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Frowning

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Written by Dustin Jacobs; Directed/Produced by Molly Coffee

A happy claymation clown finds out you just can’t please everyone.

4 min

Apocalypse Twins: Fast Zombies (sort of)

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Written by Gregory Boytos; Directed by Andrew Lee; Produced by Gregory Boytos & Andrew Lee

All Petey wants to do is venture out of the (not so) zombie proof bunker. All Mitch wants to do is keep his younger (by minutes) brother safe from the dangers of the new world. But when Petey gets out, things tumble out of control rapidly.

6 min

Djinn

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Written/Directed/Produced by Matt Dallmann

A Woman sits in a fetal position on a leather chair. She blankly stares into the distance as she flicks open her silver Zippo lighter… “They think it’s the terrorists.” She flashes back to a memory of an exploding building. A Middle Eastern man tortures her against a pole. Again in leather chair, “But it wasn’t… it was me.”

5 min

The Lone Warrior

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Written by David Spence & Stephen Griffin; Directed by Stephen Griffin; Produced by Emily Peck

The Lone Warrior chronicles the journey of Hanshiro, a master samurai who carries the most coveted weapon in all of Japan—a legendary sword that prevents its owner from dying in combat. For Hanshiro however, this extraordinary gift came with a price. The sword possesses a curse that deprives him from achieving any joy or honor from fighting, and has caused him to resign from the samurai lifestyle and become a vagrant traveler. When Dorin Munesuke, a prominent samurai lord, discovers Hanshiro’s whereabouts and beckons him to fight once more, bloody conflict erupts between the two men to determine if Hanshiro will regain his honor.

17 min

Plush

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Written by Jason Witter & Ryan Denmark; Directed by Ryan Denmark; Produced by David C. Valdez & Joshua Sallach

Kathy is a mature, professional woman who still sleeps with her cuddly teddy bear Vincent. One night, when a burglar invades, Kathy’s home comes alive with magical surprises. To his horror, the intruder learns that not everything is as it seems and Vincent may not be so cuddly after all.

11 min

Lost And Found

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Written/Produced by Lost and Found Productions; Directed by Lee Crowe

Made by multiple animators, each creating his or her own sequence with a mysterious strongbox as the connecting theme.

7 min

Making Friends

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Written by Greg Bartlett/Gary Raisor; Directed by Marvin Suarez; Produced by Greg Bartlett

With the unpaid bills piling up, single mom Ali Grayson is forced to work a second job on Halloween night, leaving her 8-year-old son Denny home alone. After months of meticulous planning, Denny looks to make friends with the same kids who taunt him about his stutter. A Halloween urban legend comes to a horrifying reality in this haunting tale of a social outcast, and the children who bully him.

12 min

Rigamortis: A Zombie Love Story

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Written by David Dewes & Jenny Stolte; Directed by David Dewes & Ted Campbell; Produced by David Dewes, Jenny Stolte, Marcia Stolte, & Matt Olsen

Shortly after humanity has put down a zombie outbreak, the last two zombies left ‘undead’ are looking for their place in the world, while one lonely zombie hunter’s new-found fame and glory can’t fill the hole in his heart left by the recent loss of his undead love.

Can the zombies avoid a gruesome second death at the hands of chainsaw-wielding mobs and find a place where they can live in peace? Can the zombie hunter complete his quest to rid the world of zombies or will his past relationship with his prey cause him to falter? Can any of them hit the high notes?

37 min

Disabled But Able To Rock!

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Directed by Blake Myers; Produced by Blake Myers, Mark Wynns, & Takuro Masuda

Meet Danger Woman, the Songbird of Justice that fights against the Tri-Phobes: Homophobia, Race-ophobia, and Disable-phobia. Her Karaoke singing destroys her enemies while delighting fans and a curious public. This character study follows her over a 13-year period and reveals a single woman’s struggle with autism, a tragic family history, and societal stigmas both real and imagined that paint the picture of a person that just wants to be perceived as normal.

80 min

Playing For Keeps

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Written/Directed by Dylan Hayes

Lesson 1: everyone gambles but not everyone loses.
Lesson 2: the world is full of traps
Lesson 3: you cannot win if you don’t take risks

9 min

Space: The Bunny Frontier

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Directed by Jerry Fuchs

Exploring space is a dangerous occupation, especially if you are a bunny!

1 min

Junk Palace

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Written/Directed by Lyon Hill; Produced by John Scollon

Homer and Langley Collyer were two of the world’s most infamous hoarders. Packed floor to ceiling, their New York brownstone became a labyrinth of tunnels and traps. They were utter recluses who might have passed away into obscurity were it not for the bizarre circumstances of their deaths.

From executive producer Heather Henson, Junk Palace uses elaborate paper puppets to take you into the Collyer’s strange world and imagines what life was like for these unique individuals.

15 min

Sudden Death

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Written/Directed by Adam Hall; Produced by Melanie Hall & Nick Jones

Nathan Carlson, creator of a drug that allows one to experience love without the dangers of involving other people, finds himself caught in the middle of an outbreak when Los Angeles is infected with Sudden Death Syndrome – a disease that causes death suddenly and whose only symptoms are spontaneously bursting into song and dance. Nathan quickly joins the cure research team where he meets Rachel and Jonathan (Doug Jones), and they rush to find a cure for the disease. In between uncontrollable bouts of song, Nathan unravels a conspiracy involving a high ranking military official (John Larroquette), falls in love, and attempts to save Los Angeles from sudden death… as the city turns into a real life musical all around him.

19 min

You Should Meet My Son

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Written/Directed/Produced by Keith Hartman

A fish out of water comedy about a conservative southern mother who discovers her only son is gay. Determined he won’t go through life alone, she sets out to find her a son a husband.

86 min

Insomniac

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Written/Directed/ Produced by Tarek Sursock

An insomniac struggles to find his sleep again. Desperate for release, he tries every possible remedy in vain. Broken nights follow endless days. Mysterious events start to take place in his apartment. Are these real or is sleep deprivation driving him mad?

15 min

Prom King

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Written & Directed by Taylor Cohan; Produced by Matt Clegg

After getting nominated for prom king, a nerd Antoine asks the girl of his dreams to go with him. She says yes, and she wants to go to his house after school so that they can discuss it. Why are all the kids so nice to Antoine? Will he win prom king?

8 min

Flower

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Written/Directed by Razig Brown; Produced by Bongani Mlambo

Not everything at a college party is what you expect, nor is everyone you meet what you imagine.

2 min

G33K & G4M3R GIRLS

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Written/Produced by Team Unicorn; Directed by David Yarovesky

Geek and Gamer girls
We’re unbelievable
Comic books
And Manga in stock

An anthem for gamer girls and geeks of all sorts, lovingly crafted by the ladies of Team Unicorn (Milynn Sarley, Clare Grant, Rileah Vanderbilt, Michele Boyd), with a little help from their friends Seth Green, Stan Lee, and Katee Sackhoff.

5 min

Masks

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Directed/Produced by Patrick Smith

Begun as an audio experiment, Masks illustrates modern exploitation, production and consumption in animated terms. In Masks the audio came first, thus all images exist to tell the musical story, instead of the typical method of scoring music after animation has been completed. In this manner, Masks projects itself as a musical interpretation, a contemporary and disturbing version of the Disney formula of Fantasia.

8 min

Incubator

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Written/Directed by Jimmy Weber; Produced by Annie Baker

A young man wakes up in a bathtub full of ice in a dingy motel room only to discover his problems have just begun. You’ve heard the urban legend…this is worse.

6 min