Rest Stop

According to Mateo

Mateo and his boyfriend, Marc, arrive home after a night out with Luke, a guy they've just met. After an argument, Mateo leaves the flat and bumps into Jon, a drug dealer they have called. Mateo convinces Jon to take him to his house where he discovers he can't feel anything if it's not through pain.

Soulmate

Thirteen-year-old Mila Malinov wakes up alone in the back of a cab. Arriving at the densely packed apartment block of zone 21, she makes her way to her room as the watchful eye of the global government hovers above in the form of monitor drones. Across the courtyard, another set of eyes watches her, a protective Mother. Her room is small, cubed, and very simplistic. In her ear, a voice keeps her company. Her father, Darko Malinov checks in. He speaks to her through an earpiece making sure she’s okay. The next day, Mila visits the local bartering station that’s at the end of the long alley that hugs her apartment block. Currency in this world has resorted back to bartering, swapping items for other items. Mila finds a group of interested buyers and swaps a capacitor for some food, all while her father guides her. That night, she shares a meal with her father via voice, wishing that he was there instead. As Mila sleeps, a figure sneaks up to her door making Mila nervous.

Between Wolf and Dogs

A young criminal plans his first murder which will be carried out before an old man, his plan does not go as expected and takes a 180 degree turn.

Los Peligros de Fumar en el Sillón

Two friends battle boredom with the power of their bong and marijuana, but failed to consider the perils of smoking on the couch.

In the Radio

Author John Dykstra, who writes under the pen name Rick Hardin, has been up for hours. The drive back to Sarasota from his mystery writers group in Jacksonville has proven too much for him, and he desperately needs to find a rest stop. When he finally reaches a roadside stop, he begins witnessing strange events. But are they strange sleep-deprived halucinations or warnings, through echos in time?

Rest Stop

After a long drive from a writers meeting, John Dykstra needs a bathroom break. He stops by a highway Rest stop and overhears in the ladies room domestic abuse. He must make the decision if he should intervene or not.

Paralysis

Struggling with the pressures of homophobia when her partner is taken away by a hateful mother, a young gay woman struggles to cope with the traumas and anxieties of her life. Her dreams descend, taking the shape of shadows which reach into her life.

Seasonal Severity

A Man's Cat observes and witnesses his descent into madness at the end of his seasonal depression during the last days of winter.

Through Static

A Science-Fiction Short film where a man gets sucked into a shelf to an unknown realm.

Techno

A man trapped in an office run by an AI confronts the AI that runs the office and faces a life-or-death decision.

Role Play

Author John Dykstra, who writes under the pen name Rick Hardin, has had too much beer to drink at his mystery writer’s group meeting and desperately needs to find a rest stop on his return from Jacksonville, Florida to Sarasota, Florida. There is only one other car at the rest stop, and he overhears its occupants in the ladies’ bathroom. He hears a woman’s and a man’s voice coming from the bathroom, and the sounds of domestic abuse. Based on the short story "Rest Stop" by Stephen King.

The Things They Left Behind

Based on a story by Stephen King, This is a chilling tale of a man suffering from survivor's guilt brought on by the most tragic event to strike New York City. When he thought his past was forgotten, he soon realizes his past hasn't forgotten him.

Loose Ends

An aspiring documentary filmmaker records the post-college struggles of her best friend.

Ta Gueule

Visceral

Candela is trapped in a psychologically abusive relationship. One day she begins to see a doppelgänger stalking her. From that moment on, she'll need to escape from that house as quickly as possible.

Shadows

An isolated man, suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, finds himself trapped inside his home, when a shadowy creature materializes at his doorstep.

Wendy and Vee

A daughter worries about her mother's abusive boyfriend and decides to do something about it.

Nimic

A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.

Night Shift

The night shift clerk at a sex hotel, suffering from narcolepsy, is faced with a night when things are unusually busy and housekeeping finds a gun in room 6.

Barely There

A baby polar bear searches for his missing mother, while a force much colder than the frozen tundra searches for him.