Shorts 6: Our Friends & Neighbors

Athens By Kaleidoscope

Director Christopher Flippo

Runtime: 4 min.

Category: Animated

An ode to Athens, Georgia in 3 parts.

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Visualizing Hope

Director Kashish Bhandar

Runtime: 3 min.

Category: Animation, Experimental

A short film focusing on evoking among the viewers a feeling of hope

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Time Will Tell

Director Peyton Cooper

Runtime: 10 min.

Category: Romance, Drama

When two high school classmates are assigned to debate whether love is fate or chance, their partnership quickly blossoms into friendship—and then romance. Between playful banter, late-night talks, and impulsive adventures, Anna becomes convinced that every tiny coincidence led them exactly here. She is forced to question whether love is inevitable—or simply a matter of luck. 

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Candyflip

Director Harper Suggs

Runtime: 17 min.

Category: Narrative

Flora needs to make a change.

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Sweet and Tender

Director Alexandros Zambrano

Runtime: 9 min.

Category: Narrative 

Trapped in a restroom stall, a man becomes convinced he has overheard evidence of a serial killer targeting young women, and must decide how to respond as panic escalates before the truth is revealed.

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Paradise Blue

Director Brian Lucear

Runtime: 8 min.

Category: Narrative

Corn, a musician inspired by Charlie Parker, becomes captivated by Silver, whose magnetic presence draws him in. Silver, a mysterious drifter, skillfully charms men to get what she wants while chasing her dream of owning a business.

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The Hotel Concierge

Director Adam Fallah

Runtime: 6 min.

Category: Dark Comedy

After a bear attack, a couple seeks refuge at a hotel, where the concierge proves more stressful than the bear. Inspired by the rigidity of real-world hospitality experiences, The Hotel Concierge delivers dark, satirical comedy in the vein of "Key & Peele" and "A Black Lady Sketch Show".

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Half Life

Director Dustin Jacobs

Runtime: 3 min.

Category: Thriller

A woman with severe depression must fight for her life when an unnatural entity enters her home.

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Last Night

Director Xinran Gu

Runtime: 7 min.

Category: Narrative

On a vacation, sensitive and vulnerable Becky tries to gain self-esteem by sudcing a man who is pursuing her sister.

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Arrow

Director Daniel Connell

Runtime: 14 min.

Category: Dramedy

On his first Boy Scout camping trip, 12 year old Wesley tries to win back his best friend by joining the coveted (and top secret) Order of the Arrow.

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