One click, one coin, one man’s life upended — $POSITIONS turns digital dreams into analog disaster on the great plains of the American Midwest.

When perpetually upbeat factory worker Mike Alvarado (Michael Kunicki) drops his family’s savings into the digital void of cryptocurrency, he strikes gold — or so he thinks. Within hours, Mike’s newfound fortune transforms him from lovable screw-up to delusional kingpin, torching friendships, alienating his girlfriend (Kaylyn Carter), and convincing himself that one lucky trade has rewritten his destiny. As his portfolio plunges and his sanity follows, Mike’s addiction to volatility starts to look an awful lot like every other form of self-destruction surrounding him.

Written and directed by Brandon Daley, $POSITIONS hums with the anxious pulse of a market crash and the melancholic humor of Midwestern life. Shot with working-class realism that erupts into manic, neon delirium, Daley’s debut captures both the absurdity and ache of chasing fortune in a world that keeps moving the goalposts.

Equal parts moral fable, dark comedy, and regional tragedy, $POSITIONS exposes the spiritual bankruptcy beneath the digital gold rush. Saskatchewan audiences will recognize the familiar ache of wide-open horizons and small-town dreams — where the distance between hope and heartbreak can feel as flat and endless as the prairie itself.