2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
A pub landlord with a dark past gets an unsettling visit one evening.
Director(s): Jon James Smith
Writer(s): Jon James Smith
Producer(s): Jon James Smith
Cast: Alastair Parker, Steven Elder

A pub landlord with a dark past gets an unsettling visit one evening.
Director(s): Jon James Smith
Writer(s): Jon James Smith
Producer(s): Jon James Smith
Cast: Alastair Parker, Steven Elder
Two estranged friends reconnect on the day one of their husbands is murdered.
Director(s): Earl Bolden Jr
Writer(s): Andrea Thornton Bolden
Producer(s): Earl Bolden Jr, Maritza Murillo Meadows, Taja V. Simpson
Cast: Taja V. Simpson, Carly Turner Knight
While mourning her father’s recent passing, Kate finds and reads his his old journal entries. When Kate finds blueprints for a spaceship, she begins building unsure of where it could take her.
Director(s): DeDe Drake, Nina Ham
Writer(s): Sean Mogridge
Producer(s): Sean Mogridge, Natalie Gregory, Meredith Howard, Nina Ham
Cast: Sherra Lasley, Ashley Joyce
A family unravels one evening as they struggle with the best course of care for their mother who is in the later stages of Alzheimer’s.
Director(s): Diliana Deltcheva
Writer(s): Alex Frnka, Taylor Lewis
Producer(s): Ron Hanks, Larissa DAndrea, Patrick Conway, Susan Fox
Cast: Alex Frnka, Pat Skipper, Taylor Lewis, Lizzie Fabie, Larvell Hood, Varda Appleton
Greg Marquez is an 84 year old Artist with a daily commitment towards telling a new story for humanity. Through land stewardship, community support, writing, art, gratitude, and friendship, he is supporting humanity’s evolution to it’s next stage, one that embraces maternalism, compassion, and caring as paternalism fades into a supportive role.
Director(s): Brett Nicoletti
Cast: Greg Marquez
After Garrett refuses to apologize for ruining his girlfriend’s séance, he realizes too late that he’s left a door open, and something has gotten in that will teach him a lesson in accountability…
Director(s): James Oxyer
Writer(s): James Oxyer
Producer(s): James Oxyer
Cast: Ben Lobel, Mallory Higgins
After a devastating accident, Paul decides that the only way forward is to take his own life. That attempt is undoubtedly thwarted by a gorgeous party goer who’s mysterious departure leaves Paul speechless.
Director(s): Gil Green, Hess Wesley
Writer(s): Hess Wesley
Producer(s): Jessica Ledon, Isabel Montenegro, Hess Wesley
Cast: Hess Wesley, Jessica Ledon
When similarities arise between two subjects’ answers in a scientific study, further examination reveals more than either subject can comprehend.
Director(s): Nate Hapke
Writer(s): Nate Hapke
Producer(s): Nate Hapke, Rosie Grace, Julia Armine
Cast: Niya Wright, CB Mullen, Allie Leonard, Nate Hapke
Who’s the real superhero?
Director(s): Neil Payne
Producer(s): Emmanuel Sandoval
Cast: Will Klem, Ashlyn Aaron, John Luder
Mutiny! is a swashbuckling, action-adventure comedy featuring a progressive Captain dealing with a crew that’s set in their old ways— all while confronting gender inequality and the lack of self-awareness of overt masculinity… but all seen through the eyes of 17th Century Pirates.
Director(s): Matthew Gratzner
Writer(s): Matthew Gratzner
Producer(s): Camille Balsamo-Gillis, Matthew Gratzner, Shannon Blake Gans
Cast: Angie Teordora Dick, Terence Rotolo, Robert Chapin, Christopher Halsted, Paul Anthony Scott, Peter Bisson