CONTENTS 3 LETTER OF WELCOME 36 NEW MEDIA 4 SCHEDULE 38 ANIMATION 8 FEATURE FILMS 42 SCREENPLAY FINALISTS 14 SHORT FILMS 44 AWARDS NOMINEES 32 MUSIC VIDEOS 46 AREA TO DO LIST

IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I WELCOME YOU TO THE FOURTH ANNUAL FILMQUEST, HERE IN MY HOMETOWN OF BEAUTIFUL PROVO, UTAH, UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF THE GLORIOUS WASATCH MOUNTAINS.

THE FILMS AND SCREENPLAYS CONTAINED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING PAGES REPRESENT THE PASSIONS, SWEAT, TEARS, AND DREAMS OF LITERALLY THOU- SANDS OF ARTISTS, EACH HAVING CREATED UNIQUE STORIES, WORLDS, AND VISIONS THAT YOU WILL FIND TO BE UNFORGETTABLE. THEIR FILMS WILL CHILL AND THRILL YOU, MAKE YOU LAUGH OUT LOUD, OR EVEN CRY. HOWEV- ER, THESE ARTISTS ARE NOT “JUST” FILMMAKERS.

THEY ARE SORCERERS.

FOR THEM, MAGIC IS REAL. THE IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE. THEIR DREAMS ARE REALITIES, AND FOR SOME, THE NIGHTMARES WERE BELIEVED AND BROUGHT INTO OUR PLANE OF EXISTENCE. HERE AT FILMQUEST, THE TIME HAS COME FOR THEM TO WEAVE THEIR SPELLS UPON YOU, FOR THEY ARE THE LAST RE- MAINING SHOWMEN AND WOMEN, DESCENDENTS OF P.T. BARNUM HIMSELF.

YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO JOIN US ON THIS UNIQUE JOURNEY INTO THE FANTASTIC A FOURTH TIME. THERE ARE REALMS OF WONDER THAT AWAIT YOU HERE, AND DAZZLING SPECTACLES UNDREAMED OF. NOW IS THE TIME TO JOIN TOGETHER AND BUILD A FILM FESTIVAL UNLIKE ANY OTHER, WHERE “WE” IS MORE POWERFUL THAN “ME.” FILMQUEST IS YOURS JUST AS MUCH AS IT IS MINE, FOR TOGETHER WE ARE FILMQUEST.

I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR MANY ADVENTURES TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE, WHERE THE SECOND STAR TO THE RIGHT HAS LEAD US HERE, STANDING SIDE BY SIDE, INTO OUR UNIQUE CITY OF PROVO, UTAH.

SINCERELY, JONATHAN MARTIN FOUNDER & DIRECTOR, FILMQUEST THANK YOU TO OUR 2017 SPONSORS

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TICKET INFORMATION 5:30 PM @ COVEY CENTER MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 4:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER 5:30 PM @ COVEY CENTER SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 General Admission: $8.00 FEATURE FILM 12:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER PANEL 5 FEATURE FILM 11:00 AM @ COVEY CENTER Student Ticket w/ID: $6.00 The Secret Garden (World Premiere) SHORTS BLOCK 7 “Larry Shapiro: Curvature (Utah Premiere) SHORTS BLOCK 11 Filmmaker VIP Pass: $100.00 w/ Girl of My Dreams, Solo “YOUR MOTHER TAUGHT CEO Ensemble Digital Studios” w/ Eldritch Code, Transit Conjunction “FIRST PERSON PERSPECTIVES” VIP Pass: $180.00 YOU BETTER” Back Into the Dark, Body Image, Buckets, VIP All-Access Pass: $250.00 7:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER Black Ring, Cold Storage, 5:30 PM @ COVEY CENTER 7:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER Do Not Lose, iMedium, Paul’s Bad Day, Princess Bride Screening: $10.00 BIG RED CARPET Dawn of the Deaf, Funeral Wake, SHORTS BLOCK 8 PRINCESS BRIDE RED CARPET Populace, Save, Synapse, The Faceless Man, Music In the Movies Concerts: $30, $40 & $50 Home Education, Mars IV, “UTAH DOES MORE THAN JELLO” THROWBACK THURSDAY OUTFITS The Incredible Tale of the All Panels Free to Public 8:30 PM @ COVEY CENTER Other People’s Heads, FilmQuest Express Films, Maggie, Pasghetti, Incredible Spider-Woman, FEATURE FILM Pollution of the Heart Raisin, The Inside, They Live Inside Us 8:30 PM @ COVEY CENTER Wandering Soul, Watch Me All Tickets available online or at the Muse (Utah Premiere) FEATURE FILM Covey Center for the Arts Box Office w/ Lolly, Sol, The Last Light 3:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER 8:30 PM @ COVEY CENTER The Princess Bride 1:30 PM @ COVEY CENTER www.coveycenter.org FEATURE FILM FEATURE FILM 30th Anniversary Screening SHORTS BLOCK 12 tickets.covey.center 10:30 PM @ MARRIOTT PROVO Dead Leaves (Utah Premiere) Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape w/ All the Marbles “FIRST PERSON PERSPECTIVES” OPENING WEEKEND PARTY w/ Studded Nightmare (Utah Premiere) Jules D., Mauvaises Têtes (Bad Heads), Velour Screening Tickets available online or at Open to Public w/ Ayre, Black Flag, Love Like Lies, 10:30 PM @ GOOD THYME EATERY Spiritus Lepus, The Ningyo, The Tinwife, the Covey Center Box Office or Velour Box Office 5:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER Vocabulary 1, Worm THROWBACK THURSDAY Three Skeleton Key SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 PANEL 4 PRINCESS BRIDE THEMED 10:30 AM @ COMMUNAL “Arrowstorm Entertainment: 10:30 PM @ VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE COSTUME/DANCE PARTY 4:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER Open to Public FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 FILMMAKER LUNCHEON Utah’s Leading Genre Production House” TUESDAY NIGHT PARTY/EVENT FEATURE FILM 1:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER Open to Public Open to Public Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse SIGN IN BEGINS 6:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 (Utah Premiere) 1:00 PM @ VELOUR MUSIC IN THE MOVIES CONCERT #1 11:00 AM @ COVEY CENTER w/Happy Anniversary, Hope 3:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 MUSIC VIDEOS & SHORTS BLOCK w/ Chelsie Hightower & Blade Runner: 35th Anniversary SHORTS BLOCK 1 2:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER “DANCE IT OUT AND THEN SOME” Salt Lake Pops Orchestra Live Film Analysis w/ Alex Nibley, 7:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER “START WITH A BANG” FEATURE FILM Atlas World, Back Track, with shorts Elixir, The Witching Hour Prof. Utah Valley University CLOSING NIGHT FEATURE FILM 2 AM, An Eldritch Place, Hostile (North American Premiere) Burning Pictures, Chanel Nø. 5, Dawn, Open to Publi& Free to Public Gnaw (World Premiere) Cold Process, Dead City, w/ A Father’s Day, The Plague Enchantment Under the Sea, Go to Sleep, 9:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER w/Feeding Time, Nibble Einstein-Rosen, I Am the Doorway, FEATURE FILM 2:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER God Came ‘Round, Happy, 4:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER Purple Dreams, Saurora, Stolen, Flora (North America Premiere) PANEL 8 9:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER I Can’t Be Your Superman, Inseparable, PANEL 6 Till Death, Xenophobia w/ Meow “Being A Minority Filmmaker in 2017: PRE-AWARDS RED CARPET Little Dude Anthem, Mechanism of Life, “Women and Filmmakign in 2017: Peaceful Life, Ragamuffin, Stories Upon Your Lips, FilmQuest Minority Filmmakers” 6:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER FilmQuest Female Filmmakers Take the Stage” Strobe and Noise, Take My Heart Away, 11:00 PM @ GETOUT GAMES moderated by Utah Film Commission 9:30 PM @ COVEY CENTER SHORTS BLOCK 2 MONDAY NIGHT PARTY/EVENT Commissioner Virigina Pierce CLOSING NIGHT AWARDS SHOW The World Ender, Wicked Game 5:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER “HELLO WORLD, HELLO UTAH” Open to Public Change, Connie, Entanglement, FEATURE FILM 4:00 PM @ VELOUR 3:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER 11:00 PM @ MARRIOTT PROVO Keep Off the Grass, No Caller I.D., Love & Saucers (Utah Premiere) PANEL 2 SHORTS BLOCK 9 CLOSING NIGHT PARTY/DINNER & Static, Stealth & Silence, The Loner, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 w/ Circles, FTL, UFO Days “Live Radio Show Podcast 2:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER “GRAB BAG” POST-AWARDS RED CARPET Unto Death, White Ghost Carved, Jouska, Legacy, Memoir, Presentation: Dimension” FEATURE FILM 8:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER Miss Beverly Hills Ghost, Nimmer, Domain (Utah Premiere) MUSIC IN THE MOVIES CONCERT #2 7:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER Paranormal Shopping Network, 5:00 PM @ VELOUR w/ Hum w/ Chelsie Hightower & RED CARPET - OPENING NIGHT Pendulum, Quitting Time, Special Forces, SHORTS BLOCK 5 Salt Lake Pops Orchestra “TRIPPED OUT ON BROWNIES” The Street Wizard’s Apprentice 8:30 PM @ COVEY CENTER with shorts Burden, The Black Cat Alternative Math, Breaker, OPENING NIGHT FEATURE FILM 5:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER Fluffernutter, G***ammit, 11:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER Dead Shack (Utah Premiere) PANEL 9 Is Anyone Listening – A Podcast Story, FEATURE FILM w/ Mouse “Film Festival Directors Panel: See You Yesterday, Table 51, Visitors, Replace (Utah Premiere) Wolf of Vengeance Everything You’ve Wanted to Ask” 10:30 PM @ BOMBAY HOUSE w/ Nail, Solved OPENING NIGHT DINNER PARTY 7:00 PM @ VELOUR 6:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER PANEL 3 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 FEATURE FILM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 “Raven Banner: 11:00 AM @ TBD Charismata (World Premiere) 11:30 AM @ COVEY CENTER Indie Genre Film Distributor” Dameon Clarke Voice Over Workshop w/ Alfred J Hemlock, SHORTS BLOCK 3 $200 Per Person, 15 person limit The Day of Awakening ANIMATED/FAMILY FILMS 8:00 PM @ VELOUR Bosatsu, Circe and the Boy, Detach, SHORTS BLOCK 6 11:00 AM @ COVEY CENTER 9:00 PM @ COVEY CENTER El Chevere, Equipoise, Hive, Hope, “STRANGE VISIONS, “WONDERS OF NEW MEDIA, DELIGHTS OF FEATURE FILM Jess & Dave Save the World, STRANGER ACTIONS” NEW WORLDS” The Glass Coffin Leonor’s Lullaby, Mor, Passage of Flick, Artificial White, Destroy Madrid, H.A.M., Aero: Origins, Afterlife, Burning Violins, (North America Premiere) Rainfall, Recursion, The Dark Kingdom Imbroglio, Kumal, Leviticus 24:20, Clever Girl, Don Jon Legacy, End Unsung, w/ Curve, Death Metal, Liz Drives, Native, Real Artists, The Hobbyist, Hada, Hanging, In This Economy, You Only Die Once 2:30 PM @ COVEY CENTER The Man from Death, Undefeated Mina Murray’s Journal, The Fantasmagori, SHORTS BLOCK 4 The Hunted: Origins, The Partitoned MIDNIGHT @ COVEY CENTER “TRICK OR TREAT” 11:00 PM @ 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CASETTE: A DOCUMENTARY MIXTAPE CHARISMATA Dead Shack Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse DIRECTOR: Zack Taylor DIRECTOR: Andy Collier, Tor Mian DIRECTOR: Peter Ricq CAST: Sarah Beck Mather, Jamie Satterthwaite, Andonis CAST: Matthew Nelson-Mahood, Taylor St. Pierre, USA / 2016 / 93 minutes Anthony, Ross Mullan, Johnny Vivash Donavon Stinson, Valerie Tian, Lizzie Boys, Lauren Holly DIRECTOR: Etta Devine & Gabriel Diani CAST: Etta Devine, Gabriel Diani, Barry Bostwick Where would musicians and music lovers be without the cassette? UNITED KINGDOM / 2017 / 96 minutes CANADA / 2017 / 82 minutes This feature-length DIY doc tells the story of a once-ubiquitous for- USA / 2016 / 90 MINUTES mat through one-on-one interviews with the inventor of the cassette, Rebecca Faraway fears she might be out of her depth. While staying at a run-down cabin in the woods during the weekend, Lou Ottens. 90 years old and still a stubborn progressive, Ottens three children must save their parents from the neighbor who intends When all power and communication systems mysteriously shut off, views the cassette as a perfect example of obsolescence and feels As a rookie detective struggling to fInd acceptance in a police depart- to feed them to her un-dead family. two comedians pack up their troubles and hit the road with their the same about himself as he lives out a secluded retirement in his ment defIned by a culture of bullying and intolerance, things go from trusty dog, Watson, and their miserable cat Mrs. Peel in search of a native Holland. bad to worse when the chief suspect in a series of brutal ritualistic RATING GUIDE: LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE safe haven to wait out the possible extinction event. murders takes a personal interest in her. Musicians and authors like Henry Rollins, Thurston Moore, Rob It’s like one of those old Bob Hope and Bing Crosby “Road to...” mov- Sheffeld, and many others oppose Ottens by making an emotional A game of cat and mouse ensues which sees Rebecca’s grasp on re- ies meets Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.” But funnier. case for music’s worst format. These colorful vignettes play out like ality beginning to spiral out of control, leading to a terrifying climax a mixtape, made to remind Ottens that the DIY ethos will never be where she needs to fIght for her sanity, her life and maybe even her obsolete. soul. RATINGS GUIDE: MILD LANGUAGE, MILD COMEDIC VIOLENCE

