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Thriller/Sci-fi/Horror Films/Suspense:

Here & Beyond (17:05)

A scientist gets diagnosed with dementia and tries to use a time machine to relive his memories.

Director
Colin West

Writer
Colin West
Corey Aumiller

Producer
Mike Downing
Nick Benjamin
Quinn Armstrong

Cinematographer
Feixue Tang

Production Designer
Chris Miller

Costume Designer
Tina Matthews

Editor
Alejandro Marquez Vela

Sound
Santiago Rodriguez Herran

Composer
Mark Hadley

Black Cat in a Dark Room (14:56)

After years of helping euthanize the terminally ill, a 'hospice worker' begins to question the ethics of her job.

Director
Leland Montgomery

Writer
Leland Montgomery
Michael Basha

Producer
Michael Basha
Cydney Fisher
Chris Aguilla

Cinematographer
Eli Ronen Arenson

Production Designer
Mollie Wartelle

Costume Designer
Lola Wusu

Editor
Nicolas Curcio

Sound
Production Sound Mixer: Kyle McLane
Post- Production Sound: Nathan Ruyle

Composer
Elana Belle Carroll

Boléro (19:08)

In a future where telepaths are used by the government to monitor the public and root out insurgents, a mute, sixteen-year-old girl seeks to avenge her father by hunting down and killing the man responsible for his death.

Director
Sarah Gross

Writer
Sarah Gross
Story by Quinn Armstrong

Producer
Annika Dawson
Tim Deters

Cinematographer
Brian M. Tang

Production Designer
Leah Borrie
Noel Dombroski

Costume Designer
Meredith Peebles

Editor
Russell August Anderson

Sound
Paul J. Vogel

Composer
Jonathan Keith

CRUSH (16:00)

While Greyson Michaelson uses writing to try to move forward from her past suicide attempt, she discovers a new, darker side to her girlfriend and, ultimately, herself.

Director
Heather Harris

Writer
Heather Harris

Producer
Adam Makary
Kaitlyn Berry

Cinematographer
Xiaowen Li

Production Designer
Mollie Wartelle

Editor
Jeremy Deneau
Rommel Villa

Sound
Jiaqing 'Audrey' Gu

Composer
Jesper Ankarfeldt

Deliver Us (11:40)

Hiding on the outskirts of Gold Country in 1880, a pregnant pioneer woman and her dying husband are finally discovered on the eve of their child's birth.

Director
Kevin McCormack

Writer
Kevin McCormack

Producer
Celia Rettenmaier

Cinematographer
Madeline Leach

Production Designer
TJ Ryan

Editor
Alanna Field Hoffman

Sound
Sound Designer/Production Sound: Anna Cassady
Production Sound: Lars Struck

Composer
Jesper Ankarfeldt

Memories of Blue (13:33)

2066 is lonely… in a world where the rich are hooked to machines and the poor labor to support them, a power outage causes two strangers' paths to cross for an instant.

Director
Yuchi Cindy Ma

Writer
Tim Schauer

Producer
Emily Krisky
Emily Olmos

Cinematographer
Paul Lee

Production Designer
Aliki Lala

Costume Designer
Elena Perez

Editor
Peter McGarry

Sound
Ann Sun
Bella Vallero

Composer
Matthew Marchand

Night Diner (9:40)

A dark comedy about a traveling foodie who gets more than he bargains for when he crashes a 5-star diner after hours.

Director
Khaled Ridgeway

Writer
Khaled Ridgeway

Producer
Lareina J. Wong

Cinematographer
Ayinde Anderson

Production Designer
Maren Jensen

Editor
Chris Watkins III

Sound
D. Francis Murray
Paul Vogel

Composer
Timo Chen

Parkway (12:07)

Inspired by true events in the 1980s, two Virginia detectives discover an unsettling truth while investigating a crime scene off the Colonial Parkway.

Director
Ryan Vaughan

Writer
Ryan Vaughan

Producer
Gracie Corapi

Cinematographer
Adriana Serrato

Production Designer
TJ Ryan

Editor
Alanna Field Hoffman
Jake Harbour

Sound
Sound Designer: Ryan Vaughan
Production Sound Mixer: Chris Garcia

Composer
Ryan Vaughan

Perfectly Natural (13:44)

For Wanda and Zach, Future Families is a lifetime opportunity: a virtual parenting system that gives their baby access to a better life, but they soon realize this technology may come at a higher cost.

Director
Victor Alonso-Berbel

Writer
Sam Hobson

Producer
Roy Arwas
Tiffany Kontoyiannis

Cinematographer
Emre Ökten
Jason Zhao

Production Designer
Rudy Salas
Yelizaveta Semerik

Editor
Jon Graham
Brian Venditti

Sound
Jay Canyarasmi
Lars Struck

Composer
Jesper Ankarfeldt

Sedation (18:59)

An anesthesiologist must fight for the custody of his only child when a past accident is brought into question.

Director
Robert McDermott

Writer
Benjamin Enos

Producer
Miriam Arghandiwal

Cinematographer
Ante Cheng
Sebastian Schrils

Production Designer
Sia Aleskovskaya

Editor
Jonathan Petermann

Sound
Sound Designer: Travis Misenti
Production Sound Mixer: James Salini

Composer
Gabriel Torrado Tobon

Teddy Mate (15:13)

In a world where children bond with magical teddy bears that eventually transform into their perfect, human life partner; an optimistic and strong-willed young woman struggles when her teddy mate subverts expectations.

Director
Rommel Villa

Writer
Lydia Lane

Producer
Damon Laguna
Anabel Iñigo

Cinematographer
Yannis Faidherbe
Paolo Antypas

Production Designer
Adele Biraghi
Ari Bach

Editor
Ashley McGraw
Andy Gladbach

Sound
Deja' Robinson
Tracy Egbas

Composer
Jesper Ankarfeldt

The Lie Game (14:26)

A desperate computer scientist struggling to fund her anti-depression AI application faces her toughest challenge yet.

Director
Kalyan Sura

Writer
Kalyan Sura

Producer
Nicholas Manting Brewer
Don Ohmer

Cinematographer
Enrico Targetti

Production Designer
Katie Theel

Visual Effects Supervisor
Jiayuan Liu

Editor
Dagmawi Abebe

Sound
Zhou Jingjue

Composer
Raashi Kulkarni