THE GUIDE

Drama ( 5 min ) USA
Directed By: Felipe V. Ferrufino
Written By: Felipe V. Ferrufino
Produced By: Lily Norris
Cast: Lily Norris

Synopsis: From a mysterious void, a guardian angel-like figure guides a man through his first love, in a journey through space, time, and beyond.

ON ICE

Drama ( 8 min ) USA
Directed By: Katie Anne Moy
Written By: Katie Anne Moy
Produced By: Katie Anne Moy
Cast: Brady Bond, Landen Beattie, Jacke McDermott, Olivia Saccomanno

Synopsis: Blake, a young boy from a low-income household, attempts to take financial matters into his own hands in order to be able to afford new skates and play hockey with his friends.

WHEN DARKNESS COMES

Drama ( 9 min ) USA
Directed By: Nick Azzaro
Written By: Nick Azzaro
Produced By: Nick Azzaro
Cast: Karolina Glazunova, Mary Steinbaugh

Synopsis: A girl has to deal with a mysterious entity born from her loneliness.

THE UNKNOWN OUTLAW

Drama ( 13 min ) USA
Directed By: Cole Brewer
Written By: Cole Brewer
Produced By: Laura Anderson
Cast: Ryan Wilson, Erin Warden, Silas Lamar

Synopsis: Abraham Sweet, a trailer trash man raised on TV is obsessed with becoming famous decides to rob a bank and become an outlaw.

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THE MOTH AND THE LIGHT

Drama ( 15 min ) USA
Directed By: Michaela McLeod
Written By: Nate Friend
Produced By: Bonnie Bering
Cast: Lily Florczak, Owen Painter

Synopsis: A recent college dropout struggles with the uncertainty of life and is surprised by the re-emergence of an old friend when she decides to throw a housewarming party.

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A FAMILIAR STRANGER

Drama: ( 16 min ) USA
Directed By: Yining Xu
Written By: Xinqi Zhou, Yining Xu
Produced By: Xiao Ma
Cast: Yingzi Ye, Christele Cervelle

Synopsis: While on holiday with her dad, Wen, an 18-year-old Chinese girl, struggles with her feelings about her estranged mother. By chance she shares a tender and meaningful encounter with a French woman, which helps her reconcile with old emotions and discovers new feelings.

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AN ALTAR OF SORTS

Drama ( 15 min ) USA
Directed By: Brandon Shenk
Written By: Brandon Shenk
Produced By: Xiao Ma
Cast: Reid Meadows

Synopsis: Jay, a sophomore struggling to cope with high school letdowns, desperately strives for some semblance of control.

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PARACUSIS

Thriller ( 17 min ) USA
Directed By: Yixia Li
Written By: Yixia Li & Zac Chia
Produced By: Xia Lion Huang
Cast: Gordon Maniskas, Chris Barry, Vicky Lee, Chelsea Debaise, Rachel Zink, Laila Montana

Synopsis: Will, a workaholic, struggles to free himself from a mysterious but familiar voice, in order to get his life-changing promotion.

WHEN LOVE BLOSSOMS

Drama (86 min) China
Directed By: Tian Ye
Written By: Jingzhi Zou, Jian Xu
Produced By: Sarah Yao, Zhuangzhuang Tian, Zhaohui Wang, Zhaoyu Wang
Cast: Yue Guo – Xia, Di Liu – Qiang, Ya Xiong – Helen, Yuhu Chang – Qing Zi

Synopsis: In metropolis Beijing, a delivery boy is inspired by a play to pursue his secret crush on a real estate sales girl who lives under the same roof as him in the urban village.

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INSANE LOVE

Short Film (20 mins) Italy
Directed by: Eitan Pitigliani
Written by: Eitan Pitigliani
Produced by: Giuseppe Alessio Nuzzo, Paradise Pictures, Rai Cinema
Cast: Filippo Gattuso, Miriam Dalmazio, Clara Alonso, Diego Dominguez, Davide Dato

Synopsis: Alex is a young Italian fashion model obsessed with himself and his public image, behind which he hides from the outside world. His life seems to have reached a dead end, until one day when, walking down the streets of Rome, he bumps into Sophia, a young Argentinian woman that destiny has brought to the Eternal City. Alex falls desperately in love with, right from the very first moment he meets her eyes. Finally, he has a reason to live. But, when they break up, his world crumbles down, and he finds himself alone, at a crossroads between the light and the darkness, face to face with a bittersweet truth

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WE ARE ALL OSCAR

Drama ( 87 min ) Costa Rica
Directed By: Tito Oses
Written By: Tito Oses
Produced By: Tito Oses
Cast: Tito Oses, Thelma Darkins, Alvaro Marenco, Ricardo Gamboa, Shawn Jones, Jeff Turk, Nelson Rodriguez, Karina Obando

Synopsis: In his first feature, “We Are All Oscar”, Tito Oses raises his voice as an author and film actor from Costa Rica, expanding the innumerable latent versions of the same person and his transformations.

