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A Friendly Referral
Director: Edward Mizner
A babysitter discovers an evil secret about the family she's working for.
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A Friendly Referral
Director: Edward Mizner
A babysitter discovers an evil secret about the family she's working for.
Fun and Games
Writer: Wes Worthing
Violet, an 11 year old shy outcast, wants to be friends with her classmates, but is bullied instead. Her Grandma Iris, a feared witch, joins her on a field trip, and in an attempt to teach the bullies a lesson, Iris conjures an overzealous creature from a nearby forest.
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The Peeper
Director: Sergiy Pudich
Strange things happened in the pole dance gym after the trainer caught a peeper behind the door...
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The Peeper
Director: Sergiy Pudich
Strange things happened in the pole dance gym after the trainer caught a peeper behind the door...
A Super Friendly Guy
Writer: Mićo Ivanović
David is a super friendly guy during the day. But is he really that friendly at the end of the day?
Honorable Mention
Only Escape
Director: Shawn Robinson
30 year old Sarah finds herself locked in her bedroom with no way out. She soon realizes she is not alone.
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RAVAGE NATION
Director: Michael Moutsatsos
In 2036 CV5 virus is born. Mother's give birth to hybrids mutations. A mere bit or scratch can turn you into zombies. This is a rollercoaster ride of horror gore. Dean Taylor has 7 different personalities, and is played brilliantly by Jake Scozzaro.
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RAVAGE NATION
Director: Michael Moutsatsos
In 2036 CV5 virus is born. Mother's give birth to hybrids mutations. A mere bit or scratch can turn you into zombies. This is a rollercoaster ride of horror gore. Dean Taylor has 7 different personalities, and is played brilliantly by Jake Scozzaro.
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Splashdown
Writer: Don Stroud
Discovering a derelict NASA space capsule floating in the middle of the Pacific ocean, a disillusioned Air Force pilot and his family fight for their lives against a covert military force bent on retrieving the astronauts and their other-worldly payload.
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She Couldn’t Put It Down
Director: Peter Hardy
A book lover meets a guy she likes in a park -- but she should pay more attention to her surroundings.
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She Couldn’t Put It Down
Director: Peter Hardy
A book lover meets a guy she likes in a park -- but she should pay more attention to her surroundings.
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The Creep
Director: Edward Mizner
Troy seeks revenge on Frankie for stealing his film idea.
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The Dark Odyssey 2 – Ice Nexus
Director: Michael Lavine
A skeptical astronaut discovers a lost spaceship and gets tangled up in a dangerous journey to a mythical space-time portal, the Ice Nexus, in search of the Inventory of the Mind, essential knowledge for ending the Eternal War.
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The Dark Odyssey 2 – Ice Nexus
Director: Michael Lavine
A skeptical astronaut discovers a lost spaceship and gets tangled up in a dangerous journey to a mythical space-time portal, the Ice Nexus, in search of the Inventory of the Mind, essential knowledge for ending the Eternal War.
Dark Ages
Director: Natasha Pascetta
Chet, a washed up fake knight, loses everything after being fired from his job at a Medieval themed restaurant. In a booze fueled depression, Chet wanders into a house from hell and faces the fight of his life against an undead warrior. A battle ensues and Chet learns that it’s never too late to be your own hero.
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Puppet Killer
Director: Lisa Ovies
While celebrating Christmas at a cabin in the woods, a group of high school students are stalked by a psychotic killer obsessed with horror movie icons.
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Puppet Killer
Director: Lisa Ovies
While celebrating Christmas at a cabin in the woods, a group of high school students are stalked by a psychotic killer obsessed with horror movie icons.
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Sight Specific
Writer: Peter Hardy
A woman attending a theatre performance that takes place in an old house begins to realize that she is seeing people on stage that no one else see -- a young maid being terrorized by a cruel master, ghosts from the house's past.
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Blood and Dust
Director: RJ Maurer
A cold-blooded sniper hunts down a mysterious briefcase in 1998 Kern County
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Reflection
Writer: Lisa Ovies
A woman goes to the mountains for the weekend in an attempt to reconnect with her past and finally lay her demons to rest.
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Reflection
Writer: Lisa Ovies
A woman goes to the mountains for the weekend in an attempt to reconnect with her past and finally lay her demons to rest.