RATING GUIDE: LANGUAGE RATING GUIDE: LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE, SEXUALITY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 8:30 PM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 6:00 PM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 8:30 PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 4:00 PM

Curvature Dead Leaves Domain FLORA

DIRECTOR: Diego Hallivis DIRECTOR: Thierry Bouffard, Steve Landry, DIRECTOR: Nathaniel Atcheson DIRECTOR: Sasha Louis Vukovic CAST: Lyndsy Fonseca, Glenn Morshower, Linda Hamilton, Edouard A. Tremblay CAST: Britt Lower, Ryan Merriman, Sonja Sohn, CAST: Teresa Marie Doran, Sarie Mercer, Dan Lin, Noah Bean, Alex Lanipekun CAST: Roy Dupuis, Noemie O’Farrell, Beth Grant, William Gregory Lee, Nick Gomez Caleb Noel, Miles G. Jackson, William Aaron Audrey Rancourt-Lessard, Philippe Racine USA / 2017 / 91 minutes USA / 2016 / 98 minutes CANADA / 2017 / 105 minutes CANADA / 2016 / 103 minutes A mind-bending, time travel sci-fi drama about an engineer who trav- After a deadly virus wipes out most of humanity, the survivors are In the spring of 1929 - at the end of a golden age of exploration - an els back in time to stop herself from committing a murder. Five years after an economic catastrophe, the government and banks forced to wait alone in self-sustaining bunkers while the viral threat expedition of Ivy League University Botanists enter an uncharted for- have collapsed. Rural Quebec has come to resemble the Wild West. runs its course. Able to communicate through a networked video est on the North American frontier. Tasked to study the native flora, RATING GUIDE: MILD LANGUAGE At a fortified village, the only strangers admitted are those with interface, the survivors wait for years and slowly become a motley the students unearth an ancient organism and are soon pitted into a something to trade, or valuable skills. family of sorts. But their fragile social ecosystem is shattered when, match with nature, where they must use their limited resources to one by one, they start mysteriously disappearing from their bunkers. understand, survive and escape the wild and terrifying forest that The surrounding areas have become a no man’s land, home to out- surrounds them. casts and malefactors. The stage is set for three individuals with very RATING GUIDE: different pasts to see their destinies unwillingly intertwined. RATING GUIDE: MILD VIOLENCE & MILD BLOOD

RATING GUIDE: LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 5:30 PM MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 3:00 PM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2:00 PM MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 9:00 PM

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GNAW HOSTILE REPLACE THE GATEWAY

DIRECTOR: Haylar Garcia DIRECTOR: Mathieu Turi DIRECTOR: Norbert Keil DIRECTOR: John V. Soto CAST: Penelope Mitchell, Kyle Gass, Chris Johnson, CAST: Brittany Ashworth, Gregory Fitoussi, CAST: Rebecca Forsythe, Lucie Aron, CAST: Jacqueline McKenzie, Myles Pollard Sally Kirkland Javier Botet Barbara Crampton, Sean Knopp AUSTRALIA / 2017 / 90 minutes USA / 2017 / 99 minutes FRANCE / 2017 / 83 minutes GERMANY / 2017 / 101 minutes A particle physicist grieving over the loss of her husband in a car crash Jennifer Conrad is a small-town girl starting over in the big city. Flee- Juliette, a lone survivor of an apocalyptic era, fIghts to survive against Young and beautiful Kira is afFLicted with a strange disease: her skin uses a revolutionary machine to travel to a parallel world to fInd him ing an abusive relationship, all she wants is a chance to begin again. hunger, thirst, a broken leg, and strange disturbing creatures that only starts to age rapidly, dry out and crumble away. When she discovers again, with dire consequences for her family. But it is hard to start over when something is eating you while you come out at nighttime. that she can replace her own skin with somebody else’s, she has to sleep . . . one painful bite at a time. choose: watch her own body wither and die - or give in to tempta- RATING GUIDE: MILD VIOLENCE, MILD LANGUAGE RATING GUIDE: LANGUAGE, MONSTER VIOLENCE tioN... whatever the price. RATING GUIDE: MILD LANGUAGE, MONSTER SCARES RATING GUIDE: LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE, SEXUALITY

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 7:00 PM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2:00 PM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 11:00 PM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2:00 PM

LOVE & SAUCERS MUSE THE GLASS COFFIN THE PRINCESS BRIDE

DIRECTOR: Brad Abrahams DIRECTOR: John Burr DIRECTOR: Haritz Zubillaga DIRECTOR: Rob Reiner CAST: Riley Egan, Elle Evans, Kate Mansi, CAST: Paola Bontempi CAST: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sa- USA / 2017 / 66 minutes Lou Ferrigoo Jr. randon, Wallace Shaw, Andre the Giant SPAIN / 2016 / 77 minutes The strange story of David Huggins, a 72 year-old Hoboken man who USA / 2017 / 88 minutes USA / 1987 / 98 minutes claims to have had a lifetime of encounters with otherworldly beings Dressed for the occasion in an elegant evening outfIt, Amanda steps - including an interspecies romance with an extra-terrestrial woman A painter’s life is forever changed when a mythical and deadly spirit into the huge luxury limousine waiting to take her to the gala ceremo- While home sick in bed, a young boy’s grandfather reads him a story (with whom he lost his virginity to), and chronicled it all in surreal from Celtic lore becomes his muse and lover. ny where she is due to receive a lifetime award for a career in acting. called “The Princess Bride.” impressionist paintings, few of which have ever been seen. RATING GUIDE: LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE, SEXUALITY Suddenly the glass in the windows goes dark, Amanda’s phone is What ensues is a tale of pirates, giants, rodents of unusual size, Filmed in an intimate, nonjudgemental style, Love and Saucers lets jammed and she can’t open any of the doors. A strange voice, tells swaschbuckling adventure, and true love. David tell his story, and in turn lets the audience decide what is fact, her not to try to break the windows. She will not succeed, it says; the fIction, and everything in-between. voice has thought of everything. She would be better just to accept A special 30th Anniversary presentation of the beloved film with that she is trapped inside. The time has come, the show is about to some fun twists during the screening to make it new again. Come RATING GUIDE: SEXUALITY begin... dressed up and celebrate this fairytale classic.

