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Daze

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Shari Petti

Director
Synopsis
Best friends Iris & Beza embark on a dreamy road trip where they reflect on the meaning of life. Things take a sudden turn when reality threatens their whimsical outing.
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The Lion and the Firebird

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Danie Byers

Director
Synopsis
RISING FIRE, an early human, flees with her daughter, pursued by a violent warband -- the LION MEN. When she is inadvertently saved by one of the last NEANDERTHALS, the two struggle to communicate and find trust. But when the Lion Men return, they become the key to one another's survival - and the future of humanity.
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The Night Nurse

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Tim Delaney

Director
Synopsis
Lonely wheelchair-bound Tallulah's sad nursing home Christmas turns deadly when a vampire comes to feed, preying on the blood of the elderly... and Tallulah's darkest fears.
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Darker

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Frank van den Bogaart

Director
Synopsis
When her father goes missing, young Rhena (Adriana Bakker) enters the woods to seek out a mythological creature believed to collect the stories of dying beings.
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Fake Plastic Blood

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Nathan Gallagher

Director
Synopsis
Atop a parking garage in downtown Detroit, Clara asks her drug dealer for the forbidden blue pills - to help her deal with the "fake bitches" at her roommate's party tonight. The drug comes with a warning: she might hallucinate some very disturbing things. On her way to the party, the visions start - and they are exactly what she had been hoping to escape.
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The Rotting of Casey Culpepper

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Daniel Slottje

Director
Synopsis
A girl battling leukemia and her single father fall into a well of paranoia when the girl experiences visions of a tumor-covered creature.
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Washed Up

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Thomas Bayne

Director
Synopsis
Mike, an expectant father, has decided to leave behind his life of thievery. He is convinced by his best friend and partner in crime, Aaron, to join him on one last job, a simple robbery of a local car wash. When everything starts to go wrong, Mike is forced to make a choice between his old friend and his new life.
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The Baby

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Taylor Bustamante

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A pregnant woman’s obsession with motherhood spirals as she becomes fixated on another mother and her young son.
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Fishmonger

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Neil Ferron

Writer/Director
Synopsis
In this supernatural dark comedy, a pathetic Irish fishmonger must survive a sex pact with an ancient fish creature in order to save his mother's soul from burning in hell.
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Clay

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Diego Vazquez

Writer/Director
Synopsis
When a shapeshifter's chance encounter with a long-lost
friend goes awry, the shapeshifter secretly enrolls in the
same art course to rebuild their connection, no matter
the cost.
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Big Axe

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Jeff DeRouen

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A small town gas station cashier offers to split a half million dollar lottery prize with her best friend if he helps her dispose of a customer's body.
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Behold: Donna

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Daryanna Barrett

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Tv show host Donna Gérbage lives with the unfortunate ability to see threatening messages in everything she reads from an unknown entity that wants to harm her. She ignores the issue until it affects the premiere of her sketch comedy show Trash Tv. So, she seeks the help of a mysterious eye doctor, Dr. Visiam, who inadvertently makes things worse.