i’M THE MOOD OF 2020! ValleyCon is all in good fun... but there are rules... which you should pay close attention to .BADGES MUST be worn at all times. We will eject anyone who cannot show they belong here. Corona is also at play so ALL PUBLIC HEALTH DICTATES WILL BE OBSERVED! Masks MUST be worn in ALL PUBLIC AREAS! This is a different feeling event with NO POOLSIDE PARTIES with the exception of the FIGHT CLUB in the large main floor suite-but capacity will be observed! MARSCON and the 70’s Room will also have a promotional rooms. Poolside will be a congregational area with space for distancing while meeting with friends. That said, there will be a bar in the MAIN ROOM both Friday and Saturday night as well as options in the FIGHT CLUB so here are the reminders:
21 is the legal drinking age. Anyone exhibiting overly aggressive behavior will not be tolerated. Be respectful of everyone and remember that COSTUMES DO NOT EQUAL CONSENT! If you wish to take a photo, be in the pic, etc.. BE RESPECTFUL and ask first please. ANY boorish behavior and you will be ejected (at the very least). Our edict is that ValleyCon is an ESCAPE from the crap of every day so POLITICS, RELIGION, COVID, ETC. are to be avoided and any altercations arising will be dealt with immediately with actual, LEGAL consequences. JUST COOL IT and have fun… everyone is here for fun.. that said, let’s have fun! Get some rest, eat something, shower, use deodorant (how unsavory to even have to mention it..) and BE POLITE! No smoking ANYWHERE unless expressly approved (which basically means nowhere) and at LEAST 20 feet from the doors outside. No photography without permission & ask permission for video/audio, etc. with any guest. If they did not give you consent, you DON’T HAVE IT! Special rules apply to weapons for costumes, etc… follow them or items will be confiscated and authorities will be called. Decisions of those running the event are final and carry the weight of the hotel and law enforcement behind it. Yes, for all purposes, they do “own” the place while they are here. Enjoy the events and if you have any questions, ask the Chairman!
The Standard Announcements of issues, rules, etc. we are legally obligated to make-and you to accept or leave the premises (as we won’t allow you to stay and yes, we have every legal right to do so!). Cheers! DRINKING: 21 is the legal drinking age. Hospitality Suites ARE NOT RUN BY VALLEYCON and some do serve alcohol, so it is up to them to card. They will do so VIGOROUSLY. Even if you look like you’re 95, a PHOTO I.D. IS REQUIRED. Party Suites have the ABSOLUTE RIGHT to refuse service or entrance to anyone. ValleyCon will not tolerate underage drinking and anyone caught doing so will have his or her memberships revoked and criminal prosecution may occur. SMOKING: According to State Law, virtually ALL areas are public areas and are NON-SMOKING and are marked as such. There is ABSOLUTELY NO SMOKING IN ANY FESTIVAL PANELS, ART SHOW, MERCHANTS ROOM, GAMING, OR OTHER DESIGNATED AREA. Smoking is allowed ONLY in designated private rooms or at least 20 feet away from the outside entrance.
LOST OR STOLEN ITEMS: ValleyCon is NOT responsible for stolen, lost or misplaced items. Please take care of your belongings. In the event of something going missing, check with the hotel front desk or at the ValleyCon registration table. *Note-we do cooperate fully with the Fargo-Moorhead Police Dept. WEAPONS POLICY – BASICALLY, DON’T BE STUPID! NO BRANDISHING, WAVING, ETC. ANYWHERE!!! Antique Firearms – ANY REAL GUNS – Are not allowed (only exception: Law enforcement/military with proper ID/notification to chairman). Firearm replicas (toy guns) – Are not allowed (except completely peace-bonded and approved per person) Pikes and Halberds- Are not allowed Swords, Knives, Dirks & Daggers – Must be completely sheathed and peace-tied. Axes, Claymores & Maces(includes all clubs/bats/etc.) – Are strongly discouraged but if you insist Axes must be sheathed and peace-tied. Claymores and Maces must be peace-tied to your person (strapped to your back, tied to your belt, etc.). All else peace tied. Bow & Arrows – Arrows are not to be drawn at any time. Bows must be un-strung and arrows tied in to the quiver. Walking sticks/Quarterstaffs – Are allowed with extreme care. Any other variation of weapons with distinction to be made by ValleyCon ONLY! Sheath: a protective covering, usually of thick leather that protects the edge of the blade, the wearer and anyone near them from damage. The sheath must cover the entire blade, not just the tip. Peace-tied: the method of securing a weapon to the sheath, belt or body of the wearer. If the weapon is not peace-tied upon arrival at the festival front gate a worker must peace tie it for you. No drawing of any weapon at any time (only exception-prior permission during Masquerade presentation or display). If a weapon is drawn, the patron is subject to loss of weapon, removal from ValleyCon and/or prosecution by authorities. All patrons must be at least 18 years old to carry a weapon on site. This policy applies to anyone carrying a weapon in with him or her or purchasing a weapon while at ValleyCon. If you purchase a weapon/replica please STORE IT AWAY!
