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The sixth annual Apocalypse Later International Fantastic Film Festival (ALIFFF 2021) will be held in the 3rd Street Theater at the Phoenix Center for the Arts from Saturday 7th to Monday 9th October, 2021. Tickets Ticket sales for 2023 are open! Full Event $60.00 USD Film Student $30.00 USD Price is $60 in advance for a full event pass. This includes access to all films over three full days. Price at the door will be $75 for a full event pass ($50 if you buy on Saturday, $25 on Sunday). Either way, current film students are half price. We're hoping to have a cash bar again this year. However we will definitely be selling concessions. Parking and popcorn are free! Safety Protocols There will be no COVID restrictions this year. However, we do still recommend that you vaccinate to protect yourself and wear a mask if you wish to protect yourself and others. Logo by Marty Freetage. Postcard by Jason Drotman. Awards Our competition films are fighting it out for awards created and designed by the ever-fantastic Tom Deadstuff! We'll share an image of these awards once we have it. Schedule Doors will open at 10:30am on each day, with the first set beginning at 11:00am.

Saturday				Sunday				Monday
Set	Start	End	Length	Set	Start	End	Length	Set	Start	End	Length
Horror Shorts A	11:00am	12:10pm	1h 10m	Xanadu Hellfire	11:00am	12:45pm	1h 44m	The Love Song of William H. Shaw	11:00am	12:36pm	1h 35m
What Lurks Beneath	12:30pm	2:12pm	1h 42m	Horror Shorts B	1:05pm	2:16pm	1h 11m	Sci-Fi Shorts C	12:55pm	2:12pm	1h 17m
Sci-Fi Shorts A	2:30pm	3:48pm	1h 18m	Phi 1.618	2:35pm	4:09pm	1h 34m	Once Again	2:35pm	4:28pm	1h 53m
Blood and Snow	4:15pm	6:00pm	1h 45m	Sci-Fi Shorts B	4:30pm	5:38pm	1h 08m	Other Shorts B	4:50pm	5:51pm	1h 01m
Genre-Hopping Shorts	6:20pm	7:46pm	1h 26m	Perfectly Good Moment	6:00pm	7:12pm	1h 12m	The Beehive	6:10pm	7:36pm	1h 26m
Agatha	8:05pm	9:05pm	1h 0m	Other Shorts A	7:30pm	8:42pm	1h 12m	Final Shorts	7:55pm	9:03pm	1h 8m
Edgier Shorts	9:25pm	10:42pm	1h 17m	Zombie Strain	9:00pm	10:40pm	1h 40m	Award Ceremony	9:03pm	9:23pm	20m
Images Click on any image on this page to see a larger version. Première statuses will gradually fill in over the next month. These speak to theatrical exhibition (virtual doesn't count).

Title	Year	Director(s)	Country	Length	Première?
What Lurks Beneath	2023	Simon McPhillips	Canada	1h 42m
Blood and Snow	2023	Jesse Palangio	Canada	1h 45m
Agatha	2022	Roland Becerra & Kelly Bigelow	USA	1h 0m
Xanadu Hellfire	2022	Justin Armao	USA	1h 44m	Arizona
Phi 1.618	2022	Theodore Ushev	Bulgaria	1h 34m
Perfectly Good Moment	2022	Lauren Greenhall	USA	1h 12m
Zombie Strain	2023	Michael Seabolt	USA	1h 40m	no
The Love Song of William H. Shaw	2023	Marty Ketola & Clif Campbell	USA	1h 35m
Once Again	2021	Shin Seung Hoon	South Korea	1h 53m	North America
The Beehive	2022	Alexander Lasheras	Canada	1h 26m

