Seven mind-bending shorts exploring alternate dimensions outside our reality.&nbsp;

Sriyani, an idealistic and overtaxed social worker of Sri Lankan descent, is a counselor at a telephone help line. She has built her life around helping others, but always at the expense of those closest to her.So who is going to defend Sriyani when she is hypnotized by a caller on her phone tonight?RECEIVER is a chamber horror film about toxic masculinity, isolation, and the commodification of empathy.

Receiver

Two women fall into a cycle of changing their appearance in order to find happiness.

I Want to be Like You

As people begin to "devolve" into monsters, one woman attempts to hide her transformation by placing flowers under her skin.

POSIES

A mysterious offer overshadows two sisters’ last weekend together in the mountains.

The Offer

In a near future, the government, rather than imprisoning criminals or deporting immigrants, turns them into trees as part of an insidious environmental campaign. Tom, a propaganda filmmaker, wrestling with the recent ‘planting’ of his wife Mari for making seditious comments, embarks on a journey to say a final goodbye. Based on the short story by internationally acclaimed writer, Yasutaka Tsutsui, author of 'Paprika' and 'The Girl Who Leapt Through Time', 'Standing Woman' is a cautionary tale of a world that has edged into bio-fascism.

Standing Woman

In the near future, Marion is an isolated teenage girl living in a high rise above the city and dreaming of the forest. Inside a lonely apartment, she struggles to overcome her stifled relationship with her mother. She enrolls in a virtual reality high school, where she befriends another student named Cassidy. But as Marion spends more time at school, she starts to wonder how much is real and how much is part of the simulation.

Hekademia

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