All Eyes on Emma 5 In this horror thriller, a college professor (Peter Lawson Jones) is cursed to keep his eyes fixated on a beautiful statue-like girl every night when the sun goes down. In exchange for an A in his class, he hires one of his students to help free him from the curse. Director: Matthew Leslie
So. CI3.ty (27 min) J0.hn, an emotionless and regulated citizen of THE CITY, awakes on a deserted island 10, 000 miles away from civilization. Equipped with the R3G, a symbiotic watch ruled by a very advanced A.I that regulate his emotions and keeps him indefinitely "operational," J0.hn starts to plan his own rescue but things get radically complicated... Director: Khris Burton
Lawman (15 min) 1875, Indian Territory. Bass Reeves, is the first African-American to be deputized by the U.S. Marshal service. When Bass charges into the desert, he engages in a shootout with two outlaws, Maha and Glen Huddleston, also African-American. Bass kills Maha in the gunfight, and arrests Glen, ordering him to carry Maha’s body across the desert back to Fort Smith. Over the course of their journey, Glen questions Bass’ choice of career and tries to psych Bass out in an unorthodox attempt at escape, a tactic that works as Bass begins to question his own mind in regards to the idea of justice and choosing to fight for a law and a country that may never fight for him. Directed by Matthew Gentile
Iman & the Light Warrior (15 min) 10 year-old Iman navigates through a war-ravaged City of Aya with the help of the Light Warriors to express his feelings to his school crush in order to unlock his superpower. Writer: Osahon Tongo