Sports cards, Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, Yugioh, Supplies & much more!
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ValleyCon Parties!
Due to COVID, Party rooms are a near impossibility… we have poolside area to congregate in with distancing and there is a bar open in the MAIN ROOM Friday and Saturday and FIGHT CLUB will have limited capacity and refreshments. MARSCON and a new version of the 70’s Room will present! 158 The 70’s Beat Saber: Beat Saber is a virtual reality game on the Oculus Quest. Virtual Lightsabers slice thru flying blocks timed to the beat of music featuring songs from the 70s!
162 The Fight Club: The party room starts at 8:00 to whenever Friday and Saturday ...night. We have an Open Bar and will be sponsored by the Fargo Brewing Company; this year will be our second year Fargo Brewing company has sponsored our party room. All donations and tips go directly back into the Fight Club party room LIMITED CAPACITY!!
164 Marscon 2022: Visit our cousins from the Deep South (Minneapolis) and check out MarsCon 2022!
gaming
Our complete GAMING Schedule will be available as an insert at Registration and posted around ValleyCon, especially at the Gaming Rooms! Too much to wrangle by press time so check out all the gaming! Due to COVID, board games not available.
50 Years
Pixeled adult arcade with some homebrews 5-10 Mon-Thurs. * Fri 5-12 * Sat 3-12 * Kids Sunday 12-6 Pizza and non alcoholic drinks available
P o h 1 2 3 4 5 0 9 8 6 1 2 FRIDAY 5 6 7 3 2 1 0 9 q w e r t y TIME EVENT LOCATION 3:00pm FFFF SESSION 1 Chestnut Branching Out with the Invisible Man / Area 50 ½ / Cuckoo! / Dharma Bums / Familiar / Hekademia / Little Post Apo / Moon Drops
5:00pm COSPLAY! Woodland North ValleyCon Local Cosplay Guest Paige Kihle shares how you can get into cosplay and some of her works!
WORKSHOP: CREATING CHARACTERS Elm Join authors SELENA IR DRAKE and our other authors for a workshop on creating engaging characters!
FFFF SESSION 2 Chestnut The Gazer / The Immortal Game / The Lake Parasite / Transmission / The Frightened President / Stay Alert / Shh / Saycet Solaris
6:00pm TRAILERS OF UPCOMING FILMS Woodland North
6:30pm OPENING CEREMONIES Woodland North Join us for a the official opening of ValleyCon 46!
7:00pm GIGI EDGLEY’S FAVORITE FARSCAPE EPISODES Woodland North Gigi sits down with our own Rhiannon Clark to reminisce about her time on Farscape and her favorite episodes!
FFFF SESSION 3 Chestnut Divertimento / Evie / Kinesthesia: A Walk Through the Fargo-Moorhead Music Scene / Exterior Day / Microwave Spider / One-Man Band / Song of the Resurrector
8:00pm SPOTLIGHT ON CAM (Complementary Alternative Medicine) Woodland North CAM (Complementary Alternative Medicine) removing the random roaming pain of fibromyalgia and other Auto Immune Diseases. Joe has been researching this since a severe auto accident in 1983. He facilitated the Fargo Moorhead Chronic Pain Suport Group for 6 years and used alternative therapies for many decades. He has aggregated a 600 page book as a quick reference on CAM Theripies and Notes from his years of research.
WORKSHOP: BRIAN SANDERSON’S RULES OF MAGIC Elm Join our writers for a lively discussion of author Brian Sanderson’s Rules of Magic and how it impacts your work!
9:00pm VENDORS AND GUESTS CLOSE! FFFF SESSION 4 Chestnut And Then God Laughed / The Last Christmas of the Universe / The Gloom / Stalag III-C / NAIK / Man on the Moon / Dana / Cutter POOLSIDE PARTIES OPEN! Poolside 9:30pm Woodland North Frisky Business Presents a night of NERDLESQUE!! Bringing together a collection of local luminaries for your entertainment, we're blending burlesque, cosplay, comedy, and more! Featuring faves such as Muscle Crowe, Holly Handful, and Frisky Business, as well as a variety of others!!
11:00pm FFFF SESSION 5 Chestnut She and the Darkness / Strigoi / Good Times, Bad Moon / #NOFILTER / Be Good / Cracolice / Eva and Arrow / Geneva Jacuzzi’s Casket / Hide or Seek / In the Mirrors
*After Burlesque… CANTINA REVISTED Woodland North Baby Yoda says groove out! P o h 1 2 3 4 5 0 9 8 6 1 2 SATURDAY 5 6 7 3 2 1 0 9 q w e r t y 9:00am LIGHTSABER ACADEMY Woodland North Our friends to the north bring their Lightsaber Academy to ValleyCon!
