INDIE SHORT FEST

Bygone

After a blurry night out of rough drinking, Harper wakes up, blood on her hands, oblivion, and a missing boyfriend. She needs to pick up the pieces of the puzzle and discover what happened the night before her legal wedding.
Directed by Avi Agarwal (USA)

The Absence of You

Alex gets kicked out of her parents’ house because she stole from them. She moves in with her sister Samantha, who’s getting married. While living at Samantha’s house she steals their grandmother’s necklace which was gifted to Samantha by their mother. Samantha disinvites Alex from her wedding. This is Alex’s last attempt at getting re-invited to her sister’s wedding and make it up to her.
Directed by Gary O. Bennet (USA)

The Lost Sister

Mandy has come unannounced to visit her sister Teri. After having not seen each other or spoken since Mandy left home, Teri is still harboring anger towards her.
Directed by Larry Rosen (USA)

Kingdom Anthem: The Kingdom Descends Upon the World

The stirring kingdom anthem has rung out, announcing God’s arrival among man to the whole universe! The kingdom of God has come! All people cheer, all things rejoice! Everything throughout the heavens brims with merriment. What captivating scenes of jubilation are these?
Among man, who lives in pain and has endured thousands of years of Satan’s corruption, who does not long—does not yearn—for God’s arrival? How many believers and followers of God throughout the ages have, under the influence of Satan, endured suffering and adversity, persecution and estrangement? Who does not hope that the kingdom of God will come soon? Having tasted the joys and sorrows of humanity, who of mankind does not desire for the truth and righteousness to hold power among man?
When the kingdom of God comes, the day desperately awaited by all nations and peoples shall finally arrive! At this time, what will be the scenes among all things in heaven and on earth? How beautiful will life in the kingdom be? With the “Kingdom Anthem: The Kingdom Descends Upon the World,” the prayers of millennia will come true!
Directed by The Church of Almighty God (South Korea)

Dystopia

Soap bubbles infiltrate a robotic armaments factory.
Subversiveness versus logical reasoning.
Who will get the upper hand?
Directed by Bellopropello (Switzerland)

Kami

Seto Naikai is an otaku person and afraid of social’s vision, his childhood friend Ayumi Ninomiya gives him some hope to let him believe he can live in his small world, then broke it. In the end, he chooses to stand out and face reality with his sex doll girlfriend.
Directed by Yue Yu (China)

Laidover

After 28 years of being in a bad marriage, Lacy Heath is finally ready to begin her new single life. After a very exhausted Lacy misses her plane, a flight attendant diverts Lacy to an unfamiliar airport where she falls asleep waiting for her phone to charge. Upon waking up to an empty airport, Lacy concludes that airports are not void of people or airplanes and realizes that she is dead and alone in purgatory. She feels all is lost until a security guard shows up giving her hope for companionship in the afterlife.
Not all connections are the same.
Directed by Tom Proctor (USA)