DRAMA
The Art of Survival
USA / Drama / 19 mins
Director/Writer: Gregory Armstrong
Producer: Hector Serrano, Alison Hanson
Cast: Jessica Ruth Bell, Joe Coffey
A young woman married to an increasingly paranoid survivalist in rural Idaho must escape using the skills he taught her.

The Birthday Cut
USA / Drama / 15 mins
Director/Writer: Eva Midgley
Producer: Eva Midgley
Cast: Imogen Roux, Grayson Eddey
On his sixth birthday, a timid boy watches as his diametrically opposed grandmothers clash, his father bends to their will, and his fed-up mother lashes out with a long-held family secret.

The First Color
USA / Drama / 14 mins
Director: Ericka de Alexander
Writer: Hannah Kelley, Ericka de Alexander
Producer: Noémie Sornet, Trisha Golec
Cast: Lys Perez, Becka Adams
Devon's mother is a painter who has been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Now the Tout family must find a way to help her find hope.

The Grown-Up Mermaid
USA / Drama / 16 mins
Director: Jason Eksuzian
Writer: Jason Eksuzian, Kincaid Walker
Producer: Jason Eksuzian, Matt Stauter
Cast: Kincaid Walker, Matt Stauter
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The Offer
USA / Drama / 15 mins
Director: Molly Schiot
Writer: Lucas Kavner, Cass Buggé
Producer: Justine Suzanne Jones, Cass Buggé
Cast: Cass Buggé, Lucas Kavner
A straight couple invites their lesbian friends over for dinner and makes them a surprising offer, causing the night to go off the rails. A sad, tipsy comedy about marriage, regrets, and a grand ol' flag.

The Shallow End
USA / Comedy / 10 mins
Director: Cynthia Silver
Writer: Wendy MacLeod
Producer: Julia Kennelly, Paul Marcarelli
Cast: Zoe Wilson, Zoe Manarel
A group of teenaged girls jockey for power in the savage summer society of a community swimming pool during the summer of 1984.

The Underwater Halloween Movie
USA / Drama / 13 mins
Director/Writer/Producer: Aerin Moreno
Cast: Riley Scott, Jessie Guthrie
At a Halloween party, high schoolers Willa and Lucy navigate the highs and lows of their friendship and Lucy’s drug addiction.

The Wild Ones
USA / Drama / 21 mins
Director: John Geronilla
Cast: Stephanie Hoston, Bobby Garcia
"¿Qué le pasó a Nicole?" Camila and Rico ride their bikes around the San Fernando Valley in search of their missing friend struggling to realize the answers they're looking for might forever tear them apart.

There Are Two Theories
USA / Drama / 5 mins
Director/Writer/Producer: Ashton Sterling Bingham
Cast: Kelli Snider, Shannon Jackson
A young angel sees mankind for the first time.

To The Flame
USA / Drama / 15 mins
Director/Writer/Producer: Geri Ulrey
Cast: Deanna Noe
Zoe has fallen for Paul but something as small and luminous as an insect reveals deeper problems in their love affair.

Togetherland
USA / Drama / 14 mins
Director: Máté Boegi
Writer: Máté Boegi, Árpád Hermán
Producer: Melanie Grams, Kristof Boegi
Cast: Robert Brettenaugh, Alexandria Churchwell, Elohim Nycalove
A father's half-baked plan to reunite his family.