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A goldfish in a small container goes to a bigger pond with the help of a cat and the sun

Cat & Fish

When a desperate father breaks house arrest, his determined parole officer tracks him by his ankle monitor. When a demon surfaces from hell to collect the father's soul, he becomes the target of a violent two-pronged chase.

Damned

On a stormy night, young Eli hears a noise and checks under his bed—only to find nothing. Relieved, he hides under his covers, seeking comfort in the darkness. But as he settles in, he realizes he’s not alone.

Don't Look

The line between imagination and horror blurs when the lights go out.

After her grandmother passes Minerva finds herself cleaning out the house to sell until a stranger appears on the doorstep with a friendly disposition and sinister intentions.

Sin Eater

After Tessie's grandmother, Lola, is diagnosed with dementia, Tessie makes it her mission to save Lola's memories. Tessie has created a machine that transports her inside Lola's mind — a majestic library. Every memory is a book, and Tessie is trying to save one very dear to her: a memory of her and her grandma singing karaoke.Tessie and Lola can keep the memory if they recreate it perfectly. But thwarting their attempts at every turn is Mena, a small AI webcam. Mena is the dementia that's slowly creeping into Lola's mind. Will Tessie keep on trying in vain to save her grandmother's memories? Or learn to accept her grandmother's dementia?

Lola

A stop motion animation delight from Chattanooga's own The Skeleton Key Workshop. Check out the official video for The Bohannon's tune Night Construction!Watch as the sun sets for the day and a moon nymph awakens to construct the night.

The Bohannons - Night Construction

A tired and anxious Doctor Frigg barricades herself in her laboratory, desperately searching for some clue to help her bring her one true love back to life. In a fit of anger, she slams her fist on her desk, and starts up an old tape recorder. Too tired to stop it, she listens to her past-self until she is given the final piece of information she needs.

Til Death Do Us Part

In this dark horror comedy, six eccentric and disturbed yet interesting characters suffer from starvation in a bomb shelter. When one of them seemingly dies, the rest decides to “partially” eat her corpse. But an unexpected hindrance thwarts their meal, which is then followed by a serving of poetic justice.

Meeet

Dinner for two turns deadly when a Korean and a Korean-American fight for the restaurant’s check — and their honor — in this zany martial arts comedy.

Check Please

It is a peaceful day in the woods as food truck owner Hugh prepares for another day of work selling pies. As he puts a pie into the oven to bake, he is surprised by the presence of a looming grizzly bear. Hugh must do everything possible to prevent his unconventional customer from destroying his pie-velihood.

Baking and Entering

An awkward baker desperately struggles to protect his pie truck from an unwelcome customer.

When a baby alien crashes into their lives, Rachel and Nick do their best to maintain a sense of normalcy—until a dinner party threatens to unravel it all. With every bite, their carefully constructed facade begins to crack. FEED is a darkly comedic exploration of new parenthood, gender roles, and the monstrous expectations placed on women.

Feed

After a baby alien crashes into their lives, Rachel and Nick throw a dinner party to prove they're still normal people, but holding it together gets harder with every bite.

Dani's mom may be ready to exploit her daughter for personal gain, but Dani's not having any of it. She's Dani the Destroyer, the youngest and greatest magician of all time. And she's about to take the stage. This yucky horror fable demonstrates how devastating the consequences of underestimating someone can be. In spite of being ignored and belittled by every adult in her life, Dani knows who she is and what she wants to do. Her talents and dreams are stronger than anyone is anticipating. She has a voice and she's learning how to use it. And so is the rest of gen alpha; we all need to listen up.

We Need to Talk About Balloons

Infamous outlaws The Lily and The Scorpion are on the run after a bank job gone wrong, but as day turns into night, the partners’ trust in each other begins to fray.

The Lily & The Scorpion

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