Shorts 8: Past. Present. Future

Waiting for the End of the World

Director Jeffrey Hoyt

Runtime: 12 min. 

Category: Narrative

A quiet mosaic of small-town America, tracing the subtle fractures in everyday life.

The Space Between
Director: Travis Simmons
Runtime: 12 min.

Category: Thriller, Mystery
Olivia, a young woman, wakes up chained in a dungeon, forced to play chess against a hardened opponent named Margarette. Under the watch of unseen captors, the game becomes a fight for survival. As Margarette reveals her manipulative nature, Olivia is pushed to her limits, leading to a deadly outcome and a chance at freedom.

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Iridescent

Director A.B. Osborne

Runtime: 9 min.

Category: Animated

Tess, a space explorer, discovers a wondrous new world called Iridescent. As she explores the rich ecosystems of this new planet, she discovers a vibrant new land full of fantastical creatures. Tess reflects on the planet she left behind - a beautiful homeland that was polluted and abandoned.

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The Time Travel Immigration Bureau
Director: Lindsey Susor
Runtime: 11 min.
Category: Sci-fi, Comedy
A new hire at the Bureau accidentally admits passage to a time terrorist and must find a way to set the timeline straight before her boss finds out.

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Living My Best Afterlife
Director: Kate Dailey
Runtime: 9 min
Category: Narrative, Supernatural
The Afterlife isn't exactly what Emily had envisioned. Unable to interact with the world around her, she is confronted with the same situations that once made her feel powerless in life. However, once she starts to appreciate her new existence, she finds she has more power than she first thought.

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The Lord of All Future Space & Time

Director Chris Paul Russell

Runtime: 24 min.

Category:  Sci-Fi, Western, Comedy

When a duffle bag appears out of nowhere in the Nevada desert, condemned man Dyson Wheeler escapes execution and sets out to avenge his wife’s death.

Along the way, his journey spirals into something much bigger, shaping a strange pocket of space-time known as The Future That Matters To Us. It’s a fast-paced western that collides with sci-fi, blending revenge, grief, and absurd humor.