A Big Mission

Written, Directed, and Produced by Longyin Zhou and Yujie Chen

In this 3D animated comedy, a baby devil must secure his recent promotion by killing all of humankind. Unfortunately, the furniture in his new house makes it impossible for him to go to work! Will the baby devil complete his big mission?

5 minutes

Face Swap

Directed and Written by David Gidali and Einat Tubi; Produced by Keren Hantman

A guy convinces his wife to try out a new A.I. technology to spice up their sex life, but he ends up getting a bit more spice than he bargained for.

This short film may not feature internationally recognized A-list movie stars, but with the help of machine-learning AI algorithms, our actors may seem a bit familiar. A cautionary science fiction satire, Face Swap is arguably the first narrative film using the “deepfakes” process as a storytelling tool.

5 minutes

H’ilol

Directed by Julian Scalia; Written by Julian Scalia and Molly Ebner

A photographer captures a model in his studio. Between the camera flashes, time slips away to expose a dark secret.

H’ilol, which means “seer” in the Mayan language of highland Mexico, is the Jury Grand Prize winner of the KODAK and ATLFS 2019 “100’ of film competition” hosted in Atlanta, GA. The project was shot entirely on one 100’ roll, only 3 minutes of 16mm color film.

3 minutes

Light/Less

Directed by Steven LaMorte; Written by Veronica Roy, Amy Schumacher, Juliette Kendall; Produced by Veronica Roy, Amy Schumacher, Juliette Kendall, and Steven LaMorte

After the Jedi are all but wiped out, Adi Gallia desperately searches for survivors. Forced to take refuge in a strange cave, Adi finds her friends held captive by a mysterious evil. To save them, she must confront the darkness within herself.

5 minutes

Ouija

Directed, Written, and Produced by Ashley Padilla

Are you really at a sleepover if it doesn’t involve some good old fashioned demon-summoning? Hodgie and Podgie decide to spice up their slumber party with some Ouija board fun, and to no one’s surprise but their own, they summon a demon! He’s not just any demon, though. He’s the infamous Ouija demon, ZOZO, and he doesn’t have time for dumb little kids. This should teach them not to mess with black magic. Right?

3 minutes

Sounds of the Forest

Directed, Written, and Produced by Zachary Stephens

Amber drives herself to a spot in the woods to enjoy a relaxing day in the forest. She arrives at the edge of the treeline, locks her car, and ventures into the woods. After taking in the sights, smells, and sounds of the forest, she returns to the parking lot to find that her car isn’t where she thought it was. Using her key fob, she tries to locate her car with the “dook dook” sound of the lock. This leads her back into the woods where she ultimately discovers that she, and her car, are not alone.

3 minutes

Tutorial > SKIP?

Directed, Written, and Produced by Thy Vo, Ryan Imm, and Sydney Seekford

You know that feeling? The one where all you want to do is jump right into a new game and kill some stuff, but that damned NPC just won’t stop talking? Well, this is that feeling, animated. New player BigD1999 rushes head first into a video game, sword a-swinging. Will a well-meaning (if a little annoying) tutorial guide be able to slow him down long enough to avoid certain doom?

4 minutes

Zombie Debt

Directed by Ash Blodgett; Written by Rose Meza; Produced by Rose Meza

Stacey thinks it’s her against the end of the world, but little does she know that she’s up against more than what she bargained for when the Loan Ranger arrives. Now, she’s faced with the task of scraping money together to pay her student debt while surviving the zombie apocalypse.

4 minutes