Written by Sam Koji Hale; Directed by Sam Koji Hale, Ekaterina Sedia; Produced by Adamo P. Cultraro, Sultan Saeed Al Darmaki, Mallory O’Meara
An automated girl and tortoise warrior journey with a band of outlaws on an incredible quest. Their one hope is to find a legendary relic to defeat a sinister mechanized army and save the creatures of their world.
95 minutes
Directed by Yazel, Paisley Hansen; Produced by John B Ludwick
Synopsis: The film follows Agent Bird, a secret agent, as he works to retrieve a case left my an informant outside a cafe. The dead drop doesn’t go as planned and Agent Bird is forced to improvise.
2 minutes
Written by: Brad Kennedy, Luke Pilgrim, Ryan Littmann; Directed/Produced by Luke Pilgrim, Brad Kennedy
An origami-obsessed nerd with chronic flatulence attempts to cure his disorder with anti-fart pills in order to date the hottest girl at the office. He ultimately discovers that being comfortable in his own skin is more important than trying to be someone he’s not.
9 minutes
Written by Lorcan Reilly; Directed by Alberto Corredor; Produced by Carter Pilcher
After a life-changing event, Kevin is haunted by grief and has questions that only the recently deceased can answer. His search takes him to the most unremarkable of locations, a grotty storage room at the back of a rundown pub. However, what he finds there is anything but unremarkable. He is introduced to Baghead, a shape-shifting witch who can channel the dead in a most unusual manner and maybe provide Kevin with the answers he seeks.
15 minutes
Written/Directed by Rebecca Raymond; Produced by Kennikki Jones-Jones
Ellie wants nothing more than to be invited to join the most popular club in high school – the math club. So, when the club finally accepts her, she’s ecstatic. But, when Ellie discovers the club is secretly a satanic cult, she must decide whether popularity is worth killing for.
7 minutes
Written by Emma Coats, Sarah K. Reimers; Directed by Sarah K. Reimers; Produced by Kim Donovan
Under a full-moon, lives are forever altered when a mysterious and violent encounter sends a dog on a night of adventure and possibility. Meanwhile, his lonesome owner goes out on the hunt, only to find her prey unexpectedly closer to home. A supernatural, genre-defying tale.
10 minutes
Written by Anthony Cousins; Directed by Anthony Cousins, John Karsko; Produced by Anthony Cousins, Tom Busch
The kids at Camp Nawgonamakit are about to find out the tragic tale of Squirt Reynolds is more than just a legend.
7 minutes
Written/Produced/Directed by Hazhir As’adi
After occurring some events for the scarecrow, scarecrow becomes human.
7 minutes
Directed by James Sugrue; Produced by Ben Kalina, Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski
Bluehilda is raring to get out into the real world, but first she’s pretty hungry… She decides to hunt the ever-elusive Copper-back Raboon for dinner, and is dying to test her ten years of magical training in order to catch it. However, Francis flies off into the deadly Furest alone, and Bluehilda must go after him. She gets an even bigger test of her magic than she anticipated when her precious pug bat is caught by the Unbearables! Bluehilda must face the deadly trio of witch hunters in order to save Francis! Will Bluehilda be up to the test? Or will Francis end up as a trophy?
8 minutes
Written/Directed by Sanjay F Sharma; Produced by Sanjay F. Sharma, Trip Hope, David Eberts, John Lipsz, Marc Côté, Artashes Toumanov
On a future Earth transformed into a planetary ghetto by alien overlords, Dawkins, a cop-turned-pickpocket, tracks down a missing child about to be sold to the ‘Boogeys.’ The encounter will determine the child’s fate and his redemption.
