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Prayers From Pelham

Producer: Lane Skye; Director/Writer: Ruckus Skye

Aaron returns to his hometown to find his ailing Aunt Enid only has a few days left.  His problems escalate when the town busybody spreads the word that Enid will take prayers straight to God for anyone who asks.  As the house fills with people anxious for Enid’s service, Aaron is torn between controlling the situation and dealing with the loss of his Aunt.  In this charmingly innocent comedy, we see that things rarely happen the way we set out and usually it’s for the best.

27 min
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Portrait of a Zombie

Producers/Writers: Robert Paraguassu, Bradley Bailey Director: Paraguassu

A touching and informative short documentary chronicling the life of an adolescent zombie growing up in suburbia. It’s tough being a teenage zombie, but few have examined how difficult it is for the rest of the family. This is a deeply sentimental story that speaks to the heart, not the…brain…

9 min
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Pirates Vs. Ninjas

Producer: Graham Moore; Director/Writer: Ben Epstein

Arrr! In 1505, the Ninjas trapped the Pirates in the legendary mists of the Bermuda Triangle. But now, a break in the Triangle’s spell has allowed a single Pirate to escape—unaged after 500 years. When this anachronistic Pirate washes to the shores of New York City, he is lost in a time and place he does not understand. Meanwhile, the last remaining Ninja in New York, her true identity a secret, senses the return of her natural enemy, and the two come together for a final battle. But as blades clash, romantic sparks fly. Will love win out, or will nature take its course? Place ye bets!

8 min
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Pee Shy

Producer: Leslie M. Evers; Director: Deb Hagan; Writer: Kathy Hepinstall

A boy becomes so frightened by his scout leader’s campfire stories that he humiliates himself one night, and becomes the object of the scout leader’s vicious humor….until the troop encounters something truly terrifying in the woods. Starring Riley Kershaw, Nick Offerman, Pat Finn.

15 min
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One For The Road

Producer/Director/Writer: Stephen Wenman

It is a rainy night in an unnamed metropolis, when a salesman (Brad Fisher) walks into a deserted bar to drown his sorrows. With the friendly bartender (Barry A Stigler) as his only company for the night, the man confesses his sins of an extra-marital affair, and expresses his hope of making one last sale in the city. As the night progresses, a mutual enjoyment of drinking and smoking develops into a deadly battle of wits as these two seemingly unconnected individuals uncover a common web of deceit. Plot twists and misdirection make One For The Road an atmospheric film noir with a dark, humorous bent.

15 min
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Morphin(e)

Producer: Jamie Millhoff, Director/Writer: Alex Ranarivelo

Ex-con Jack Norris has cleaned up, gotten a real job and even met a nice girl. One cold night, he falls asleep at the wheel of his car, with his wife besides him.

Jack wakes up in a hospital and realizes he’s been in an accident and that his wife is in critical condition. As he slowly goes in and out of consciousness, under the spell of morphine, he thinks he sees a nurse euthanize another patient.  When Jack tries to tell the doctors what he saw, no one believes him. Fearing for the safety of his wife, Jack decides to take matters into his own hands.

20 min
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Means To An End

Producers/Directors/Writers: Paul Solet, Jake Hamilton

Pete and Jasper are two horror-crazed special effects artists with big aspirations and a unique philosophy about their beloved genre: Horror needs special effects that are REAL.

When they find themselves ostracized by the mainstream industry as a result of their unorthodox techniques, they set out to make their own film, starring themselves. Production is a bloodbath. Battered, bruised and slashed, Pete and Jasper cut together an excellent film and set forth on a quest for distribution. But they remain blacklisted. No one is willing to take a chance. Finally, they find one executive willing to take on their film, under one condition—they must find a climax that KILLS….

14 min
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Little Dead Girl

Director: Lee Lanier

Ah, the trials and tribulations of being dead. A dead girl attempts to travel from the grave to a rock concert, befriending strange creatures along the way. Music by the Bronx Casket Co.

5 min
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Lightman

Producer/Director: Jun-heon Oh

Although he lives with an Alarm clock, Lightman has a flaw in his character; he always oversleeps. It doesn’t help that he has a bad memory.  Once he wakes it is time to rush, and nothing can get in his way, because without him, the show can’t go on.

