Written/Directed by Arielle Cole; Produced by Alex Avrakotos
When Amy, a writer for a website that promotes viral videos, discovers her dishwasher repairman has collapsed in her kitchen, she attempts to capture her rescue on video. Armed with her smartphone and selfie stick, Amy uses the repairman’s injury as her potential ticket to viral fame.
4 minutes
Written/Directed by Arielle Cole; Produced by Alex Avrakotos
Mickey (a mute burglar) and Mo (a blind veteran soldier) are rival suitors fighting for the affection of May (a blind Bohemian singer). But when a malicious sect, called Pristines, attempts to kidnap May, Mickey and Mo must join forces to fight off the evil cult using their each unique martial arts styles.
14 minutes
Written by Anthony Cousins, Kevin Semlak, & Jeremy Robert Johnson; Directed by Anthony Cousins; Produced by Anthony Cousins, Ryan Schaddelee, & Peter West
A body horror tale like no other. A man finds purpose in his meaningless life when he becomes Host to an ancient creature named Susurrus. The bond they share could result in the end of us all.
10 minutes
Written/Directed by Yiyi Yin; Produced by Saad Nawab
Xiao’s perfect girlfriend, Wan Mei, has left him. Heartbroken, he gets a mannequin to fill the void, but Wan Mei unexpectedly comes back to him. Xiao is relieved, but when he realizes she is still in love with another man, he resorts to revenge… and the love of a mannequin.
15 minutes
Written/Directed/Produced by Mark Howling
The main computer system of a space ship activates the self-destruct protection procedure after detecting a deadly virus on board. A desperate astronaut, trapped inside, tries to escape the virus and the spaceship itself.
8 minutes
Written/directed by Erik van Schaaik; Produced by Peter Mansfelt & Paul Mathot
Two brothers, an apple farmer and a priest, don’t get along. The priest is fed up with his peasant brother and his ugly apple orchard, dropping thousands of rotten apples in his neat little graveyard. The farmer is a gawky fellow, drunk on homemade cider, and deeply unhappy.
One stormy night the farmer hangs himself. At that very moment, Aber, a homeless worm, is desperately seeking for shelter from the rain and thunder. Aber discovers the dead farmer, dangling between the branches like a huge apple. Delighted with his new, spacious house Aber discovers he has full control over the farmer’s dead body, just by shouting commands. And so, the dead farmer comes knocking on the priests door.
The secret of zombiedom. Now you know.
Us worms control the brain of the dead.
And when you’re old and you have to go,
we are the voice inside your head…
Written/Directed by Jason Apuzzo; Produced by Govindini Murty
Two rambunctious Women’s Army Corps officers in WWII fight to save LA from alien attack. When a tough-as-nails female captain and her ditzy sidekick team up to make a documentary about women in the Army, they soon encounter a terrifying alien spacecraft at an abandoned bunker. Armed with only a 16mm camera, the heroines chase the UFO to Fort MacArthur, where they confront the invader in a massive nighttime air raid. UFO Diary recreates the Great LA Air Raid of 1942, and was featured in American Cinematographer for its spectacular cinematography and VFX.
16 minutes
Written/Directed by Adam Bolt; Produced by Matt Miller, Erich Lochner
In a dangerous, abandoned city, a mother has been bitten by a zombie. Locked in a house with a violent survivor, she must find a way to get her child to safety before her deteriorating mind and body turn her into a monster.
13 minutes
Written by Jack Babylon; Directed/Produced by Brent Dey
True Believers features The Atlanta Box Heroes in a colossal clash of cardboard cosplay. Stan, a bright but shy kid, runs afoul of some very familiar-looking neighborhood bullies. Narrowly escaping their clutches, his return home leads to inspiration…and danger! Stan’s real world troubles and comic book visions collide in a titanic tussle pitting the defenders of good against the forces of evil.
15 minutes
Written by Walt Guthrie; Directed by Matt Green, Produced by Richard Rosenthal
A criminal’s plan goes toxic.
7 minutes
Written/Directed by Morten Forland; Produced by Morten Forland, Edouard Marchand, Jennevie Olivieri, & Karen Schlitt
When Viking role player Vidar is sidelined to “the land of the dead,” he seeks help of the god Odin, who agrees to teach Vidar the ways of the Vikings if he takes him to a mystical Runestone. Together they embark on a journey that will test Vidar’s wits, bravery, and his ability to go completely berserk.
