Abram's Hand

Running Time: 93 minutes
Director: James Christopher

Seven friends fight to escape a violent death and struggle with the knowledge that their deaths might be punishment from the hand of God.

"A Psychological Thriller"

Running Time: 91 minutes
Director: Daric Gates
Starring: Dean Cain, Will Wallace, Don Swayze, Emily Brooks, Wolfgang Bodison, Joe Estevez, and Quinton Aaron
(This film is not in competition)

A woman once possessed by a mysterious entity finds that it still dwells within her. Thinking she's in the midst of an emotional breakdown, she tries to solve the haunting only to uncover a shocking secret about her past and a new evil lurking in the darkness.

As High As the Sky

Running Time: 91 minutes
Director: Nikki Braendlin

Margaret’s OCD is in overdrive thanks to being jilted by her fiancé. She’s forced to explore the root of this behavior when her estranged sister and niece show up on her doorstep.

Bubblegum & Broken Fingers

Running Time: 106 minutes
Director: Sean Jackson

“If you don’t have your own plan, you’ll damn sure be a part of someone else’s.” The quote kicks off the first of multiple story lines in the crime ensemble “Bubblegum & Broken Fingers.” This character-driven collage of sex, violence and survival is equal parts western, gangster and love story.

Confine

Running Time: 91 minutes
Director: Tobias Tobbell
Country of Origin: UK

A volatile thief breaks into the home of a reclusive former model and is forced to hold her hostage. Tense, claustrophobic thriller starring Daisy Lowe (Brit supermodel and cover girl), Eliza Bennett (Inkheart) and Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones).

Fat Cat

Running Time: 88 minutes
Director: Michele Fiascaris
Country of Origin: Italy

On a deserted beach, Burro and Zeus, two goofy gangsters, are dumping a dead body in the sea, worrying that their boss, Mosca, could find out about this murder. What has happened?
One week earlier: The two criminals, drunk in a nightclub, misfire a bullet and accidentally kill a pole dancer. This event angers Mosca, a flamboyant psycho millionaire whose best friend is a bronze sculpture of a cat. Making matters worse, Barone, secret lover of the dead dancer, is in a furious rage...

How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song

Running Time: 104 minutes
Director: Gary King

Gary King’s original musical takes a unique look at love, artistic inspiration and relationships through a composer’s journey in writing the score to an Off-Broadway show. Critics are calling it “a crowd-pleaser” (indieWIRE) and “a hidden treasure” (Twitch). When Joe (Joe Schermann) lands an opportunity to write for an Off-Broadway show, he is forced to cast either the love of his life, Evey (Christina Rose) or his newly discovered muse, Summer (Debbie Williams). The realities of show business prove to Joe that writing is easy, living is hard. Filled with “catchy tunes and clever lyrics” (Empire Magazine), this is a cinematic experience you won’t forget.

Least Among Saints

Running Time: 107 minutes
Director: Martin Papazian

A haunted Marine sergeant just back from war and a boy who has never known peace in his home life embark on a life-changing journey as they become unlikely friends -- and one another’s last shot at redemption.

Nailbiter

Running Time: 82 minutes
Director: Patrick Rea

A mother and three daughters get caught up in a tornado and take shelter in a storm cellar. While trapped inside the cellar, they quickly discover that they are not alone.

Player

Running Time: 100 minutes
Director: Alina Szpak

Sam is a professional gambler complete with the whole package--highs and lows in fortune, an ex-wife with money, and an estranged son. Rivalry comes to a head when Sam starts living with a much-younger woman. From then on only one rule applies—win when it counts, at any price.

Privacy

Running Time: 98 minutes
Director: Jorg Ihle

The story of Mark, a tech savvy college student who creates a cutting edge spyware app, allowing him to remotely view any cell phone in New York City. He begins to invade the privacy of hundreds of New Yorkers and spots a beautiful and mysterious girl, Alexis, who appears to be sought by a shadowy figure. Mark and his best friend Toby conspire to meet her but a potential romance gets quickly sidetracked when Alexis' dark past catches up with her, entangling Mark in a web of murder, political intrigue and privacy invasion.

