[1][2][3] Thirty year-old film projectionist and flailing screenwriter, Felix, struggles to connect with anyone outside of his sister and her girlfriend.

After reluctantly joining a writing group and getting invited by someone to a party, Felix meets Stella, a down-to-earth, chain-smoking cinephile who he immediately clicks with.

But their seemingly perfect platonic friendship quickly becomes more complicated when Felix falls in love with Stella just as her new love-interest enters the picture.

In the end, Felix finds renewed creative inspiration, culminating in him writing and directing his first feature film.

Mountainside was filmed entirely on location in Seattle, Washington, where most of the crew and cast were either from or lived during its two and a half years of production.