SHORTS

CFF Salutes Your Shorts

(Student and TN Filmmakers)
In-person
Friday, June 23rd
10:30am - 12:30pm ET
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Dangerous Visions

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Saturday, June 24
4:00pm - 6:00pm ET
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Fun Size Epics

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WTF (Watch These Films)

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Sunday, June 25th
3:00pm - 5:00pm ET
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CFF SALUTES YOUR SHORTS

  • After Hours

    Director James Ross | USA, 2022

    After closing hours in a department store, the night shift security guard and custodian encounter strange, unusual occurrences. Armed with only their walkie-talkies and overhead cameras, they discover a stealthy, vicious predator.

  • Anya

    Director Chris Davies | USA, 2023

    When a sinister entity emerges from the forest on a 1970s Halloween night, a young woman's true motives are revealed - and her future is decided forever.

  • Crossing Tides

    Director Gabriel Liam Cook Henk | USA, 2023

    A recently widowed older woman struggles to cope with the loss of her husband while adjusting to a life of silence and loneliness. As time passes, she begins to receive visitations from her late husband that shows a deeper look into what she fears and hopes for.

  • Don’t Look Too Far Ahead

    Director Nattalyee Randall | USA, 2022

    “Don’t Look Too Far Ahead” is a film about Miami native and first-generation Haitian-American college basketball athlete, David Jean Baptiste. Although privilege and wealth did not allow David the same basketball opportunities as many of his peers, he continued to persevere and create his own legacy. Watch as David plays the last home game of his college career at The University of Chattanooga and reflects on what’s ahead.

  • Greenhouse

    Director Rachael Porter | USA, 2022

    An aspiring flower farmer planting her first crop faces opposition in the place she least expects it—from within herself.

  • Harmonious

    Director Valery Garcia | USA, 2022

    Guided by greed and naïveté, two young women take the extreme avenue of summoning a demon. They must now choose between their desires and friendship.

  • Morse Code

    Director McKenzi Vanderberg | USA, 2022

    After a loved one's tragic death, Stefani uses Morse Code to speak with The Beyond. In her search for answers, she inadvertently discovers questions far more dangerous.

  • netneutral

    Director Edwin Loughry | USA, 2022

    Two co-workers discuss a possible alien abduction.

  • Punch The Boss

    Director Taryn Grace | USA, 2023

    Doug has been stuck in a dead-end job with a terrible boss for years, but today he's finally had enough.

  • Retribution

    Directors Ava Marie Howard, David Steven Smith | USA, 2023

    1866 - A year after the end of the American Civil War, a priest turned bounty hunter rests for the night with an emancipated slave he is transporting to be hanged, when a mysterious traveler stumbles into camp.

  • Solitude

    Director Trevor Hancock | USA, 2022

    During his weekend cabin getaway to find solitude, Brett finds himself at odds with an obnoxious neighbor that won't seem to give him peace. As the getaway progresses, Brett becomes less stable and begins to have certain diabolical thoughts about achieving the peace he so desperately seeks.

  • Stephen King's: All That You Love Will Be Carried Away

    Director Bolen Miller | USA, 2022

    Based on the Stephen King short story: A middle-aged traveling salesman contemplates his life choices at a shitty motel in Nebraska.

  • The Businessman

    Director Nathan Ginter | USA, 2022

    On the way home from school, a young girl runs into a mysterious salesman who looks to instill the fear of financial insecurity and coerce her into selling fashion magazines for him.

DANGEROUS VISIONS

  • Dead Enders

    Directors Fidel Ruiz-Healy, Tyler Walker | USA, 2022

    A disaffected, young gas station clerk on the midnight shift must learn to give a damn about something after malevolent mind-controlling bugs are set loose by irresponsible oil drillers.

  • Fetal Position

    Director Joseph Yates | USA, 2022

    A man tries to abort his alien pregnancy in violation of the pro-life “Heartbeat Bill.”