10:00am KIDS FFFF SESSION 1 Woodland North Crocodile and the Plover Bird / Jim Button and the Wild 13
WORKSHOP: Mashing Genres! Elm Join our author guests for a fun mix up on combining horror and romance… at least better than Twilight… or any other combos!
11:00am WORKSHOP: OVERCOMING YOUR FEARS Elm TO GET PUBLISHED Authors Tina Holland and others guide you thru the process!
12:00pm IVY COSPLAY! Woodland North Meet our National Cosplay Guest of Honor and learn how she got involved in cosplay and some of her work!
COMICS with ARTIST GUEST TOM NGUYEN and maybe some extras…! Elm See out comics gurus with info on the industry, how to get in and where is it headed?
FFFF SESSION 6 Chestnut Dino! / The Emergence / Wich / Audionomie / Beats / Beans / Dorothy Non Deve Morire / Every 75 Minutes
1:00pm KIDS COSPLAY COSTUME CONTEST! Woodland North A special costume event for the younger members of ValleyCon! Having fun is key and prizes for all participating! Extra credit and main prizes for craftsmanship and originality or re-creation
WORKSHOP: TRADITIONAL VS. SELF-PUBLISHING Elm Our author group chimes in with information and cautionary tales…!
1:30pm PHOTO OPS with SEAN PATRICK FLANERY Rm 174-OPS Purchase your photo ops in advance to get them done and back so Sean can autograph them!
2:00pm SEAN PATRICK FLANERY! Woodland North Join one of our Guests of Honor to hear about everything from Young Indiana Jones to Boondock Saints and much more!
FFFF SESSION 7 Chestnut The Mattress King / The Request / The Sylph / The Thing in the Tub / The War of Words / There’s a Gorilla in the Closet / X-Mas on Fire / You Don’t Know Me / Myrtle
P o h 1 2 3 0 9 8 6 1 2 SATURDAY CONTINUED 6 7 3 2 1 0 9 q e r t 2:15pm PHOTO OPS with GIGI EDGLEY Rm 174-OPS Purchase your photo ops in advance to get them done and back so Gigi can autograph them!
3:00pm GIGI EDGLEY! Woodland North Join Gigi for a look at her varied career!
3:00pm PHOTO OPS with IVY COSPLAY Rm 174-OPS Purchase your photo ops in advance to get them done and back so Ivy can autograph them!
4:00pm ADRIAN LEE Woodland North Meet our Author and Paranormal guest, Adrian Lee and see some of what he does! Much more later tonight,..!
WORKSHOP: IMPORTANCE OF WRITING GROUPS Elm Join in with our author guests for a discussion all writers can benefit from!
FFFF SESSION 8 Chestnut Tiong Bahru Social Club / On the Edge / Sleep
5:00pm WOODLAND NORTH CLOSED FOR BANQUET SETUP Check out vendors and guests and Artist Alley!
WORKSHOP: Cons-Fandom and Belonging Elm Join author Christopher Schmitz and others on a look at these things called cons… and the need for social interaction of a nerdy kind!
6:00pm FFFF SESSION 9 Chestnut He Explorer / Echthaar / Family Tree / Golem
6:30 pm BANQUET! Seating at approx. 6:20; Dinner soon after! Woodland North Excellent food, cash bar and some diverting entertainment during dinner and soon after! Limited tickets available so purchase at Registration before they’re gone!
7:15 pm SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS – AWARDS AND MORE! All can join in after Banquet! Be present for some special awards to very deserving individuals!
7:30pm Cosplay check-in/Pre-judging Birch and Hallway lineup
You MUST be here to be in the contest!
7:30-8pm RESET WOODLAWN FOR EVENING Woodlawn North REOPENING between 8 and 8:15 approx.!
8:00pm FFFF SESSION 10 Chestnut Stroke of Luck / The Connection / The Immortal / Santa’s Night Out
8:30 pm THE COSPLAY COSTUME CONTEST Woodland North SPONSORED BY COMIC JUNCTION – APPLAUSE – PIXELED - ! ValleyCon has over 40 YEARS of costume contests and we welcome all levels of craft… awards for originality and re-creation as well as skills and more! Sign up at registration before 5pm! P o h 1 2 3 0 9 8 6 1 2 SATURDAY CONTINUED 6 7 3 2 1 0 9 q e r t During wait ANDREW HELD CHARITY AUCTION! Woodland North For judges! Bid! Bid! Bid! It’s all great stuff-much donated BY OUR VENDORS and local businesses and the Charity Auction benefits SANFORD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL with 100% of donations staying LOCAL! ALSO LIVE ONLINE BIDDING! SEE OUR WEBSITE TO PRE-REGISTER!
10:00pm ADRIAN LEE with HEATHER MORRIS Elm Join our Paranormal Guests for a very cool look at paranormal phenomena captured by various means form Adrian’s investigations!
POOLSIDE PARTIES OPEN!
