Shorts 3 - Sat. 8/8 at 6:15 PM

Who's waiting for you?

Director YUCA  - 5 min. - Animated

Between the real world and the spiritual realm, an ancestral Xolo dog and an ordinary man shape a story woven with care and companionship. Inspired by the spirit of the Mexican Day of Dead tradition, XOLO reveals where love finds new ways to exist, even as the world shifts around them.
 

Juice

Directed by Rachel Williamson  - 9 min. - Experimental

The fruity delusions of an isolated woman turn sour when an unexpected visitor disrupts her fantastical morning.

Light Trespassing

Directed by Christian Alston  -11 min. - Dark Comedy

Riley and Barry get in serious trouble when they decide to "check out" an abandoned house.

The Shot

Directed by Samantha J McDonald - 5 min.  - Drama

When a high-profile trafficking syndicate strikes domestically, a master black-ops strategist (Tate Reeves) must use an experimental, memory-erasing cocktail to reactivate his deeply traumatized top operative (Aria Decker)—weaponizing her lethal physical instincts to save a missing child, while systematically deleting her memory of the mission.

Keep On Truckin’ 

Directed by Omar Derby - 8 min. - Narrative

An amateur MMA fighter struggles to cope when the championship match that launches his career falls on the same night as his mother's final hours.
 

Crickets

Directed by Cooper Hardin - 10 min. - Dramedy

It's the holidays... Things get nutty. Fragile egos crack. And a harmless prank somehow ignites a full-blown mockumentary-style witch hunt. 

In the Palm of Her Hand

Directors Greta Guthrie, Jake Lazarow  - 7 min. - Horror Comedy

Three girls travel to a remote cabin for a weekend getaway, only to accidentally awaken the monster buried out back.