Digital voices celebrate the joys of social media, but a shadow of anguish creeps into the jubilee.
2021, United Kingdom, 4 minutes
Directed by Céline Ufenast
Category: 2021 Festival
Parked
A seemingly simple task sends a young person into a downward spiral of panic.
2021, USA, 4 minutes
Directed by Yoon Hei Cho
Bag Your Face
When high school hooligans hijack the town’s shipment of acne medication/antidepressant, some inflamed classmates concoct an elaborate revenge.
2020, USA, 20 minutes
Directed by Keith Eyrich
Floaters Dot Com
Two brothers find themselves at odds when one of them is caught ripping off the shadowy organization they work for.
2021, USA, 30 minutes
Directed by Stephen Girard
Winner: Audience Favorite Short Award, The Golden Tentacle
Ball Lightning
A pair of scavengers discover something strange after wandering onto the property of a mysterious technician.
2021, USA, 18 minutes
Directed by Gavin M. DuBois
Monkey
A monkey enjoys a dance with a serpentine friend.
2020, USA, 1 minute
Directed by Fritz Masten
Your Houseplants Are Screaming
A wretched human houseplant learns all the horrors of its new life inside a nightmare house of flesh, meat, muscle, and bone.
2021, USA, 7 minutes
Directed by Benjamin Roberds
Little Creep
A child rescues a tiny garden denizen from their mother’s pesticide rampage but struggles to keep the creature alive in captivity.
2021, USA, 6 minutes
Directed by Gurleen Rai
Unlawful Combatant
American contractors endure a surprise workplace inspection.
2021, USA, 10 minutes
Directed by Jackson Fatheree
Geri and Rick
Two venerable street hustlers spend a late night arguing and reminiscing in a broken-down car on the outskirts of New York City.
2021, USA, 21 minutes
Directed by Vincent Turturro and Alena Turturro