Shorts
Rag Dolls (4:12)
Director: Justin and Kristin Schaack
Synopsis: Playtime turns into uncontrolled shenanigans when a child discovers rag dolls in an antique chest. Her imagination runs wild, but for the dolls' real-life doppelgängers, self-control is out of their hands.
The Replacement (15:00)
Director: Sean Miller
Synopsis: On election night, a janitor feels cheated out of a life he might have lived when his own clone becomes the President. He goes on a bender to seek justice, encountering new forms of prejudice, dismissal, and classism. In a society where the morality around cloning is dividing the masses, physically looking like the newly elected President has its own dangers…
Marcus (9:59)
Director: J. R. Poli
Synopsis: After spending the last decade in turmoil, Marcus resorts to one last option in attempt to end his disarray. He sits inside his vehicle across the street from a bank, hesitating and waiting. One by one his colleagues enter, some trying to change his mind others aiming to persuade him to go through with it. Which side will Marcus choose, and will he finally succeed or will it just be another failure?
Pretorius (6:30)
Director: Bret Miller
Synopsis: A macabre story about a man and his love; a decomposing body in a red dress. But the more time he spends with her, the more control she gains.
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Bath Bomb (2:40)
Director: Matt McWilliams
Ars Moriendi (0:60)
Director: Desmond Confoy
“A Tragedy” A Comedy (0:60)
Director: Desmond Confoy
Bang Bang (0:60)
Director: Desmond Confoy
Triggered (5:57)
Director: Keith Mullin
Synopsis: A man, haunted by violence, struggles to find a feeling of security in a seemingly cold and hostile world.
Padlock Men (16:25)
Director: Lewis T. Powell
Synopsis: 86 year-old Walter "Posey" Fodrell shares one of his youthful memoirs of the historically secret band of vigilante civil rights soldiers known as the Padlock Men: Blood for Blood Knuckles Dirty. The Civil Rights movement will never be viewed the same.
Wendy (14:53)
Director: Michael Oshins
Synopsis: It’s Halloween and Wendy doesn’t have anything to wear. She must rely on her own ingenuity and help from her imaginary friends to make a costume and join the other kids for Trick-Or-Treating.
Young Blood (14:04)
Director: Richie Starzec
Synopsis: When Jay botches his first job for a group of small time thieves, things go south faster than anyone could have expected.
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One Shot (11:00)
Director: Joseph Victor, Ryan Steel
Synopsis: Jack has a chance encounter at the grocery store with Amanda, his Tinder match from the night before.
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The Invisible (17:45)
Director: Aisha Farooqi
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Death of the Midnight Voyage (6:17)
Director: Travis Boone
Synopsis: A son and a daughter are on the run from an abusive film crew, and it’s not the first time.
Songbird (17:00)
Director: Helen Baldwin
Synopsis: A troubled street musician finds a magic camera that ends his loneliness while opening a door to his darker side.
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King of Oakes and Commerce (7:47)
Director: Jackson Ezinga
Synopsis: A night in the life of a pinball wizard.
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Where the Jungle Ends (5:33)
Director: Joe Stucky
Synopsis: Haunted by a past of abandonment as a missionary child in the Philippines, Charles is facing the wolf again. This time he sees him clearly. Wolf versus the man, who will win?
Euthanasia Pines (3:54)
Director: Tara Gordon
Gnome Away From Home (9:39)
Director: Logan Regnier
Synopsis: A man leaves home to pursue his interest in gnomes.
Little Darling (13:38)
Director: Michael Oshins
Synopsis: William Darling, a courtroom artist is tasked with sketching a difficult music copyright case when he begins to suffer strange flashbacks. Unsure of what's triggering the reactions, he finds himself recreating his memories through his sketches- bringing back to life a forgotten past trauma. William's reality begins to mesh with his past as he uncovers horrific truths from his early days and tries to overcome the trauma.
Hair Trigger (8:15)
Director: Taylor Schafer
Synopsis: School shooting survivor Sadie, her mother Terry, and Sadie's best friend Elyse struggle to reconcile the night before the rest of Sadie's classmates return to school without her.
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Future (1:25)
Director(s): Robert Cousineau, Chris Rosik
Synopsis: A drunken, train-wreck time traveler offers a suicidally depressed barista a do-over with his life—there’s just one catch.
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The Joe (1:12)
Director: Evan L. Neel
Synopsis: Although construction began without a budget, architectural plans, or a tenant - Joe Louis Arena became the destination for hockey royalty and the home to champions. “The Joe” chronicles four decades of unforgettable moments in Red Wings history retold by the players, coaches and managers that lived them.
Unearthed and Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary (1:15)
Director(s): John Campopiano, Justin White
Synopsis: This riveting documentary follows the entire inception of PET SEMATARY, revealing Stephen King's inspiration to write the book, the struggle to get the film made and the unlikely success of a low budget film from Paramount Pictures during the WGA strike. The documentary features interviews with the Director, Mary Lambert and the entire cast, key crew, town locals as well as never-before-seen footage from the sets in Maine. The film is a detailed look into the making of one of the most enduring cult-horror classics of our generation.
Karen Doesn’t Dream (1:44)
Director: Zach Huckaby
Synopsis: A young woman becomes addicted to 'sleep tapes', bizarre VHS recordings of people sleeping. As she delves deeper into her new dependency, her life unravels in dark and unexpected ways.
Melody on Earth (1:25)
Director: Joshua Courtade
Synopsis: Upon returning to earth, a withdrawn woman named Melody hires an oddball private eye to track down the man who helped her escape from an alien zoo on Neptune. Or maybe it was Pluto.
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Where the Jungle Ends (5:33)
Director: Joe Stucky
The Graveyard Shift (16:36)
Director: Michael Price
Under the Surface (5:07)
Director: Avery Watson
The Black Button (10:57)
Director: Jefferey Hamlin
Below a Dark Wood (13:09)
Director: Bill Slovick
Euthanasia Pines (3:54)
Director: Tara Gordon
The Man Who Loved Flowers (5:12)
Director: Darcy Love
Nail Polish and Pills (15:26)
Director: Rachel Debolski
The Black Basilisk (9:59)
Director: Edward Loupe
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Gnome Away From Home (9:39)
Director: Logan Regnier
More Time (5:32)
Director: Laura Nicely
Little Darling (13:38)
Director: Michael Oshins
The Meteor (8:08)
Director: Charlie Losiewicz
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Grab Him by the – (7:53)
Director: Lane McKenna
Stuart Sleuth (7:00)
Director: Edward Loupe
Ready to Fight (1:22)
Director: Natasha Canepa
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Magic Play (3:26)
Director (of both): Natasha Canepa
Detroit Street Care (4:37)
Director: Rachel Goodman
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After Ashes (15:00)
Director: Jesse McAnally
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Hair Trigger (8:30)
Director: Taylor Schafer