FFFF SESSION 11 Chestnut Consume / Cricket / Don’t Walk / A Fresh Start / Agony / Ipecac / Pests / Steve’s Extraordinary Cure / Sundown Trail / The Creator / When I Explode / Spaceship
11:00pm WARRIORS & WENCHES! Woodland North Back from the plague hiatus! The perennial audience favorite has warriors and wenches (sign up with host Frisky Business!) strut their stuff for cancer! A $2 cover at the door will be collected with ALL proceeds going to our Breast and Prostate cancer programs!
*Right after CANTINA REVISITED Woodland North W&W Baby Yoda/The Child (Grogu for the purists) kicks it up!
P o h 1 2 3 4 5 0 9 8 6 1 2 SUNDAY 5 6 7 3 2 1 0 9 q w e r t y TIME EVENT LOCATION 9:00am TRAILERS OF UPCOMING FILMS Woodland North Trailers of upcoming films!
10:00am LIGHTSABER ACADEMY Woodland North Our friends to the north bring their Lightsaber Academy back again!
KIDS FFFF SESSION 2 Chestnut Marmalade / Balla Balla Pirates / Bijou Doozie / Corgi and a Candy Cane / Birdtopia / Do Not Cross Me / Eraser-The Love Project / It fits / The Dog’s Story-Part II / The Big Debacle / The Homework Fairy / Justin and the Werlobee / Luke and the Void / Out There / Sailors at Sea / Slice of Adventure / The Mask / Worlds of Matter
11:00am WORKSHOP: WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU HIT SEND Woodland North MARKETING YOURSELF AS A WRITER Our author cadre guides you thru some of the pitfalls in being a professional writer.
12:00pm FFFF SESSION 12 Chestnut Malanka / Koreatown Ghost Story / Phoenix 93 / Rewind / RKLSS / I Was a Teen-Aged Space Man From Space / MeTube: August sings 'Una furtiva lagrima' / Chimes of Love and Death / Witch’s Heart / We All Dream / Ecdysis / Edgar Allen Poe’s The Murder House
1:00pm WORKSHOP: WHY POETRY? Woodland North Join Justin Cancilliere and Nick Keller for a poetry workshop! P o h 1 2 3 0 9 8 6 1 2 SUNDAY CONTINUED 6 7 3 2 1 0 9 q e r t 2:00pm WORKSHOP: WORLD BUILDING Woodland North Orcs, Elves, Dragons… or steam-powered devices and electrical gadgetry.. . building a world outside of reality (and what is reality…?) is a daunting task and can sink or sell your project. Here are some tips, tricks and sage advice from our authors!
FFFF SESSION 14 Chestnut Bloodshot Heart
3:00pm TRAILERS OF UPCOMING FILMS! Woodland North
4:00pm TALKBACK Woodland North Bring your pithy comments, concerns and even praise, to the talkback!!
4:30 pm CLOSED! SEE YOU DECEMBER 4th, 2021 for PROFESSOR EUSTACE J. McGONIGLE’S TOYS, COLLECTIBLES & CURIOSITIES EXPOSITION (Vendors space on sale in ONE WEEK!) and APRIL 23-24, 2022 for FARGO-MOORHEAD COMIC-CON 12/ FARGO POP EXPO
and then THE FARGO FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL 20 WITH
SEPT. 29-OCT. 2, 2022! At the HOLIDAY INN!
Area 50 ½ Major Baldingstien and unpaid intern Jeremy Jenkins must save Area 50 1/2 from a slime creature from another dimension.
Balla Balla Pirates A pirate crew boards a merchant ship with a large treasure of gold. While reloading the gold onto their ship, they pack everything onto one side of the pirate ship, causing it to capsize. The gold sinks to the bottom of the sea and the pirates fall into the water. The captain abandons the ship. His crew is just too stupid for him. The parrot, who knows all the captain's commands by heart, now takes over.
BIJOU DOOZIE Having a great day at the fair, young Bijou Doozie knows no limits! In spite of setbacks, he is determined to pursue the fullness of fun riding various exciting attractions at the fair.
Birdtopia Four common city birds set out to save their homes from urban expansion.
Corgi and a Candy Cane It's a fine winter's day and Corgi is looking for his friend Candy Cane to take a walk with him. The two have a pleasant stroll together.
Crocodile and Plover Bird It all started with crocodile's toothache one day as he was not able to use dental floss, or toothbrush as his arms are too short to get food stuck in his teeth.
Do Not Cross Me On a bridge in the wild west a strange battle takes place.
Eraser // The Love Project A fiery young schoolgirl would do anything to protect her best friend from a merciless bully - and stumbles upon a dark, mysterious ring with magical powers that just might make her problems disappear...
It fits In the triangle country it is very beautiful. But there is too little work. So the triangle family decides to emigrate to the square country. Daddy quickly finds work. But life is hard. They do not fit through the square doors. And some squares claim that the triangles do not fit at all into
the quadrangle country.