HAIL MARY

Comedy ( 8 min ) UK
Directed By: James Davis
Written By: James Davis & David Richards
Produced By: Tom Powers
Cast: Simon Blackburn, Kiera Morgan

Synopsis: A Catholic School young boy develops an unhealthy obsession for his headmistress nun.

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LEECHES

Thriller ( 89 min ) Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia
Directed By: DRAGAN MARINKOVIC
Written By: David Albahari, Dragan Marinkovic, Dusan Spasojevic
Produced By: Vladimir Blazevski, Ivan Maloca, Dragan Marinkovic, Darko Popov, Petar Ristovski r
Cast: Nikola Djuricko. Lazar Ristovski, Iva Mihalic, Marijana Jankovic

Synopsis: Famous writer, Petar Miric, a member of the State Security Service, faces the impossible decision of returning to a normal life in a story that unfolds in the unstable Balkan area in Serbia, in a small Jewish area at the end of the twentieth century.

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I AM NOT BROKEN

Drama ( 10 min ) USA
Directed By: Felix Pineiro
Written By: Felix Pineiro
Produced By: Eugene Sun Park, Jacqueline E. Ingram, Robert Stockwell, Quinn Nicholson
Cast: Luis Espinosa, Fawzia Mirza, Ava Paloma

Synopsis: A young man struggling with his own sexuality goes on a time-bending journey of psychological self-discovery.

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GALANGAL

Drama ( 15 min ) Russia
Directed By: Maria Loyter
Written By: Maria Loyter, Natalia Zemtsova
Produced By: Natalia Zemtsova
Cast: Kirill Kyaro, Natalia Zemtsova, Nadezhda Ivanova, Roza Khairullina

Synopsis: A psychiatrist who specializes in attempted suicides faces the consequences of the human tragedies he encounters.

BERTIE

Comedy ( 16 min ) UK
Directed By: Garry Crystal
Written By: Garry Crystal
Produced By: Karen Newman
Cast: Alison Steadman, Arthur Darvill, Jemima Rooper

Synopsis: Neurotic parents Tom and Lisa have moved to what they believe is their dream home, only to have their idyllic lives shattered by Ann, a widow, and Bertie, her pet pug, who not only wreaks havoc on their lives and beyond.

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Drama ( 18 min ) Italy, USA
Directed By: Gabriele Fabbro
Written By: Gabriele Fabbro
Produced By: Gabriele Fabbro
Cast: Esteban De La Isla, Jordan Knapp, Don Baldaramos, Areg Noya

Synopsis: A selfish, sexist, and hustling billiard player, struggles to seduce a quiet woman pool master inside an isolated saloon in New Mexico.

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DISORDER

Drama ( 20 min ) USA
Directed By: Nicholas Davidoff
Written By: Nicholas Davidoff
Produced By: Deidre LaCasse, Bob Campi
Cast: Dylan Schmid, Meredith Salenger, Jamie McShane, James Russo, Tamberla Perry, Scott Klace, Kaitlyn Bernard

Synopsis: Adam, a brilliant but eccentric high school senior has trouble fitting in with the regular crowd. When he’s diagnosed with a minor mental disorder and put on a treatment of psychiatric drugs, his condition mysteriously and rapidly grows worse. Can Adam find answers before his sanity slips completely away?

PINK MOON

Horror Short (5 min) USA
Directed by: Dan Asma
Written by: Dan Asma
Produced by: Nicole Jones
Cast: Keaton Asma, Jackson Mohr

Synopsis: A family fun day turns into a nightmare after the sun goes down.

LOCAL H – INNOCENTS

Drama ( 6 min ) USA
Directed By: Felix Pineiro
Written By: Alex Bonner, Felix Pineiro
Produced By: Scott Lucas, Justin Reid Tvedt, Quinn Nicholson, Mark Skala, Aaron Dolan
Cast: Michael Shannon, Alex Bonner, Sonia Barajas, Lakeshia Bonner, Wes Charles

Synopsis: Ray, a motorcycle mechanic, ends his day just like any other, but when he arrives at his old watering hole, he realizes things aren’t quite the same and he may never be the same again.

ORGANICS

Thriller ( 8 min ) USA
Directed By: Dillon Dowdell
Written By: Dillon Dowdell
Produced By: Ian Feiner, Rich Boyle, Rob Roth
Cast: Temple Baker, Christian A. Pierce, Kyra Santoro, Alex Yonkovich

Synopsis:Archie, an innocent barista is convinced by his new co-worker, Jay, to stay after hours for a late night drink with her, her boyfriend, and her single & attractive best friend. Archie is initially reluctant, but a little peer pressure and sexual tension pushes him into joining the evening’s festivities. Archie will soon discover that the three complete strangers have dark sinister plans for their night out on the east side of LA.

PLEASE REMAIN CALM

Drama ( 10 min ) USA
Directed By: Isaac Calvin and Seth Calvin
Written By: Isaac Calvin, Seth Calvin, Kate Eberstadt, and Danny Tejera
Produced By: Brandon Douglas Hall, Ian McClellan
Cast: Ethan Dubin, Emma Chandler

Synopsis: An adaptation of A.M. Homes’s darkly humored short story, Please Remain Calm, provides an intimate look at a man’s persistent suicidal fantasies.

