DECEMBER 7-8, 2016

*All screenings will be followed by a Q&A from Filmmakers and Actors (if present)

WEDNESDAY 12/7
6:00pm

GEMMA
A restless night for two sisters prompts a bedtime tale involving Gemma, an other-worldly being whose crash landing and discovery on Earth changes a family forever. (Short Film. 5 min)
dir. by Cristopher Stauffer

BAD FRANK
Frank Pierce leads a seemingly normal life, but when a disturbing past reemerges and something precious is taken from him, his mask of sanity loosens and he unearths the urge to be violent once again. (Feature Film. 103 min)
dir. by Tony Germinario
Tom Sizemore, Amanda Clayton, Brian O'Halloran

8:00pm

I HEARD SOMETHING
Woman awakened by noise in her home. (Short Film. 3 min)
dir. by Mary Lou Belli
Mircea Monroe, Josh Cooke

NUTS
A man wakes up and fixes a world that isn't broken (Short Film. 4 min)
dir. by Theo Sena

HIDE/SEEK
A young couple's innocent game of Hide and Seek in the woods turns into an absolutely nightmare. (Short Film. 20 min)
dir. by Matt Newton

OH, THE EFFING HORROR
While camping, Chris tells Luci about the many murders that have taken place in the surrounding woods. Later, a distant rustling interrupts their make out session. But, it's not the ghosts of the murdered victims. (Short Film. 17 min)
dir. by Justin T. Bowler

THE CATALYST
Something unseen lurks in a young girl's bedroom, while in the kitchen, her father tries to understand why his wife is so afraid. The mom believes small accidents in their home cause increasingly greater hauntings. (Short Film. 8 min)
dir. by Alan Fine

WRAITH
Jessica is tormented by the ghost of a little girl, that threatens both her relationship with her boyfriend Mike, and her very way of life. (Short Film. 22 min)
dir. by Daniel James
Melissa Archer

9:30pm

THE SANCTUARY
A woman trapped in an asylum finds out the truth about why she’s there. (Short Film. 8 min)
dir. by Marc Rosenzweig and Haven Johnson

HUNGER
Oliver is a young man who finds himself lost in his studies for an upcoming MCAT exam. During an unexpected call from his cousin Sarah, Oliver is asked to watch over his ailing grandmother putting more than his retest at risk. (Short Film. 18 min)
dir. by Justin Hall

PLASTIC
A mannequin haunts a fashion designer as she recovers from a recent car accident. (Short Film. 6 min)
dir. by Patrick Adley

LET'S PLAY DEAD GIRL
Inspired by a true event, Let’s Play Dead Girl is a cautionary tale about two best friends, Josephine and Juda, who create a website revolving around Alto, a mystical being living in their imagination. Soon, their obsession with Alto runs wild as they hatch a plan to murder their friend, Consuelo, so they can make Alto come to life. (Short Film. 24 min)
dir. by Christian A. Morán

SECRET ADMIRER
A woman suspects she has an intruder when a mysterious gift turns up at her door. (Short Film. 9 min)
dir. by Justin Powell

PRODUCT RECALL
The real and imaginary collide with tragic consequences as a gifted physicist at the Large Hadron Collider works to answer profound questions about our universe. (Short Film. 10 min)
dir. by Ben Smith

YOU CAN'T PREDICT FATE
Marcus and Cynthia were out for a drive in the country, when they got ran off the road. Ruby saves them and brings them back to her place to give them medical treatment. Remote in the countryside. No phones. No help. Cable tied to the bed and locked away. There may be no escape. (Short Film. 7 min)

THURSDAY 12/8
6pm 

DEFARIOUS
A young woman is tormented by her nightmares and they are beginning to manifest so strongly she becomes disillusioned between the world of her imagination and what is truly reality. (Short Film. 16 min)
dir. by Chase Pallante

THE DARKLINE
Jamal and T.J., two young drug mules working for a dangerous gang in Anchorage, must risk their lives to deliver product to a mysterious customer deep in the Alaskan Interior. (Short Film. 4 min)
dir. by Kevin O'Donnell & Justin Swain

INTO THE OUTBREAK
After an infectious outbreak causes people to become rage filled cannibals, a group of 3 women, each with their own prior issues must come together to figure how to survive the infected and their own demons. (Feature Film. 86 min)
dir. by Larry Rosen
Lloyd Kaufman, Deborah Twiss, Jean Louise O'Sullivan, Irina Gorovaia

8pm

TRUNK SPACE
When Anna and Priss pick up a hitchhiker in the middle of the desert, their road trip takes a turn for the worse. (Short Film. 14 min)
dir. by Max Silver

EVIL RISING
A young woman with disturbing dreams suddenly finds herself thrust into her nightmares. Struggling for her sanity and her life, she must overcome the demons inside her to break free and save the souls of those who remain to be alive.....but can she also manage to save herself? (Short Film. 9 min)
dir. by Savion Smith

THE CABINET IN THE WOODS
A man searching for his lost dog in the woods stumbles upon something very bizarre. (Short Film. 18 min)
dir. by Andrew Schwarz

THE VANITY
When an artist receives an antique vanity from her husband, she becomes obsessed with her appearance and possessed by the former owner. (Short Film. 13 min)
dir. by Ben Myers

MEGRIM
An Artist and a Subject. The Artist wants to create his masterpiece; The Subject doesn’t want to die. (Short Film. 13 min)
dir. by Stuart Valberg

9:30pm

AWARDS GALA AND CEREMONY


AFTER PARTY
Location TBA





SCREENPLAYS
Anamnesia (written by Tawny Sorensen)
Cajun Justice (written by Mike Briock)
Haunted (written by Andrew Kosarko)
The Costume (written by Maariyah Qazi & Dean Qureshi)
Walter's Days (written by Nathan Ludwig & Charles Devin Hill)