The world's greatest romance novelist has given up on love due to long-standing grief, but will his blossoming relationship with a younger man lead to a new chapter or the same tragic ending.

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Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Bibi: Hannah Ehman
Ezra: Sean Ballantyne

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On his 37th birthday, a licentious gay reprobate discovers he has a 21-year-old son from a high school fling he doesn’t even remember. Now a promise made to a dying woman force the pair together to find each other.

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Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Wager: Allan Michael Brunet
Pyotr: Shawn Dev...

Following the President's suicide, a reluctant Vice President discovers a covert operation that compromises national security.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Jordan: Sean Ballatyne
Gorley: Geoff Mays
Sarah/Secret Service Agent: Hannah Ehman

A terrifying sound wakes a man from his drunken stupor.

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Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Ken: Steve Rizzo
Voice: Val Cole

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Directed by Jeremy Sender
A sinister criminal takes a hostage, but struggles to strike the right tone in her ransom note.

BOSS OF THE TOSS, 29min., USA
Directed by Chris Harboldt
While balancing a relationship with his girlfriend, a down and out cornhole player must compete in a high stakes, underground tournament to help his grammy pay off a bookie.

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TAKEAWAY, 2min., USA
Directed by Joe McGowan
A couple can't decide what takeaway they want for dinner.

1. What motivated you to make this film?

I wrote this sketch as part of an assignment for a comedy writing course I was doing in my spare time. We were learning about list sketches and creati...

LADY & THE VAMP, 5min., USA
Directed by Peter Alexander Stass
Two "creatures of the night" discover one of their own kind. Or have they?

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1. What motivated you to make this film?

This film is a proof of concept for a feature film called "Ackerman & Associates Meet Dra...

SHAPE SHIFTER, 4min,. USA
Directed by Monty Franklin
A young girl discovers she can shape shift. Now the hard part is discovering herself.

EARLY RETIREMENT, 13min,. USA
Directed by Michelle Bossy
A 30-something year old man, on the heels of a breakup with his boyfriend, moves in with his parents who live in a 55+ adult community. Through confronting his own insecurities and examining family relationships and dynamics, he's able to m...

T'AI CHI MAN!, 3min,. USA
Directed by Zach Brewster-Geisz
A robbery is foiled by a uniquely incompetent superhero.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?

My wife used to take T'ai Chi, and she told me abou...

TURKEY ON RYE, 9min., USA
Directed by Lucas Hule
A short film about a man and his missing sandwich.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?

It actually started as a fake 2-minute podcast I did for a college project back when I was in community college. I really ...

PEOPLE, 9min., Brazil
Directed by Maria Lagemann
"People" tells two parallel stories. On a Sunday afternoon in Madrid, two young women have big decisions to make. While one tries to work up the courage to propose to her partner, the other keeps a secret that makes her question everything. This is...

PISS UP, 1min., UK
Directed by Joe McGowan
Two men meet in an alley after a few too many.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?

Firstly, the true story this film is based on. It happened to my...

RAILS, JAILS AND TROLLEYS, 71min,. Canada, Documentary
Directed by Henna Mann
Rails, Jails and Trolleys (August 2022) documents history’s largest farmers’ protest and the Canadian diaspora’s response to it. This groundbreaking documentary captures the electric ethos of a protest that received int...

ZYKLUS XX, 13min., Switzerland, Dance
Directed by Johannes Franke, Confusionart Collective
Zyklus XX provokes and confronts. Through its dramatic depiction, the performance advocates the breaking of taboos on the female cycle. The topic is not only the frequently defamed bleeding, but above all t...

EXTRA LARGE, 15min,. France
Directed by Marina Ziolkowski

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THE CRY OF A SPARROW, 22min,. Denmark
Directed by Ibi Støving
A little boy hides in the attic with his mom. She has PTSD and tries to keep him there. He becomes friends with a sparrow and that might lead him to freedom.

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THE SERVICE, 5min,. USA, Drama
Directed by Julie O'Hora
A woman of a certain age becomes invisible. Especially when she’s serving your hors d’oeuvres, renewing your library card or cleaning your house. Ruby counts on that.

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DON'T NEG MEG, 13min., USA, Comedy/Romance
Directed by Ann Marie Allison
When recently divorced Meg goes on her first “first date” in years, she finds herself feeling anxious and vulnerable about being back out in the dating game. She’s watching her phone like a hawk to see if the guy she went ou...

MY FATHER, 6min,. USA, Thriller
Directed by Logan Donald
In order to provide for his family, Victorias father Hector made some bad decisions. She finds herself and her father kidnapped, knowing it will be up to her to get them out.

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1. What motivat...

YATRA: The Journey, 19min,. USA, Fantasy
Directed by Gayatri Bajpai
After the two boys she tutors go missing, a grieving widow journeys into a mythical realm to rescue them from legendary demons straight out of the Indian epics of old.

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REMEMBERING SUDAN: THE LAST MALE, 11min,. USA, Documentary
Directed by Ami Vitale
Zacharia Mutai was devastated the day he lost his best friend Sudan. Sudan was someone he spent years with, someone he knew better than his own children, someone he loved. This death was tragic, but not a surprise.
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FEEL GOOD, 5min., USA, Music Video
Directed by Javier Alfonso Bartolozzi
A group of Scientists have created 3 deadly female robots. These robots have the ability of killing people by dancing. Everyone who is exposed to their dance moves, will end up with their head blown up.