JIM BUTTON AND THE WILD 13 New adventures await Jim Button and Lukas the engine driver! After the two friends have defeated the dragon Frau Mahlzahn, the pirate gang “The Wild 13” seeks revenge. With their steam locomotives Emma and Molly, the Friends embark on a dangerous journey, on which Jim's most sensitive wish could come true: he finally wants to bring the truth about his mysterious origin to light.
Justin and the Werloobee Based on the published book, FRUIT OF THE VINE (Weisberg and Yoffe, Waldorf Publishing, 2018). In JUSTIN AND THE WERLOOBEE, we meet Justin, a sensitive, introspective boy whose physical features and personality make him a convenient target for many of his cruel peers. One night, he wakes to find himself on a mysterious island, which is inhabited by a horde of bizarre creatures.
Luke & The Void A stylised and cinematic sci-fi short set in 1986. Only child, Luke has problems at home and at school, but he’s on a mission to leave it all behind.
Marmalade Sometimes, if you want to become a hero, you just have to fly. Innovative handmade embroidery animation.
Out There A girl is told to stay inside and warned about the dangers of going out. Then she hears an encouraging voice and musters the courage to explore. Girls are often warned or shamed into keeping things "in." In this movie, a girl explores her own freedom by applying her innate strength and honoring her sense of adventure.
Pest(s) Valentin, a crooked real estate agent, is determined to sell an apartment to a couple of Parisians. But a rat comes to disturb the sale, pushing Valentine to eradicate it at all costs...
Sailors at sea The sailors face the storm and know the confinement in a belly or an island ...
Slice of Adventure From atop his precarious castle, a stingy dragon named Snudge sits and admires his gold. When an appetite comes calling, he spots an opportunity to nab a free pizza. If the pizzaman comes late, it’s free! The dragon subjects the unsuspecting pizzaman named Marvin to an agonizing array of traps to delay him. Will the dragon get his pizza for free, or will the pizzaman deliver on time?
THE DOG'S STORY - Part II Whatever happens is for the better! A chain of random events lead to the most unusual circumstances.
The big debacle Gilles and Louf are two long time friends. They plan a bank robbery but they are really clumsy and not set up at all. So they think it could be easier to practice in a small corner shop.
The Homework Fairy Two kids get some unexpected help with their homework.
The Mask I don’t think that adults can see correctly behind their masks…
Worlds of Matter Worlds of Matter is an educational short film that features various experimental animation methods. Even the smallest molecules that make up our nature have hidden beauties just waiting to be discovered.
A Fresh Start An earnest young woman's first virtual date leads to mayhem as both her and her suitor's hidden selves come to light. Agony A dying man´s journey through death "Agony means, the final fight against death" And Then God Laughed After losing his job and his girlfriend on the worst morning of his life, a middle aged expat living in Prague turns to his carefree neighbor for support – only to find her faced with her own predicament: a bloody crime scene that points straight at her. Area 50 ½ Major Baldingstien and unpaid intern Jeremy Jenkins must save Area 50 1/2 from a slime creature from another dimension. Audionomie Loïc is alone in the anechoic room. What had he done to find himself in there? Since when? He only came to the audiology clinic for a little hiss in his ear... Be Good Nathan is a 6 years old kid like most kids of his age with a lot of imagination. He loves to play dress-up and be in a character of monsters, zombies, vampires, super hero. He would prefer to play with someone of his age, a friend than to play with his imagination. But who? The new babysitter might be the one. Beans After the collapse of civilization, a man tries to open a can of beans Beats A recently engaged woman gets another chance at living the happily-ever-after fairytale that everyone around her appears to be enjoying. Falling short of expectations, she struggles with how to save herself and her relationship as she gives up her "life's blood" to keep her fiancé alive. Bloodshot Heart A mild-mannered driving instructor living with his manipulative and jealous mother descends into obsession and psychosis when a tenant half his age moves in. As the lines between reality and fantasy twist and merge, he hatches a violent plan to win her love. Branching Out With The Invisible Man A brief nostalgic piece involving a very tired and exhausted Invisible Man, suddenly being awakened to unexpected guests. Chimes of Love and Death A tribute to the cinema of Orson Welles. The legend says that on the last day of the year, when the 12 chimes of midnight sound, the souls of those who are going to die next year go to the cemetery. Will you be one of them? CONSUME A world where everyone lives in the work stations and eats liquid food coming from dispensers. Workers that are only numbers fulfill incomprehensible and alienating tasks to earn points and reach a target to move up the chain and access a better life. We know him as 079 and he keeps falling short leaving that promotion too far to reach. So he decides to steal the remaining points from his next door neighbor. Cracolice, a seaside village near the Tyrrhenian Sea, is sadly known for an event that broke out in the early 90s, never denied or confirmed: following the arrival of the famous “toxic ships”, the young people suddenly stopped growing, remaining teenagers