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Shut

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Niels Bourgonje

Writer/Director
Synopsis
When Jonas visits his father after a long time, he's shocked to find him in a confused state. Has his father's mental state badly deteriorated or is something more sinister going on?
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Crimson Ties

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Francesca Scorsese

Director, Co-Writer
Synopsis
When a 10 year old girl is forced to spend the weekend with her older sister and her wild friends, she becomes drawn to a pendant hidden in the house, and the night takes a deadly turn for the worse.
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AFTERTASTE

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Christianne Cruz

Synopsis
Following the death of her mysterious grandma, her Amah, a young chef is haunted during her first night of service. In this directorial debut, we explore the world of a chef on her first day of work - and the worst night of her life. She struggles to find peace under the regime of a tyrannical chef, the weight of her immigrant family, an insatiable specter and the pressure to receive a mystical 'gift' from her dying grandmother.
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Otherkin

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Dawson Taylor

Director
Synopsis
A woman ventures to meet her biological parents, only to find they dress and act like foxes, and are dead set on her rejoining the family.
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STATIC

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Tom W. Metz III

Synopsis
Trapped in his strangely unnatural house, time and reality blur for Max as he desperately unravels the mystery of his missing family.
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#Nofilter

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Nathan Crooker

Director
Synopsis
Beth, an insecure twenty-something, 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. The film stars Kelly Lamor Wilson and Misha Osherovich from "Freaky" and was shot by Jason Banker, the DP of such genre festival darlings as "Toad Road" and "Felt."
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Alma Mater

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Matthew P. Higgins

Director
Synopsis
Arthur discovers disturbing information while reading his father's high school yearbook.
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99 PROBLEMS

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MICHAEL G KEHOE

Director
Synopsis
A Stranger enters a diner to close out a prior mission with a woman whom he helped change her future and to save her life.