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Jane, a formerly suicidal Los Angeles waitress, decides her life does have meaning after all when she finds a gun that was thrown away after a convenience store robbery, starting a life of crime.
Feb 2001
After her boyfriend Logan begins acting suspicious, Rachel becomes aware that her reality is hiding something a little more sinister.
Jun 2026
Harvey and Janet Stevens are living the perfect life in the perfect house or so it seems. Janet has been secretly having an affair with Harvey's best friend Frank. What they don't know is Harvey may not be as in the dark as they suspect.
Mar 2012
A well-meaning but unlucky cop accidentally gets dosed with LSD before his ex-wife's Christmas party, forcing him to navigate surreal hallucinations, awkward family drama, and holiday chaos to prove he's a responsible father and husband.
Nov 2025
As her arranged wedding approaches, Amara wrestles with a secret that could change everything. With time running out, she turns to her sister for support, facing a choice that will define her future.
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Oct 2021
Teenage years, the best and worst years of our lives. Jeremy is an ordinary teenager, living an ordinary teenage life. Because of his shyness, he fantasizes conversations with his crush, Sean. But what happens when he loses control of something completely in his mind?
Mar 2009
A man, whos life is at risk from how much he smokes, learns the consequences of his actions.
Nov 2024
Apr 2023
At the bottom of the sea, a statue tries to rise to the surface to breathe.
Oct 2022
After their student documentary project falls apart, the two directors proceed to make a documentary about their failure.
Jan 1992
A seemingly normal case of squatting, turns into an emotional encounter with Childhood Friend, Rivers as Officer Flea, is pressured into a tough decision, of whether she will finally arrest her friend, or leave him be and risk her job.
Jun 2024
A boy is late for class. As young boys do, comes a fantastic excuse to explain why he's late. In the course of the story everything becomes clear to the last consequence.
Jan 2006
While fleeing from an apocalyptic mist, Ana and Adam are forced to confront an eternal dilemma: to keep running or to cherish what's left.
A pilot, travelling through space, returns from a mission...
Jun 2011
A tired presenter narrates a bizzarre and comically understaffed Costco infomercial.
Feb 2024
This short film is a part of Compendium Volume 1: H.P. Lovecraft, a digital publication including films, games, and text into a groundbreaking interactive experience.
Oct 2010
Deep in a barren, fantastical wasteland lays a dilapidated circus tent. Inside, an ominous ringmaster forces his prized act, a real live mermaid to perform for a group of grimy, working class spectators. The mermaid, though frightening, is but a lovesick, caged animal praying for release from her endless torture. Unwilling to surrender his meal ticket, the ringmaster rejects her pleas for compassion and continues to confine the mermaid to her stagnant holding tank. With nowhere to escape to, the mermaid must make the choice between holding on to the hope of freedom and putting an end to her abuse. Produced by Samantha Jewell, Lindsey Mann, Justin Simon and Aliya Tarmo through the VFS Compendium series and Directed by Nicholas Humphries (Riese: Kingdom Falling), The Little Mermaid is a twisted re-imagining of the classic Hans Christian Anderson tale.
Oct 2011
An urban fantasy short of a meek man, his new demonic girlfriend and his vigilante angelic best friend.
A mentally unstable young woman escapes into a fantasy of domestic bliss inside a secluded cabin, but when her imaginary husband urges her to confront reality, she must decide between healing and the safety of her delusion.