The Black Door – dir. Shannon Denise Evans

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Original Film Title: The Black Door

Director’s Name: Shannon Denise Evans

Writer’s Name: Shannon Denise Evans

Producer: Shannon Denise Evans, Michael John Mendiola

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 19 minutes 28 seconds

Film Description:

The Black Door follows a mother surviving alone after a spiritual apocalypse where entities have infested humanity. After a year of searching for her son, Charlie, who vanished from their basement without a trace, she finally decodes his cryptic CB radio transmission. His coded message references his old rocket-patterned pajama shirt, which she realizes contains a blueprint for building a device to reach him. As she completes the machine, mysterious strangers calling themselves “Camp One-One-One” contact her through the CB and issue a chilling warning: whatever speaks through the radio is not her son. When they arrive at her house demanding she open the door, trapped between maternal conviction and mounting dread, she must decide whether to activate the device she’s built.

PARSEC ONE – dir. Kevin CorSan

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Original Film Title: PARSEC ONE

Director’s Name: Kevin CorSan

Writer’s Name: Kevin CorSan

Producer: Kevin CorSan, Javier Ruíz Nieto, Andy Bellido, Fran Rodríguez

Country of Origin: Spain

Country of Filming: Spain

Language: Russian, Spanish

Runtime: 15 minutes 51 seconds

Film Description:

Un grupo de científicos e ingenieros de renombre está vinculado a un proyecto militar secreto, denominado P‑1, y a la sustracción de un material tecnológico de gran importancia. Esto provoca que un departamento de inteligencia se lance tras ellos para descubrir la verdadera naturaleza del proyecto y sus intenciones. Sin embargo, lo que ignoran es el terreno peligroso en el que se adentrarán al descubrir qué es realmente el P‑1.

Descending into the Inferno – dir. Hongyu Sun

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Original Film Title: Descending into the Inferno

Director’s Name: Hongyu Sun

Writer’s Name: Hongyu Sun

Producer: Fei Yao

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming: China

Language: Mandarin Chinese

Runtime: 29 minutes 59 seconds

Film Description:

The story takes place in an unspecified era. A man and a woman agree to die together, but the man survives alone. Soon after, the girl, who had been dead, mysteriously comes back to life, and she claims to be the “Goddess of Death.”

Cap and Trade – dir. Michael Marentette

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Original Film Title: Cap and Trade

Director’s Name: Michael Marentette

Writer’s Name: Daniel Ninkovic

Producer: Daniel Ninkovic, Michael Marentette

Country of Origin: Canada

Country of Filming: Canada

Language: English

Runtime: 18 minutes 56 seconds

Film Description:

Where human lives are measured and traded in carbon credits, a man on the run takes on a deadly bounty to survive one more day.