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Road 21

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Marco Ferreira

Director | Writer | Producer
Synopsis
A man is seduced by a stranger in a surreal desert bar and taken on a drive down a haunted road where nothing — and no one — is what it seems.
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My Dearest Mother

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Michael Bonello Ghio

Director, writer, editor
Synopsis
A daughter and mother are forced to deal with their past skeletons and shared experiences as they mark the first anniversary of the death of the head of the household. The patriarch may be dead but his presence and impact is a force to be reckoned with by both our protagonists.
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His Date

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Rhett Wellington

Director, Writer
Synopsis
Though out of practice, Thomas (Richard Kind) participates in a speed dating event in the hopes that he will make a new romantic connection. His experience soon takes a gruesome turn when Thomas is confronted with his dark past.
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You must see it

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Nacho Solana

Director
Synopsis
Luis and Ana visit another couple who have just had a baby. What should be a quick visit to meet the newborn turns into a strange experience that reveals that neither the parents are as fine as they claim, nor is the baby as normal as it seems...
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Alice, my Alice

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Léo Bernard

Director
Synopsis
Alice and Vincent are two young students who couldn’t be more different. She’s vibrant, outgoing, and adventurous while he’s moody, introverted, and closed off. Yet, from their strange meeting, a passionate and intense connection begins to form… Months later, Alice walks away, bringing their story to an end. But for Vincent, letting go isn’t so easy. As he struggles to cope with the loss, something inside him begins to shift… slowly, irreversibly.
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Breeders

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Suri Grennell

Writer/ Director
Synopsis
After a sweaty night at a local disco, Richard wakes up struggling to fill in the blank spots of a late night hook-up he can’t remember. This is a morning after he’ll never forget – his body, their choice.
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Shadow in the Desert

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Boise Esquerra

Screenwriter and Director
Synopsis
After a reckless, drug-fueled robbery at an old house on the Navajo reservation, Deidra and her boyfriend escape with stolen goods and a mysterious black leather pouch. As they exchange their loot at a remote desert party in the Arizona desert, Deidra begins to realize the pouch's actual significance, a medicine bundle, one that holds a dark truth and energy that is much more than she bargained for. Realizing the sinister importance of the pouch and its owner, Deidra must face a desperate showdown with the malevolent entity and her own inner demons, as the creature's sinister energy and her drug addiction converge to destroy her sanity and soul.
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Weird to Be Human

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Jan Grabowski

Director
Synopsis
The year is 2194. Transfers between the digital and physical worlds are routine. In specialized facilities, bodies are cultivated for artificial intelligences seeking human form. At one such facility, an officer from the Department of Embodiments arrives to speak with a being completing its transformation.
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The Trick

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Fitch / Baker

Writer/Director
Synopsis
When Rita, a tired waitress eager to clock off, asks a mysterious Man in Black to finish his drink and go, she becomes the unwilling participant in a sinister show that blurs the line between illusion and reality. What begins as a simple card trick spirals into something truly uncanny and by last orders, no one is quite who they seemed.
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The Gap

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Karen Wilmer-West

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A polite lunch spirals when a fiancé dares to question the values of his bride-to-be's family.
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WE DON'T KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS

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Noura bint Hussam .B Al-Saud

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Cousins break into an abandoned mansion for a game. The screams echoing down the halls seem like their own harmless fun, but after unlocking doors, they find out the cries don’t belong to them. What began as a game turns into a desperate flight from a family secret that belongs closed away in this mansion.
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The Angel

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Barrett Burgin & Jessica Burgin

Directors
Synopsis
A pioneer folk horror. Two plural wives receive a mysterious visitation amidst the blood red stone of Southern Utah.