A kidnap victim struggles to make sense of his tormentor’s motives.
2016, USA, 13 minutes
Directed by Stuart Valberg
Winner: Scariest Award
A kidnap victim struggles to make sense of his tormentor’s motives.
2016, USA, 13 minutes
Directed by Stuart Valberg
Winner: Scariest Award
An idyllic first date is disrupted by a zealous do-gooder.
2014, USA, 3 minutes
Directed by Phil Healy
Haunted by the intense scrutiny of her figure, a fashion model retreats to her dressing room to indulge her appetite.
2012, Germany, 7 minutes
Directed by Ines Berwing
An awkward weirdo refuses to let a tragedy derail his romantic ambitions.
2016, USA, 15 minutes
Directed by Susan Dynner
Two lovers ponder the upsetting implications of calling each other “baby.”
2015, USA, 4 minutes
Directed by Benjamin Gill
Shadowy government agents send a mutant gorilla to hunt an extraterrestrial banana.
2013, USA, 9 minutes
Directed by Josh DiGangi
Winner: Funniest Award
A collection of vignettes attempting to capture the quotidian madness of evangelical life.
2016, Germany, 10 minutes
Directed by Shoko Hara
Cousin Wonderlette embarks on a dream odyssey, witnessing visions of hunky beachgoers, psychotic housewives, and her own contemptuous mother.
2015, USA, 8 minutes
Directed by Brian Benson
A chronic masturbator is sent to a shady therapist by her sex-phobic mother.
2015, Australia, 10 minutes
Directed by Hazel Annikki Savolainen
An alcoholic malingerer finds opportunity in a workplace tragedy.
2016, Ukraine, 7 minutes
Directed by Yuri Karabak
Two lovers mired in the drudgery of their own routine attempt to reconnect with their former ardor.
2016, USA, 12 minutes
Directed by James Siewert
The arrival of a black-clad interloper threatens the sanctum of a group of large, adult men.
2015, USA, 7 minutes
Directed by Bob Rose and Michael C. Stettes
Winner: Best Music Award