	What Lurks Beneath 1h 42m, Canada, Simon McPhillips Saturday, 12:30pm The crew of USS Titan find themselves on the brink of world war 3 with Russia when a naked stowaway appears in one of their torpedo tubes. Captain banks fears she may be Russian, but she's something far more dangerous. Official trailer at YouTube.
	Blood and Snow 1h 45m, Canada, Jesse Palangio Saturday, 4:15pm Two scientists uncover a meteorite impact site in the Arctic tundra, but it kills one scientist and infects the other. A nearby base takes in the lone survivor whilst trying to understand what happened. The lone survivor may not be the person they think she is.
	Agatha 1h 0m, USA, Roland Becerra & Kelly Bigelow Saturday, 8:05pm The film follows “The Professor”, a man suffering from a terminal disease, who by a twist of fate, witnesses an incredible event involving his mysterious neighbor Agatha. Hoping to find a cure to his sickness, he agrees to follow her on a strange and risky journey into a forgotten but not entirely deserted urban wasteland. Official trailer at YouTube.
	Xanadu Hellfire 1h 44m, USA, Justin Armao Sunday, 11:00am A young girl brings her comic book hero from the future to the present just to hang out. An evil soon follows and all hell breaks loose. Official trailer at YouTube.
	Phi 1.618 1h 34m, Bulgaria, Theodore Ushev Sunday, 2:35pm In the worst of times, science conquers death. A micronation of bio-titans is created—a new breed of loveless asexual immortal men built to fit the golden ratio Phi 1.618. They prepare to leave behind the toxic planet Earth and colonize the Cosmos on board a colossal spaceship. The female sex has become obsolete as immortal men do not procreate. They will take on board only a single female body, a translucent Sleeping Beauty, kept minimally alive as a curious testament of the extinct past. The immortal calligrapher Krypton is tasked to create an indestructible copy of the entire bio-titanic written heritage. He must copy all existing books but one. If copied, that book will bedevil the universe. As Krypton is about to toss the forbidden book in an incinerator, it transforms into a wickedly feisty punk girl named Gargara. She challenges Krypton to wake up Sleeping Beauty with a kiss. Krypton tries but fails. His kiss is powerless. They need a super potent miracle balm called Kykeon. To get it, they embark on a dangerous journey through a Boschian wasteland. On the road, they bump into Karbon 666, a vengeful lone-wolf terrorist who is on his way to blow up the spaceship. Krypton and Gargara find themselves in a frantic race against time. They need to bring Sleeping Beauty back to life and save the fairytale before it turns into a raging nightmare. Official trailer at YouTube.
	Perfectly Good Moment 1h 12m, USA, Lauren Greenhall Sunday, 6:00pm This psychosexual thriller asks the question: what happens when the things that make your relationship passionate and exciting are the same things that make it toxic? Ruby and David have been together on-and-off for 8 years, since she was 19 and he 34. Six months after Ruby last ran out on him, she has returned. Once the initial bliss of the reunion wears off, old toxic patterns re-emerge. Is David too demanding and controlling or is Ruby just too sensitive? Is Ruby as delicate and demure as she appears to be... or is there something more sinister behind the surface? Why did Ruby really come back? Official trailer at YouTube.
	Zombie Strain 1h 40m, USA, Michael Seabolt Sunday, 9:00pm During the zombie apocalypse, a group of survivors trapped in a sound stage makes an amazing discovery about a potent strain of marijuana. But tensions rise, mistakes are made, and they start to wonder—who’s more dangerous, the undead or each other? Official trailer at YouTube.
	The Love Song of William H. Shaw 1h 35m, USA, Marty Ketola & Clif Campbell Monday, 11:00am Years ago, comic bookstore owners Pete Reynoso (the "Oscar") and John Burns (the "Felix") helped their friend, the acclaimed screenwriter William H. "Billy" Shaw complete the screenplay for the sequel to the hottest comic book movie of the moment, Fren-Zee 2. Now, Billy finds himself again haunted by imaginary (?) superhero Fren-Zee, as he was during the writing process of Fren-Zee 2. With his life relatively on track with his new girlfriend Katy and his two years of sobriety, Billy needs to make Fren-Zee go away permanently. He can’t watch his life go down the drain again. Unfortunately, the only two people who could help him, Pete and John, have been feuding for years since achieving fame, and now run rival comic stores. And they don’t have time for Billy’s shenanigans. Can Billy save himself and his friends, too? Or is this the time where it all falls apart? Official trailer at YouTube.
	Once Again 1h 53m, South Korea, Shin Seung Hoon Monday, 5:45pm Stuntman Wooseok who wanted to become an actor. When you die at some point, you go back to the past. So, after several deaths, Wooseok goes back to his high school days in 1997. And Wooseok tries to change his fate.
	The Beehive 1h 26m, USA, Alexander Lasheras Monday, 2:30pm The Beehive is a captivating science-fiction drama that follows the Piers family—a widowed single father, Frank, and his two children, Arron and Rosemary—as they face an unexplainable cosmic event at their family farm. The next day, Rosemary discovers a large bees nest growing on the branch of a big Leaf Maple tree and visits it each day to document its unusual growth. However, when her father and brother discover it, it has grown into a disturbingly large cocoon-like object. Frank attempts to inspect the nest but is stung by a camouflaged stinger, becoming infected with an alien virus. In a desperate attempt to protect his children, Frank barricades himself in the house as they escape the farm. Official trailer at YouTube.

