Paul Malikkal & Amelia Annen, co-directors & co-screenwriters, co-producers

When a writer is determined to finish her screenplay, she calls in a hit man to make her do it.

With: Tej Khanna, Miranda Kang

10 minutes | comedy | U.S.

Milana Vayntrub, director | Gracie Canaan, screenwriter

An overworked assistant who moonlights at a lap dance party is thrown when her dayjob boss comes into the club.

With: Gracie Canaan, Ashley Zukerman, Emmy Wilson, JB Calloway

12 minutes | comedy | U.S.

Paulina Olivia Keszler, director & screenwriter

In a near-future where automation has made human labor obsolete, HOWARD follows a truck driver, reduced to a passenger in his own self-driving rig. As his job, marriage, and identity slip away, Howard drifts through life in quiet resignation. But when Ophelia, a sharp-witted teenage stowaway, unexpectedly climbs aboard, her presence jolts him awake. Through their unlikely bond, Howard finds the courage to confront his future and take control of his own destiny—no longer just a passenger.

14 minutes | sci-fi | U.S.

Momo Cao, director | animator

"Not Alone" an animated film about a cat that absorbs their twin sister during fetal development, a medical phenomenon known as chimerism. The story follows the cat's battle with mental health and processing a vivid fantasy world.

3 minutes | animation | U.S.

Gary F. Saul, Director, screenwriter, producer

KAOS is an intimate, slow-burning thriller set over one unsettling evening, where love, family, and reality begin to unravel. What begins as a quiet night turns into something far more unexpected.

With: Shakerria B. Henderson | Crystal Watford Nuchurch | Enette Fremont | Caleb McDaniel

15 minutes | horror | U.S. | a New York No Limits Best Of

Jackie Mahoney, director | Tessa Duke, screenwriter | Ulla Prida, Rachel Weinberg, producers

A nanny goes on vacation with her affluent employer and uncovers a dark family secret.

With: Noelle Alvernaz, Valynn Turkovich, Dana D'Ascoli, and Matt Cooney

16 minutes | drama | U.S.

Benjamin Scott, Director & Producer | Eric Linden Brown, Screenwriter

Two men, one pair of pants, no dignity.

With: Eric Linden Brown | Ben Scott

5 minutes | comedy | U.S.

Michael Buran, director | Amy Eisinger, Michael Buran, screenwriters | Frank Mosca, producer

A recluse is forced to confront a gruesome secret from years past that has kept him from going outside after midnight.

With: Cassidy Layton, Anthony Gaudioso, Dana Abruzzo

12 minutes | horror | U.S.

Abigail Hill, director & screenwriter | Abigail Hill, Mark Roberts, Lisa Cisneros, producers

God Dam is a mockumentary about two beavers who work at a post office.

With: Brian Cloutier, Wesley Mills

3 minutes | animation | U.S.

John Tanner, Director & Screenwriter | Jeff Smith, producer

Two burglars attempt to steal a valuable piece of fine art, however things escalate when the homeowner returns unexpectedly.

With: James Nash, Jason Dezik, Ernie Pruneda

12 minutes | comedy/thriller | U.S.

John Chiodi, Director | John Chiodi & Larkin Flanagan, Screenwriters | Furtuna Aliu, producer

A brash young boy and his shy friend embark on a surreal, comedic and heartfelt adventure to get a tattoo, exploring lifelong friendship and the fear of growing into someone you no longer recognize.

With: Max Henderson, Gunner Firmstone, Ana Valdes, Sal Rendino

15 minutes | drama/coming-of-age | U.S. | a New York No Limits Best Of

Brian Reilly, Director | Sammy Smedley, Screenwriter | Brian Reilly & Sammy Smedley, producers

Things aren't quite working out for melancholy artist Maggie, but when her therapy session is interrupted by a masked gunman, little does she know that being held hostage in therapy is just the jump-start that she needs.

With: Sammy Smedley | Brian Reilly

18 minutes | comedy | U.S.

Jim Vendiola, director & screenwriter

As he spends more time with his new girlfriend, a young man begins to privately dwell upon one of her quirks, leading him to a troubling discovery.

comedy/horror | 11 minutes | U.S.