RATING GUIDE: LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE, SEXUALITY RATING GUIDE: ALL AUDIENCES

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THE SECRET GARDEN VIDAR THE VAMPIRE

DIRECTOR: Owen Smith DIRECTOR: Thomas Aske Berg, Fredrik Waldeland CAST: Erin Leigh Bushko, Glennellen Anderson, CAST: Thomas Aske Berg, Brigt Skrettingland, Amanda Waters, Sacha Dzuba, Mark Ashworth Kim Sonderholm, Marit Sanden

USA / 2017 / 90 minutes NORWAY / 2017 / 83 minutes

When her parents are lost in a tragic airship accident, Mary Len- Vidar Haarr is a 33 year old farmer stuck in a small, Christian com- nox must seek comfort in the strange and forgotten world of Mis- munity where he lives and works on his mother’s farmstead, day in selthwaite factory while investigating the hidden family secrets that and day out. Fed up with his monotonous lifestyle, Vidar prays to lie within. the Lord to save him and give him a life filled with debauchery and freedom of choice. Experience the magical world of The Secret Garden as never before in this beautifully FIlmed steampunk-inspired production of the classic Unfortunately, The Lord answers his prayer and turns Vidar into a tale. whoremongering vampire. However, one should be careful about what one wishes for. The grass isn’t always greener on the other side. RATING GUIDE: ALL AUDIENCES RATING GUIDE: LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE, SEXUALITY

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2 AM A FATHER’S DAY A Knock at the door BANSHEE BESTIA BLACK RING

DIRECTOR: Huseyin Hassan DIRECTOR: Mat Johns DIRECTOR: Katrina Rennells, DIRECTOR: Adam O’Brien DIRECTOR: Gigi Saul Guerrero DIRECTOR: Hasan Can Dagli AUSTRALIA / 2016 / 16 minutes UK / 2016 / 10 minutes Wendie Weldon CANADA / 2017 / 13 minutes CANADA / 2017 / 8 minutes TURKEY / 2016 / 15 minutes USA / 2016 / 8 minutes Alex awakens in his quarters to find a white Today is special. Apocalypse or not. While she was under the supervision of her We follow the lone survivor of a disaster A group of people organizes a special event rabbit beside his bed who then suddenly Moments after a bloodcurdling scream big sister, Olivia got lost into the woods as he awakens on a deserted beach. It be- in an abandoned mansion. hops through a closed door. Scared and fas- Unexpectedly reunited with his daughter disrupts Nick’s normally peaceful neigh- overnight and got back with something dif- comes clear that there are more dangers cinated by how the rabbit got into his room amongst the ruins of the world as they borhood, a frantic knocking at his door ferent. She didn’t come back alone. lurking in the woods than a hungry beast. and out through a closed door, Alex gets up knew it, a father is determined to make this triggers events that unknowingly alter his and leaves his room to follow the rabbit. day special, even if they are already dead. fate forever. What he witnesses we will see through our own eyes. FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 3:30 PM WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 2:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 11:00 PM FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, MIDNIGHT FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, MIDNIGHT MONDAY, SEPT. 11, 12:00 PM

alfred j hemlock all the marbles alternative math BODY IMAGE BORN OF SIN BREAKER

DIRECTOR: Edward Lyons DIRECTOR: Michael Swingler DIRECTOR: David Maddox DIRECTOR: Kim Garland DIRECTOR: William Boodell DIRECTOR: Philippe McKie AUSTRALIA / 2017 / 14 minutes USA / 2017 / 17 minutes USA / 2017 / 9 minutes USA / 2017 / 3 minutes USA / 2017 / 9 minutes CANADA / 2017 / 11 minutes

When Emily’s boyfriend abandons her in In a magical world where marbles are as A well meaning math teacher finds herself A woman is tormented by her compulsion A loving, though alcoholic, father leaves his In tomorrow’s Tokyo, the technological- the night, her only way home is through precious as gold, a timid boy named Jami- trumped by a post-fact America. to stay thin. eight-year-old daughter in their car while ly-enhanced body of a young mercenary an alleyway where she is terrorised by the son wins the most valuable marble of them he enters a bar for a drink. Little do either hacker is overrun by a sentient data weap- mysterious entity Alfred J Hemlock. all. When a villainous bully named Wolf de- of them know what awaits her. on. Wanted, the parasitic A.I becomes her cides to snatch his favorite marble, the boy only ally as she is chased across the city by challenges him to an epic match that could those seeking to salvage it. cost him much more than he expected.

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an eldritch place artiFicial white BACK TRACK BUCKETS BURDEN CARVED

DIRECTOR: Julien Jauniaux DIRECTOR: Federico de Manachino DIRECTOR: Virgil Widrich DIRECTOR: Julia Jones DIRECTOR: Johnny Cullen DIRECTOR: Mary Russell BELGIUM / 2016 / 17 minutes UK / 2016 / 13 minutes AUSTRIA / 2015 / 7 minutes USA / 2016 / 14 minutes IRELAND / 2017 / 4 minutes USA / 2015 / 12 minutes

When Abdel accepts a night watchman job In a brothel where women are customizable A 7-minute 3D-remix of feature films from A girl learns the brutal sacrifices it takes to A young celtic warrior carries her father to An inmate’s satanic soul starts possessing for Francis, he’ll soon discover his obscure robots, Adam falls in love with one of them. the 1950s and 60s which were projected satisfy her love. safety until she encounters an old enemy. innocent people on the road to Las Vegas. secret. Unfortunately, her memory is erased at the on glass and rephotographed in stereo- end of every session. scopic 3D with a photo camera.

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CHANGE CHEESE FRIES CIRCE AND THE BOY DEAD CITY DEATH METAL DESTROY MADRID

DIRECTOR: Daniel Romero DIRECTOR: Joe Zerull DIRECTOR: Thomas Rowe DIRECTOR: Myriam Destephen DIRECTOR: Chris McInroy DIRECTOR: Joseba Alfaro SPAIN / 2016 / 10 minutes USA / 2017 / 6 minutes UK / 2016 / 15 minutes FRANCE / 2017 / 8 minutes USA / 2016 / 5 minutes SPAIN / 2016 / 10 minutes

Victor and Ana are enjoying their holidays Small town waitress uses her customers as Circe, an ill-tempered witch with a mysteri- In a world where death no longer exists, a A metalhead gets passed down a satanic Madrid, 2030. In a world ravaged by the at an idyllic lake. After having a huge row, collateral damage when fending off would ous past lives a life of solitude deep in the young cop, William MacCamey, takes three guitar that riffs to shreds. fight between goverments and citizens, the girl walks away into the forest. When be robbers. woods. That is until a curious young Boy bullets while chasing a criminal. Unable to one member of the resistance has got a he decides to go and look for her, Victor stumbles across her and ruins everything. die, he learns what is the life of a walking mysterious device that can finally end the finds out that a man, hidden behind the dead in a segregationist society. war. Will he escape from the drones that trees, is watching him. guard the city?

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CIRCLES COLD PROCESS COLD STORAGE DO NOT LOSE EINSTEIN-ROSEN EL CHEVERE

DIRECTOR: Dean Puckett DIRECTOR: William Pisciotta DIRECTOR: Thomas Freundlich DIRECTOR: Shilpi Shikha Agrawal DIRECTOR: Olga Osorio DIRECTOR: Tony Reames UK / 2015 / 15 minutes USA / 2016 / 11 minutes FINLAND / 2016 / 9 minutes USA / 2016 / 5 minutes SPAIN / 2016 / 9 minutes USA / 2016 / 3 minutes

A pair of paranormal investigators discover An inside look at the Porter and Porter Cos- A short dance film that pays homage to the A lonely late night at the coin laundry goes Summer of 1982. Teo claims he has found a Down south they only whisper his name. A a string of crop circles around their small metics Company. virtuosic physical performances and melan- wrong. -- Pay attention, Mona. wormhole. His brother Óscar does not be- stranger comes to town to stop a mythical town of Totnes, Devon. Will they be the choly comedy of the classic silent screen. lieve him... at least not for now. creature known only as “El Chevere.” first to gather evidence of extraterrestrial On a desolate arctic shore, a lonely fisher- life and prove the world wrong, or are Andy man discovers his prehistoric counterpart and Martine the real Aliens? frozen in the ice, and thaws him out as his newfound soul brother.

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CONNIE CURVE DAWN OF THE DEAF ELDRITCH CODE ELIXIR EMMA

DIRECTOR: Cat Davies DIRECTOR: Tim Egan DIRECTOR: Rob Savage DIRECTOR: Ivan Radovic DIRECTOR: Justin Staggs DIRECTOR: Daniel Limmer UK / 2016 / 20 minutes AUSTRALIA / 2016 / 10 minutes UK / 2016 / 12 minutes SWEDEN / 2017 / 10 minutes USA / 2016 / 5 minutes AUSTRIA / 2017 / 8 minutes

Wannabe stand-up Dolly Diggs suffers Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high When a strange sound infects the hearing A dedicated IT-guy must stop a computer A gifted young Sorceress named Elixir re- The story of a female documentary film- from stage fright. To overcome her fear, she above a sentient abyss, a girl tries to cover population, a small group of Deaf people virus from spreading, unaware about the lentlessly battles against a toxic darkness maker who’s revealing the mystery of her plans to become a ventriloquist and thinks the few feet back to safety without losing must band together to survive. cosmic horrors he is about to release. for the fate of The Great Garden - her for- husband’s idiosyncratic birthplace, Muhr she’s found just the puppet to help. Enter purchase and falling to her death. est world. But can she endure a duel with in Austria, where a giant wooden totem bold, brassy, sassy and sickening, the se- Death, himself? called “The Samson”, brings death to the quinned killer under two feet tall, Connie. inhabitants and also threatens her unborn But Connie is no ordinary puppet… She’s a daughter, Emma. living doll. FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 6:00 PM FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, 9:00 PM MONDAY, SEPT. 11, 12:00 PM THURSDAY, SEPT. 14, 5:30 PM MONDAY, SEPT. 11, 6:00 PM SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 2:30 PM

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ENTANGLEMENT EXCARNATE FEEDING TIME FILMQUEST EXPRESS: FILMQUEST EXPRESS: FTL THE VISITORS WILLIAM & THEODORE 4 DIRECTOR: Arthur Veenema DIRECTOR: Ryan Schaddelee DIRECTOR: Matt Mercer DIRECTOR: Adam Stern USA / 2016 / 14 minutes USA / 2017 / 8 minutes USA / 2016 / 13 minutes DIRECTOR: Ben Alyk DIRECTOR: Dan McBride CANADA / 2016 / 16 minutes USA / 2017 / 5 minutes USA / 2017 / 5 minutes In a not-too-distant future, as the world Releasing the tortured souls of the living When a young woman fills in for her friend A lone astronaut testing the first faster- outside falls apart, people can live out dead is a dangerous business... on a babysitting job, she begins to suspect Serena Centauri, an inventor, invents a de- The adventures continue for WIlliam & than-light spacecraft travels farther than he their lives in solitude without ever leaving things are not as they seem. vice to talk to aliens, but suddenly she runs Theodore as they make some horrific en- imagined possible. the safety of their home. Everything is for into the very things she’s trying to commu- counters. sale online and brought to their doorstep, She’s right. nicate with in real life. including the need for human interaction.

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FIRST LIKE FLOW FLUFFERNUTTER FUNERAL WAKE GIRL OF MY DREAMS G***AMMIT

DIRECTOR: Alexander Ronnberg DIRECTOR: Shelagh Rowan-Legg DIRECTOR: Adam R. Brown, DIRECTOR: Aitor de Miguel DIRECTOR: Johnny Wilson DIRECTOR: Ryan Moser SWEDEN / 2016 / 4 minutes UK / 2017 / 5 minutes Kyle I. Kelley SPAIN / 2016 / 10 minutes USA / 2016 / 19 minutes USA / 2016 / 8 minutes USA / 2016 / 9 minutes First to Like - First to Die When two women rebels are involved in Ricardo has to confess in front of his late Edward Watson has been looking for some- a skirmish, they have more to argue about After stumbling upon the aftermath ofa fiancé, as promised, in a baroque funeral thing that can change his life. His challenge A film that can best be described as “Carl than the enemy... grisly scene, twins Stephen and Clyde take wake… where, unfortunately for him, noth- is to find what needs to change. Tonight Sagan meets Timothy Leary.” Glare from a a step away from the innocence of child- ing is what it seems. he will search for answers in the most vast setting Sun prompts three travelers to con- hood and a leap toward choices that lead place anyone can explore, his own mind. sider their place in the Universe. to self-betterment.