forever. How this was possible remains a mystery. Cricket A man wakes from a nightmare, only to be haunted by the sounds that inhabit his dreams. CUCKOO! Absurd comedy about a lonely man who lives inside a cuckoo clock. Witch's Heart Middle Ages, witch-hunt are out of control in Europe, a man accused of witchcraft desperately takes refuge in a forest, but the real danger to escape from is a sinister legend, more menacing than reality. Cutter A teenage cutter in recovery and her overbearing mother are haunted by a ghost who seeks to keep them at odds. Dana After being attacked one night, Diana believes that something must change and decides to do her justice. This is why she names herself "Dana", meaning "the one who does justice" Dharma Bums At first glance, Daisuke is just a dirty and undernourished Japanese homeless man, suck in a badly patched parka. Actually the man carries with him the weight of a thousand lives spent at a crossroads halfway between everyday reality and mystical dimension, out of time and space. DINO! Dino the crocodile and a boy are looking for the lost crown. And the tapir is chasing them to intercept the treasure. One day, Dino and the boy find a treasure map. Divertimento Jonas Olsen (Kellan Lutz), a chess player haunted by a tragic past, is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, Divertimento. Don't Walk Walkers Jon and Val have always played it safe in life, but a life threatening illness makes them throw caution to the wind - with devastating results. Dorothy Non Deve Morire An elderly Dorothy lives with her maid Sally in an old mill. The woman is very ill, her condition serious. Her last wish is to see her travel companions from her OZ days, with whom she has not been in contact for years. Ecdysis In a near-future world ravaged by environmental disaster and a deadly virus, Lina carries her infected teenage son, Aris, to a retired doctor hoping he will be able to cure him. Echthaar The smell of shampoo and cigarettes hangs in the air. The hair buns tear at the scalp and the newest hits play on a small radio. It’s the golden 50ies and Victor has his hair salon in perfect order – or so it seems. Because from her first day at the new job, Paula just can’t take her eyes off the strange jukebox in the corner but she doesn’t understand that her own life is on the line.
Edgar Allan Poe's THE MURDER HOUSE It's as if there's an EVIL in this house.
Eva & Arrow A young girl and her brother race against time in order to save their mother from the bite of a poisonous spider.
Every 75 minutes While Rachel is waiting for the bus on her way into town, she meets a very special visitor...
EVIE In a world decimated by nuclear war, where barbaric clans and genetically modified dinosaurs roam the Australian countryside, a young girl, Evie, must venture alone to a distant farmhouse to seek medical supplies for her dying father.
Exterior Day The Felliniesque descent, with tweaks of Godard, of a used-up Hollywood has-been actor trying to rescue some shred of dignity from his agent on their last ride together.
Familiar It is 1942, in the dark woods of Pennsylvania, Richard Mason is the Familiar to a hideous ancient vampiric creature living in the bowels of an isolated mansion. Every day he must bring a new victim for it to feed on and tolerate its physical and mental abuse.
Family Tree An animation about Seymour, a lonely sycamore tree who becomes excited when a new family moves in to the house on the grounds where he lives.
Geneva Jacuzzi's Casket "A Futuristic Head-Trip" *** 2066AD. Los Angeles. Kate Shaw is massively frustrated. She has several shipments of experimental Emote Cartridges past due for delivery to the World Wellness Watch, the current one-world government. Kate is going to miss the deadline. Execution is likely.
Golem Nazi-occupied Prague, 1939. A group of German soldiers search for a fugitive Rabbi in the basement of an abandoned synagogue - unaware of the horror awaiting them.
Good Times, Bad Moon An outcast teenager attends his first roller disco and is quickly targeted by the local bullies. Little did they know Kal has his own agenda and they are on the menu. Hekademia In the near future, Marion is an isolated teenage girl living in a high rise above the city and dreaming of the forest. Inside a lonely apartment, she struggles to overcome her stifled relationship with her mother. She enrolls in a virtual reality high school, where she befriends another student named Cassidy. But as Marion spends more time at school, she starts to wonder how much is real and how much is part of the simulation. Hide or Seek Andrew introduces his boyfriend to his childhood friends by playing a nostalgic - and terrifying - game of Hide and Seek. The game turns deadly when he discovers someone from his past hiding in the shadows, out for violent revenge.
I Was A Teen-Aged Space Man From Space A loving homage to the b-movie genre.
In the Mirrors In town for a job interview, Clara discovers she has much bigger problems than a nerve-wracking meeting when her airbnb turns out to be haunted by invisible creatures.
Ipecac A gambling addict realizes he can literally cough up money but instead of paying off his old debts, he accrues horrible new ones.
Kinesthesia: A Walk Through the Three music artists currently living in Fargo-Moorhead offer a cross-section Fargo-Moorhead Music Scene of the music scene in this experimental non-fiction short film. As the artists perform monologues based on their personal experiences, dancers take to the stage and convey their stories through movement. Song, dance, theatre, and film unite in this celebration of the arts.
