Bookie

Canada / Drama / 9 mins

Director/Writer: Sebastián Vives

Producer: Boyan Demchuk,Verona Choi

Cast: Diego O'Brien, Steve Appleyard

Eduardo is a 16 year old immigrant who's obsessed with soccer and sports betting. When he meets a group of popular teenagers, he's allured by their way of life. The main character attempts to convince them that he's an experienced Bookie to get the means to join their group.

BOTS

USA / Drama / 17 mins

Director/Writer: Steve Beta

Producer: Loudbyte

Cast: Ton-Essa La'Rocque, Steve Beta

Toni is tormented by a housefly that will not give her a moment's peace. Suspicious of the flies' unnatural behavior, she turns to the internet and finds a conspiracy theory about insect drones, and the war begins.

Boys

USA / Drama / 13 mins

Director: Luke Benward

Writer: David Mandell

Producer: Aaron Benward, Ariel Winter

Cast: Cameron Crovetti, August Maturo

Two boys let their imagination run wild in a barren desert, but the fun and games come to a shocking halt.

Breaking & Entering

USA / Drama / 30 mins

Director/Writer: Michael William Hogan

Cast: Kiri Hartig, Robert Dill

A young woman’s conflicted life battling multiple addictions and questionable choices culminates with an autopsy-like introspective journey when she finds herself locked in a morgue with the body of a long-lost love.

Cocaine

South Africa / Drama / 30 mins

Director: Samuel Leburu

Writer: Panchello Gasela

Producer: Mapitso Ralephata

Cast: Nomazizi Nonqane, Ayakha Dlamini

Two sisters running a secret crack house out of their inheritance home find themselves in between a rock and a hard place when the son of township kingpin overdoses in their living room