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FILMQUEST EXPRESS: FILMQUEST EXPRESS: FILMQUEST EXPRESS: H.A.M. HADA HAPPY ANNIVERSARY FROM BEYOND My MELINDA SWITCHED DIRECTOR: Boise Esquerra DIRECTOR: Tony Morales DIRECTOR: Mark Kuczewski DIRECTOR: Jorge Quinones DIRECTOR: Angela Wilkins DIRECTOR: Jared Clark Gay USA / 2016 / 16 minutes SPAIN / 2015 / 9 minutes UK / 2016 / 6 minutes USA / 2017 / 5 minutes USA / 2017 / 5 minutes USA / 2017 / 5 minutes 16-year-old Peter must cope with his crack- Tonight Hada comes to visit Daniel because One man’s quest to rekindle his love with A coven of witches is rife with betrayal and Mindy’s birthday wish was to visit a haunt- A device allows two best friends to explore pot father who builds a HAM Radio that her last child tooth as fallen out. What Dan- his zombie bride. intrigue. ed tunnel. Her wish may have been more the world through each other’s eyes. inadvertently catches the attention of an iel doesn´t expect is that his worst enemy than she bargained for. alien creature from outer space. is the light.

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HOLIDAY FEAR HOME EDUCATION HOMESICK iMEDIUM IN THIS ECONOMY INK

DIRECTOR: Nicholas Payne Santos DIRECTOR: Andrea Niada DIRECTOR: Samuel Goodwin DIRECTOR: Alfonso Garcia DIRECTOR: Ty Huffer DIRECTOR: Ashlea Wessel USA / 2017 / 4 minutes UK / 2016 / 25 minutes USA / 2017 / 12 minutes SPAIN / 2016 / 7 minutes USA / 2016 / 8 minutes CANADA / 2016 / 10 minutes

In the final act of a slasher film, Bruce at- An inquisitive girl is convinced by her con- A young boy, left alone as an unnatural Luz has lost all hope of finding his missing An underfunded entrepreneur will do any- A traumatized woman seeks penance and tempts to reclaim his manliness and im- trolling mother that her dead dad will resur- threat ravages the world, clings to his daily daughter alive. She decides to subscribe to thing to get his one of a kind app devel- personal transformation through tattooing press the final girl by finishing off the killer. rect if they show how much they miss him. routine as he waits for his mother to come i-Medium, an app that connects you direct- oped. He has zero issues going to morbid after surviving a devastating pregnancy. That is, until he begins to rot... back for him. ly with dead people. lengths to pay rent to his demon landlord. One night, drenched in booze and ink, her deepest fears threaten to consume her.

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HOPE HUM I AM THE DOORWAY INSEPERABLE IN ANYONE LISTENING: JOUSKA A PODCAST STORY DIRECTOR: Adam A. Losurdo DIRECTOR: Stefano Nurra DIRECTOR: Robin Kasparik DIRECTOR: Steve Duchesne DIRECTOR: Wynter Rhys NORWAY / 2016 / 11 minutes UK / 2017 / 15 minutes CZECH REP. / 2017 / 15 minutes FRANCE / 2017 / 22 minutes DIRECTOR: Jeff McCarty USA / 2016 / 6 minutes USA / 2016 / 25 minutes A senseless wandering ghoul roaming the A grieving plumber seeks out a disgraced A sci-fi horror film based on the story by The love story of two robbers transformed A man’s hypothetical conversation that he world full of the hunger-less undead and quantum physicist to rid himself of a tor- Stephen King. A first person POV perspec- into a modern epic. This fable depicts two In a journey to realize her own potential plays out compulsively in his guilty mind. hateful humans will soon discover a crav- menting “Hum”. tive allows the audience to get inside the characters who are fond of love in a poetic as an artist, Christina Barsi inspires a team ing, leaving him completely and utterly head of an astronaut trapped in a space- turmoil. of creatives to come together and join her without hope. ship, as a strange virus grows inside him, in the two-year-long creation of DIMEN- altering his mind. To save himself he must SION, a science fiction podcast narrative. take drastic action. Exploring issues of time, space and -frac tured identity. SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 4:00 PM TUESDAY, SEPT. 12, 2:00 PM FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 3:30 PM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 1:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 5:00 PM FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, 3:00 PM

I DREAM OF ZOMBIES ICARUS IMBROGLIO JULES D. KEEP OFF THE GRASS KUMAL

DIRECTOR: Alex Forbes DIRECTOR: Tom Teller DIRECTOR: Christopher Zatta DIRECTOR: Norma Vila DIRECTOR: Daniel Coyne-Watego DIRECTOR: Thirati Kulyingwattanavit UK / 2015 / 3 minutes USA / 2016 / 20 minutes USA / 2017 / 15 minutes SPAIN / 2016 / 14 minutes AUSTRALIA / 2016 / 11 minutes USA / 2016 / 7 minutes

A young man prepares for the inevitable When a Mars colony’s comm satellite is On one side, Kyle wants his brother back. Dreams die, blood is eternal. When Walter tries to sell his deceased fa- Follows the gruesome encounter between un-dead invasion. One morning, he wakes damaged, Emilia Riley embarks on a seem- On the other, David wants to free his girl- ther’s suburban house, he must confront two friends, Tom and Charlie, and a not- up to find his dreams have come true. Un- ingly harmless repair excursion. A shut- friend. And Anna, fueled by a history of bad a mysterious killer that is eliminating any- so-great blast from their past. As Tom and able to contain his glee, he suits up and tle malfunction cuts connectivity to the blood, just wants revenge. As their standoff thing that comes into contact with it’s per- Charlie, both in their 20s, are catching up comes outside with an assortment of weap- ground and Chris, her son, makes the knee unfolds, everything goes south for every- fectly manicured lawns. with each other on their walk down an old ons to meet the zombies only to realise not jerk decision to go after her. one. country road, they hear a woman screaming everything was as he expected. for help in the distance.

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LEVITICUS 24:20 LIZ DRIVES MAGGIE MOUSE NAIL NATIVE

DIRECTOR: Freddy Chavez Olmos DIRECTOR: Mia’kate Russell DIRECTOR: Lindsay Kampenhout DIRECTOR: Logan George DIRECTOR: JB Minerva DIRECTOR: Travis Champagne MEX-CANADA / 2016 / 5 mins. AUSTRALIA / 2017 / 8 minutes USA / 2017 / 20 minutes USA / 2017 / 11 minutes MEXICO / 2017 / 11 minutes USA / 2016 / 15 minutes

Cassandra Noriega, a news journalist, For estranged sisters Liz and Ellie being a A fantastical family drama about a woman Vanessa and Danny are down on their luck, A recently divorced man is setting up his While on a ceremonial walkabout a young exposes the truth behind a controversial family has never been easy – but there are named Linda, who has recently become so when an unlikely can of Unica brand new home, while doing so he discovers that boy must defend his tribe against a myste- ground-based drone program known as the some horrors you create yourself. the stepmother of an overly imaginative beans falls to their kitchen floor, they aim the person living on the other side of the rious force. Leviticus 24:20 Initiative. A Mexican and little girl named Maggie. Linda’s goal is to to squeeze out every penny. wall gets easily upset. Conflict rises until American jointly implemented strategy that be accepted as Maggie’s mother, despite he decides to knock next door and face the eradicates violence with violence to fight Maggie’s tendency to rebel and embarrass neighbor, discovering a terrifying truth. drug trafficking, border control and orga- her by carrying around a strange home- nized crime in Mexico. made doll. SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 8:00 PM FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, 9:00 PM TUESDAY, SEPT. 12, 5:30 PM FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 8:30 PM WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 11:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 8:00 PM

MARS IV Mauvaises Têtes MEMOIR NIBBLE NIMMER No CALLER I.D. (BAD HEADS) DIRECTOR: Guillaume Rieu DIRECTOR: Alexander Jeffery DIRECTOR: Jason Bynum Buff DIRECTOR: Lieven Vanhove DIRECTOR: Guy Pigden FRANCE / 2016 / 15 minutes DIRECTOR: Rebekah Fieschi USA / 2016 / 16 minutes MEXICO / 2016 / 3 minutes BELIGUM / 2016 / 16 minutes NEW ZEALAND / 2016 / 9 mins. USA / 2015 / 14 minutes 2053. Four astronauts, assisted by a robot, Memories can either fuel our existence or A young woman wakes in the middle of the The fragile world of a couple is torn apart. A young women receives a mysterious call are stationed on Mars in an underground A horror film / dark comedy in the spirit eat away at us like a disease. In the not- night to find strange bite marks on her leg. Once they lived together in a home with a in the night. After several strange occur- base for a two-year mission. As they make of classic MGM and Universal horror from too-distant future, Dr. Theodore Maine is lighthouse on the shore. Now a turbulent rences she realises that she is not alone and an unexpected discovery that will force the 1920s/30s. It tells the story of an odd on the cusp of losing his job at Janus Labs sea is tearing them them apart. that she may be in grave danger. them to face serious responsibilities to- woman, Jenny, who loses her mind in the where he is developing research for Alzhei- wards Earth, they are victims of violent search for love and decides to create her mers treatment. That is, until a mysterious hallucinations.. own lover. visitor named Obee changes his life forever.

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MEOW MIGHT MONSTERS NOCTURNALLY YOURS NORO OTHER PEOPLE’S HEADS

DIRECTOR: Chris Jopp DIRECTOR: Emil Sallinen DIRECTOR: Steve Desmond DIRECTOR: David Ferino DIRECTOR: Duncan Roe DIRECTOR: Stephen Winterhalter USA / 2016 / 13 minutes FINLAND / 2016 / 9 minutes USA / 2015 / 12 minutes USA / 2017 / 11 minutes UK / 2016 / 19 minutes USA / 2017 / 10 minutes

Samantha is a strong willed young wom- Maryam, a rebel leader in an archaic world Jenn lives in an underground bunker with A man dies on the night of his engagement Caitlin is having therapy to cope with the Set in a grotesquely decadent world, 12 an in her 20s, who ignores her landlord’s governed by ruthless religion, is set to her family, protected from the monsters and returns as a ghost, only to discover that loss of her son but is becoming increasing- legal officials are presiding over guillotine strict No Pets policy and takes in a stray cat prove that the god hovering in the sky is a that now ravage the world. This is the day wooing his estranged lover will require the ly more paranoid about those around her. executions that go bizarrely wrong when from the alleyway behind her newly settled lie. But she is stopped by a holy warrior that that she goes outside… help of a dating app. A simple accident leads her to a truth that the prisoners have an unexpected reaction apartment. Gleefully employs familiar ele- turns out to be her lost father. Soon their nothing can prepare her for. to death. The officials have to then come ments of horror, comedy, and film noir that lives change as they are about to find out a to terms with the unbelievable horror they all unite in a genre defying twist. secret only a god can keep. witness.

