A 14-year-old writer must write a short composition to get accepted into a summer program. The writing must include a color, a fruit, and the rain. As she begins writing, she slowly begins challenging the ideas of honesty and her truth.

The First 280 Honest Words of My Life

On an uncomfortable bench, two abnormal teens discuss society's definition of "weird" and "normal."

Be F*cking Weird

In the wilderness, a tree begins to question whether it may actually be a man tripping on hallucinogens.

Man Or Tree

A recent widow books a session with her late husband's escort, and through the confrontation of his infidelity, the two women unravel their frustrations of grief together.

That Which Fades

After failing to reconcile with her estranged daughter, an ailing matriarch has a surreal encounter that dissolves the line between life and death.

A Brief and Passing Thing

We see a scene from a typical romance film. But a hideous ghost comes up on the screen out of nowhere, and we find out that the scene was a part of a film in editing. As the mysterious ghost keeps appearing on shots still being edited, the director panics and calls a professional editor for help. The duo manages to erase the traces of the ghost one by one, but in the end, the director’s conviction is what matters the most.

Digital Video Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro: The Real-World Guide to Set Up and Workflow

A Paralyzed man, A Bloody hand, and A Dead woman. Frank knows what he saw, but nobody believes him. Frank thinks he witnessed a murder in the very hospital he is recovering in. Can he convince people to help him? Will he be strong enough to do something? IS HE NEXT?

Paralyzed

A psychological horror about a novice nun who develops a severe skin condition which continues to worsen along with her mental state as she struggles with her feelings for another nun.

Itch

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