DRAMA
5 Teenagers Walk Into A Bar
USA / Drama / 15 mins
Director: Vivian Sorenson
Writer: Carla Johnston
Producer: Ron Hanks
Cast: Isaiah Stannard, Dot-Marie Jones
When a school field trip goes awry, five barely acquainted teens get left behind in the desert and are forced to band together when a spooky encounter becomes violent.

À La Carte
Viet Nam / Drama / 6 mins
Director/Writer: Jay Do
Producer: Tuan Do, Tu Nguyen
Cast: Quynh Nguyen, Minh Phuong Bui
During French Colonial Era, A young Northern Vietnamese woman has to satisfies the French General's taste with a traditional cuisine, to saves her family from capital punishment.

A State Of Self
USA / Drama / 8 mins
Director/Writer: Justin Ivan Hong
Producer: Whitney Cheng
Cast:​ Whitney Cheng,
Reya Carina Al-Jaroudy
A young woman tries to find her identity externally, but soon finds out that it is to no avail

After That, We Didn't Talk
USA / Drama / 8 mins
Director/Writer: Tari Wariebi
​Producer: Tari Wariebi, Sesalli Castillo
Cast: Kegn Matungulu, Jessica Laday
When Rue, a young black man pays a surprise visit to his recent ex-girlfriend Ari, things take an unexpected turn.

Afternoon Delight
USA / Drama / 13 mins
Director: Michael Lockshin
Writer: Michael Lockshin, Roman Kantor
Producer: Kacper Sawicki, Ana De Diego
Cast: Carlos Leal, Sonja Mauro
1970s. Jack - an affluent producer invites Cindy and her daughter Linda over to his mansion to meet Lars - a renown photographer. He'll take some headshots of the girl while they enjoy a cocktail by the hot tub. The hedonistic easygoing vibe in the house seems harmless, but is it?

Alone Together
USA / Drama / 22 mins
Director/Writer: Katie Sponseller
Producer: Katie Sponseller, Assya Dimova
Cast: Naomi Oliver, Sammy Montero
A teenage girl faces her troubling past of sexual abuse the only way she can think of -- by joining the boy's wrestling team.

Amy's Gift
USA / Drama / 13 mins
Director: Drew Ann Rosenberg
Writer: Gigi Gaston
Producer: Colin Frederick
​Cast: Danielle Savre, Goya Robles
Amy is struggling to recover from a tragic loss, when she’s rear-ended by a strange man who helps her navigate her way forward to a new beginning.

Basic Witch
USA / Drama / 12 mins
Director: Yoko Okumura
Writer: Lauren Cannon
Producer: Laura Noxon
Cast: Olivia Castanho, Christopher O'Brien
After a night of bad sex, Lily decides to use magic to educate her new boyfriend, Brian. She brews an enchanted pumpkin spice latte and by drinking it Brian learns some hard truths about empathy, consent, and just who exactly he’s dating.

Becoming Bethany Rhodes
USA / Drama / 10 mins
Director: Tanya Linette Smith, James Ersted
Writer: Tanya Linette Smith
Producer: Gwen Gottlieb, Tanya Linette Smith
Cast: Gwen Gottlieb, Irene Muzzy
A woman struggles between the expectations of her overbearing mother and a chance to explore the life she always wanted.

Bite the Hand
USA / Drama / 15 mins
Director/Writer: Nolan Wilson Goff
Producer: Taylor Rae, Jonathan Godinho
Cast: Liana Liberato, Dana Powell
It's July 1997. The Sojourner Rover has landed on Mars and Janet Leigh can't find the damn dog.

Blackout
USA / Drama / 12 mins
Director/Writer: Sofia Bonami
Producer: Alexandra Byer, Faye Tsakas
Cast: Anna Rose Hopkins, Nick Bush
A power outage in a prison classroom temporarily suspends the teacher and inmates in a reality with no barriers.

Blank Paper
Germany / Drama / 15 mins
Director: Bastian Eipert
Writer: Lavina Stauber
Producer: Danilo Pejakovic,
Lukas Schwarz-Danner
Cast: Luisa Flebbe, Elias Prietzel
The school painting competition is a great chance for eleven-year-old Fleur to prove that she is an artist as great as her grandmother. However, when she realizes that she has forgotten her favorite paint box, a fight with the blank paper in front of her arises. In a hybrid of live-action and animated film she escapes the pressure of the exam situation by immersing herself in her own imagination.