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PASGHETTI PASSAGE OF FLICK PAUl’S BAD DAY RITES OF VENGEANCE SAURORA SAVE

DIRECTOR: Conor Long DIRECTOR: James Vinson DIRECTOR: Phil Bucci DIRECTOR: Izzy Lee DIRECTOR: Pavel Siska DIRECTOR: Ivan Sainz-Pardo USA-ITALY / 2017 / 9 minutes AUSTRALIA / 2016 / 10 minutes USA / 2017 / 2 minutes USA / 2017 / 5 minutes UK-CZECH REP / 2016 / 7 mins. GERMANY / 2016 / 4 minutes

Drunk on sorrow and suspicion, Benito is When an adventurous young girl discovers Paul wakes feeling not quite his usual self. A trio of nuns take matters into their own An underwater rescue mission on a remote Dawn. A baby breaks the silence. guided through historic Genova Italy to- the ability to time travel through a door in As he begins his day every step reveals he hands when a priest commits a terrible sin. planet centered around two co-workers in wards the devastating closure of his trou- her bedroom, she must come to terms with has a growing problem that there is only heavy submersible suits takes shortly an bled relationship by a creature spawned the harsh realities of growing up. one solution for. unplanned course. from his own anguish, a fearsome Spaghetti Demon.

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PENDULUM POLLUTION OF THE HEART POPULACE SEE YOU YESTERDAY SOL SOLVED

DIRECTOR: Lauren Cooney DIRECTOR: Oliwia Siem DIRECTOR: Aaron Bevan Bailey DIRECTOR: Stefon Bristol DIRECTOR: Carlos G. Gananian DIRECTOR: Michael Bartolomeo UK-INDIA / 2017 / 20 minutes UK / 2016 / 16 minutes UK / 2015 / 14 minutes USA / 2016 / 15 minutes BRAZIL / 2017 / 14 minutes USA / 2017 / 8 minutes

Two friends seek spiritual salvation in India Torn between a high-maintenance girl- A clone worker is forced to chose between Presented by Spike Lee, two Brooklyn teen- That voice in her head. It just won’t let go. A lonely young man dreams of one day be- away from their hedonistic and disconnect- friend and his emotionally unstable mother, the woman he loves and the reason for age prodigies, C.J. Walker and Sebastian coming a Rubik’s Cube master, but his ob- ed lives in advance of the impending col- David has images of death. An old photo which he was created in this stylish dysto- Thomas - determined to outwit fate and session soon turns deadly. This film is made lapse of the Cosmos. may hold the key to his vivid and inexpli- pian sci -fi short. role-play as God - build make-shift time of 11,000 still photographs. cable experiences. Is David’s quest for the machines to save CJ’s brother, Calvin, from truth more urgent than the needs of the being wrongfully killed by a police officer. two women in his life?

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PREPARE TO DIE RAISIN REAL ARTISTS SPECIAL FORCES SPIRITUS LEPUS STATIC

DIRECTOR: Kyle Klubal DIRECTOR: Danny Hunt DIRECTOR: Cameo Wood DIRECTOR: Phil Bucci DIRECTOR: Kristofer Kiggs Carlsson DIRECTOR: Howie Burbidge USA / 2016 / 3 minutes USA / 2017 / 13 minutes USA / 2017 / 12 minutes USA / 2015 / 10 minutes SWEDEN / 2017 / 20 minutes USA / 2016 / 10 minutes

Chaos and murder ensue in this slasher Two young girls are abducted by mysterious Against all odds, Sophia Baker just scored A badass detective is forced to work with Hidden amongst the mythical undergrowth An Astronaut crash lands on an alien planet. when Fred visits his estranged uncle for the creatures that pretend to be their parents. her dream interview at the world-famous two lowly, bumbling, not so super powered in a grimy operation room, six Rabbit Hu- weekend taking six of his closest friends Semaphore Animation Studios. But when superhero cops to save the city from a vil- manoid Surgeons haphazardly fight to save with him as they quickly begin dying one she meets arch, mysterious executive Anne lain’s sinister plot. the life of a damaged soul. by one in horrific ways at the hands of the Palladon, she soon learns all is not as she uncle and his deranged family. expects behind the curtain.

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STEALTH & SILENCE STOLEN STUDDED NIGHTMARE THE FACELESS MAN THE HOBBYIST THE INCREDIBLE TALE OF THE INCREDIBLE DIRECTOR: Louisa Phung DIRECTOR: Damon Rickard DIRECTOR: Jean-Claude Leblanc DIRECTOR: Jeremy Foley DIRECTOR: George Vatistas WOMAN-SPIDER USA / 2016 / 7 minutes UK / 2017 / 14 minutes CANADA / 2016 / 9 minutes USA / 2017 / 13 minutes USA / 2016 / 9 minutes DIRECTOR: Pablo Guirado A young Cassandra Cain finds herself be- Following a tragic accident, Michelle is When J.-F. is inexplicably drawn to the An offbeat fable about a disillusioned man A short neo-noire thriller centered around tween Black Mask and a mysterious cat housebound but the events soon come chair in which a man committed suicide, who discovers his face has transformed a mysterious druggist visited by Sangstrom, FRANCE / 2016 / 17 minutes burglar in this DC fan film. back to fatally haunt her. style isn’t the only thing the leather antique into a mirror and must venture out into the a seemingly ordinary man in search of an brings to his home. world to reclaim his identity. undetectable poison. Yet, Sangstrom winds As a young man wanders through the de- up getting more than he bargained for from serted streets at night, he comes across a the sagacious alchemist. poster outside a bar that invites him to dis- cover a strange show, that of “The Incredi- ble Woman-Spider.” FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 6:00 PM FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 3:30 PM MONDAY, SEPT. 11, 3:00 PM SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 11:00AM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 8:00 PM SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 11:00AM

SYNAPSE TABLE 51 THE BABYSITTER THE INSIDE THE LAST LIGHT THE LONER

DIRECTOR: Roy Arwas DIRECTOR: Joseph Day DIRECTOR: Frederic Chalte DIRECTOR: Spencer Allred DIRECTOR: Angelita Mendoza DIRECTOR: Lenni Uitto USA / 2016 / 8 minutes USA / 2016 / 7 minutes CANADA / 2016 / 18 minutes USA / 2016 / 15 minutes USA-MEXICO / 2017 / 11 minutes USA / 2017 / 8 minutes

After becoming separated from his family On the first day of her new job, Ms. Pep- Nathalie, an 18 years old babysitter from After moving into a new home an artist Izabella, a young girl, finds a little boy tied In search of her daughter after society col- during the zombie outbreak, Daniel must per learns from her mysterious employer Montreal, goes alone in the Ontarian coun- struggles to complete her work while facing up in an abandoned house on her family’s lapsed in this WROL scenario The Loner fight his way through both the infected and the proper methods in dissecting an alien tryside to look after a little girl. The video a sinister presence. land as the local farmers are frantically shows us that all hope is not lost. civilian-killing militias to find them. corpse. clerk secretly gives them a mysterious tape searching for her cousin, Katy, who has along with their order. It’s when they finally gone missing. Izabella, questions the boy to come home to play the tape that a horrific find out who he is and why he’s been left and frightful night begins for The Babysit- there. ter... SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 11:00AM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 5:00 PM SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 2:30 PM TUESDAY, SEPT. 12, 5:30 PM SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 8:30 PM FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 6:00 PM

THE BLACK CAT THE CALL OF CHARLIE THE DARK KINGDOM THE MAN FROM DEATH THE MAN WHO THE NINGYO CAUGHT A MERMAID DIRECTOR: Bhargav Saikia DIRECTOR: Nick Spooner DIRECTOR: Brau-Mouret Sarah DIRECTOR: Stephen Reedy DIRECTOR: Miguel Ortega INDIA / 2017 / 20 minutes USA / 2016 / 14 minutes FRANCE / 2016 / 6 minutes USA / 2016 / 13 minutes USA / 2017 / 27 minutes DIRECTOR: Kaitlin Tinker A black cat and a mysterious woman by A trendy Los Angeles couple sets up a blind Isabelle is the King’s dressmaker. In all her A poor, dumb sap, Elijah Stryder and his AUSTRALIA / 2015 / 16 minutes A Faustian tale about losing oneself in the the name of Miss Bellows show up at Mr. date for two of their friends, one of whom life, she has known only black. A frighten- wife, Mrs. Stryder, are attacked by the ne- process of achieving our goals. Bond’s quaint cottage after he brings home is an ancient evil deity vibrating with pure ing monster, attracted to color has been farious Ailester Hall and left for dead in the An old fisherman captures a mermaid in a an old broomstick from an antique shop. malice. Unfortunately, on the evening of terrorizing the kingdom for more than a wild wild west. That poor sap, awakens with world that tells him they don’t exist. Based on a short story by celebrated Indian the rendezvous, two interlopers unexpect- century, forcing the villagers to darken their a mysterious green colored list of prophe- author, Ruskin Bond. edly arrive at dinner to make the situation surroundings. But Isabelle has never seen cies that lead him on a journey of fun and all the more awkward. such a monster... fancy free adventures with his skeptical partner, Sergio. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 8:00 PM SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 2:30 PM SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 11:30 AM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 8:00 PM SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 2:30 PM SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 1:30 PM

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THE PLAGUE THE TINWIFE THE WITCHING HOUR UNDRESS ME UNTO DEATH VIOLA VS. THE VAMPIRE KING DIRECTOR: Guillermo Carbonell DIRECTOR: Travis Neufeld DIRECTOR: Riley Geis DIRECTOR: Amelia Moses DIRECTOR: Jamie Hooper URUGUAY / 2017 / 10 minutes CANADA / 2017 / 17 minutes USA / 2016 / 13 minutes CANADA / 2017 / 14 minutes UK / 2016 / 8 minutes DIRECTOR: Kevin Fermini USA / 2017 / 9 minutes Rosa’s father escapes from a nursing home Set in a futuristic 1950’s, a woman is im- On Halloween, a fearful young boy is taken A socially awkward college freshman begins A Gothic horror drama about a priest strug- and comes back to his former house. He prisoned in an internment facility for un- by the spooky girl next door on a haunted to experience a mysterious and gruesome gling with his faith after something seem- When her big sister is taken under the spell hides a secret, and he’s not coming alone. wanted android housewives. night of mischief and adventure. physical deterioration after a chance en- ingly impossible happens to his partner. of the dreaded Vampire King, Viola embarks counter at a frat party. It explores religion versus love, and how on a mystical quest for revenge. After mak- much faith people have when it conflicts ing her way across the kingdom the young with something they know to be true. adventurer reaches the edge of Spiderweb Forest, but is she ready to face her greatest battle yet? WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 2:00 PM SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 1:30 PM MONDAY, SEPT. 11, 6:00 PM FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, MIDNIGHT FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 6:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 11:00 PM

THEY LIVE INSIDE US THREE SKELETON KEY TILL DEATH VISITORS WANDERING SOUL WATCH ME

DIRECTOR: Michael Ballif DIRECTOR: Andrew Hammer DIRECTOR: Molly Roland DIRECTOR: Alon Juwal DIRECTOR: Josh Tanner DIRECTOR: Briony Kidd USA / 2017 / 30 minutes USA / 2016 / 10 minutes USA / 2016 / 6 minutes USA / 2016 / 15 minutes AUSTRALIA / 2016 / 13 minutes AUSTRALIA / 2016 / 8 minutes

A writer spends the night in a notoriously Set in 1921, an American lighthouse crew After tripping and falling in a haunted A broken and divided family struggles to During the Vietnam War, a Viet Cong sol- A glamorous, attention seeking actress will haunted house in hope of discovering inspi- on the small island of Three Skeleton Key house, a loner teen, Nick, has the ability to survive after a group of uninvited visitors dier stationed in the claustrophobic Cu Chi do anything to make sure you never look ration for his latest project. He soon realiz- become unnerved when a ship ignores see and talk to, Ruth, a lonely ghost. The invade their farm. tunnels is haunted by the ghost of a fallen away. es that he is living in his own horror story. their beacon, running aground on the reefs two bond over mutual head injuries, and comrade. surrounding the island. They soon discover mutual loneliness. However, Ruth worries that something is on board the ship, and it’s the friendship may be short lived after dis- not human. covering Nick could be alive.

