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Elizabeth still lives at home with her parents Derek and Emily. Unknown to Elizabeth, her parents harbour a dark family secret. Elizabeth has always sensed that she was ‘different’ and a chance event at work confirms her suspicions. Given the information she now holds, Elizabeth must decide what action to take and the future starts to look bleak for her parents.
Written by Malcolm Holt (UK)

This is a heart wrenching documentary film I never expected to ever been seen by anyone but my immediate family as originally I made it only for them. It documents my Mothers last day on Earth as seen through the eyes of myself as I desperately struggle from Los Angeles to get to my home town of Leeds, UK and her bedside, on a trip I never dreamed would be my last.
Directed by Peter Lorimer (USA)

It comes from the other side and nothing can stop it.
Directed by Diana Lee Woody (USA)

A man finds himself traveling back in time ten years every time he falls asleep. He reaches out to a psychologist to help make it end.
Written by Scott Nelson (USA)

Gift paper is abandoned by people through a journey on the street.
Directed by Paint Vk (Canada)

Two spies have a deadly conversation.
Directed by Viktoria I.V. King (USA)

Meet Skye Monroe. Reality Show Star. Social Media Queen. And blissfully unaware of how self-centered she is. The red carpets Skye casually steps on with her Jimmy Choo’s, could be said to represent the spilled blood of those she walked on to get where she is today. In Skye’s mind a party just is not a party without the Monroe touch. And as long as she is game, the party never ends.

Skye drinks what she wants. Snorts what she wants and takes who she wants. With every deplorable act Skye does, she believes it makes her more powerful. Someone like Skye doesn’t really have friends, but followers – tagging along for every moment of her life thanks to her endless streams of posts covering everything from her morning workout to her exciting night on the town.

But for women like Skye, who ultimately are addicted to themselves, there does come a judgement day. And we’re not talking the amount of likes on her latest Instagram post. Tonight, Skye will be put on trial for her deeds. Her courtroom is a little dive bar tucked away in the corner of any urban decay, appropriately called, ‘The After Party.’ Her jury will be four sophisticated women shooting a game of billiards.
Directed by Colin Francis Costello (USA)

Just your typical, mediocre, beige, room temperature sex. John and Eric put the “lust” back in “lackluster.”
Directed by Mitch Yapko (USA)

A lonely poet has made a living writing poetry suicide notes in the world of the black market for people before they are about to commit suicide. No one knows she does this for a living, not even her boyfriend. It starts to wear on her and her relationship with her boyfriend starts to suffer as she withdraws from their relationship as he needs her most. Her boyfriend starts to question his own life and the twist at the end is he finds her business and contacts her about a suicide poetry letter.
Directed by Nick Mayer (USA)

Mateo, an 83-year-old man lives in a town and has refused to speak. Immersed in his silence and isolated from the world he navigates between reality and fantasy, mixing stories stored in the memory of the heart with the person with whom he has shared his life.
Directed by Javier Montes d’Arce (Mexico)