Shorts ALIFFF 2023 will include ten sets of short films.

Horror Shorts A Saturday, 11:00am-12:10pm The Horror Shorts A set will run 1h 10m and include 8 films from 5 countries. Back to Schedule

Title	Year	Director(s)	Country	Length	Première?
#nofilter	2021	Nathan Crooker	USA	13:20
Golem	2020	Ryan Cauchi	Australia	5:00
Every 75 Minutes	2020	Borja A. Ortiz	Spain	7:21
Cart Return	2023	Matt Webb	USA	3:42	Arizona
Merger	2022	Daniel Negret	UK	7:45
Midnight Screams	2021	Sean Menendez	USA	10:10
Script	2018	Piero Cannata	Italy	8:10
Escalation	2022	Christian Bachini	Italy	15:00

	#nofilter 13:20, USA, Nathan Crooker 2021 #nofilter addresses the ever-growing issue surrounding Body Dysmorphic Disorder through the eyes of Beth, an insecure twenty-something, who becomes obsessed with an insidious filter, leaving her to question true beauty. It is a cautionary tale for all those obsessed by "likes", being flawless, and thinking that somehow social media is the magical cure-all for happiness.
	Golem 5:00, Australia, Ryan Cauchi 2020 Nazi-occupied Prague, 1939. A group of German soldiers search for a fugitive Rabbi in the basement of an abandoned synagogue - unaware of the horror awaiting them.
	Every 75 Minutes 7:21, Spain, Borja A. Ortiz 2020 While Rachel is waiting for the bus on her way into town, she meets a very special visitor...
	Cart Return 3:42, USA, Matt Webb 2023 Melanie is just too busy and self-absorbed and refuses to return her shopping cart, leading to an unfortunate turn of events when she's transported directly into a 1960's Hitchcock-like thriller.
	Merger 7:45, UK, Daniel Negret 2022 A man's commitment to his job takes a dark and surreal turn for the worst.
	Midnight Screams 10:10, USA, Sean Menendez Embroiled in an argument on their drive home, Derek and Jess slam into a living nightmare. What they hit isn’t dead ... and very angry. Official trailer at YouTube.
	Script 8:10, Italy, Piero Cannata 2018 Two screenwriters, a ghost story, the night that goes on. Who will put an end to this?
	Escalation 15:00, Christian Bachini, Italy 2022 Chris, a paranoid and self-centered man, is happily avoiding all human contact, preferring to escape from reality in whatever's on TV. When a friend reaches out to him to confront him about his past promises, Chris has to decide what kind of person he is inside, or it may just eat him... alive.