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The Shack – An Atmos-Fearic Thriller
Director: Dark Hoffman
A lineage of terror needs to be fed as a father and son's hunting trip goes terribly wrong
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AGATHA
Directors: rolandbecerra, Kelly Bigelow Becerra
The film follows “The Professor”, a man suffering from a terminal disease, who by a twist of fate, witnesses an incredible event involving his mysterious neighbor Agatha. Hoping to find a cure to his sickness - he agrees to follow her on a strange and risky journey into a forgotten but not entirely deserted urban wasteland. AGATHA is designed to evoke an unsettling mood and to leave many unanswered questions about the events taking place within the story. The passing of time and the disintegration of nature, institutions, and people all set the tone for a story.
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AGATHA
Directors: rolandbecerra, Kelly Bigelow Becerra
The film follows “The Professor”, a man suffering from a terminal disease, who by a twist of fate, witnesses an incredible event involving his mysterious neighbor Agatha. Hoping to find a cure to his sickness - he agrees to follow her on a strange and risky journey into a forgotten but not entirely deserted urban wasteland. AGATHA is designed to evoke an unsettling mood and to leave many unanswered questions about the events taking place within the story. The passing of time and the disintegration of nature, institutions, and people all set the tone for a story.
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Bloody Sunday
Writer: Angela Thorne
The reality distortion of FIGHT CLUB meets the shadowy foreboding of REBECCA when a hallucinating Senator’s daughter, isolated and exiled to the home where her sister died, must cling to sanity as her image-obsessed mother drives her toward madness—and a killer closes in.
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Dominus script
Writer: Dark Hoffman
Detective Vance discovers a cult hellbent on raising an ancient evil that spread terror in the Georgetown, DC area 20 years ago. With the help of a Priest, they fight the demonic presence that threatens to take more lives.
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The Man Within
Directors: Pierre de Mûelenaere, Antoine Veldekens
Ever since Antoine hung a monumental portrait in his living room, his grasp on reality has been slipping, rendering him incapable of leaving his apartment. Now Antoine must confront the sinister forces lurking within the painting. "The Man Within" is the story of possession, capturing the moment of enactment. Directed by Pierre de Mûelenaere and Antoine Veldekens, "The Man Within" marks their debut as a directing duo. It serves as the first chapter of a larger story called "The Deep," which revolves around a series of demonic paintings.
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The Man Within
Directors: Pierre de Mûelenaere, Antoine Veldekens
Ever since Antoine hung a monumental portrait in his living room, his grasp on reality has been slipping, rendering him incapable of leaving his apartment. Now Antoine must confront the sinister forces lurking within the painting. "The Man Within" is the story of possession, capturing the moment of enactment. Directed by Pierre de Mûelenaere and Antoine Veldekens, "The Man Within" marks their debut as a directing duo. It serves as the first chapter of a larger story called "The Deep," which revolves around a series of demonic paintings.
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Silent Road 2- Deja Vu
Directors: Sylaz Udee, Serhat Kaner, Berk Koca
Fred comes back to get his revenge for his daughter's death
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You’re It
Directors: Herb Cremer, Joe Cremer
A group of children decide to play a game of hide and seek to alleviate their boredom but nothing could prepare them for the outcome of this twisted game.
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You’re It
Directors: Herb Cremer, Joe Cremer
A group of children decide to play a game of hide and seek to alleviate their boredom but nothing could prepare them for the outcome of this twisted game.
Darkroom
Directors: Evalee Lowrey, Brenna Crace
A young photo store clerk finds a mysterious envelope of film negatives. Upon developing them, he discovers a sinister connection to the photographer.
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Enter the Room
Director: Harry Waldman
A young adult (Brian) is visited by his brother, Jeremy, who needs a place to stay as he settles into his new city. The two polar opposite personalities begin to clash as Jeremy's presence poses a threat to Brian's way of life. Brian's uptight personality and unreasonable living standards rub off on Jeremy, creating an incredible amount of tension. Bad blood, stemming from a traumatic past event reveals the shocking truth of the brothers' current situations, as Brian struggles to differentiate between reality and his worst nightmares.
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Norm
Director: Daniel Kerr
After being cut off from his only friend, Norm determines that in order to seem acceptable to those around him that he will go on a five week intensive diet. While the end goal is health and happiness it becomes clear that his methods are unlikely to achieve that.
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The Redress of Verely Ambrose [SCRIPT]
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Writer: Stuart Mackie Ellis
Verely Ambrose was sentenced to death for a murder she didn’t commit. When new evidence exonerates her, she is quietly released and compensated for her wrongful conviction. But her redress has been…re-dressed.
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The Redress of Verely Ambrose [SCRIPT]
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Writer: Stuart Mackie Ellis
Verely Ambrose was sentenced to death for a murder she didn’t commit. When new evidence exonerates her, she is quietly released and compensated for her wrongful conviction. But her redress has been…re-dressed.