EVIE

Drama ( 12 min ) USA
Directed By: Mike Peebler
Written By: Marc Fellner-Erez and Mike Peebler
Produced By: MaryLynn Suchan, Kate Turnipseed
Cast: Caitlin Durkin, William Dennis Hunt, Scott Peat, Lauren Stamile, Paul Turbiak, Earnestine Phillips

Synopsis: Facing either the wrath of her parents or a forced marriage to a man more than twice her age, fifteen year old Evie makes an impossible choice.

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DARK DECO

Drama ( 12 min ) USA
Directed By: Matt Deblinger
Written By: Jose Duran, Matt Deblinger
Produced By: Matt Deblinger, Nicholas Orris, Michelle Deblinger
Cast: Jose Duran, Krystal Millie Valdes, Harley Gusman

Synopsis: Ben Faust is addicted to Deco, a mysterious VR device that allows users to connect with loved ones from their past. Ben’s addiction causes him to become estranged from his girlfriend Candice whose family is mourning a loss of their own. A visit with Candace’s family, revels that he is not the only one consumed by this new technology.

ASPARAGUS

Comedy, Drama ( 16 min ) Hong Kong
Directed By: Wilf Cho , Daniel Teo
Written By: Wilf Cho
Produced By: Wilf Cho
Cast: Will Or, Jing Wong, Camy Ting, Anson Poon, Chris Cho

Synopsis: Before his 18th birthday, Peter, a mildly autist student, has a chance counter with Faye during a therapy session. Faye, whose mania has intensified since her dad walked out on her, invites Peter out to a restaurant to overcome his fear of asparagus! Will love allow Peter to step out of his comfort zone?

THE VISIT

Drama ( 15 min ) Germany
Directed By: Christian Werner
Written By: Michael Knoll
Produced By: Thomas Springer, Talin Özbalik, Simon Albin, Christian Werner
Cast: Matthias Brenner,Helena Pieske,Peter Schneider, Cornelia Heise

Synopsis: Sixty year-old Klaus works voluntary as a Santa Claus in a shopping mall. After an exhausting day, he considers giving up his job. What will he do when he gets a call from the children’s intensive care unit?

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ASK FOR JANE

Drama ( 108 min ) USA
Directed By: Rachel Carey
Written By: Rachel Carey
Produced By: Cait Cortelyou, Josh Folan, Caroline Hirsch
Cast: Cody Horn, Sarah Ramos, Sarah Steele, Alison Wright, Cait Cortelyou, Ben Rappaport

Synopsis: Based on real events, “Ask for Jane” tells the story of a group of young college women who developed an underground abortion network that helped over 11,000 women get illegal abortions in Chicago between 1969 and 1973.

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SACHEEN, BREAKING THE SILENCE

Documentary ( 26 min ) USA
Directed By: Peter Spirer
Written By: Peter Spirer
Produced By: Gayle Kelley, Peter Spirer
Cast: Sacheen Littlefeather

Synopsis: Sacheen Littlefeather remains proud that she is the first person, the first woman of color, to utilize the Academy Awards to make a political statement. Littlefeather, a 71-year-old White Mountain Apache and Yaqui elder, shared a statement from Marlon Brando that was televised round the world at the first Oscars’ global broadcast in 1973. As we revisit one of the most memorable and controversial moments in the history of the Academy Awards, Sacheen’s voice will finally be joined together with today’s brave women, who are determined to make their voices heard.

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WHERE THE RAINBOW ENDS

Documentary ( 70 min ) USA
Directed By: WILLIAM BONIFATI
Written By: Wiliam Bonifati
Produced By: Wiliam Bonifati, Michael Bonifati
Cast: Wiliam Bonifati

Synopsis: No other name is shrouded in more mystery than Stanley Kubrick. Many fans have dedicated countless blogs, movies, books, and videos trying to explain his various movies. However, all of these films share one important aspect, that no individual can with certainty explain any of his films in their entirety. What if the answers to the hidden depths of these films lies in an elaborate puzzle for the viewers to solve? How could Kubrick possibly contrive making his films into one large puzzle but more importantly how could the audience try to make sense of this theoretical puzzle? What if the answer to both of these questions lies in the fact that every Kubrick movie is a reoccurring dream.

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THE DEPORTED

Documentary (91 mins) USA
Directed by:
Written by:
Produced by: Rosario Dawson, Paul Reaney, Scott Weiner, Jenny Daly, Pat McGee, T Gordon Stanley, Rob Lobl,  Matthew Pickel, Carol Carimi Acutt
Cast: Rosario Dawson

Synopsis: Four families on the brink of being torn apart by deportation must decide whether to self-deport, seek sanctuary or file a legal appeal in a last-ditched attempt to stay in the country. When it comes to deportation – these families have no borders.