Filmmakers attending.

Night Session 11 min

dir: Ballard C. Boyd

When a burglar unexpectedly runs into a homeowner during a theft, the robbery morphs into a makeshift therapy session.

The Constructor 10 min

dir: Scott Morris

Elizabeth, an impossibly precocious seven-year-old Lego constructor, struggles with “imagination blur” as her three-year-old sister attempts to free her from her rigid thinking.

Phantom Heart 6 min

dir: Josephine Spanier

When a mischievous poltergeist escapes, a shy supernatural researcher must recapture it before it reveals the crush she harbors for her coworker.

Check Please 10 min

dir: Shane Chung

Dinner for two turns deadly when a Korean and a Korean-American escalate a fight over who gets to pay the check — and who gets to walk out the restaurant alive.

Channelvue 8 min

dir: Brandon Tauszik

During a late '90s TV Guide channel broadcast, an uptight cable company CEO fights off deranged hackers as they hijack her station, changing its content in real time.

What's The Deal With Birds? 11 min

dir: Taylor Bakken

A trailblazing young birder sets out to answer the age-old question – what’s the deal with birds? When a strange bird offers her answers, things begin to take flight.

The Understudy 14 min

dir: Peter Pasyk

An understudy actor receives a call that he must go on last-minute to replace the star of a major stage production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

The Sentry 17 min

dir: Jake Wachtel

A suave spy's routine mission in Cambodia gets derailed when a persistent local guard makes him face the human cost of his James Bond lifestyle.