Sci-Fi Shorts A Saturday, 2:30pm-3:48pm The Sci-Fi Shorts A set will run 1h 18m and include 4 films from 3 countries. Back to Schedule

Title	Year	Director(s)	Country	Length	Première?
Blue Fire	2021	Nick Ronan	USA	20:43
Go with Her	2022	Yushi Che	China	15:00	Arizona
Crackpot	2021	Nicola Sercombe	Australia	17:29
LifeQuest	2023	Richard Lounello	USA	24:55	Arizona

	Blue Fire 20:43, USA, Nick Ronan 2021 Deep in the snowy Blue Mountains, two damaged lives come crashing back together when they discover something in the forest not of this world.
	Go with Her 15:00, China, Yushi Che 2022 In a lonely and distant space station, BAI, a female scientist and other partners spent five years inventing a chip that can convert human emotions into extraordinary physical performances. BAI and one of her partners, DU, have developed a certain chemistry between each other. But as a wife and a mother, BAI has kept her feeling for DU deep in her heart. When the head of the space station, AN, declares the successful development of the chip, everyone believes that they can fly back to earth and rejoin their families. However, the superior broke their dreams and ordered all the crew to remain in the station since he received a report of alien creatures being detected around the space station. But AN is planning to fly back to Earth alone. Potential danger is getting closer. BAI, struggling with choosing between passion and morality, also discovers DU’s secret.
	Crackpot 17:29, Australia, Nicola Sercombe 2021 With the end of the world only hours away, a dippy doomsday prepper kidnaps her lonely neighbour to "save him" from the impending apocalypse.
	LifeQuest 24:55, USA, Richard Lounello 2023 A young physicist lives out his life in search of his greatest scientific discovery and finds one extraordinary truth.

Genre-Hopping Shorts Saturday, 6:20pm-7:46pm The Genre-Hopping Shorts set will run 1h 26m and include 3 films from 3 countries. Back to Schedule

Title	Year	Director(s)	Country	Length	Première?
Sights Unseen	2022	Jesse Terrell	USA	29:53
Les Mots Croisés	?	Nicolas Engel	France	28:16
The Lord of the Woods	2021	Julia Bui	Poland	28:00

	Sights Unseen 29:53, USA, Jesse Terrell 2022 A student's fascination with extra dimensions will lead to an obsession with the mysteries of what is beyond our comprehension. Is it math or is it magic?
	Les Mots Croisés 28:16, France, Nicolas Engel A hotel at night. Coded messages. Tea.
	The Lord of the Woods 28:00, Poland, Julia Bui 2021 Warrior Kriss meets a young girl in the forest, Mojmira, who escaped captivity. In the ruins of a hut, where they stop overnight, Kriss finds the Urobors, a magical object of time travel properties. Kriss is being entangled in a tragic love story of Mojmira-Valdemena and Derwan. The characters, constantly travel through time dimensions, trying to escape the vicious cycle and, in their own little ways, reverse the course of the tragedy.

Edgier Shorts Saturday, 9:25pm-10:42pm The Edgier Shorts set will run 1h 16m and include 7 films from 4 countries. Back to Schedule

Title	Year	Director(s)	Country	Length	Première?
Entropic	2020	Bradford Uyeda	USA	3:33
Squish	2020	Xavier Seron	Belgium	20:45
Charlie the Cancelled Skeleton	2023	Joe Reilly	USA	8:59	Arizona
Exhaust	2022	Lucy & Jesse Velik	Australia	8:54	Arizona
The Task	2021	Trevor Alpert	USA	8:53
Manicure	2023	Carluccio	USA	9:25	Arizona
Judge	2022	Nicolo Pozzali	Italy	16:22

