Plot
Osi is a nice guy trying to do the right thing. He is friends with Reggie the toughest guy and girlfriend stealer in a neighborhood of North St. Louis. Reggie allows Osi and his druggie girlfriend Alyssa to sleep in one of his cars in his backyard since Osi recently lost everything in a fire. Osi tries to protect Alyssa from the day to day struggles with her drug addiction. Reggie has his eyes on Alyssa who isn't completely honest with Osi about Reggie and their past encounters. Alyssa quickly sends their already troubled lives down a rabbit hole of betrayal when she falls into Reggie's trap who baits her with drugs. Osi now must confront Reggie about his obsession with Alyssa which may jeopardize his quest for a better life.

Plot
Paper Boy tells the story of Salim, a young Kashmiri boy who came over from Kashmir with dreams of becoming a big time journalists but ended up working handing out free papers, his life becomes even more troubled when his parents come to visit with high expectations of their big shot son. This cultural comedy drama, captures the underlying tensions of expectations not met, the drive of aspirations and the hostility of migration. Paper Boy is the debut short film for young director Mawaan Rizwan, and beautifully captures the life a Paper Seller, his isolation and his dreams.