Siberia Monamour

Running Time: 102 minutes
Director: Slava Ross
Country of Origin: Russian Federation

In a boreal forest, in an abandoned village an old man and his grandson wait for the boy’s father, who will never come back. A man and his wife raise three daughters, and that is the only thing that still ties them. A captain, who’s passed through two Caucasian wars, tries to find his place in peacetime life. The fates of these heroes interlace unexpectedly and dramatically. They need to make their choices again and again, uncovering humanity and compassion that has been forgotten long ago.

The Dome of Heaven

Running Time: 89 minutes
Director: Diane Glancy

THE DOME OF HEAVEN is the western Oklahoma sky under which a mixed-blood girl, Flutie Moses, struggles for stability in her dysfunctional family. Her brother, Franklin, works with their father repairing the cars they thought would never run again. The film is a journey into the loss of identity suffered in native history, and the separation of the family from themselves as they deal with the difficulties of love and loss.

The Haunting of Whaley House

Running Time: 89 minutes
Director: Jose Prendes

The Whaley House in San Diego is known as America's most haunted house. One night, Penny, a tour guide at the infamous historical home, sneaks her friends in for a bit of amateur ghost hunting and they find out for themselves that the ghost stories are indeed very true. A classic haunted house chiller done with 80s style.

The Pain of the People

Running Time: 92 minutes
Director: Kirby Voss

An independent film portraying the story of a long-abused young woman violently coming to terms with herself, her past, and her future.

The Unusual Calling of Charlie Christmas

Running Time: 109 minutes
Director: Adam Hampton

A socially awkward thirty-two year old high school janitor is inspired to become a costumed vigilante in his small Oklahoma town. Bullied and overlooked his entire life, Charlie receives a “higher calling” even as his tender friendship with his neighbor, a meek and mysterious woman named Gracie, begins to develop into something more powerful.

Things I Don't Understand

Running Time: 111 minutes
Director: David Spaltro

The story follows Violet Kubelick, a brilliant young grad student studying near-death experiences and her recent withdrawn, closed-off behavior after a mysterious, failed suicide attempt. She and her two artist-roommates are forced by financial matters to finally confront their fears and step out of the protective bubble they've created for themselves in their Brooklyn loft while Violet herself forms a cathartic relationship with a young, terminally ill girl in a hospice she is interviewing for her thesis. A story of changing, relationships, love, life and what comes after we die.

Thirst

Running Time: 96 minutes
Director: Robert Carter
Country of Origin: Australia

Set in 2017, four people isolated in their different ways, are trapped with little water in the desert outback of Australia. Against impossible odds can they find meaning—connection, laughter...even love before it is too late?

Tortoise In Love

Running Time: 83 minutes
Director: Guy Browning
Country of Origin: UK

Tom, gardener at the big house, is not a fast mover with women. In fact he's glacially slow. When beautiful Polish au pair Anya arrives for the summer, Tom falls for her catastrophically like the felling of one of the giant trees he cares for in the manicured grounds. Tom's adviser in matters of the heart is young Harry, abandoned by the rich owners of the house to run wild in the gardens. Harry's secret wish is for the Red Arrows to appear at the village fair; Tom's is to win the heart of Anya. Both seem impossible dreams until the whole village decides to lend a hand.

Vertical

Running Time: 90 minutes
Director: Stephen Savage
(This film is not in competition)

Alex Hunter returns home from college after the accidental rock-climbing death of her mother. Seeking a peaceful time to mourn her loss, Alex is instead set upon on a rocky inward journey to understand herself through the eyes of her remaining family and her mother’s climbing buddies, the ever-opinionated "Rock Chicks." Along the way she discovers the father she has never known, and uncovers a secret her mother had kept hidden for years.

What's Up Lovely

Running Time: 69 minutes
Director: Gary King

Luci loses her job and times are tougher than ever. Unable to sleep, she begins an after-hours journey embarking on a series of strange encounters as she wanders the dark metropolis. During one unforgettable night, Luci comes face to face with her innermost fears and desires as she tries to find her way back home.