	Entropic 3:33, USA, Bradford Uyeda 2020 A man camping in the wild of Arizona has a close encounter that has terrifying results!
	Squish 20:45, Belgium, Xavier Seron 2020 Flo has to go to Marrakech for work. So, it’s Tom who takes care of Sam, their 5-year-old son. Flo left him a list of tasks to complete during his absence. Despite this, Tom forgot Sam’s guitar course. From his ryad, Flo calls to blame him. Tom hates being caught. He picks up Sam. The car comes out of the garage at full speed. SPROTCH. Tom just crushed something...
	Charlie the Cancelled Skeleton 8:59, USA, Joe Reilly 2023 Beware who you cancel. Bitter about a film firing him as an actor for not allowing him to work from home, one man plots out for revenge on a horror film, successfully running a successful cancellation campaign against the film. Unbeknownst to him, however, is the film he cancelled might just be out to cancel him in return...
	Exhaust 8:43, Australia, Lucy & Jesse Velik 2022 Cut Ben some slack. Being a driver for criminals is his dream. He just needs a bit more practice.
	The Task 8:53, USA, Trevor Alpert 2021 In a creative work environment in a corporate setting a low level employee must figure out what her boss wants her to do because he refuses to say what he actually means.
	Manicure 9:25, USA, Carluccio 2023 Before her 30th birthday party, Elanor's anxiety and demand for perfection turn a pleasant manicure into a bloody mess.
	Judge 16:22, Italy, Nicolo Pozzali 2022 Gianni, an eccentric Italian-American, is forced to hide out in a luxurious villa on Lake Como, Italy. He hosts a card game in the villa with a group of suspicious personalities and his old apprentice, Tim. The game turns sour when it is interrupted by an Interpol raid. However, neither the officers nor Gianni and his friends are what they seem.

Horror Shorts B Sunday, 1:05pm-2:16pm The Horror Shorts B set will run 1h 11m and include 5 films from 4 countries. Back to Schedule

Title	Year	Director(s)	Country	Length	Première?
Before We Leave	2021	Natalia Gurkina	Russia	10:00
Tistlebu	2022	Simon Matthew Valentine	Norway	18:00	Arizona
Watch Over Me	2021	Angel Ruiz	USA	6:00
Greed & Gore	2023	Adam Kirkey	Canada	15:00
The Negative	2022	Tommy Bentz	USA	21:57

	Before We Leave 10:00, Russia, Natalia Gurkina 2021 A story about the memory of the dead, about life after death and about love after leaving forever. The family packs for the moving. Mom gets nostalgic sorting stuff out. Son indifferently throws books and toys in his backpack. Dad tries to slip away to say goodbye to his friends. And only the Youngest Daughter can not find her deal. She stares at others and mess with them. At the same time a strange Old Lady in black stares at the Girl attentively. But no one notices the Old Lady except Girl and it scares her. The Girl becomes frightened even more when she realizes that the whole family will leave her alone with the Old Lady in an empty apartment. And no one can help her, because her family is no longer alive.
	Tistlebu 18:00, Norway, Simon Matthew Valentine 2022 As a young urban couple on a working holiday hopes to connect with nature at Tistlebu farm, a primordial power comes into play, changing them both forever.
	Watch Over Me 6:00, USA, Angel Ruiz 2021 A young woman goes up to her house in the woods for the weekend only to be terrorized by an escaped convict.
	Greed & Gore 15:00, Canada, Adam Kirkey 2023 After a bank robbery doesn’t go exactly as planned, a crew of five pick a last minute safehouse to lay low with their take and a hostage. But the safehouse isn’t so safe...
	The Negative 21:57, USA, Tommy Bentz 2022 A struggling writer finds a fabled "Cabin of Success" in the woods, where anyone who stays there becomes everything they've ever wanted. But before his dream is realized, he comes face to face with the answer to the question: What would you sacrifice to be successful?

