Sakinah Iman, director | screenwriter

Three gang bangers decide to join a local hood meditation class led by a spiritually awakened ex-con, promising to teach failed and aspiring criminals how to mystically manifest a successful heist and enhance their overall larceny mastery, by using the sacred laws of the universe.

Cast: Sakinah Iman, David M. Rufus, Tim Stainrod, David Tyrik

13 minutes | comedy | U.S. Best Of

Michael Buran, director | Michael Buran & Amy Eisinger, co-screenwriters

A widower still reeling from the tragic death of his wife is left to care for a newborn alone. Isolated, sleep-deprived, and grief-stricken, he begins to suspect a malevolent presence is closing in on his baby.

Cast: Anthony Gaudioso, Jeffrey Alan Solomon, Mars Buran, Robin Guiver

8 minutes | horror | U.S.

Jordan Thomas Law & Tony Xie, co-directors | Jordan Thomas Law, screenwriter

Two of New York's worst criminals try to navigate the US healthcare system after one of them is shot in a botched robbery.

Cast: Liam Harrington, Kurt Cruz, Dorothy Poucher

New York City premiere | 7 minutes | comedy/drama | U.S.

Cora Marie Sfida & Sean Killion, co-directors | co-screenwriters

A reclusive gamer receives a cryptic package that draws him into a sinister game where the boundaries between virtual and reality blur, leading him to question what’s real as every choice he makes could be his last.

Cast: Cast: Austin Schultz, Cora Sfida

6 minutes | horror | U.S.

Raphael Frost, director | screenwriter

A man's day at work unravels when he coughs a wire out of his mouth.

Cast: Ryan Goodcase

8 minutes | horror/comedy | U.S.

Noah Goodman & Justin Zaager, co-directors | co-screenwriters

When his fiancé converts to Judaism ahead of their marriage, a Jewish man has his worst nightmare come to life as he watches her slowly transform into his mother.

Cast: Zak Benedek Senna Phillips Carole Sue Forman Khalfani Louis

9 minutes | comedy | U.S.

Jason Abrams, director | screenwriter

A woman plots against a mysterious organization.

Cast: Emily Morden, Seth Allyn Austin, Giovanna Andolina, Walter Gray IV

New York City premiere | 7 minutes | experimental | U.S.

Sancheev Ravichandran, director | screenwriter

Sheela thinks Griffin is the perfect guy - until one morning she discovers he’s a flat-Earther.

Cast: Sonya Balsara, Logan Schmucker, Rivers Duggan, Elijah Guo

11 minutes | comedy/drama | U.S.

Bean Mckee, director | screenwriter

A young man seeking to embrace a perceived legacy unwittingly sparks a notorious chain of events while visiting his father's alma mater.

Cast: Jon Washington, Kevin Hascher, Amanda Loch, Cody Schmid

New York City premiere | 83 minutes | drama | U.S.