset when he discovers the storage unit holds nothing but a box full of junk, thwarting his hopes that he was left something of value. But soon he discovers the storage unit has a special power -- it can magically repair what's been broken. With that, Chase hopes he can fix some of the damage with his brother and sister -- and prove to his brother and sister that he's not the black sheep they see him as. Directed by E'an Verdugo from a script co-written with Caleb Davis, this dramedy short is a bit of magic realism, a bit of family drama and a whole lot of emotionally resonant fun. All of it rests on a foundation of smart, witty writing, polished and dynamic visuals and terrifically drawn characters. It's essentially a portrait of a family's black sheep and his thorny, mismatched relationships with his siblings. Those relationships are about to strain when their father -- the glue holding them together -- passes away, and his life legacy is distributed.