Mess With the Bull, Get the Horns (Student Shorts #2)

Voicemail

Using voicemails from the deceased, this experimental documentary short examines our finite human existence through fleeting moments and an appreciation for our limited time.

P.E.

A heavy-set teenager braves the nightmare of P.E. swim class.

Cottage Grove

In the parking lot of a Southside Chicago grocery store, a young man struggles to communicate with his stroke-afflicted father while remaining true to himself.

Mary’s Mixtape

After stealing a cassette tape, Mary develops a strange obsession with the music. Experiencing the danger associated with the tape, she flips to the B-side and discovers the dark fate of the previous owner.

Harmless

Unable to pay her debt, Maya infiltrates a crime syndicate and hunts down the buyer of a precious item that will make her whole.

The Stardust Motel

The Stardust Motel follows Della Baker, a junior reporter who is determined to prove herself in the cutthroat industry of investigative journalism. She and a senior reporter travel to a desolate motel to cover a story on the dying motel industry. Della painstakingly goes along with the initial report but shifts gears in hopes of investigating a pattern of strange disappearances among local women. Her explorations uncover some odd going-on at the motel, and she presses further with her investigation despite pushback from her increasingly agitated and scornful colleague. Della’s undying curiosity draws her into the dark depths of the motel, revealing a horrifying truth.

My Own Worst Enemy

Directed by Anna Joy

Malia is trying to keep her best friends from finding out she’s starting to backslide into her addiction, but when her attempts fail, they realize how much she has really been hiding.

Ofrenda

A young woman finds herself at odds with grief and tradition as she prepares for Dia de los Muertos.

Of Silence And Song

An Asian American single mother struggles to receive an abortion in Texas. Throughout her daughter’s birthday, secrets are revealed and three generations of women come together.