15 minutes
Written by Chiaki Kawahito; Director/Produced by Keishi Suenaga
The Earth has been invaded by extraterrestrials. They send “domes” to replace our lands with theirs. Humans can do nothing but run away and wait for the end of our world.
Soh Tokita is a retired high school teacher who has joined the UN force dedicated to maintain order of the world. But his wife, Misaki, who once was his student, has not been able to accept the reality that the world has gone to ruin. She has kept living in her beautiful memories and in a fictional ordinary life. All Tokita can do is watch over her, acting like nothing is wrong.
But now the order has come through for them to leave for an evacuation shelter. Misaki cannot escape from the tragic world any more.
With Hiroyuki Watanabe (Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack).
14 minutes
Directed by Samuel Smith, Produced by Bartleberry Logan, & Samuel Smith
In this stylish, action fantasy, a father fights to protect his family against the terror of the Tengu – Birdmen of the mountains.
8 minutes
Written/Directed by Victoria Angell; Produced by Ian Gustafson, Victoria Angell, & Kate Kroll
In order to stop abuse at home, Amanda decides to summon a demon for help. What she gets is not what she wanted, but it is exactly what she asked for.
6 minutes
Written by Mark R. Largent & Jonathan Lane; Directed by Mark R. Largent; Produced by Mark R. Largent & Jonathan Lane
Fan Films are everywhere these days and thanks to digital cinema, computer animation and crowd-funding, they are looking better and better. But some people aren’t happy about that. Stalled Trek: Prelude to Ax’d-We-Are is an animated puppet parody of the award-winning and controversial fan Prelude to Axanar fan film and its legal woes.
7 minutes
Written/Directed by Alfred Thomas Catalfo; Produced by Alfred Thomas Catalfo, Amanda Duquette, Bill Bourdon, & Gina Catalfo Nelson
Split Ticket uses as its springboard an historical incident. In April of 1947, three months after being sworn in as new congressmen, John F. Kennedy, age 29, and Richard M. Nixon, age 34, traveled to McKeesport, Pennsylvania, where they debated before a civic group, went to a diner for hamburgers, then shared a sleeping compartment on the Capitol Limited overnight train leaving at midnight for Washington. That is the jumping-off point for a Twilight Zone-ish story about two American icons and future presidents who make a fateful decision.
20 minutes
Written by Phil Bucci & Marcus Perry; Directed by Phil Bucci; Produced by Brooke Dooley
With super villainy spinning out of control the world has been forced to turn to the vigilantes they once feared in an effort to restore balance, creating a revolution in law enforcement: SPECIAL FORCES. Now, mortals and meta-humans must put aside their prejudices and unite… before humanity pays the ultimate price. But because life has a strange sense of humor, some of the “super” cops really aren’t all that super. Eugene is hands down the sweetest guy you’ll ever meet, armed with the ability to heat up small objects through pyrokenisis. He’s become the department’s coffee warmer. His partner Genesis, has the ability to project any image from the palms of her hands though her power has the embarrassing side effect of revealing her true emotions. Together with Eugene, she’s become the laughing stock of Special Forces.
However, all that is about to change…
Called in by mistake to help rescue hostages from a burnt-out factory, Eugene and Genesis discover their powers are a lot more than they’re cracked up to be. Now these two unlikely heroes are going to show the world what being super is all about.
10 minutes
Written/Directed/Produced by Robert Mueller
Mark, an aspiring photographer who witnessed a murder, tries to sell the pictures he took of the scene to a magazine. He tells the chief editor how he heard the murder of a young woman that he’d met earlier at a gas station, from a bathroom stall. After the killer left, he dared to sneak out of his stall and took the opportunity to snap pictures of the murder victim before leaving. Moved by his story and impressed by the quality of his photographs, the chief editor offers Mark a job. Mark leaves her office with the promise not to disappoint her. Put did his pictures actually capture what happened?
7 minutes
Written/Directed/Produced by Philippe McKie
Tokyo is in ruins.
In a derelict gondola, a girl distracts her younger brother by telling him a story with shadows. With their resources depleted she must leave him and travel deep within the core of the city to find food.
Written/Directed by Nelson Lee; Produced by Mary Pat Bentel, Kelsi Reel Johnson, Jennifer Lee, Michael Lockridge, & Noah Hauessner
In a future where draconian laws are enforced to combat over-population, Nathan’s 40th birthday will be his last. As family and friends gather to celebrate and say their goodbyes, an estranged lover reemerges, forcing Nathan to confront a serious dilemma: How much is he willing to sacrifice in order to get back what was lost?
14 minutes