Dead Air
Writer: Eric Gorodetsky
After moving into a new apartment, a grieving woman begins receiving voicemails from herself — but not from her.
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Garrota
Writer: Arthur Ericsson
Memory is its own kind of escape. A quiet, undersized inmate uses brutal ingenuity to escape a sadistic outdoor lockup, driven by the trauma of a past attack and the family he lost.
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Garrota
Writer: Arthur Ericsson
Memory is its own kind of escape. A quiet, undersized inmate uses brutal ingenuity to escape a sadistic outdoor lockup, driven by the trauma of a past attack and the family he lost.
Honorable Mention
Mirror Shadows
Director: Peter Dorn-Ravlin
A thirteen year old girl finds she is not alone in the house. Can she survive the sinister presence?
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Present
Director: Gavin T Briggs
A couple's romantic Christmas getaway that goes horribly wrong when it's time for presents.
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Present
Director: Gavin T Briggs
A couple's romantic Christmas getaway that goes horribly wrong when it's time for presents.
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Tell Me A Story
Director: Brandon Torres
A father must decide whether he can fight the creature outside the door, or if he must spare his daughter from a grisly death.
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Vic Effects
Director: Chris Shern
A up and coming Foley artist is hired to create sound effects for a horror film, but the job triggers forces that goes beyond what's on the screen.
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Blood and Dust
Director: RJ Maurer
A cold-blooded sniper hunts down a mysterious briefcase in 1998 Kern County
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Brother’s Keeper
Director: Dan Sellers
A man and woman are subjected to a decidedly unpleasant social experiment.
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Brother’s Keeper
Director: Dan Sellers
A man and woman are subjected to a decidedly unpleasant social experiment.
Don’t Look In The Dark
Director: Samuel Freeman
When a couple's phones begin recording on their own during a camping trip, what they capture isn't just darkness. It's something that wants to be seen. 🔥 “A groundbreaking found footage film that people will be talking about for decades to come.” — Adrian Țofei (Be My Cat) 🏆 Winner – Most Innovative Film, Unnamed FootageFestival 2026 🏆 Winner – Best Feature, Birmingham Horror Film Festival 2025 🏆 Winner - Best Horror Film, Wallachia International Film Festival 2025 🎬 Official Selection – New Jersey Film Festival 2026 🎬 Official Selection – New York CineFest 2026 🎬 Official Selection – Toronto Indie Horror Film Festival 2026 🎬 Official Selection – GASP! Horror Film Festival 2026 🎬 Official Selection – Unnamed Footage Festival 2026
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QUARINTINEED
Director: Randy Memoli
A deadly virus forces a family to quarantine in their home. What happens next is unexplainable.
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#1
Director: Dante Lundin
A broke comic shop owner and an obsessive collector fight over a rare issue one comic book.
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#1
Director: Dante Lundin
A broke comic shop owner and an obsessive collector fight over a rare issue one comic book.
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The Times We Were Living In
Directors: Asali Echols, Montgomery Samuel Thomas
What's black and white and dead all over? Something is rotten in Booneville. The Mayor turns up dead, and Detective Humphrey Trowell is uncovering a thicker and thicker web of lies. Will anyone come out of this wreckage alive?
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We Regret to Inform You
Director: Michelle Bossy
Set in a dystopian near future where everyone is provided with a 24-hour warning before their death by the government, Mariam receives such a call from Bob, a real-life operator that is on his first day on the job, informing her of her final day.
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CLOSET SPACE
Directors: Glenn Lissner, Al Julian
A flesh-eating demon forces tough choices on two old friends.
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CLOSET SPACE
Directors: Glenn Lissner, Al Julian
A flesh-eating demon forces tough choices on two old friends.
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Darkroom
Directors: Evalee Lowrey, Brenna Crace
A young photo store clerk finds a mysterious envelope of film negatives. Upon developing them, he discovers a sinister connection to the photographer.
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Identity Check
Director: Patrick Devaney
After two decades of controlling the world’s Virtual Reality market, MDI and its founder, Douglas McKinney, are in complete financial ruin. His toughest rival, multi-billionaire Blake Harper, founder of HarperSoft, is making a quick stop to buy what is left of MDI on his way to Tokyo for a five-day trade summit/mini-vacation. It has also been agreed that during their brief meeting, Harper will be buying one other thing: namely, McKinney’s entire identity as a human being. Harper’s legal guru, world-renown corporate attorney Sherri Prentiss, has choreographed every detail of both this acquisition and their Japanese excursion and tries to make quick work of the meeting. McKinney and his attorney, Magdalene Walsh, offer little resistance to the takeover. But will this be so quick and easy a deal? IDENTITY CHECK stars Lauren Clover, Marc L. Abbott, Matthew J. Kaplan, and Heather Drew. Written and directed by Patrick Devaney ("Impervia", "Aemorraghe", "Slingspeare")
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Admonition
Writer: Katelin Stack
Elaine got stood up by her date and left as prey for the infamous Card Killer stalking her town…will she escape his clutches or become his next victim?