Koreatown Ghost Story In this supernatural horror tale based on a Korean ritual starring Margaret Cho and Lyrica Okano, a woman entertains a macabre marriage offer that would let her pursue her dreams, for better or for much much worse.
Little PostApo In a single night, 492 out of 500 people disappeared from a prosperous city on the outskirts of the Wasteland. Ten years later, documentary filmmakers arrived to find out what had happened.
Malanka In Belarus, 11 passengers from a provincial town go to Minsk, the capital, each with their own purpose. Lightning strikes the bus and something unusual begins ,it drives in a circle and is unable to stop. The passengers are complete strangers and are forced to cooperate and try to find a way out of the bus to survive.
MAN ON THE MOON Patrolling Earth from the moon is the cushiest job an Alien can get, but when an incident turns Earth’s timeline on its head. All they can do now is watch and hope they don’t get fired!
MeTube: August sings 'Una furtiva lagrima' The third part of the internationally award-winning MeTube short film series. This time the intergalactic music nerds August and Elfi conquer the opera stage and orchestrate their final adventure in an opulent manner.
Microwave Spider Family tensions rise when a father is injured and becomes unable to work.
Moon Drops A factory worker assembles an enigmatic machine that produces liquid drops from the moonlight.
Myrtle Myrtle, a trailer park Mom from Indiana, cooks dinner for her son. But something's not quite right. This kitchen is anonymous, industrial, and Myrtle's working to a deadline. As her composure unravels, we realize that 21 grams is all that separates life from death.
NAIK Jordy is a nerdy boy, he lives with his alcoholic mum, they don't have much money, but Jordy steals his mother's last savings to buy the latest high-tech shoes "back to the future style". With this new purchase Jordy will feel more popular but these shoes hide a dark secret.
NOFILTER #Nofilter addresses the ever-growing issue surrounding Body Dysmorphic Disorder through the eyes of Beth, an insecure twenty-something, who becomes obsessed with an insidious filter, leaving her to question true beauty. On the edge A pioneer woman finds herself alone on the road to the conquest of the West... Her husband tragically dead, she goes alone in unknown land in the hope of finding their last horse.
One-Man Band The night before their big concert, three members of an up-and-coming rock band are killed in a car accident. The remaining guitarist, William, finds ways of coping with his shock and grief, while the bands manager attempts to help him return to music.
Pest(s) Valentin, a crooked real estate agent, is determined to sell an apartment to a couple of Parisians. But a rat comes to disturb the sale, pushing Valentine to eradicate it at all costs...
Phoenix 93 An Old Man tries to bring about the incarnation in the material world of a pink flamingo from an immaterial world. This pink flamingo is cloned so that it will ineluctably die among its fellow beings in the material world.
Rewind Leo visits his grandfather who no longer speaks and finds a way to connect with him ...
RKLSS Tank, a natural artist who is always drawing, runs into trouble with the law with his gang of friends. Tank is convicted, jailed, and subjected to solitary confinement and intense brutality. His art allows him to escape his terrible conditions.
Santa's Night Out Santa only gets one night to himself all year. He has to make the most of it!
SAYCET – SOLARIS In a ghost town as if from the past, the night is suspended. The world of dreams unfolds and reveals mysterious and poetic characters. In this futuristic city where the sun never rises, revolt is near.
She and the Darkness A cleaner suffers a deep depression after the death of her daughter. On one of her night runs to fight insomnia, she feels someone is watching her from the darkness of an alley.
Shhh When a pharmaceutical spy ducks into a library to avoid capture he encounters a potential partner/love interest in a librarian looking for adventure and a new job.
Sleep Trapped in a purgatory between a dream and his waking life, a man comes face to face with his buried darker self.
Song of the Resurrector A priestess seeking to revive a fallen warrior draws upon the power of a mystical song to penetrate the nether-realm and summon a necromancer.
SPACESHIP After securing his family's future on humanity's next planet, a man departs from his home and sets forth to a shuttle station to leave wrecked Mother Earth for good.
STALAG III-C In the final days of World War II, US paratrooper Joe Boyd leads a daring escape from a Nazi POW camp, only to face a more horrifying evil beyond the prison walls. Inspired by true events. STALAG III-C was filmed entirely on location in Minsk, Belarus.
Stay Alert Like many people during the Covid lockdown, Ambers lifestyle has already become much more complicated. She wears her mask, does her best to social distance, watches what she eats, and likes to take an invigorating run in the old cemetery away from people. However an ominous stranger has taken a dangerous and unhealthy interest in her, and after a deadly game of cat and mouse, blood will be shed.
Steve's Extraordinary Cure When Sarah Burger catches covid and is about to die, her husband, Steve, promises to go back in time to get a cure from his great-great grandfather. His time travel is successful, and Steve brings the cure to Sarah. She takes it, with very astonishing results.
