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Hunter, a bride-to-be, feels overworked and unappreciated. Her artistic spirit is squelched by the shallow corporate world she’s in and she has had enough. Unfortunately, she feels as if she can’t turn to Ian, her commercial executive fiancé, for solace. As her wedding day approaches, Hunter and her three bridesmaids embark on a road trip to Las Vegas for one last hoorah together. As the girls venture from the city, they decompress and let their personal barriers fall. An impromptu sightseeing excursion into the desert leads to a clash of anxieties and attitudes between Hunter, the bridesmaids, and her fiancé as Hunter searches for the road that’s right for her.

A wannabe film director becomes embroiled in a battle against the laws of time and space when his attempts to recreate the iconic black and white, photograph-only, time travel film, La Jetée, spiral out of control.

Host Scott Forrest presents a curated compilation of eight independent short films in this rapid-fire science-fiction feature. Genres collide, narratives twist, aesthetics clash, and even humor, both campy and dystopian, showcase the vast creative possibilities of each story's individual world, offering the viewer a brief glimpse into the lives of every character's attempt to survive the otherworldly chaos around them. Released in 2001, the selected shorts span original creation dates of 1997 to 2001; most of the featured filmmakers also appear as themselves in short video interviews to talk about their inspirations, creative process and motivations while working on their individual shorts.

After a catastrophic global war, a young filmmaker awakens in the carnage and seeks refuge in the only other survivor: an eccentric, ideologically opposed figure of the United States military. Together, they brave the toxic landscape in search of safety... and answers.

A year ago, i went to a Cottage and made a short movie with the footage. I went back this year for a weekend and came back with more footage. What i made with that footage is the following.

Juan Méndez Bernal leaves his house on the 9th of april of 1936 to fight in the imminent Spanish Civil War. 83 years later, his body is still one of the Grass Dwellers. The only thing that he leaves from those years on the front is a collection of 28 letters in his own writing.

A drug artist designs a new piece that is triggered by exposure to audio visual static.

A short film about creation and how it doesn't always go to plan.

A short by Steven Soderbergh described as “intense sci-fi homage to Godard.”

In this short film, a young man, a girl and a dog attempt to fly with wings more symbolic than practical.

In 2017, a short anime film called Hypersonic Music Club was produced in Japan. It was directed and written by Osamu Kobayashi, a veteran of the industry who passed away in April 2021. For various reasons, this short anime was never released. It was made public on August 1, 2023.

An Arthouse film made only using footage taken during a sunday trip to the cottage. Features a self composed soundtrack and avant garde visual flourishes.

The movie tells the story of how movie theatres can be an escape from the outside world.

Surreal environments take center stage in this visual odyssey.

Experimental short film by Michio Mihara.

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Quinn is a grade school teacher who is exploited by a group of memoryless individuals who reeducate his long-term partner Amy.

The light's in a student's room begin to shut off around him. He must escape the room before he is swallowed by darkness.

A short inspired by Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)