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The Creek

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Jimmi Fenton

Writer / Director
Synopsis
A lone prospector hunts for gold in the remote bushland of 1850's Australia when an immigrant suspiciously happens on his location.
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Dead Air

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Julien Bisnaire-Wakeham

Writer/ Director
Synopsis
In 1979, Eddie Ray, a washed-up small-town radio host, clinging to his midnight slot, entertains listeners during his segment “Midnight Confessions”. The first caller is a pathetic and troubled gambler seeking advice. Eddie mocks him, revealing his own true character. However, the next caller is a terrified young woman, claiming that she can hear an intruder in her house. Eddie simply dismisses her as a prankster, but keeps her on the line so as to pretend he is interested in helping her. Suddenly the womans scream cuts off the line. Shaken, Eddie tries to regain control of the situation by discounting her scream as part of the drama that comes along with being a woman. Then, the phone rings, this time it’s a man with a chilling confession: he has just killed a girl.

As the caller toys with him, Eddie begins to question his safety within the radio station. The sound of crashing, footsteps, and whispers all suggest the threat is no longer confined to the phone line. The once-safe broadcasting booth then becomes a claustrophobic trap, and Eddie and his broadcast are silenced forever when the caller’s voice merges with physical presence. Dead Air is an atmospheric horror/thriller that explores self-preservation, voyeurism, and ending eras through the intimacy of live radio.
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No Volveré

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Jan Bross

Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Synopsis
A lonely ventriloquist is served divorce papers at the showroom bar where he works. Things take a strange turn when he tries to remedy the situation with his puppet, Luis.
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Idle Hands

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Ellie Roberts

Director
Synopsis
When Mort—the brains behind Hell's torture—hears the pain he causes, he questions his purpose, but is soon presented with an unrefusable offer.
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Pyre

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Dylan Miller

Writer/Director
Synopsis
In a remote 17th-century village, a widowed mother accused of witchcraft is interrogated by a charming but ruthless inquisitor, forcing an impossible choice to save her daughter.
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Dawn

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Violet Dempsey

Director
Synopsis
A vampire stuck in her 16-year-old body seeks to reconnect with her human past via her ex-high-school sweetheart, only to discover he is the real monster.
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Donor

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Jennifer Saura

Writer/Director
Synopsis
After volunteering to be the egg donor for her now-pregnant friend, a woman grows to regret her choice in the aftermath of her own miscarriage—and considers taking back the only baby she has left.
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CopyPaste!

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Keira Schehl

Director
Synopsis
When a glitch overtakes the dress-up game, “Copy Paste”, its main character, Dolly, disappears. Molly, her sidekick, must survive the destabilized world as it forces her to take Dolly’s role. Pressured by her warping reality and the game’s player, Molly must decide who she is; or who she must become.
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Tailor Made

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Omkar Mohare

Director
Synopsis
Elliot, overwhelmed by guilt after the accidental death of his wife during a violent argument, isolates
himself in a decaying apartment that preserves every trace of his crime. On the edge of ending his life, he
finds a strange newspaper ad promising total disappearance through a man known as The Tailor.
The tailor doesn’t alter clothes, but identities. He offers Elliot a catalog of “skins,” each belonging to a
different man. Elliot undergoes a brutal transformation; his face is no longer his own, and for the first time, he feels free.
But when a stranger recognizes Elliot’s borrowed face as someone who committed a terrible crime,
Elliot is forced to confront a horrifying truth: escaping his past may have bound him to someone else’s.
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AYA

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Maxii Ayala

Director/Writer/Producer/Editor
Synopsis
AYA is a psychological sci-fi horror about a woman who awakens in a sterile white room under the control of an unseen Supervisor. Through a series of escalating experiments, Aya’s humanity, resilience, and identity are tested, leading her toward a devastating discovery about the truth of her past and the cruelty hidden beneath the guise of science.
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He Ain't Here

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Patrick Martin

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Bella LeBlanc roams the Louisiana swamp at night. After discovering a satanic ritual, a monstrous roar draws her deeper into the dark, chasing the unknown.
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Unwound

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Keira Schehl

Director
Synopsis
Engineer Graham Winters is obsessed with recreating a wind-up ballerina from his childhood music box. As Graham struggles to perfects his creation; it takes on its own mind, and he finds himself trapped in a deadly dance.