Kevin Gaddi, director & screenwriter

A 12 year old boy struggling to deal with the weight of his mother’s untimely death, steals a magnum revolver from an unlocked parked car and sets off to fire a gun for the very first time.

drama | 13 minutes | U.S.

Rafael De Leon, Jr., director & screenwriter

A spiritualist instructs Loreen to give her distraught younger sister, Rosa, three baths to get rid of a malevolent spirit that appears to be moving closer and closer to her.

horror | 7 minutes | U.S.

Kwame Berry & Peter Samuel, co-directors | Kwame Berry, screenwriter

The children of a fallen screen star must settle their differences when their once famous mother is linked to a string of murders. Based on the 2013 Best Play Nominee “Ursula: A Dysfunction in Two Acts” at New York Theater Festival.

drama/mystery | 19 minutes | U.S.

Mark Dearborn, director & writer

A woman, mysteriously captured against her will, must figure out how to escape her male captor before he goes too far.

suspense, U.S., 8 minutes

Anika Benkov, director & writer

A young girl tags along with her older brother and his friends for a night out, but the evening soon becomes a nightmare when Mia witnesses an event that will force her to grow up, and forever bond her to her clan.

drama, U.S., 16 minutes

Clay Dirkse, Jake Herman, directors & Max Wolf Friedlich, writer

Greg just got fired from his first job out of college. Lost and despondent in LA, Greg realizes how much the job truly meant to him. So when a chance arises to possibly win the job back, the pressure...is on.

drama, U.S., 15 minutes

Claire Offenberger, director / Sarah Bloom & Claire Offenberger, writers | New York No Limits ‘Best Of’ selection

When her father never shows for a planned weekend visit in a distant beach town, a young woman has a one-night stand with an aging surfer who is eager to be everything her father isn't.

drama, U.S., 12 minutes

Jamie Rice, Nicole Machon, directors | Miranda Lensky, Jamie Rice, Nicole Machon, writers

A comedian struggling to compete with her peers becomes possessed after stealing jokes from a haunted joke book.

horror, U.S., 11 minutes

Nathan Sellers, director & writer

The last remaining member of a small religious cult (The Children of Enoch) awaits the resurrection of her recently departed "sisters" and their leader, Father Enoch.

thriller, U.S., 9 minutes

Chris Wronka, director & writer

On 9/11, a son fights back for the first time against his father who is obsessed with chasing after national tragedies.

drama, U.S., 10 minutes

Isaac F Davis, director & writer

The tangled union of a young couple charting their compatibility with one another, both fighting against the unbearable urge of not wanting to be alone.

drama/romance, U.S., 26 minutes

Aldo Vassallo, director & writer | New York No Limits ‘Best Of’ selection

Set in early 2000’s suburbia, The Game portrays a bewilderingly tense period in eight-year-old George’s life. One night, as he attempts to drown out his parents' constant and escalating conflicts by gluing his eyes to his Gameboy, he's startled by the sound of a deafening scream coming from his mother's bedroom. Based on a true story.

drama, U.S., 21 minutes

Evan Cleaver, director & writer

Kody alters the way he speaks based on the situation or who he's talking to. Some would call it a survival technique others might think he's clinically insane.

comedy, U.S., 9 minutes

Meg Case, Brad Porter directors

A retelling of Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), Maya Deren’s formative avant-garde film, a psychogeographical journey through the shifting landscape of a woman’s home, mutating between experience, imagination, and causation in a recursively developing labyrinthine vision.

experimental, U.S., 10 minutes

Drake Woodall, director & writer

A brutal look at a life in confinement.

experimental, U.S., 7 minutes, premiere

Rafael De Leon Jr., director & writer

A graduate student interviews a young volunteer caregiver for his class project, but something isn't quite right.

suspense, U.S., 5 minutes

Director: Cynthia Silver | Screenplay: Wendy MacLeod
Producers: Julia Kennelly, Paul Marcarelli & Cynthia Silver

A group of teenaged girls jockey for power in the savage summer society of a community swimming pool during the summer of 1984.

STARRING: Zoe Wilson, “Addie” / Zoe Manarel, “Marjorie” / Parker Winston, “Theresa”