Strigoi is the original ancient Romanian myth for vampires. Between 2005 and 2007 a massive "pandemic" of Strigoi occurred in the region of Oltenia from Romania. People went sick without a medical reason, graves were unearthed, having the dead slain, with their heart impaled and burnt to ashes. Five people were prosecuted for Grave Desecration. As of today, the condemned Strigoi slayers still claim that they saved their families from being taken to death by the unholy spirit. This is the dramatization of their story. Stroke of Luck Young Nathan has pulled a damaging prank at his school in the city and is sent to his father's farm to work it off. But Nathan finds much more than he bargained for when he gets there, including Sarah, a very charming, independent farm hand, a bizarre crime ring, and a horse that only he can hear talk.
Sundown Trail In a post-apocalyptic world where toxic mushrooms have made the air deadly to breathe, a timid boy must learn to trust a thieving bandit in order to save his dying father.
The Connection A young boy loses his sense of meaning when his drug dealing and addicted older brother commits suicide in front of him. After a traumatic psychedelic trip of his own, his life is thrown off track, and he ventures down a dangerous path ...
The Creator The scientist creating and training androids to be perfect in different skills: fighting, athletics, dancing, and. - painting. All droids improving themselves day by day, but an artistic one is standing where she was - Will Creator erase his work or leave her a chance?
The Emergence In a fantasy world where every living things, weather events, mountains and rivers are linked to a celestial particulate current, a young inventor and artist seeks a rare species of creatures, and the truth behind their unexpected extinction.
The Explorer In the heart of the largely unexplored Congo Basin forest hides the Mokele-mbembe, a semi-aquatic animal whose shape and dimensions resemble those of a sauropod dinosaur. Do you disbelieve? ‘You are wrong,’ would say Michel, a former lawyer who left everything 15 years ago to try to find the animal. Put on the trail of the animal's den by one of his trackers, Michel decides to set up his most ambitious expedition yet to finally bring tangible proof of the creature’s existence.
The Frightened President In a fictitious country, the newly elected president and first-lady face a threat that puts their love to the test.
The Gazer Jack owns a small alien jerky shop in the desert. After his repetitive daily pattern is mysteriously interrupted, Jack is reminded of the passion and hope he once had to prove the existence of extra terrestrial life.
The Gloom Laura studies for the opposition of her medical specialty. You don't have time for your husband's hypochondria. Nor for his children's fights. But when everything goes dark and Laura enters the gloom, time is all she will have.
The Immortal If you had the chance to live forever, would you take it? A man who wants to overcome death learns the secret of immortality, but comes to regret his decision when he discovers that eventually, everything dies - everything except him.
The Immortal Game Inspired by The Seventh Seal and the famous chess game, Death and Knight play the immortal game- this time however, the prize is not time.
The Lake Parasite Toxic waste runoff from a luxury resort creates a lake monster which wreaks havoc on the exclusive resort town.
THE LAST CHRISTMAS OF THE UNIVERSE December 25 of next year. Humanity has gone to hell and only a few survive eating each other. Santa Claus comes to bring toys, but in a world without good children, he will have to use them as deadly weapons.
The Mattress King A game between the dream and reality of a man who has to fight his greatest demon: slumber.
The Request Rafael, a northern muleteer, along with his best friend, crosses the sierra of the state of Sonora expecting to find a retired rural policeman, an Acordada. Seeking revenge, Rafael meets Jesús Santos, an old rancher who worked for the rural police in his youth. Spending the night with the old man and after a few drinks, Rafael discovers that Jesús Santos it is a supernatural being known by native americans as The Nahual.
The Sylph Jay chases a shadow of his mother, a vigilante known as The Sylph
The Thing in the Tub Everything was coming up aces for associate professor Wilkins, that was until he brought home a lab sample... and left it in the tub.
The war of words During a mediation between the association ConsumAction and SuperFang, a food industry giant, the tone rises sharply. Employed by the multinational company, Marie faces verbal fire. Words burst out like machinegun bullets and transform this mediation into a real war of words.
There's a gorilla in the closet Seasoned detectives Harry and Jane are called to Baron Karl's manor in order to investigate a strange case of a gorilla terrorizing the staff.
Tiong Bahru Social Club Ah Bee goes on a comedic odyssey through Tiong Bahru Social Club, a data-driven project to create the happiest neighborhood in the world. Little by little Ah Bee’s encounters with the neighborhood’s residents reveal the absurdity of life.
Transmission UFOs? Alien abduction? A boy finds the key to extraterrestrial connection but loses his brother in the process. Can he re-connect to get him back?
We All Dream A sleepwalking girl, a midnight mission for ice cream, and the uneasiness of growing up in a jaded world.
When I Explode Chris' 30th Birthday party is turned upside down when he finds out there is a ticking bomb growing in his stomach. Bomb expert Alim is brought in to defuse both the bomb and the tension.
Wich It seemed like any ordinary day. Until it wasn't.
X-Mas on Fire A heist on Christmas Eve going horribly wrong.
You don't know me While on a roadtrip, a bickering American couple gets involved in a sordid affair after stopping for gas in the middle of rural Quebec.
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