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TRANSIT CONJUNCTION UFO DAYS UNDEFEATED WHITE GHOST WOLF OF VENGEANCE XENOPHOBIA

DIRECTOR: Jonas Reed, DIRECTOR: Quinn Else DIRECTOR: Elizabeth Bell DIRECTOR: Casey Walker DIRECTOR: Masakatsu Higuchi DIRECTOR: JJ Pollack Fredrik Waldeland USA / 2017 / 9 minutes USA / 2016 / 5 minutes USA / 2017 / 14 minutes JAPAN / 2017 / 4 minutes USA / 2016 / 1 minute NORWAY / 2016 / 17 minutes An enigmatic, strangely familiar man at- Boxer, Alex ‘Sweet Pea’ Williams, fights to When a serial killer begins to terrorize a A strictly guarded mansion in a mountain A PSA about xenophobia. A loving husband is forced to defend his tends the annual UFO Days celebration in overcome trauma from a physically abusive quiet mountain town, law enforcement of- rising to the sky. A man is heading towards homestead from alien forces after his a small Wisconsin town. relationship as she confronts her fears and ficers do everything they can to find clues there alone. His purpose is to retaliate spouse is abducted for no apparent reason. proves herself to be undefeated. in order to stop it. against the witch who owns the mansion, Will he be able to reunite with his darling and then meet the guest wearing a red wife? hood who is supposed to visit there a few days later. For that, he is going to start a massacre. THURSDAY, SEPT. 14, 5:30 PM WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 5:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 8:00 PM FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 6:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 5:00 PM FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 3:30 PM

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DIRECTOR: Morgana McKenzie DIRECTOR: Guy Gibbons DIRECTOR: Bea Landers DIRECTOR: Daniel E. Martin DIRECTOR: Derek Frey DIRECTOR: Maegan Houang CANADA / 2017 / 7 minutes USA / 2017 / 4 minutes USA / 2016 / 4 minutes USA / 2016 / 3 minutes UK / 2017 / 5 minutes USA / 2016 / 4 minutes

A malignant spirit forces a girl into a peril- A man searches searches for a deeper In the seconds after a late night accident we An indie-rocking demon. A Hammer Hor- Down on his luck flower seller Sandeep A wife suspects her husband of cheating on ous journey through a watery underworld. connection through his dreams, his soul embark on a surreal & horrific journey into ror heroine. All Hell breaks loose when the (played by Deep Roy) pines to make a con- her, but discovers something far worse. thirsting for what more is to be found in a haunting but beautiful world of darkness two meet at a tongue-in-cheek B-Movie nection with the girl of his dreams. the world. somewhere between life & death in this seance. stop-motion animated music video.

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BLACK FLAG BURNING PICTURES CHaNEL NO. 5 I CAN’T BE YOUR LEGACY LITTLE DUDE ANTHEM

DIRECTOR: Clint Carney DIRECTOR: Jake Sleet DIRECTOR: Gabrielle Giacomo SUPERMAN DIRECTOR: Ryan Henry Johnston DIRECTOR: Ben Giroux USA / 2016 / 4 minutes UK / 2016 / 4 minutes USA / 2016 / 3 minutes USA / 2017 / 9 minutes USA / 2015 / 5 minutes DIRECTOR: Maegan Houang A man treks through a post-apocalyptic ter- A man battles his inner demons in a brutal The hyper-stylized and gaudy aesthetic USA / 2015 / 4 minutes Set in the year 2166 in the barren waste- A bad-ass rap anthem for all the little dudes. rain in search of the humanity that has been boxing match. combine to create a surreal, yet somehow land that was once Earth, the planet’s only leeched from him. familiar interpretation of a party in modern Things get weird when a gang waltzes into remaining human inhabitant, Kale, discov- day NYC. The narrative of a boy who feels a nail salon looking for trouble. ers a godlike entity that has fallen from the like an outsider in his own relationship, his sky in the form of a beautiful woman. To- lover constantly haunted by the memory of gether they embark on a quest through the her abusive ex. merciless desert, battling vicious predators along the way. TUESDAY, SEPT. 12, 8:30 PM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 1:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 1:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 1:00 PM FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, 3:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 1:00 PM

DAWN ENCHANTMENT UNDER F*** EVERYTHING LOVE LIKE LIES MECHANISM OF LIFE PEACEFUL LIFE THE SEA DIRECTOR: Arnaud Viemont, DIRECTOR: Kai Smythe DIRECTOR: Clint Carney DIRECTOR: Aleksey Smirnov DIRECTOR: Sebastien Bellaval Simon Gesrel DIRECTOR: Agustin Rolandelli AUSTRALIA / 2017 / 4 minutes USA / 2017 / 5 minutes RUSSIA / 2016 / 5 minutes FRANCE / 2016 / 5 minutes FRANCE / 2016 / 5 minutes ARGENTINA / 2015 / 4 minutes Using nothing but hand drawn cardboard Aesthetic Perfection’s music video will The action takes place in the laboratory for A homeless man lies in a crowded street. Inside a shabby american diner on the side Argentinean artist Mauro Conforti &La sets, Hairy Soul Man Invites everyone to leave you creeped out by its mind bending the creation of new generation android. Ignored by the pedestrians, the old man is of a lost national road, the mesmerizing Vida Marciana pay tribute to Jim Henson come together and celebrate the insignifi- visuals. The main android possesses not only arti- robbed of one of his only possessions - a dance of a stripper triggers a extremely vio- and The Muppets show. cance of humanity. ficial intelligence, but a soul too. If creation football. lent brawl among the customers. of a new android is successful, then human- ity will discover the key to immortality. To take it back, the poor man stands up and shows everyone he is not only what he looks like. SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 1:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 1:00 PM FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, MIDNIGHT TUESDAY, SEPT. 12, 8:30 PM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 1:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 1:00 PM

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DIRECTOR: John Byron Hanby, IV DIRECTOR: Frederic Jeanrenaud DIRECTOR: Peter Varsics USA / 2016 / 6 minutes SWITZERLAND / 2016 / 4minutes Hungary / 2016 / 5 minutes

There are three kinds of love that we will A psychedelic lust story between a biology A revenge story about the cycle of violence all experience in some form throughout teacher and his class of young schoolgirls placed in a never-ending loop of dream, our lives; self-actualization and the pursuit which promises to be the hottest video of where characters, time doesn’t exist in a of passion, romantic love, and family love. the summer! normal way but the feeling, the mood and Each of these has their inherent struggles, deep atmosphere of the song with multi- but as part of human nature we still seek it plied composition of layers. out regardless of the challenges and hard- ships we may face. SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 1:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 1:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 1:00 PM

TAKE MY HEART AWAY THE DAY OF AWAKENING THE WORLD ENDER

DIRECTOR: Jaron Clegg DIRECTOR: Livia Alcalde DIRECTOR: Ariel Vida SOUTH AFRICA / 2016 / 5 minutes ITALY / 2016 / 4 minutes USA / 2016 / 5 minutes

Lindo is infatuated with space travel, his Noemi is a modern Alice in a disturbing A man’s life is burned to the ground, but hideout filled with articles and old books “wonderland”, initially overwhelmed by her he’s back from the dead on a quest for ven- on space travel, as well as drawings and fears represented by various characters. geance. Along his path of destruction, he pictures of rockets and spaceships. One With her positivity she manages to take assembles a gang and together they blaze a day, Lindo sees an opportunity to sneak on them out of the pseudo-hospital one by path of chaos throughout a surreal, stylized board a space shuttle as a stowaway. one, learning to live with them. 1950s world. Lord Huron music video.

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WICKED GAME

DIRECTOR: Sohrab Mirmont USA / 2016 / 4 minutes

Make me dream of you... A fantastical video sequence about a woman who dreams of her perfect lover.

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AERO: ORIGINS AFTERLIFE BURNING VIOLINS SCARY ENDINGS THE FANTASMAGORI THE HUNTED: ORIGINS

DIRECTOR: Arturo Vargas DIRECTOR: Lucas Millhouse, DIRECTOR: Stefano Farolfi DIRECTOR: John Fitzpatrick DIRECTOR: Michael Treder DIRECTOR: Robert Chapin USA / 2016 / 8 minutes Adam Moss ITALY / 2017 / 8 minutes USA / 2017 / 15 minutes CANADA / 2016 / 13 minutes USA / 2016 / 7 minutes USA / 2016 / 18 minutes On the planet, Antea, a hybrid alien civiliza- Our heroes go to extra lenghts to help the A monthly thriller anthology series from A collection of classic short stories- per The origin story of The Hunted, one of the tion is born, inducting Aero as their leader. After a biological attack wipes out most of poor, asking for trouble, with such a scan- the makers of ‘Skypemare’ and ‘Brentwood formed and dramatized by professional longest running shows online, tells the sto- After Aero is crowned, intruders arrive on the population survivors come together to dalous plan that if it weren’t so funny you’d Strangler’ in the vein of ‘Tales from the actors as theatrical monologues. ry of how a struggling actor becomes the the planet’s turf. Aero and his siblings strug- rebuild the world with a very different set realize how genius it really was! Crypt’ and ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents.’ leader of a group of misfit vampire hunters. gle to fight off an evil universal force that of priorities. seeks to end their race.