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Sous Vide (soo VEED)
Directors: Luke Van Garza, Martha Louise Van Garza
After attending the funeral of her Scandinavian fiancé's mother, an American woman must decide whether to honor the mother's last wishes by partaking in a time-honored family tradition. This is a study in ethical cultural practices, the respect for final wishes, partnerships, and family. It’s an intense, uncomfortable time in which an American woman must decide where her loyalties lie and open her mind to new ideas, cultures, and (ahem) flavors.
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Sous Vide (soo VEED)
Directors: Luke Van Garza, Martha Louise Van Garza
After attending the funeral of her Scandinavian fiancé's mother, an American woman must decide whether to honor the mother's last wishes by partaking in a time-honored family tradition. This is a study in ethical cultural practices, the respect for final wishes, partnerships, and family. It’s an intense, uncomfortable time in which an American woman must decide where her loyalties lie and open her mind to new ideas, cultures, and (ahem) flavors.
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The Avon Lady
Writer: Guillermo Ortiz, Geena Karsama
Two women on the fringes of 1950's American society collide in an inconspicuous Avon home visit where everything but the purchasing of lipstick occurs.
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The Avon Lady
Writer: Guillermo Ortiz, Geena Karsama
Two women on the fringes of 1950's American society collide in an inconspicuous Avon home visit where everything but the purchasing of lipstick occurs.
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A Super Friendly Guy
Writer: Mićo Ivanović
David is a super friendly guy during the day. But is he really that friendly at the end of the day?
Honorable Mention
It’s Not an Eating Disorder
Director: Johnny Brindle
Zee clashes with the prison mandated therapist over her "diagnosis", her rights, and her very existence.
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The Girl Who Thinks Too Much
Director: Tate J. Navarro
This screen dance explores the psychological turmoil of an individual who seems to be caught in her own mind.
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The last of us : All Gone
Director: Alexandre Delol
Nathan and his little brother Sam try to survive in a world where both the infected and other humans become formidable adversaries...
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The last of us : All Gone
Director: Alexandre Delol
Nathan and his little brother Sam try to survive in a world where both the infected and other humans become formidable adversaries...
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Dark Places I have known Episode Three “Too far too close”
Director: Juergen Hirsch
Ada Kemp is plagued by nightmares after the mysterious disappearance of her daughter Stevie, whose presence feels both achingly near and impossibly distant. As reality blurs with dream and the boundaries of time and space begin to dissolve, Ada reaches out to Detective Elva Monroe for help. But when he arrives, it may already be too late—Ada is slipping into the Dark Place, where nothing can be trusted.
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Dark Places I have known Episode Three “Too far too close”
Director: Juergen Hirsch
Ada Kemp is plagued by nightmares after the mysterious disappearance of her daughter Stevie, whose presence feels both achingly near and impossibly distant. As reality blurs with dream and the boundaries of time and space begin to dissolve, Ada reaches out to Detective Elva Monroe for help. But when he arrives, it may already be too late—Ada is slipping into the Dark Place, where nothing can be trusted.
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JUST ANOTHER DAY
Director: John Borowski
An ordinary day in the life of a Senior woman named Harriet -- with a little dark comedy suspense twist! A fitting commentary on both the pharmaceutical industry & women in unfulfilled life-long marriages.
Honorable Mention
No More
Director: Fabricio Estevam Mira
While shaving his head in a dark and shabby bathroom, Jesus, thin, filthy, and in torn clothes, nurtures doubts about everything. Until the owner of the crumbling hotel where he lives knocks on the door, shouting at him for months of unpaid rent. Jesus is at his limit and runs away without direction. From humanity and from the obligation to save it. He flees from an omnipresent and manipulative father, cowardly and adored by hypocrites and murderers. Jesus flees but he is not the only one. Magdalene and Lucifer are out there. Watched by God. Lambs refusing to be slaughtered in a world of wolves hungry for eternal life.
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The Torture Within
Director: Sean Martinez
When a young man’s diminishing existence leads him to violence against his small town, his life is examined as to what compelled him to commit such a heinous act. All too often we see the monsters who commit such hideous acts, but never want to examine how the monsters might have been created, or worse, how our own actions, or inactions, might have had some contribution in the creation of those monsters.
