While You Watched
USA | Drama | 8 minutes

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Director: Hadley Dion, Deborah Maxwell Dion

Writer: Maeve Thompson Osgood, Hadley Dion

Producer: Maeve Thompson Osgood, Emma Frances Soviero

Cast: Maeve Thompson Osgood, Christopher Gerse

A first date takes a turn when Gina surprises her date with knowledge of his dark past.

Dating A Suspicious Man
USA | Drama | 25 minutes

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Director/Writer: Anna Zaitseva

Producer: Anna Zaitseva, Egor Vetokhin

Cast: Anna Zaitseva, James Jeffery Caldwell, Zari Rose

Anna is lonely immigrant trying to survive in America, she lost her confidence due to her age, body, and unsuccessful life path. Anna is so desperate to find a relationship that she fails to notice the suspicious behavior of a dating app suitor and finds herself in great danger.

Crossing the Line
USA | Experimental | 7 minutes

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Director/Writer: Prakriti Maduro

Producer: Mariale Fleitas

Cast: Mariela Segovia, Prakriti Maduro, Gala Rasquin

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Your Presence is Requested
USA | Drama | 13 minutes

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Director/Writer: Nolan Lampson

Producer: Ben Ephraim, Harlow Brooks

Inside a facility that offers state-sponsored séances, one woman's desperation to reconnect with her late husband threatens to unleash a nightmare.

The Animal Inside Us

USA | Experimental | 15 minutes

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Director/Writer: Jane Zhang

Producer: Luke Hwong, Seok Yee Tan

Cast: Paige Chan

In a society where childless women over 30 are forced to wear pig masks, Xinyi, trapped in an oppressive life, slowly transforms into what she fears most, a pig.

Milgram

USA | Experimental | 7 minutes

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Director: Siana Kaur Thethy

Writer: Siana Kaur Thethy, Bryce Benjamin

Producer: Alicia Nicole Penn

Cast: Kali Mingie, Giovanni Martinez, Yill Martin

Loosely based on the Milgram experiment - In a desperate quest for revenge against those they hold responsible for their father’s death, two siblings descend into a dark world of torture and moral conflict, forcing one of them to confront the terrifying consequences of their actions.

The Prowler

USA | Horror | 10 minutes

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Director/Writer: Christopher Piñero

Producer: Christopher Piñero

Cast: Aaron Dominguez, Jazlyn Yoder

A tense psychological horror experience where shifting perception reveals a far more disturbing truth beneath the surface.

Method

USA | Thriller | 9 minutes

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Director: Nia Kimani Perrault

Writer: Nia Simone McDuffie

Producer: Amaria Holmes

Cast: Sarah Shearburn, Ernie Charles, Dan Schaarschmidt

Desperate for her big break, a young actress enrolls in an acting retreat where extreme method training forces her to confront buried trauma, until she can no longer separate the role from herself.