INDIE SHORT FEST

In the not too distant future, The Bournemount corporation, a technologically formidable corporation, creates a powerful but unreliable experiment. And so, they decide to destroy it. However, assistant scientist, Colin Kampf, believes that this is wrong and steals it. Bournemount notices and sends everyone out after him to retrieve what is rightfully theirs.
Directed by Thomas McQuillan (UK)

The will to live is tested as a young couple struggles to surmount impossible odds.
Directed by Ellie Schuckman (USA)

After suffering a brutal attack, eight-year-old Kuo is found in the woods without his eyes. With the help of his stuffed animal Bainfu, whose bright red eyes Kuo uses as a guide, he sets off on a journey to find the mysterious faceless woman who stole his sight from him.
Directed by O.B. De Alessi (Italy)

“Grind” is a story of anxiety and insecurity run rampant as an insecure but stubborn young gay man named Kaleb obtains a gym membership and hires a personal trainer to improve his physique. Although initially unsuccessful in negotiating the labyrinth of exercise machines and intimidating body masses, with the help of his patient personal trainer named Travis, Kaleb overcomes his nerves and finds a strength within himself that he never knew he had.
Directed by Jesse Ung (New Zealand)

A five-year-old girl is caught in the middle of a struggle between her recently widowed father and his elderly aunt who disagree on how best to adapt to the customs and laws of their newly adopted home in the United Kingdom. The aunt’s failure to abandon ancient African tribal traditions, including the harmful practice of FGM or female genital mutilation, leads to potentially devastating consequences for the young girl. All six characters in the film are played by one remarkable female actor, Mimi Ndiweni.
Directed by Terrence Turner (Canada)

Factual scenes of Hollywood Blockbusters played by Katrin Butt.
Directed by Katrin Butt (Austria)

She takes with Greta Garbe and Marlene Dietrich in her daydreams, someday she will become a star!
Directed by Katrin Butt (Bahrain)

Katrin Butt shows people, a performance, plays a scene as a nun, and she says she wants to sleep with God. Then you can see her sleeping with God.
Directed by Katrin Butt (Austria)

“The Man in the Back Seat” depicts the real-time horror of a violent kidnapping in a single, uninterrupted shot.
Directed by Tom Kircher (USA)

One overweight train passenger unintentionally disrupts everyone’s commute. All walks of life are joined together in a gag-filled series of stops and starts on route to their destination.
Directed by Brad Gibson (Canada)