Directed and Written by Terry Ziegelman; Produced by Lia Abbate
In Bob’s dead-end job, the end is only the beginning. Inspired by actual events, 9 to 5 Feet Under satirically explores the humanity–or lack thereof–of the corporate world, when a hapless co-worker unexpectedly dies in his cubicle.
11 minutes
Directed and Written by Emily Soppe
When a girl works up the courage to ask out the cute guy at the bar, she gets more than she bargained for.
4 minutes
Directed and Written by Charles Jofre; Produced by Francisco Jiménez Céspedes
Sebastián is a retired superhero who lives alone in a small apartment. He leads a quiet life and it has been years since he last used his superpowers, but an unexpected visit puts his world in danger.
11 minutes
Directed by Larry Ziegelman; Written by Larry Ziegelman and Doug Manley; Produced by Leigh Jones
Introducing your new lady to your parents can be an interesting experience — or it can be awkward, painfully intense, and totally uncalled-for.
5 minutes
Directed by Peter Campbell and Thomas Campbell; Written by Thomas Campbell; Produced by Trip Hope
A man slowly realizes he’s trapped in a copy of a made-for-TV melodrama.
16 minutes
Directed, Written, and Produced by Kristofer Seppälä
A coffee shop owner finds out his reckless friend has indebted him to a vicious female loan shark.
13 minutes
Directed by Trevor Addie; Written by Cassandra Ebner; Produced by Trevor Addie, Irma Leong, Chris Webb, Jason Fischer, and Kimani Ray Smith
Fired from the bookstore, Angela finds herself thrust into a new job beta-testing the most cutting edge of virtual reality systems. This new job is Angela’s to finally make her mother, Meredith, proud. But the lines between success and failure blur when Angela’s cascading failures in VR become a worldwide hit. Now known as the “Fail Girl”, Angela must hide her less-than-ideal global fame from her mother. This never-before gamer sets out to balance the rules of her signed contract as well as her life inside and outside of the game.
16 minutes
Directed and Written by Mark Hosack; Produced by Brad Walker
Two would-be criminals buried up to their necks in the desert must outwit a dangerous lawman before the real killer arrives. Anything goes in this darkly comic, supernatural thriller, shot entirely on location in the Mojave desert – a film where Casper and Henry have nothing but their wits, or lack thereof, to survive.
13 minutes
Directed by Jingjue Li; Written by Jingjue Li and Jonas Schuback; Produced by Yining Xu
Bella’s wife goes missing the same day a white chicken appears in her home. Coincidence? Bella’s cuckoo-pants therapist says no.
15 minutes
Directed by Matt McGahren; Written by Walt Guthrie; Produced by Ritu Bansal
A hard-boiled detective discovers his charming town is hiding a semi-monstrous secret.
8 minutes
Directed by Ayesha Adamo; Written by Ayesha Adamo and Vin Scialla; Produced by Ayesha Adamo and Vin Scialla
Hans von Kleinenberg and Hans Gambino are The Prototypes: the trailblazing founders of I.F.E (Intelligent Feline Electronica). But they weren’t always on top of the world, bringing cat music to the masses. In fact, they used to be in a metal band, didn’t speak with German accents, and lost a band member to spontaneous combustion. We Are The Prototypes is a deeper look at the band that rose from the rubble of the twenty-first century music industry to achieve cat video fame.
14 minutes
