HIGH SCHOOL
SHORTLIST

Before It All Happened
UK / Romance / 24 minutes
Director: Elton Tan
Writer: Nicole Teh
Producer: Tiago Francisco
Cast: Sarah Bulmer, Chris Farfouris, Daria Sudomir

A groom (Nathan) is sent to the future on his wedding day - and is unsure if he likes what he sees.

Breach
Canada / Drama / 5 minutes
Director/Writer/Producer: Owen Linzhe Zhang

'Scorpio' has surfaced somewhere in remote Mainland China and an international joint task force is deployed to acquire or to neutralize the elusive criminal mastermind.

Conjugal Revivification
USA / Drama / 10 minutes
Director/Writer: Reed H. Sharp
Producer: Jason Quan
Cast: Malia Pyles, Simon Pike, Stone Sharp

The late 60's, a young couple, Blue and Sherry, gets married right out of high school, is having problems in their relationship. With the birth of reoccurring therapy becoming accepted in society for the common person, they decide to give it a try in a last attempt to fix their marriage. The therapist obviously being new to the profession, decides to try interesting techniques, that he created himself.

Dial Tone
USA / Drama / 3 minutes
Director/Writer/Producer: Noah Sellers T
Cast: Dante Grace, Miles Fesler, Jason Sellers

An old man hires an assassin to dispose of his former colleague.

Dirty Dishes
Hong Kong / Drama / 17 minutes
Director: Lenny Luo
Writer: Lenny Luo, Jason Ing
Producer: Lenny Luo, Jason In
Cast: Benjamin Ting, Sherring Ng

Danny gets locked out of the house one night. His mother is home, but he's hesitant to go back inside.

Enyo
USA / Horror / 3 minutes
Director/Writer: Arne Christiansen
Cast: Blake Christiansen, Signe Christiansen, Finn Christiansen, Arne Christiansen

A man stumbles upon a blind artist who draws a picture depicting his death.

Eve
USA / Drama / 21 minutes
Director/Writer: Wesley Wang
Producer: Simon Wu
Cast: Nikki Silva, Griffin Henkel

A single mother and her rebellious son try to find a job on the streets of Elmont, NY over the course of a day.

Forgive Me, Father
Germany / Drama / 22 minutes
Director/Writer/Producer: Jona Schlosser
Cast: Jannis Hain, Valentin Rosenberger, Martin Petzenhammer

1966 Germany is divided. Not far from East Berlin, 10-year-old Thomas grows up with his grandmother. It soon becomes clear that there is nothing normal about his family. As a small boy, he has to witness his mother being committed to a psychiatric institution for unknown reasons. This event haunts the boy up to his present. Plagued by a strong longing for his father, who emigrated to West Germany even before the construction of the German Wall, he plans his escape, which radically changes not only his life but also that of the border guard Johannes Bauer.

Go Fish
USA / Drama / 6 minutes
Director/Writer: Ilia Wayans
Producer: Deven Nicotero, Nick Goodman
Cast: Max Addams, Sunnie Leon

An absent father attempts to reconnect with his 17-year-old daughter by taking her out to fish: their once beloved father-daughter activity.

Incursion
USA / Sci-Fi / 8minutes
Director/Writer: Kai Willey, Noah Lillywhite
Producer: Noah Lillywhite
Cast: Eric Cregor, Nick Netzley, Brenda Cregor

Matthew finds himself stressed and frustrated with his day to day life. When he asks his intelligent AI "E.V.E." to get away from his daily work life, he finds that he may not get what he was expecting.

IRL
USA / Drama / 10 minutes
Director: Sally-Anne Hunt
Writer: Sally-Anne Hunt, Hannah Theisen
Producer: Sally-Anne Hunt, Brent Duncan
Cast: Hannah Theisen, Sally-Anne Hunt

Two girls learn that people you meet online may not be who they say they are

Orion
Austria / Sci-Fi / 11 minutes
Director/Writer: Lukas Galle
Producer: Lukas Galle, Jan Anderle
Cast: Varvara Todorovic, Tamim Fattal

Living on a distant desert planet, Amy wakes up in a shabby old storage room. Her only goal is to leave this planet behind, unfortunately, changes of plans are needed as a security guard catches sight of her, sniffing for food.

Passenger
USA / Drama / 12 minutes
Director/Writer: Gabe Porath
Producer: Go Fund Me
Cast: Brett Wilson, Andrés Alcalá

A man stranded on the side of the road gets help from a driver passing by. After some polite back and forth the conversation starts to take strange turns. Simultaneously so does the car as the passenger realizes he's lost.

The Puppet
USA / Animation / 2 minutes
Director/Writer/Producer/Cast: Will Nordstrom
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A strange puppet encounters an old laptop that influences him to make a decision.

The Unwanted Guest
Belgium / Drama / 9 minutes
Director/Writer: Max Willocx
Producer: Ilse Willocx
Cast: Aza Declercq

A solitary woman (Christine), spends her time looking for treasures in flea markets. One evening she takes some findings to her workshop for restoration. She hears strange sounds and then the lights in the warehouse go out…

Wendigo
Ireland / Horror / 15 minutes
Director: Max Hendrickson
Cast: Marc Ivan O'Gorman, David Hendrickson, Alayna Hendrickson

A man investigating an old isolated house discovers its sinister history.