Written/Directed/Produced by Nancy Wennan Zhang
A story about finding oneself. This four minute erasure animation takes us through a young woman’s life, who in the beginning is facing depression, but upon returning to her childhood home, is uplifted by the memories of her grandmother.
4 minutes
Written/Directed by Tom Putnam; Produced by Tom Putnam & T. Arthur Cottam
A young girl is awakened in the middle of the night by a mysterious scratching on the screen door outside her room.
3 minutes
Directed/Produced by Haleigh Ciel
Hailed from the final frontier, a perfume parody for all eternity starring yours truly, Femme Khan.
2 minutes
Written/Directed/Produced by Timothy Troy
Alexis goes to bed, her husband out having a drink with the guys. The doorbell keeps ringing, but each time there’s no one there. Someone, or something, is playing a terrifying game of Ding Dong Ditch…
4 minutes
Written/Directed by Wesley Jamal Fleming; Produced by Kaleigh Spencer
A young astronaut, Jadi, finds herself in the ruins of a space station after a horrific battle. Her only way to safety is the Escape Pod. An Alien Menace, who’s been slaughtering the last survivors, is the only thing standing between Jadi and her salvation. Jadi will have to make her way though the smoldering remains of her ship and face a monster from another world if she is to survive, but will she make it?
4 minutes
Written/Directed by Greg Kovacs; Produced by Greg Kovacs, Darren Hutchings, Brad McMillan, Nathan Hawkins, & Stephanie Christiaens
In this messed up children’s television show, Anna (the show’s host) and Ellery (her puppet pal) discover different interpretations of the word “fun”.
3 minutes
Written/Directed by Mark Simon; Produced by Lilly Vogelesang
An old man and his grandson battle for the keys to the contemporary family car for a night on the town.
2 minutes
Written/Directed/Produced by Justin Gorski
With the deadly threat of white-nose syndrome ravaging the population of hibernating bats in North America, a lone baby bat tries to overcome his sadness. Opening his toy box and finding his favorite teddy bear, the lil bat tries to rediscover his innocence, unaware of the danger still lurking.
3 minutes
Written by Kyle Daly; Directed by Kyle Daly & Taylor J Martin; Produced by Taylor J Martin & Kyle Daly
Hidden in the shadows, monsters lurk just out of sight. We flip on the bedside lamp to cast them away. But if we fear the dark, how do we know they don’t fear the light? What makes our fears more legitimate than their own? In Nightlight the viewer is forced to see another perspective, realizing that what is comforting to us may be terrifying to another.
4 minutes
Written by James Turner; Directed by James Turner & Andrew Foerster; Produced by James Turner
The film is a tongue-in-cheek look at the dichotomy between physical and emotional reality through an absurdest flight of fancy. Here the pursuit of a morning coffee turns into a world shattering existential crisis of war and destruction. The seemingly senseless becomes sensible through dream logic.
3 minutes
Written/Directed/Produced by Jazz Walker
After a long lonesome drive, a young man decides to take a rest stop only to find out he was never alone.
4 minutes
Written/Directed/Produced by Phil Bucci
Paul wakes feeling not quite his usual self. As he begins his day every step reveals he has a growing problem that there is only one solution for.
2 minutes
Written/Directed/Producer by Raymond Montemayor
This award-winning, 2-minute Star Wars fan film was produced for Lucasfilm’s #GoRogue contest shortly before the theatrical release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in December 2016. It takes the premise of Pixar’s Toy Story and places it in a live-action setting with stop-motion animated Star Wars toys to tell a touching story between a father and daughter.
2 minutes
Written/Directed by Jeff Draheim
The Snowman’s Hat is a simple and sweet stop-motion animation about the lengths a Snowman would take to retrieve his beloved top-hat.
3 minutes
Written/Directed by Luke Asa Guidici; Produced by Johny Wynn
After being sent to timeout, a mischievous boy’s trip to the basement leads to a monstrous revelation.
I’ve always been fascinated by the blurring of reality and fantasy and I wanted to explore that in Time To Eat. I started with the classic childhood fear of the “creepy basement” and then asked the question, “what if there really was a monster?” Then, I put my twist on it. Even though this is a horror film, it’s important that my protagonists are never victims. I like to empower my characters so they can rise above their struggles. Just like the main character—we’ve all got monsters in our basements we need to overcome.
4 minutes
Written/Produced by Chris Deir; Directed by Bryon E. Carson
An all-American family deals with the trials and tribulations of celebrating Christmas in a world overrun by zombies.
3 minutes