Sci-Fi Shorts B Sunday, 4:30pm-5:38pm The Sci-Fi Shorts B set will run 1h 8m and include 3 films from 43 countries. Back to Schedule

Title	Year	Director(s)	Country	Length	Première?
Entanglement	2022	Yashaswini Nath	India	31:38
Desde el Cosmos	2022	Rebeca Arce	Puerto Rico	6:51
Starship Impossible	2021	Greg McLeod	UK	30:00

	Entanglement 31:38, India, Yashaswini Nath 2022 A couple struggles to make sense of the past, and their vastly different versions of the bizarre event that made their relationship spin out of control.
	Desde el Cosmos 6:51, Puerto Rico, Rebeca Arce David, a boy obsessed with space, receives an alien egg for his birthday. David does everything in his power to protect the egg. What he did not know is that his biggest wish would become his worst nightmare. David needs to be brave to defend the planet against the alien.
	Starship Impossible 30:00, UK, Greg McLeod 2021 Captain Quitter and his crew of misfits may have found the secret to eternal life. But only if you're prepared to live it out as a moose. A lo-fi sci-fi from the Brothers McLeod and Misfit.

Other Shorts A Sunday, 7:30pm-8:42pm The Other Shorts A set will run 1h 12m and include 5 films from 3 countries. Back to Schedule

Title	Year	Director(s)	Country	Length	Première?
Aww, Shit!	2022	Gibbs Ryals	USA	6:28
Evenfall: Prologue	2021	Dustin Lee	USA	20:28
Retribution	2021	Julia Grace Jones	USA	14:16
Eco	2020	Gilberto David Vázquez Gómez	Puerto Rico	14:38
The Faun of Healwood: The Edge	2023	Stephane Artus	France	15:50	US

	Aww, Shit! 6:28, USA, Gibbs Ryals 2022 The Hitman (Jalen Smith) is the best contract killer in the city; not a single blemish on his resume. He faces his biggest challenge yet when a woman named Jessica Leary (Ellie Key) hires him to murder her wife Tabitha (Anna Jackson), and stage it as a suicide. In response, the Hitman devises an elaborate and intricate plan. One fatal mistake, however, compromises the entire mission and possibly his life.
	Evenfall: Prologue 20:28, USA, Dustin Lee 2021 A woman struggles to protect her son from the ever-increasing dangers of the world around them.
	Retribution 14:16, USA, Julia Grace Jones 2021 A man awakens to find himself restrained and recovering from an unknown procedure at the mercy of two mysterious women.
	Eco 14:38, Puerto Rico, Gilberto David Vázquez Gómez 2020 Ariel will try to hold the reins of his life as he faces the instability of his emotions, accompanied by a strange Eye that has come out on his back.
	The Faun of Healwood: The Edge 15:50, France, Stephane Arbus 2023 During a walk in the forest, a young woman, Jane, meets a wounded stranger pursued by strange hunters. She asks her to help her reach a dolmen in order to bring a magical object. Jane is reluctant to accept the adventure for which she seems destined. Official trailer at Vimeo.

Sci-Fi Shorts C Sunday, 12:55pm-2:12pm The Sci-Fi Shorts C set will run 1h 17m and include 4 films from 2 countries. Back to Schedule

Title	Year	Director(s)	Country	Length	Première?
Denali	2022	Alberto Ortega	Spain	12:00
Bad Drones	2021	Sam Coale	USA	25:50
Möbius’ Trip	2022	Matt Jaems	The Netherlands	19:45
Artificial Existence	2021	John D. Marshall	USA	19:31

	Denali 12:00, Spain, Alberto Ortega 2022 Marina hires the services of Soul Data, a company that creates digital consciousness through data generated in life, to claim her deceased father for his part of the inheritance until she comes across new secrets.
	Bad Drones 25:50, USA, Sam Coale 2021 A young man is unintentionally set on an adventure to save mankind when he falls through a wormhole to another world only to discover an army of evil drones on the other side poised to invade Earth.
	Möbius’ Trip 19:45, The Netherlands, Matt Jaems 2022 Jeremy Brandt is an agent on a mission to stop a man with a device containing a button that must not be pushed—but has been—resulting in an extensive chase. This leads to an electric struggle, against each other and ultimately for a solution to the greatest challenge anyone can face.
	Artificial Existence 19:31, USA, John D. Marshall 2021 A mother desperately yearns to escape an oppressive dystopian society where humans have merged with machines and life is automated by artificial intelligence, but her family would rather live in technological comfort than escape with her into the unforgiving wilderness.

