Make Movies Like They Used To.
Founded in 2017, Retro-Active Pictures (LLC) is an independent content house focused on creating original, impactful stories that “feel like the classics”.
Short films available below.
Retro-Active Pictures:
In The Small Hours (2024)
When betrayal strikes in the form of a fixed fight, an unlikely fighter must risk everything—his life, his future, and his heart—to take control of his destiny.
— In post-production, view the teaser trailer now.
From Writer/Director Jake Marone & Director of Photography Brandon Tran
Official Poster - Chase Gray (2024)
Retro-Active Pictures:
Passing (2021)
Months after losing his older brother in a tragic accident, 14-year-old Jesse finds himself home alone for the weekend with a list of chores. Except Jesse isn’t alone. Grief looms over the house in the disturbing form of a Shadow-figure; a Shadow-Figure who loves Spaghetti-Os. Teen and Specter form an unlikely bond in this horror-inspired, drama-comedy about loss, growth, and friendship.
Winner: Best Director, Best Writer, Best Editor, and the Scott Welles Golden Reel Award at the UC Santa Barbara 2021 Reel Loud Film Festival. Written and directed by Jake Marone.
Official Poster - Chase Gray (2021)
Retro-Active Pictures:
D1GITS (2018)
Elliot Danvers is your average Southern California high school student. Or at least he was. After accidentally swapping phones with Charlie Demco, a hitman on the run, Elliot finds himself caught up in a white-knuckle adventure that he never imagined possible. Will Elliot abandon his ordinary teenage world for a life on the run with Charlie? Or will he finally find the courage to stand his ground and win over the girl of his dreams?
Winner: Best Picture, Agoura High School Film Festival, 2018. Written and directed by Jake Marone and Sam Bevill.
Behind The Scenes.
A closer look at what it took to make D1GITS (2018): a 56-Hour, 12-Location, No-Budget, Action-Comedy produced and coordinated by teenagers.
On-Set photography by Max Sever.
D1GITS, Poster #1 - Chase Gray (2018)
D1GITS Poster #2 - Chase Gray (2018)
Retro-Active Pictures:
First Issue (2017)
A comic book loving teenager named Luke is unknowingly followed home by a mysterious Stranger shortly after purchasing The Dark Dimension, a cryptic single issue comic book. Scared and confused, Luke and his best friends soon discover themselves entangled in something much darker than they could have imagined, and that the Stranger may not be exactly who he seems…
Winner: Best Picture, Agoura High School Film Festival, 2017. Written and directed by Sam Bevill.