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CLEVER GIRL DON JON LEGACY END UNSUNG THE PARTITONED THE STREET WIZARD’S YOU ONLY DIE ONCE APPRENTICE DIRECTOR: Joe Zappa DIRECTOR: Olivier Ziel DIRECTOR: Rolf Lindblom DIRECTOR: Abanoub Andraous, DIRECTOR: Amanda B. Goodman USA / 2016 / 17 minutes FRANCE / 2017 / 4 minutes FINLAND / 2017 / 8 minutes Schyler Tillett DIRECTOR: Matt Giordano, USA / 2017 / 15 minutes CANADA / 2016 / 7 minutes Andrew Melzer The story of a desperate writer’s participa- Jon, a decent man, sets out on a quest for One man’s journey through chaos, time, USA / 2017 / 5 minutes A modern horror comedy that tells the sto- tion in her lover’s brutal pastime, and the his mysterious yet promising legacy inside and space to find his son. Sara Holden, a telepath who narrowly es- ry of three life long best friends and vam- ripple effect their dark secret has on the the ruins of a vast and eerie dungeon. caped the Turn, has lived out in seclusion, A hapless Chicago drug-dealer finds out pire hunters from Astoria Queens as they troubled lives of besieged detectives and but now a group looks to her as their lead- he has magical talents when he meets a face the biggest threat to their family yet. voyeuristic neighbors. er and it seems as if she may be their only powerful wizard cursed to look, sound, and hope of slowing their extinction. smell like a common beggar. Together they go on daring adventures.

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MINA MURRAY’S JOURNAL MISS BEVERLY HILLS GHOST PARANORMAL SHOPPING NETWORK DIRECTOR: James Moran DIRECTOR: Kemmy Moran DIRECTOR: Micaela Colman UK / 2016 / 5 minutes USA / 2016 / 5 minutes USA / 2016 / 3 minutes A modernised, webseries vlog adaptation What do you get when you cross a nerd of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, with Mina as the from New Jersey with a dead fashionista? These commercials of mail-order brains for hero. A Beverly Hills murder mystery going no- zombies, breath mints for vampires, and a where good...except maybe the mall. GPS for ghosts present a complete story of one woman’s struggle with the undead.

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DIRECTOR: Hannah Mullen DIRECTOR: Siddharth Ahluwalia DIRECTOR: Khairul Rahimi DIRECTOR: Chadwick Whitehead DIRECTOR: Quentin Paquignon DIRECTOR: Will Tebo USA / 2017 / 3 minutes USA / 2017 / 6 minutes USA / 2016 / 6 minutes USA / 2016 / 4 mintues CHINA / 2016 / 5 minutes USA / 2015 / 1 minute

Confined to his lab, a mad scientist works Jake, born in the Year of the Dragon often Imagines the transcendental journey of a An avocado inadvertently invents torti- Leonor sleeps quietly in her bed when some In a Victorian-era world of candy, a detec- on his greatest creation yet: a worthy chess gets visions from his past. He doesn’t know lost soul, conceptualized as a jellyfish-like lla chips that want to eat him. His tomato gentle creatures, the Bobops, come to take tive enters an abandoned house. opponent. what they are but somehow feels they are creature, into the afterlife. friend helps him destroy the menace and he her to experience a mysterious journey. real. He remembers nothing from his past learns to appreciate nature. But wait... That Bobops with magical power sends and just seeks answers to his visions. Bo- them on an unusual journey through time satsu enters Jake’s dreams to guide him and space. She will have to face many chal- towards his true identity. lenges and confront the villains.

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DIGITAL ROMANCE EQUIPOISE HANGING MARY & MARSHA IN THE MOR PIZZA FACE MANOR OF MADNESS DIRECTOR: Michael Hansen DIRECTOR: Gung-Kai Koo DIRECTOR: Nick LeDonne DIRECTOR: Lisa Wu DIRECTOR: Justin Ulloa, DIRECTOR: Kris Theorin DENMARK / 2016 / 11 minutes USA / 2016 / 3 minutes USA / 2016 / 6 minutes USA / 2016 / 9 minutes Jamie Dwyer USA / 2017 / 3 minutes USA / 2017 / 10 minutes Kane Skullhead, the main character of Bru- Two forces work together to reach the har- An abstracted animated documentary A girl and her younger brother are lost deep Sinister secrets await as Mary helps her tal Bullet, can suddenly feel a beat inside his mony and balance to react to stimulation, based off of Nick LeDonne’s personal strug- in the dark woods and afraid to move for- A self-absorbed pizza waitress unleashes girlfriend Marsha escape from her parent’s chest; a beat of life that activates the anti- instead of judging the dominance or ten- gle with depression and suicidal thoughts ward. When they stumble across the Well devastating horror after downloading a sin- gothic mansion one dark and eldritch night. virus in the computer and starts a chase of dency of the two forces. after a near attempted hanging in Novem- for Lost Souls, she is presented with a magi- ister mobile app. life and death, which will eventually reach ber 2014. His feelings of depression are This hand drawn and digitally animated cal solution that promises to help them find beyond his own world and have him collide personified through a dark luring fog and ‘one shot’ film takes us on a Lovecraftian their way home. with the world of a beautiful ballerina. a loving mother desperately trying to keep escapade through the Manor of Madness. her son alive. SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 2:30 PM SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 11:30 AM THURSDAY, SEPT. 14, 11:00 AM FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, MIDNIGHT SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 11:30 AM SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 2:30 PM

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She is here to save us from the occupying and lethal alien of their immortal obligations and try to convince their mortal organization funded by extremists. force known as the Vaar. successors to take over for them. THE TRANSCENDENTAL DRYAD by Judi Lane RUN & SCREAM by Bill Millsap A magical wood nymph takes an unwitting land developer SHARK: A LOVE STORY by Dayna Noffke by Eduardo Soto-Falcon DHAMPIRA The evening after a meteor shower lights up the little northern back in time as Henry David Thoreau to reignite the boomer’s No Synopsis provided. A young woman uncovers terrifying secrets about her family’s town of Arbor County, an imaginative 10 year old girl steps sixties social activism and prevent the destruction of her history and realizes that a dark entity tries to kill everyone into the woods to play and suddenly finds herself hunted by home. 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Her escape sets off a chain of she’ll get more excitement than she bargained for when an THE WILD WILD WITCH by Walt Griggs & Greg Hill DIMINUENDO by Paul Gross events that pushes her family and the entire town to the brink ancient evil arises from the depths and begins driving the In 1872, a young, idealistic English witch with fledgling pow- In 1800’s Vienna, Ludwig van Beethoven struggles with polit- of extinction. townsfolk murderously insane. ical censorship, hearing loss, money problems, and a custody ers together with a ruthless bounty hunter turned preacher must travel to legendary Superstition Mountain to retrieve a battle over his deceased brother’s son as he makes a bargain by Jeffrey Lee DuPree THE CYPHER SESSIONS by Marc Roussel SANTA KLAWN powerful ancient relic from the notorious Wild Wild Witch or with God: let my music flourish, and I will cease my pursuit of Santa Klawn, son of Krampus, an evil clown God has a very Bennett is The Cypher, an anonymous therapist who becomes be banished from America forever. the woman I love. different present for the naughtiest children on Christmas day. a blank canvas upon which his patients can literally project the people they need to confront. Unexpectedly, his passion f7/f2 by Ana Ziegler Loes SLAUGHTERED LAMBS by James Christopher VIRGIN KILLERS by Tannaz Hazemi project collides with his personal life when his wife, Linda, A Spec Script for the Netflix original series “Stranger Things”. A church retreat from a fundamentalist West Texas church Three teenage brothers from a wealthy pharmaceutical family undertakes a series of brutally honest sessions, completely un- Upon the first day of school, Mike Wheeler, Dustin Hender- goes ary when members start drying. in LA are killing virgins to create a potent substance. Until aware that the man behind the glowing screen is her husband. son, Lucas Sinclair and Will Byers are thrust once again with middle brother Peter falls in love with one of their victims. the world of The Upside-Down, with the hopes of finding their THE 49th DAY by Craig Peters THE FALCONRY OF GHOSTS by Kenny Wright Jr. long, lost friend Eleven. A young girl’s imaginary friend starts killing her family off, WEREWOLVES FROM OUTER SPACE by Justin Nosler While driving home at night, a sociopath accidentally kills a one by one. But what can you do when you’re only nine, and On the night before Halloween, in a town that prohibits the young woman and flees the scene; denying any connection LILITH THE VAMPIRE by Jose Padilha & Yoya Wursch Death wants to play? holiday, a meteor crashes to Earth and unleashes an alien to the crime. He gets away with the murder, until the girls For six centuries, Lilith fights against the knights, until 2018 Werewolf. After surviving its initial attack, and being branded shaman grandfather calls upon the spirit of a fierce native in New York, a bloody battle takes place between the forces of THE COSTUME PEOPLE by Michael Klug a murderer by the kids at school, Millie teams with her best american warrior to avenge her death. good and evil. In light of her sagging career, and following the death of friend and the local crackpot scientist to take out the strange her husband – Hollywood actress Alexandra returns to her creature. Before the secret senior Halloween party, of course. THE NIGHT WES CRAVEN DIED by Mario Schuster LORE OF THE LOBISON by Joe Tofuri theatre roots in a small Tennessee town to once again take the When the two nerdy girls ANA and VIKI (each 18) download A relentless tracker fights a ferocious battle against huge stage – where 20 years before she survived a devastating and YEAR 73 by Jeff Shevlowitz a script online, which is to be said the last unfinished project bipedal werewolves to save a woman’s unborn child from the deadly tornado. With plenty of baggage and an ever-lingering 73 years after Hitler’s assassination and Germany’s victory in from legendary horror film director Wes Craven, they find e pack’s gigantic Alpha who needs the newborn to continue the survivor guilt, she must face her fears and her past; as well as World War II, John Eriksson (a black man) knows he will never screenplay, which exactly reflects what they did do and what bloodline. the supernatural mystery of The Costume People. be a full citizen in the United States. He’s also a brilliant a they are doing at this night. Will they be able to stop the physicist and learns that in order to save his wife and child, he nightmare and shape the screenplay in their favor? LOVECRAFT: INTO THE ABYSS by Mark Sudano THE DARK PASSENGER by Jeremy Kirk must go back in time and prevent Hilter’s assassination. When the young H.P. Lovecraft is framed for murder, he teams It’s kind of like Angel Heart made love to Warlock miscarried THE STREET PHOTOGRAPHER by Jim Norman up with the famed Harry Houdini to clear his name, only to the baby and it came out like Re-Animator. An old street photographer makes portraits of people that discover that Lovecraft’s stories have come to life! TOP 15 UNPRODUCED SHORT SCREENPLAYS literally change their lives. THE EARLY LIGHT OF DAWN by Robert Leslie Thompsett MAGIC RESEARCH SOCIETY by Amanda Keener A Swords & Sandals versus aliens movie, set in 3483 BC. AICHA KANDISHA by Sarah El Bakkouri THE THIRD DEATH by Amanda Prager No Synopsis provided. The story of a female guerrilla warrior who fought against the There are three deaths. The first death is when the body ceas- THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE PROTOCOL by Gregory Barton Spanish invaders in Morocco. es to function. The second is when the body is consigned to MARVEL ROSE by Margaret Ford Rogers & Dane Krogman After WWII there existed a nuclear arms race, a space race the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, Marvel Rose grows the most dazzling, other-worldly roses. and for its existence the Sunderlitz Gingerbread House saw FAR FROM PARADISE by Brian W. Smith when your name is said for the last time. Everyone wants her secret, a secret buried far in her past, so a children’s amusement park race and Walt Disney Lagged A dark comedy in which a couple stranded on a deserted is- disturbing and bizarre that her world has almost stopped. behind!! land resort to unusual means of survival when hunger kicks in. THE TWENTY-SEVENTH by Lachlan Marks Amidst the remnants of culture buried deep in the South’s A troubled celebrity-turned-outlaw and an ambitious journal- outer Islands, a set of evil twins,root medicine and a nosey THE KENSINGTON MARKET MOB KILLINGS FIGHTER by Toy Lei & Elana Pisani ist lock horns in a secret, late-night interview with unexpected newspaper reporter, Marvel Rose’s world is about to unravel. by Firdaus F. Bilimoria In a galaxy on the brink of war, a shell-shocked star pilot fights consequences for both parties. NOT EVEN PAST by Jeffrey Howe A Vietnamese-Chinese “shaman”, haunted by his boat refugee terrifying confusion, trauma-induced amnesia and survivor’s UNDERNEATH IT ALL by Nikki S. Colt When an ancient race of intelligent dinosaurs reappears in the past, channels a Buddhist wrathful deity’s supernatural guilt to reach the place in her brain where the code that is the No Synopsis provided. half-thawed Antarctic of 2267, a rogue dinosaur scientist and powers to wreck vengeance on the mafia gang that brutalized key to saving her planet is embedded. a teenage human girl must overcome their mutual suspicion. his beloved. VIRTUALLY FINE by Gil Saint THE MONSTER HUNTER’S CODE by Ryan Doyle MESSAGE THROUGH THE STARS by Vijay Varman PROMISE by John T. Frederick What good is living in the world of tomorrow if you’re still Three 12 year old con-artists make a business out of tricking While travelling at the speed of light to a distant planet, a Finally keeping his promise to his long dead dad, an imagina- haunted by all the problems of today? But science may finally their schoolmates out of money by offering to slay monsters young mother must deal with the fallout this journey has on tive teenager enlists a disillusioned ex-Marine to help find a have an answer: an experimental device that can change that don’t exist. When the Boogeyman threatens, these ama- her only child. magical place in the Amazon. anyone’s world view, even Miller, the future’s most pathetic teur ‘monster hunters’ may be the town’s only hope. sad-sack of a man.

