LIVESTREAM
Program Special: Asian Film Series
Genre: Thriller, Action
Running Time: 30 min
Directed by: Tanxuan Shi, Ziyuan Wang
Isabella, an out- of- date girl group idol who is experiencing a double crisis of career and age, decides to make a comeback with live-streaming; she plans to become a Chinese head influencer by selling an emerging medical bio-sector fund in North America. But her live stream spiraled out of control with the intrusion of a hacker who threatens to release a deadly biochemical virus...
THE BUYERS
Program 2: Midnight Sessions
Genre: Thriller
Running Time: 8 min
Directed by: Felicia Manning
A new homeowner grows suspicious of a neighborly couple eager to help her unpack.
TABERNACLE
Program 2: Midnight Sessions
Genre: Thriller, Comedy
Running Time: 13 min
Directed by: Dante Capone
A wandering tramp falls in with a crowd of religious zealots, led by a bumbling preacher who sermonizes, ""Hellfire is a real place!"" In the back pew, the tramp imagines grandiose visions of snickering devils and orgiastic torture. The unnamed hero is then baptized in the ocean and does janitorial work for the church, but idiotically causes a fire. There are devils hiding in the carpet! The preacher catches him in the act, resulting in a scuffle which leads to the demise of both.
LILY'S MIRROR
Program 6: Female Gaze
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Drama, Comedy
Running Time: 17 min
Directed by: Linnea Frye, Adam Pinney
Lily is out on a dinner date with her boyfriend Bart, expecting a proposal, when he unexpectedly chops off her hand. As Lily works on recovering, she begins to feel phantom pains where her hand used to be, so her doctor gives her a therapeutic mirror box to help with the discomfort. However, as she begins to use the box, she realizes there's a side effect: she can see real phantoms in the mirror. Specifically, she begins to see the obituaries of multiple dead women who experienced recent and mysterious deaths come to life. As Lily learns these women's stories, their lives and deaths begin to intertwine in a journey of self-discovery, female empowerment, and the quest for justice.
CONFESSIONS
Program Special Shorts: Latin Film Series
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Running Time: 22 min
Directed by: Evette Vargas
CONFESSIONS is a grounded, present-day, one-hour, supernatural thriller franchise, exploring the multi-layered facets of sin and atonement. After committing a sin in heaven, Manuel de Castillo, an angel and former Spanish conquistador, is banished and must roam the earth until fulfilling his penance, which is to compel sinners to carry out a penance of their own, to right their wrongs and cleanse their souls. Fallen angel Manuel has been earth bound for 500-years and today, he initially contacts sinners by using the one thing they all possess- a phone.
THE ACTIVATED MAN
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Running Time: 1 hr 55 min
Directed by: Nicholas Gyeney
As Ors Gabriel struggles with the grief and pain from losing his best friend and beloved dog, Louie, to cancer, the shock from the trauma brings on strange visions only Ors can see. While he questions whether his mind has fractured or if it's actually real, a mysterious rise in murder-suicides takes hold of the city, and Ors becomes haunted by images of a shadowy figure known to many as ‘The Fedora Man’. Through torments and terror, Ors uncovers dark secrets from his past, forcing him to embrace who he really is, and what he is meant to do. But, with escalating visions of ‘The Fedora Man’, Ors must face his fears as he spirals downwards, testing the very limits of his sanity.
SHUDDERBUGS
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Running Time: 1hr 46 min
Directed by: Johanna Putnam
Sam returns to her childhood home in the wake of her mother’s mysterious death, spiraling down a rabbit hole of grief, suspicion and isolation.
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