Other Shorts B Sunday, 4:50pm-5:51pm The Other Shorts B set will run 1h 1m and include 4 films from 2 countries. Back to Schedule

Title	Year	Director(s)	Country	Length	Première?
OverKill	2019	Alex Montilla	USA	14:45
Even Monsters Sleep	2022	Cooper J	USA	17:00	Arizona
Monster in a Box	2022	Noah Weisel	USA	9:16
The Operator	2022	Matt Riley	UK	17:40

	OverKill 14:45, USA, Alex Montilla 2019 OverKill is a film with a comedic take on a familiar setup: when too-woke-for-their-own-good college kids are terrorized by an unstoppable masked killer, the final girl must outsmart him to survive. Only in this movie, the killer literally cannot be stopped (or killed).
	Even Monsters Sleep 17:00, USA, Cooper J 2022 Inspired by the victims of Harvey Weinstein and the #metoo movement. An actress chases her dream role down a rabbit hole in this surreal and interpretive tale of terror.
	Monster in a Box 9:16, USA, Noah Weisel 2022 He did it for the role. When carnival hucksters pull their act in the wrong town they get help from the most unlikely of performers.
	The Operator 20:00, UK, Matt Riley 2022 The Operator follows Michael, a client contact associate as he starts another dull day of business as usual. Connecting long distance intergalactic calls from a remote satellite (not as exciting as it sounds); a bleary eyed and coffee fuelled Michael receives a distress call. No one ever receives a distress call. They barely touch on distress calls during the induction day.

Final Shorts Sunday, 7:55pm-9:03pm The Final Shorts set will run 1h 8m and include 7 films from 3 countries. Back to Schedule

Title	Year	Director(s)	Country	Length	Première?
Midnight Bound	2020	Andrew Battaglia	USA	7:25
Yo-Yo Dominance	2022	Lucky Meisenheimer, M.D.	USA	2:44
The Gray	2020	Myra Aquino	USA	9:36
Innermost	2022	Maing Caochong	China	15:00	Arizona
On/Off	2022	Jurg Slabbert	South Africa	17:54	Arizona
House of the Unholy	2022	Daniel Merlot	USA	15:00

	Midnight Bound 7:25, USA, Anthony Battaglia 2020 As nuclear missiles are flying towards Paul’s hometown, he casually explains why he doesn’t want to find shelter or survive the apocalypse while chaos erupts around him.
	Yo-Yo Dominance 2:44, USA, Lucky Meisenheimer, M.D. 2022 An experimental film done by artificial intelligence. Only the editing and prompts were done by a human. Artwork, voiceovers, animations, music and story was all created by AI.
	The Gray 9:36, USA, Myra Aquino 2020 A former cop works in purgatory and processes people going to heaven or hell. One day, his 20-year-old son appears.
	Innermost 15:00, China, Maing Caochong 2022 The background of the stop-motion animation short film Innermost is set in the future featured by highly advanced technologies but collapsed society and civilization system. The cyberpunk-style science fiction world coexists fantastically with the traditional oriental martial arts world. The story follows the emotional entanglement between a long-lost chivalrous couple and a person with regenerated organs starting from a fight for a mystic magic lyre. From the perspective of what regeneration technologies are able of, the short film will arouse the audience to think of how the value of emotions can be magnified or dissolved.
	On/Off 17:54, South Africa, Jurg Slabbert 2022 An Afrikaans-speaking man helps his elderly German neighbour in a time of need, despite a language barrier. In the process, he learns volumes about himself.
	House of the Unholy 15:00, USA, Daniel Merlot 2022 A bloodthirsty Princess puts out a bounty to hunt down the last of the Indigo Elf tribe. She is on a quest to attain a magical elixir that's hidden in his heart. The elixir will grant her the powers to reign over the Kingdom for an Eternity.

Last update: 21st September, 2023