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The Torture Within
Director: Sean Martinez
When a young man’s diminishing existence leads him to violence against his small town, his life is examined as to what compelled him to commit such a heinous act. All too often we see the monsters who commit such hideous acts, but never want to examine how the monsters might have been created, or worse, how our own actions, or inactions, might have had some contribution in the creation of those monsters.
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Everything is Fine
Director: Piotr Matyja
After waking up in the forest with no recollection, a young man seeks to find out what happened only to discover an uncomfortable truth about himself.
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Everything is Fine
Director: Piotr Matyja
After waking up in the forest with no recollection, a young man seeks to find out what happened only to discover an uncomfortable truth about himself.
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Just Breathe
Director: Gavin Edmonds
Social outcast, David Green, experiences an accidental tragedy and must face the repercussions of an unwarranted mass following.
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Match
Director: Victor Basallote
Rachel, a bored and insomniac young woman, contacts Zalir through a dating APP, a creature who will do the impossible to make their paths cross, forever...
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Hopeless
Director: Mark Gabriel Galliano
Trapped in a web of dark desires, a young man's relationship with a seemingly innocent couple spirals into a nightmarish struggle for survival, as he becomes entangled in twisted games of control and obsession.
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Hopeless
Director: Mark Gabriel Galliano
Trapped in a web of dark desires, a young man's relationship with a seemingly innocent couple spirals into a nightmarish struggle for survival, as he becomes entangled in twisted games of control and obsession.
Match
Director: Victor Basallote
Rachel, a bored and insomniac young woman, contacts Zalir through a dating APP, a creature who will do the impossible to make their paths cross, forever...
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Rabbit Girl
Director: Dan McPeake
A young girl and her imaginary friend have fun in the forest. But not all is as it seems as her reality begins to crumble on itself.
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The First Night
Director: Gabriel Milessis Braga
After collapsing at the altar, Elise awakens inside an old church, and something inside her has changed. Guided by a mysterious man who seems to understand her condition, she begins to confront a new, terrifying hunger. The First Night is a gothic meditation on becoming, resistance, and the quiet seduction of darkness in our lifes.
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Honorable Mention
Axé
Director: S Francis Livisay
Axé follows the story of Nasim; a contractor in a morally gray enterprise rife with ambiguity, anonymity, and violence. In such business, it is not enough to be careful. You must have foresight. The consequences of action and inaction will always hit home.
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Dead Air
Writer: Eric Gorodetsky
After moving into a new apartment, a grieving woman begins receiving voicemails from herself — but not from her.
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Maryla
Director: Guillaume Heulard
During a trip to Poland, two young American influencers are sent by their employer to photograph an old uninhabited mansion resembling a haunted house deep in the forest. Inside the mansion, the two young girls are confronted by some very strange phenomena...
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Maryla
Director: Guillaume Heulard
During a trip to Poland, two young American influencers are sent by their employer to photograph an old uninhabited mansion resembling a haunted house deep in the forest. Inside the mansion, the two young girls are confronted by some very strange phenomena...
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Goin’ Up
Director: Alec Douglas
Set in the near future, a young man joins a team of criminals to rob a bank so he can reunite with the love of his life on a wealthy colonized station on the moon.
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Goin’ Up
Director: Alec Douglas
Set in the near future, a young man joins a team of criminals to rob a bank so he can reunite with the love of his life on a wealthy colonized station on the moon.
Neustadt by Night
Director: Alexander Krahl
A washed-up private eye takes on a missing-person case that plunges him through the chaotic nightlife of Dresden's Neustadt—into absurdity, madness, and a truth stranger than fiction.
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Return of the Shah
Writer: David Mulligan
In 1979, the exiled and dying Shah of Iran, armed with the grim foreknowledge of humanity's impending collapse, returns to his homeland to reclaim his throne, unite a fractured Iran, and stop the apocalypse.
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Return of the Shah
Writer: David Mulligan
In 1979, the exiled and dying Shah of Iran, armed with the grim foreknowledge of humanity's impending collapse, returns to his homeland to reclaim his throne, unite a fractured Iran, and stop the apocalypse.
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THE FREEZER
Writer: Martin Keady
After a drunken night out, a student goes looking for food and gets stuck in a walk-in freezer in his dormitory/hall of residence: he has to find a way out or face a slow, cold death.
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Consumed
Director: JP Bradham
Tammy discovers one night that her shopping addiction might become the death of her.
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Consumed
Director: JP Bradham
Tammy discovers one night that her shopping addiction might become the death of her.
Devexity
Director: Luke Lidell
A novice detective investigates a murder. Different women in different worlds. Is he playing a dangerous game?