15 minutes
Written/Directed/Produced by Marco Bossow, Andy Brown
A squad of Stormtroopers, en-route to deliver a high-value rebel prisoner is shot down, marooning them deep in the jungles of Yavin 4. After regrouping they head to an extraction point where they’ll be able to escape from the planet and complete their mission. Though resistance on this particular moon is far from what is used to be, the squad’s journey eventually delivers them into a meticulously planned ambush. Bucketheads is a short Star Wars Fan Film that blurs the line between good and evil. Though their leaders may be corrupt, who exactly are these warriors under the Imperial armor?
12 minutes
Written/Directed by Gabe Souza; Produced by Jamie Blackband
After a rebellious young girl is left home alone, an eerie robot manages to break into her home. She immediately implements a plan to destroy the robot until realizing that it’s just looking for help. Now Mia must make up for her misjudgment and learn from her mistake.
8 minutes
Written/Directed/Produced by Megan Brennan
Crossing is the story of a young griffon-like creature named Blue who was born with one wing that is too small. Blue must get across a deep canyon order to leave the cave where he hatched, but his little wing makes it impossible for him to fly across.
2 minutes
Directed by Robert Walkine
Proverb “You must fish, cut bait, or get out of the boat!” To put food on the table, a father and son duo must venture out to sea to catch some fish. Cut Bait is an animated short that examines an estranged father son relationship with the comedic aspect of a Bahamian folklore. Audience members young and old will appreciate the morals and lessons to be learnt from this visually-stylized interpretation of an old Bahamian proverb about taking up space in a boat.
3 minutes
Written by Chance White, Todd Jacobs; Directed by Chance White; Produced by Chance White, Todd Jacobs, Tom Pritchard, Jessica Henderson
In a not too distant future, an inmate at a mysterious prison must fight to unlock her mind in order to find the key to her escape.
20 minutes
Written/Directed by Anthony R. Williams; Produced by Sarah Giroux, Dorian Weinzimmer, Anthony R. Williams
They took away his memory and his life, but gave him something worse in death. Now he must embrace the monster he’s become to regain his humanity.
15 minutes
Written by Daniel Garcia, Sydney Clara Brafman; Directed by Daniel Garcia; Produced by Kathryn Henderson , Jonathan Federico
When Angela arrives to her latest babysitting gig, no one is there to greet her. She is buzzed into the home and enters with trepidation. The mom calls the house phone reassuring Angela and giving her instructions. After the call, Angela heads upstairs to check on Matteo, the little boy she was hired to look after. She finds Matteo scared and alone and despite her best efforts to calm him down and get him to bed, Matteo won’t go to sleep. He can’t. El Cuco is hungry and he needs to be fed. El Cuco is Hungry is a modern interpretation of the Latin American folktale about a dark, shapeless monster that appears out of nowhere to kidnap and eat children who disobey their parents and don’t fall asleep.
13 minutes
Written by Brian Pace, Hunter Cressall; Directed by Hunter Cressall; Produced by David Woods, Phil Sutton, Brian Pace, Hunter Cressall
Gunfights, pugilism, flying gunships? All in a day’s work for TR, a young and adventurous ‘trouble shooter’ making his way through the Western Territories. But when he crosses paths with a gang of oddball thugs his adventures take a turn for the weird. Throw in a marginally sane scientist, a British royal and an airship tycoon with global ambitions and you have a volatile mix of action, comedy and clanking mechanical menace. Engines of Destiny spins a tale of action, comedy and imagination in a world that never quite happened.
49 minutes
Written/Directed/Produced by Andrew Racho
Andrew peruses the Internet and, with one click, makes one of the most embarrassing mistakes of his life. And if anything, it’ll get you looking up what a runner rug is. This is part of Andrew’s ongoing project Convenience Store Diet, featuring comics and cartoons about the failures of adulthood.
5 minutes
Written by Erin Gordon, Conor Burke, Larry Ziegelman; Directed by Larry Ziegelman; Produced by Aaron Gang, Jane Morson, Larry Ziegelman
After an evening of striking out with the guys during “Cosplay Night””, Abby decides to help a fellow geek by giving him some advice at meeting the opposite sex.
6 minutes