2 min
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LEGION: The Word Made Flesh

Producer/Director: Robert Sexton , Writers: Sexton, Steven Dandois

A man of the cloth who has lost his faith tries to help an anguished mother free her daughter from an ancient demonic curse. But it is a nearly impossible task as they are lost in an occult underground where nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted.

23 min
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Latchkey

Producer/Director: Sean Olson, Writers: Steve Weiser, Deborah Setele

A divorced parent always too busy working, a son who craves his mom’s attention; “Latchkey” is a psychological thriller that explores the dynamic of the broken home. Observed by a child predator, Danny causes schoolyard fights and breaks into custodial rooms. He is moving toward the wrong path in life. When confronted by a dignified adult with these life issues, Danny blows off that person’s positive advice, which leads him to his impending doom—a killer’s silent avocation.

12 min
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Knights in the Enchanted Museum

Producer/Director/Writer: Jonathan Bird

Every night at midnight, Thomas and Simon, two medieval suits of armor, come to life and explore the museum in which they are displayed. The museum is constantly growing with new wings and exhibits, and it is enchanted. Often the new displays are just some broken old pottery from long before their time, but every now and then, an exhibit comes along and completely catches Thomas and Simon by surprise. This night is such a night. They run across several very interesting exhibits, and more importantly, they discover that they aren’t the only ones who are enchanted in the museum.

6 min
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It’s About Time

Producer/Director/Writer: Jerry Rector

Tick, tick, tick.  Time is not on the side of a captive.  Tick.  And as the torturer comes, time only becomes worse. Tick.  For the sadist has a way, he has a way of making a prisoner…

1 min
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Into The Maelstrom

Producer: Marc Ferrero; Director: Peter Sullivan; Writer: Benjamin Sztajnkrycer

Responding to a distress signal on board the long-lost vessel The Maelstrom, two detectives make a shocking discovery: the crew has been brutally slaughtered. The only survivor is a frightened boy who might be the key to finding the killer.

Into The Maelstrom was produced for the 48 Hour Film Project, a competition where teams are given forty-eight hours to write, shoot, and edit a short film between four and seven minutes long.  Starring Eric Etebari, Bru Muller, Jesse Walker.

8 min
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Imperial Chopper

Producers/Director: Cristofer Adrian; Writer: Johnathan Simmons

It is a time of prosperity for the Empire. Swoop Bikes are all the craze for high ranking officials seeking a symbol of status and prestige. Sith County Choppers (S.C.C.) specialize in custom-built bikes for anyone who can pay the price.

In this episode The Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader, comes to the crew of S.C.C. to build his personal Swoop Bike. Sparks fly, tempers flare and employees die as the colorful crew build the ultimate swoop bike under the pressure of the Dark Lord.

15 min
by Film Fest Admin

Illume

Producer/Director: Jason Gottlieb

There is a pool of light that sits atop a cliff which is the life-force of two robots and the downfall of a smoke cat. In order to move freely and leave the shadows the cat must block off the robots’ access to the light. Likewise, the robots must have access to the light or they will perish. While the robots possess some of the light in their lantern they have a defense against the cats attacks; but when their light runs out will they be able to stop the cat before it destroys them?

6 min
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Ignoble

Producer/Director/Writer: Murray Triplett

A legendary soldier returns from a mission to recover an artifact that may save his people. But he returns to betrayal and a greater threat in the shadows. A young priest must find his courage to save the artifact from slipping away, as all who surround him become victims to the evil that now haunts them.

20 min
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I am Stamos

Producers: Robert Peters, Alex Eastburg; Director: Rob Meltzer; Writers: Eastburg, Meltzer

There’s only one John Stamos…and his name is Andy Shrub. When character actor Andy Shrub makes a wish to look like a leading man, he magically begins to photograph as John Stamos, provoking the unholy wrath of Stamos. Starring: Robert Peters, John Stamos.

18 min
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Herbie!

Producer/Writer: Chris McKinley; Director/Writer: Drew Barnhardt

Meet Herbie Duck. He’s nice. Well meaning. He likes people. But he has a problem. A big one. He doesn’t want to do what he does. At least, not so much. He wants what we all want, to be happy. And he’d like someone to be happy with. Herbie meets Rosie. She’s young. Too young. Rosie is looking for her lost mother. Herbie is looking for Rosie. She might be Herbie’s last chance, or his next victim. Who’s to say? Not Herbie. He doesn’t say much. Starring Reggie DeMorton, Gena Shaw.

19 min