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BEST VFX - Charismata An Eldritch Place Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape FEATURE SHORT FILM EXPRESS FILM - SHORT SHORT Dead Leaves Black Ring Love & Saucers Charistmata Banshee From Beyond Black Ring FTL Gnaw Funeral Wake Is Anybody Listening-A Podcast Story Curvature Bestia My Melinda Homesick Girl of My Dreams Hostile Hostile Dead Leaves Curve Switched Inseperable Icarus Replace Sol BEST PRODUCTION Flora Excarnate The Visitors Mauvaises Têtes Leviticus 24:20 The Glass Coffin The Glass Coffin Muse Monsters William & Theordore 4 Noro Might Vidar the Vampire Vidar the Vampire DESIGN - FEATURE The Secret Garden Nail The Ningyo Nimmer Dead Shack Vidar the Vampire The Plague The Plague The Ningyo BEST DIRECTOR - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Domain BEST DIRECTOR - Flora FEATURE - FEATURE SHORT BEST MAKEUP - Hostile BEST VFX - BEST SCI-FI Alfred J Hemlock - Edward Lyons BEST EDITING - Charismata - Collier/Mian Charismata Muse SHORT Curvature - Diego Hallivis Domain FEATURE SHORT FILM Bestia - Gigi Saul Guerrero SHORT Replace Domain Eldritch Code Icarus - Tom Teller 2AM Excarnate Dead Leaves - Trio Flora The Secret Garden Hope Diani and Devine - Diani/Devine Gnaw Gnaw FTL Meow - Chris Jopp Back Track Hostile Memoir The Faceless Man - Jeremy Foley iMedium Ink Gnaw - Haylar Garcia Muse Spiritus Lepus Hostile - Mathieu Turi Replace BEST COSTUMES - Replace Populace The Last Light - Angelita Mendoza Meow The Gateway Real Artists The Ningyo - Miguel Ortega Passage of Flick The Call of Charlie Replace - Norbert Keil The Glass Coffin FEATURE The Man Who Caught a Mermaid Dead Leaves The Secret Garden The Tinwife Solved Transit Conjunction The Man from Death Undress Me BEST SCREENPLAY - BEST EDITING - Diani and Devine BEST SCREENPLAY - Domain BEST MAKEUP - FEATURE FEATURE SHORT BEST ENSEMBLE Flora FEATURE BEST STUDENT FILM All the Marbles BEST PRODUCTION Dead Leaves Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape Hostile CAST - SHORT Diani and Devine Charismata Charismata Buckets Buckets DESIGN - SHORT Replace Dead Leaves Home Education Dawn of the Deaf All the Marbles A Knock at the Door Hostile Hostile The Secret Garden All the Marbles Replace Love & Saucers Dead Shack Icarus Monsters Buckets Gnaw Pollution of the Heart Nocturnally Yours Jules D. Alternative Math The Gateway Replace Artificial White The Glass Coffin The Glass Coffin BEST SOUND - Hostile See You Yesterday Real Artists Other People’s Heads Replace Viola vs. The Vampire King The Ningyo Raisin Carved Vidar the Vampire Vidar the Vampire FEATURE Dawn of the Deaf Curvature The Glass Coffin Visitors The Incredible Woman-Spider The Ningyo Imbroglio BEST ACTOR - Dead Leaves BEST ACTOR - Inseperable Dead Shack BEST ENSEMBLE BEST ANIMATED FILM SHORT Native FEATURE Gnaw BEST COSTUMES - Charismata - Andonis Anthony CAST - FEATURE Digital Romance Circles - Oliver Maltman Spiritus Lepus Hostile Charismata Hive Girl of My Dreams - Aaron Kuban SHORT The Call of Charlie Dead Leaves - Roy Dupuis The Glass Coffin Diani and Devine - Gabriel Diani Curvature Killer Recipe G**dammit - Davison Locksley Breaker The Secret Garden Diani and Devine Mary and Marsha Icarus - Jason Tobias Might Flora - Dan Lin THE MINERVA AWARD - Muse - Riley Egan Dead Shack Pizza Face Jules D. - Lucía Pollán Native The Gateway - Myles Pollard Domain Quitting Time Populace - Jamie Pigott Other People’s Heads FEMALE FILMMAKER PRIZE Vidar the Vampire - Thomas Aske Berg Flora Vocabulary 1 Unto Death - Tim Blackwell Spiritus Lepus Cameo Wood - Real Artists The Secret Garden The Incredible Woman-Spider Etta Devine - Diani and Devine The Ningyo Gigi Saul Guerrero - Bestia BEST ACTRESS - BEST MUSIC VIDEO BEST ACTRESS - BEST COMEDY Atlas World Izzy Lee - Rites of Vengeance FEATURE SHORT Julia Jones - Buckets SHORT FILM F*** Everything Alfred J Hemlock - Renaye Loryman BEST SOUND - Charismata - Sarah Beck Mather Happy Lauren Cooney - Pendulum Curvature - Lyndsy Fonseca Alfred J Hemlock Liz Drives - Sophia Davey SHORT Nikki Moore - Undefeated & Wicked Game Circles Little Dude Anthem Monsters - Caitlin Carmichael 2AM Gnaw - Penelope Mitchell Love Like Lies Norma Vila - Jules D. & The Glass Coffin Hostile - Brittany Ashworth Death Metal Nocturnally Yours - Ellary Porterfield Feeding Time Oliwia Siem - Pollution of the Heart Feeding Time The Day of Awakening Noro - Marie Sophon I Am the Doorway Replace - Rebecca Forsythe The World Ender Rebekah Fieschi - Mauvaises Têtes The Gateway - Jacqueline McKenzie Meow The Inside - Julia Fae Nail Rennells & Weldon - A Knock at the Door The Glass Coffin - Paola Bontempi Nocturnally Yours Undress Me - Lee Marshall Spiritus Lepus The Call of Charlie BEST NEW MEDIA / The Ningyo Transit Conjunction BEST YOUTH FILM BEST SUPPORTING WEB SERIES BEST SUPPORTING Jouska BEST FANTASTIC Aero: Origins ACTOR - FEATURE ACTOR - SHORT SHORT FILM Burning Violins Alfred J Hemlock - Tristan Mckinnon BEST SCORE - Charismata - Jamie Satterthwaite Clever Girl BEST UNPRODUCED Curvature - Glen Morshower Alternative Math All the Marbles - Carl Petersen SHORT Imbroglio Miss Beverly Hills Ghost Born of Sin - James Henderson All the Marbles SCREENPLAY - FEATURE Dead Shack - Donovan Stinson Scary Endings TOP 25 FINALISTS Gnaw - Kyle Gass Inseparable Meow - Charles Hubbell Might Mouse The Street Wizard’s Apprentice Pendulum - Scott Michael Wagstaff Monsters SEE PAGES 42 - 43 Hostile - Gregory Fitoussi You Only Die Once Vidar the Vampire - Brigt Skrettingland The Man from Death The Call of Charlie - Evan Arnold Passage of Flick Vidar the Vampire - Suthersan Bala Watch Me Three Skeleton Key - Dan White The Ningyo BEST UNPRODUCED Wolf of Vengeance BEST UTAH The Tinwife SCREENPLAY - SHORT They Live Inside Us BEST SUPPORTING PRODUCTION BEST SUPPORTING TOP 25 FINALISTS Entanglement SEE PAGE 43 ACTRESS - FEATURE BEST FANTASY ACTRESS - SHORT Maggie Icarus - Julia Farino Dead Leaves - Audrey Rancourt-Lessard SHORT FILM Pasghetti *All categories, except FQ Express, Youth Dead Shack - Lauren Holly All the Marbles Imbroglio - Zoë Bell Raisin Maggie - Shiloh Nyce Despain Film, Documentary Film, and Female Domain - Britt Lower Girl of My Dreams The Inside Filmmaker will have a secret nominee Flora - Teresa Marie Dorat Other People’s Heads Mouse - Vanessa Wasche They Live Inside Us Nocturnally Yours - Bonnie Aarons announced at the Closing Night Awards Muse - Elle Evans Spiritus Lepus White Ghost Ceremony, September 16th. 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