Q&A with director Babak Anvari

7:30PM

1 hour 34 min

United States

Will is a bartender in New Orleans. He has a great job, great friends, and a girlfriend, Carrie (Dakota Johnson), who loves him. He skates across life's surface, ignoring complications and concentrating on enjoying the moment. One night at the bar, a violent brawl breaks out, which injures one of his regular customers and causes some college kids to leave behind a cell phone in their haste. Will begins receiving disturbing texts and calls from the stranger's phone. While Will hopes to not get involved, Carrie gets lost down a rabbit hole investigating this strange malevolence. They've discovered something unspeakable, and it's crawling slowly into the light.
Written for the Screen and Directed By Babak Anvari the Award-Winning Director of Under the Shadow.

Directed by Babak Anvari

Produced by Babak Anvari, Christopher Kopp, Lucan Toh

Written by Babak Anvari

Main Cast: Dakota Johnson, Armie Hammer, Zazie Beetz

Q&A with Producers

10:00PM

1 hour 34 min

United States

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Directed by Ashley Hamilton

Produced by Chris Kobin, Harvey Lowry, Rachel Meyer, Jeff Mullins

Written by Chris Kobin

Main Cast: Bill Moseley, Lin Shaye, Sofia Mattsson

7:30PM

Q&A with director Rodman Flanders

Runtime: 1 h 27m

United States

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Directed by Rodman Flender

Produced by Van Toffler, Cody Zwieg, James Frey, Todd Cohen, Tony DiSanto, Tommy Coriale

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15m

Estonia

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Directed by Oskar Lehemaa

Produced by Evelin Penttilä

Written by Oskar Lehemaa

Main cast: Sten Karpov

20m

United States

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Directed by Tom Kircher

Written by Tom Kircher & Michael Fairbanks, Based on the story by Eric Heisserer

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Main Cast:  Trin Miller, Keight Leighn, Richard Abraham

13m 27s

United States

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Join top ten vlogger, Chad Ryan, as he live streams his visit to the William Burrows murder cabin!

Directed by Travis Bible

Produced by Mike Nicholas, Patrick Reardon 

Written by Travis Bible

Main Cast: Spencer H. Levin, Daniel L. Emmons

11m

United States

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Written by Thomas Simon

Produced by Erin Gilchrist

Main Cast:  Lauren Faulkner, Johnny Hoops, Josh Madson

10m 36s

United States

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Written by Sergio Guerra

Produced by Sergio Guerra, Francesca DeLutis, Alison Pringle

Main Cast:  Hannah Reese, Daniel Van Thomas, Frantz G Saint Louis Jr.

Best Short Film 

15m

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Directed by Alex Montilla

Produced by Alex Montilla, Kyle Sullivan

Written by Alex Montilla and Jason Montilla

Main Cast: Amy Letcher, Will Coffin, Mike Hall

9m

United States

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Directed by Julianna Robinson

Produced by Sean Kohnen and Julianna Robinson

Written by Sean Kohnen and Julianna Robinson

Main Cast: Abby Eiland, Andreas Riter, Sara Patterson, Ewan Chung, Sara Mayer-Fried, Robert McAtee