Category: Films in Competition

Living isolated in the woods, two boys must confront the creature that attempts to enter their home each night.
Directed by Dylan Clark (USA)

A man’s life is suddenly changed, for better or for worse?
Directed by Kaustuv Mukherjee (USA)

Each day, a woman draws a circle of ash around the isolated cabin she lives in with her young baby. She is alone, and protected. But as she begins to experience flashes of memory from her past life, it becomes clear to her that her protective ritual is losing its power. When she discovers the red flannel shirt her husband wore on the day of his death, the border between past and present begins to dissolve, and she flings the shirt outside the cabin in a desperate attempt to shut out the painful memories of her past. But the circle’s power has been irreparably broken, and she must face the very truth she has been trying so hard to keep at bay.
Directed by Jacob Combs (USA)

Max is a reclusive private eye with a sixth sense to decipher events through emotions. His world is turned upside down when the bodyguard he hires turns out to be a newbie who wants in on some superhero action.
Directed by Andrew Froening (USA)

Andrea is a shy girl who find out that the boyfriend of her best friend shares the same things she enjoys. Both feel attracted. Andrea will start wondering about her friendship with Camila, her best friend.
Directed by Francisco Armendariz (Peru)

“Samarpit” (Hindi Short Film): Everyday hundreds of youngsters come to Mumbai (any dream city in India) with a dream to make it big in the film industry. They struggle daily with the only hope to get one good break. But there are few cunning people who take advantage of these struggling actors and shatter their dream.
Directed by Nihar Nayak (India)

A group of kids are out with a borrowed drone, shooting video of their neighborhood. But when the drone crashes into a mysterious neighbor’s second story window, one boy gets more than he bargains for.

Starring Van Quattro from Fight Club and Evan Myles Horsley from S.W.A.T.
Directed by Jacob Ryan Snovel (USA)

Stranded on an arctic island with a dying man in 1921, an Alaskan seamstress must overcome her fears of the wilderness and find the strength to survive if she ever hopes to return home to her son. Inspired by the true story of Ada Blackjack.
Directed by Dane Winn (UK)

Written by Janice Walker (USA)

“Dragon” Egg is about a modern world where dragons not only exist, but function effectively as weapons of mass destruction. Aeron and his renegade military unit seek to track down a dragon egg with hopes to raise a dragon effectively as a WMD for their cause, defending humanity. They discover Verges, a man jaded by society, and attempt to interrogate him for their goal.
Directed by Joshua Mabie (USA)