Telling a gently unfolding story of two unhoused teenage lovers living with drug addiction on the streets of Eugene, the locally produced feature film Maxie took home a slew of awards from the 2021 Lulea Film Festival in Sweden, including Best Feature, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best First-time Director for filmmaker Jarrett Bryant, who also wrote the script. Something like Eight Mile (2002) for the West Coast meth epidemic, Maxie is a tough-love letter to the socio-economic width and breadth of Lane County. And, of course, whenever there are doomed teenage lovers, some sense of Romeo and Juliet is also sure to follow.