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Availability ended 1/31/2021 EDT

Out of Order

Directed by Matthias Falvai

Run Time: 16 minutes 40 seconds, Canada

In the not-so-distant future, Christopher, a depressed, young man, enters a Suicide Assistance Booth hoping to end his life; however, the sentient AI has a plan of its own.




Reappear

Directed by Tommy Clarke

Run Time: 13 minutes 25 seconds, United Kingdom

A son restores his late father’s vintage motorcycle, so he can recreate his mother’s most treasured photograph.




The Superstar

Directed by Rajiv Ratan Reddy

Run Time: 7 minutes 55 seconds, United States

I wrote this story when I came across some people who are extremely talented but could not showcase their talents due to various constraints. We often tend to stay ignorant of other's talents and I thought it would be nice if we recognized talents before its too late. That is what I tried to convey with this film.





Thirty Minutes

Directed by Claire Elizabeth Terry

Run Time: 18 minutes 19 seconds, Spain

A woman, Lucy, is so lonely in the digital age that she becomes a call girl, not for the money, but because it's the only way she can be assured of someone to talk to.




Before

Directed by Julia Monahan

Run Time: 9 minutes 58 seconds, United States


BEFORE follows a group of not-yet-humans as they bide their time in a perpetual waiting room. Like an eternal DMV visit, every visitor in this room has waited for thousands of years for their number to be called to be assigned a life. Some are anxious, some are hopeful, and others are defeated by impatience before their earthly lives have even begun. But for the first time ever, as these visitors watch and worry and wonder, one number is called out over and over, as every visitor rejects this life. Until one.


Out of Order

Availability ended 1/31/2021 EDT
In the not-so-distant future, Christopher, a depressed, young man, enters a Suicide Assistance Booth hoping to end his life; however, the sentient AI has a plan of its own.

Reappear

Availability ended 1/31/2021 EDT
A son restores his late father’s vintage motorcycle, so he can recreate his mother’s most treasured photograph.

The Superstar

Availability ended 1/31/2021 EDT
I wrote this story when I came across some people who are extremely talented but could not showcase their talents due to various constraints. We often tend to stay ignorant of other's talents and I thought it would be nice if we recognized talents before its too late. That is what I tried to convey with this film.

Thirty Minutes

Availability ended 1/31/2021 EDT
A woman, Lucy, is so lonely in the digital age that she becomes a call girl, not for the money, but because it's the only way she can be assured of someone to talk to.

Before

Availability ended 1/31/2021 EDT
BEFORE follows a group of not-yet-humans as they bide their time in a perpetual waiting room. Like an eternal DMV visit, every visitor in this room has waited for thousands of years for their number to be called to be assigned a life. Some are anxious, some are hopeful, and others are defeated by impatience before their earthly lives have even begun. But for the first time ever, as these visitors watch and worry and wonder, one number is called out over and over, as every visitor rejects this life. Until one.