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Ricochet

A young woman discovers a girl locked in her father’s panic room — his personal vault. But as three masked intruders break into the home to retrieve the girl, things take an unexpected turn for the worse.
Directed by Tim Earnheart (USA)

Come Back, Dad

A girl takes care of her father for a long time. She brings her dog to accompany him. However, her father suddenly passes away. Weird phenomenons begin to happen at home. She then feels confused. Are they pranks or her father’s spirit coming back to see her?
Directed by Yung-Shin Chao (Taiwan)

Let’s Talk Numbers

Two businessmen, Tomothy and Fronkus, working for an ambiguous corporation that runs on seemingly random sequences of numbers, pull off a dangerous heist, stealing a massive stash of the company’s most valuable numbers to use them to start a new, revolutionary business. The CEO of the company, Brett, finds out, however, and sends Special Agent Chick Nugs and his team to track them down and put an end to their scheme.
The businessmen face the Agents in a shootout. Realizing that they would both not make it out alive, Tomothy stays back to fight the Agents, giving Fronkus time to escape with the precious numbers.
Tomothy is finally taken down by a final shot from Nugs himself.
However, although Tomothy is dead, his plan is still alive, as Fronkus escapes with the numbers, finalizing only the first step in their plan to get rich…
Directed by Austinn Harris (Australia)

Chicago Undercover

Set in the early 1960s, Butch Buchanan, a hardboiled and highly-decorated detective in the Chicago Police Department, teams up with sidekick Maxine Padlowski, a bold and cunning private eye who is often mistreated and neglected in the department. The two detectives begin to crack down on a case to bust an infamous cartel in the city: The Los Padabillas Gang. However, during the pursuit, Butch discovers something shocking about his partner.
Directed by Mateen Missaghi (Canada)

Shadowland

The diverse communication options offered by a cell phone influence our social and consumer behavior. Excessive use changes the design of ‘head-down people’s’ life and lifestyle habits.
Directed by Bellopropello (Switzerland)

Brown Paper Bags

A story about a war veteran returning home and his turning to the bottle for solace.
It’s also a come full circle story as the main character realizes the errors in his life and tries to make amends before it’s too late.
Directed by Austinn Harris (Australia)