Desperate to see her brother again, a young woman visits the site of his death.

Strange Creatures

When Anna, a true-crime obsessed young woman, matches with her next hookup on Lovebug, she is shocked to discover that her date is actually the infamous Hitchfield Killer. Positively starstruck, she reacts as any hardcore fangirl would - with screaming and fawning. He reacts as any serial killer would - with stabbing and killing.

Obsession

When a true-crime fanatic hooks up with her favorite serial killer, she becomes violently obsessed with him.

Two sick fucks must rehearse one last time before the real thing...

Be Specific

Two sick fucks must rehearse one last time before the real thing...

A crime scene cleaner struggles with emotionally detaching from the deceased’s personal possessions. While on a late night job, he convinces himself a monstrous presence is toying with him.&nbsp;

Stomach It

While struggling to emotionally detach from the deceased, a crime scene cleaner believes a monstrous presence is toying with him.

If healthy organs, like seeds, can be replanted and heal any failing body, will human life be longer or shorter? An ailing mother slaughtered a vagrant she had been feeding for years for her sick son. To save his mother, the cured son killed for the criminals. They were victims of exploitation as well as violent offenders.

Seeding, Blossoming, Fruiting

A desperate mother is pushed to extreme and violent lengths to save the life of her sick son.

A bizarre psychological experiment. In “The Room”, a woman can’t know anyone longer than 30 days. It’s difficult to say what’s worse: knowing that anyone she cares about will disappear, or that they might be replaced by someone worse. With no hope of escape, she must confront the absurdity of her new existence.

Universe 25

A determined woman, trapped by a mysterious entity, is forced to confront a life where she will never know anyone longer than 30 days.

In the summer of 1992, a blackhat hacker working on a secretive project in Los Angeles is in the midst of defrauding a radio call-in contest when he gets hit with a power surge from an unknown source. Shortly after this, he begins receiving cryptic messages from the ether that lead him to suspect that the people around him are conspiring to expose and destroy his project. Now, he's forced to scramble against both time and his shadowy enemies in order to save his life's work and secure his vision for the future of cyberspace.

Caller 102: A Ballad of Cyberspace

When a blackhat hacker gets hit with a coincidentally-timed power surge while attempting to defraud a radio contest, he begins to unravel a web of conspiracy that threatens to bring down his life’s work and send him spiraling into oblivion.

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Welcome! The 55th Nashville Film Festival includes films ranging in genres from narratives, documentaries, animation, horror and much more!

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