Burnt Out

A hilarious week in the life of students at a dysfunctional college.

Starhops

After the owner of a failing drive-in restaurant sells his establishment, two waitresses and a French chef try to turn it around.

Manhattan

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

¡Que Colombianada!

A Colombian family is forced to celebrate Thanksgiving, for the first time, after finding out that their eldest son has invited the man he likes to a holiday celebration at their house, creating tension among the family members.

Vulcanizadora

Two friends take a trip through a Michigan forest, intent on carrying out a disturbing pact.

Nowhere

In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay friend plan on attending the wildest party of the year. But they'll only make it if they can survive the drug trips, suicides, trysts, mutilations and alien abductions that occur as one surreal day unfolds.

Pieces of April

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.

Messy

Brutally self-aware, promiscuous love addict Stella Fox moves to New York after a devastating break-up and pursues disappointing romantic dalliances over the course of a summer.

Orgazmo

A devout Mormon living in L.A. becomes a pornographic actor after his martial arts moves impress a big-time director.

Much Ado

Hero and Beatrice, cousins and best friends, have very different approaches to love. Beatrice, burned once, is fiercely avoiding her arrogant ex-boyfriend Benedick and has sworn off men in general. Hero, a true romantic, is deeply in love with Benedick's friend Claudio, but too shy to say it. When they get trapped in a house with the entire boys rugby team, they'll be forced to face the questions they'd been avoiding.

Lady Sakura

Urban Relics

After Charlie Shivers' rug is ruined by painters, he hires his friend Tommy Two-Lips to steal him a new one. When Tommy profits off of it, Charlie gets his cousin Louie Lemmons to kill Tommy -- but it ends up making Charlie the main suspect.

May

A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.

Amor platónico

Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest

Host Scott Forrest presents a curated compilation of eight independent short films in this rapid-fire science-fiction feature. Genres collide, narratives twist, aesthetics clash, and even humor, both campy and dystopian, showcase the vast creative possibilities of each story's individual world, offering the viewer a brief glimpse into the lives of every character's attempt to survive the otherworldly chaos around them. Released in 2001, the selected shorts span original creation dates of 1997 to 2001; most of the featured filmmakers also appear as themselves in short video interviews to talk about their inspirations, creative process and motivations while working on their individual shorts.

Untitled Slasher

A short film completely made in the span of five days. The story follows a boy named Leonidas. After finding his grandfather dead, Leonidas must survive while a killer is loose in his home.

A Man Named Death

After a millennia of taking souls, Death decides to hang it up and finally get one of those "lives" humans are always talking about. Before he can do that, he has to deal with Ashley; a teenage girl determined to end her life. This leads to an ideological tug of war as the two of them debate the question "who controls your life... and death?"

Making the Day

A has-been character actor attempts to complete a movie honoring his deceased wife, when divine intervention leads him to a free-spirited actress who just might be his perfect leading lady.

The Adventures of Dracula, the Literal Moron

The Mummy (you know the one) gets the worst possible phone call from his roommate, Dracula.

Strangers with Candy

A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.