Content warning: TBD A collection of short films in contention for official selection, nomination as Quarterfinalist for both genre and technical categories. Audience Choice balloting is open. Your vote counts!

Xpendable tells the story of a dispute between two crime organizations and the decision to settle matters with a representative from each “club”.

Xpendable

Xpendable tells the story of a dispute between two crime organizations and the decision to settle matters with a representative from each “club”.

Ash, an infamous hacker, successfully breaches a program's database and requests a ransom from the victims. He continues through his day, but notices digital corruption in reality. Will Ash figure out how to fix this IRL bug?

Hacked

Ash, an infamous hacker, successfully breaches a program's database and requests a ransom from the victims. He continues through his day, but notices digital corruption in reality. Will Ash figure out how to fix this IRL bug?

Roderick Usher summons a doctor to take care of his dying sister, Madeline. Only to confront the supernatural forces lurking within his ancestral home.

The Fall Of The House Of Usher

Roderick Usher summons a doctor to take care of his dying sister, Madeline. Only to confront the supernatural forces lurking within his ancestral home.

Young solo hiker Cherry and her mother agree on very little so when her mother appears out of the blue to try and talk her out of her next hike, Cherry thinks nothing of it. As the mother and daughter eat and chat about the upcoming day, Cherry starts to become aware that something is very wrong and that isn't her mother.

So You Out Here Alone?

As mother and daughter chat about the upcoming day, the daughter becomes aware that something is very wrong.

An amateur exorcist tries to help a man rid his house of a ghost, only to find that his client’s relationship to the tormenting spirit is more familiar and complicated than he expected.

The Lingering

An amateur exorcist tries to help a man rid his house of a ghost, only to find that his client’s relationship to the tormenting spirit is more familiar and complicated than he expected.

Two friends go on an adventure through a mysterious portal that opens inside their couch in order to find their phone that was lost.

The Crack

Two friends go on an adventure through a mysterious portal that opens inside their couch in order to find their phone that was lost.

"Rot" explores the physical and mental deterioration of drug usage and explores the last fleeting moments of a student's overdose.

A grieving college student, Aaron, who finds an escape through a leftover pill from a party, unaware of the dangers that soon follow.

Marco, a fugitive on the run, hides out with his old friend Elijah while they wait for a fixer to get them out of town. But when the fixer arrives, shifting loyalties turn their safehouse into a trap.

Dead Man Switch

Marco, a fugitive on the run, hides out with his old friend Elijah while they wait for a fixer to get them out of town. But when the fixer arrives, shifting loyalties turn their safehouse into a trap.

Haunted by the events that scarred him, Max Beecher, a member of a small ghost-hunting YouTube channel called "The Demon Hunters," Is ready to speak out about what occurred to finally put his mind at peace regarding the mysterious disappearance of his best friend Jordan Adler. And show the tapes documenting that fateful night.

The Disappearance of Jordan Adler

Haunted by the events that scarred him, Max is ready to speak out about what occurred that fateful night.

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