The Phenomenal Nothing
USA | Experimental | 9 minutes

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Director/Writer: Tina Salmassi, Erica Scandariato

Producer: Erica Scandariato, Jennifer Blair

Cast: Julia Wilde, Tanya Raisa, Patrick McDermott

Two women in mirrored routines find within the rhythm of repetition a moment of unspoken connection.

Grim in LA
USA | Suspense | 6 minutes

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Director: Johnny Haggard

The Grim Reaper helps a dead woman say goodbye to L.A, even though his car is dirty and stinks like cigarettes.

Empty Frames

USA | Music | 16 minutes

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Director/Writer: Anay Sanghvi

Producer: Shaily Sanghvi, Anay Sanghvi

Cast: Vishal Singh

Empty Frames is a social-realist drama following Kian, a homeless Saxophone player raised by his single immigrant father after his mother died at child birth, a loss that quietly defines everything that follows.

The Shell
USA | Drama | 12 minutes

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Director: Gina Yull

Writer: Mike Allen Lera

Producer: Mike Allen Lera, Gina Yull

Cast: Vanessa Giselle, Brandin Stennis, Juhahn Jones

Hold a seashell to your ear, listen to its ocean sounds” is a myth we’ve believed as kids, along with an old wives’ tale of a captured scream heard within a seashell from someone who had drowned near one in the ocean - forever echoing. But suppose these were not mere urban legends? Suppose someone were to find a seashell once nestled at the ocean floor – next to the bodies of two dead people?

An Unknown, Mysterious Happiness

USA | Drama | 10 minutes

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Director: Luke Richert

Writer: Luke Richert, Anton Chekhov

Producer: Luke Richert, Chase Pottinger, Ari Wojciech

A young seminarian in crisis has an unexpected encounter one cold Good Friday evening in this American frontier-set adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "The Student".

Sister's Keeper

USA | Drama | 10 minutes

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Director: Oliver Thrush

Writer: Hannah Salzman

Producer: Jessica Hoang

Cast: Chris Estrada

April, 19, returns to her estranged family’s rural farm, determined to save her younger sister, Chastity, from a strict, cult-like household. Amid family tension and an impending marriage, April struggles to protect Chastity while confronting the limits of her influence. This tense, intimate drama explores loyalty, autonomy, and the painful reality that some choices are not ours to make.

Rosabelle, Believe

USA | Drama | 16 minutes

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Director: Zach Levine, Nicole Gillette

Writer: Zach Levine

Producer: Zach Levine, Nicole Gillette, Dmitriy Usov

Cast: Andi Gallagher, Elijah Olachea, Francisco DeCun

When a widow receives a mysterious package from her late husband, she realizes that there may be more to life and death than she thought.

Conchi

USA | Comedy | 10 minutes

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Director: April Moreau, Stephanie Maura Sanchez

Writer: Stephanie Maura Sanchez

Producer: Stephanie Maura Sanchez

Cast: Stephanie Maura Sanchez, Brad Schmidt

Conchi is 40 today, against her will... And the cake topper? A shitty surprise! In this deliciously, ridiculous, comedy, a morning TV host cringes her way through the big 4-0, all while facing the reality of where she’s not: in age, in career, and (sigh) in love.