  • Glitch

    Director Rebecca Sonia Berrih | USA, 2022

    While FaceTiming her daughter, a mother spots something scary on the video feed that can’t be seen with the naked eye…

  • Gnomes

    Director Ruwan Heggelman | Netherlands, 2022

    Unknowingly, a girl enters the habitat of a tribe of killer gnomes during her daily run. Lured by mysterious glowing mushrooms, she'll soon wish she'd stayed on her usual tracks…

  • Keep Scrolling

    Director Luke Longmire | USA, 2022

    While on TikTok, a young girl scrolls onto a haunted live stream.

  • Memento Mori

    Director Izzy Lee | USA, 2023

    In 1983, a scientist in isolation resurrects a dead colleague.

  • Mickey Dogface

    Director Zach Fleming | USA, 2022

    Halloween night, three friends high in a van, and an urban legend surrounding a cult singer's mysterious death in a fire - what could go wrong?

  • No Overnight Parking

    Director Meg Swertlow | USA, 2023
    North American Premiere

    A woman fleeing from her abusive husband gets locked in an underground parking garage with a masked killer.

  • Seaborne

    Director Dylan Ashton | USA, 2022

    A seaside home invasion turns sinister when a young mother discovers her intruders have risen from beneath the sea.

  • Splinter

    Director Marc Bernardin | USA, 2023

    Young Benjamin (Brooks Firestone) has spent most of his ten years on an airplane that almost never lands because when his feet touch the ground, rage spreads like a virus. But when a mid-air collision forces the plane out of the sky, it falls to his caretakers Morgan (Yetide Badaki) and Chris (Moon Bloodgood) to deal with the explosive fallout.

  • Stop Dead

    Director Emily Greenwood | UK, 2022

    When a workaholic city detective and her laid-back partner try to stop a disheveled girl staggering down the middle of a country road, they discover she’s being stalked by some unseen entity with a horrifying ultimatum: you stop moving, you die.

  • Tell Alice I Love Her

    Director Jamie Carreiro | USA, 2023

    Years after a world-changing disaster, a woman on a critical mission through the wilderness is forced to make a desperate choice.

  • The Inverts

    Director Evan Jordan | USA, 2023

    An abductee assembles a collection of video evidence and testimonies from amateur researchers, which brings to light some startling revelations about the world we live in, before making a life-altering decision.

  • They Call It... Red Cemetery!

    Director Francisco Lacerda | Portugal, 2022

    Among the crosses of an old cemetery, two outlaws have a dispute over honor, companionship, and greed.

  • VEXED

    Director Gene Blalock | USA, 2022
    World Premiere

    A woman struggles with her identity as a charming late-night connection takes a dark turn.

Fun Size Epics

  • Black Tea

    Director Laura McQuay | USA, 2022

    A lonely Victorian widow longing for her lost love, conjures a spell to be reunited.

  • CAFE CICATRIZ

    Director Jordan Bahat | Chile, 2023

    Max craves human connection. But he can’t bare to expose his truth.

  • CANAL

    Director Will Rahilly | USA, 2022

    A woman crossing a bridge on her walk home feels a sudden impulse to peer over at the river below. An otherworldly disturbance transports her through a watery portal into uncanny territory. She emerges in the spotlight to the laughter of a self-populated audience demanding entertainment. Perplexed at her new surroundings and being surrounded by herself, she flees the stage in panic, seeking exit through a labyrinthian course. But can she evade the force that drew her into this grim domain?

  • Farmer Ed

    Director Azwan Badruzaman | USA, 2022

    After an isolated farmer makes a shocking discovery on his land, he unlocks its mysteries unbeknownst to his wife.

  • Greetings

    Director Stephanie Bencin | USA, 2023

    Greetings is the story of Trish, a shy cubicle dweller in an office that’s big on birthdays. After struggling over what to write in a coworker’s birthday card, Trish discovers that whatever she writes comes true. At first, this goes great, but when her coworkers accidentally forget her own birthday, things...take a turn. Fed up with middle managers who act like they're in middle school, Trish takes her revenge. Armed with a stack of kitten cards and her ballpoint pen, Trish shifts the power of her toxic work environment, only to be consumed by her own long-simmering resentments.

  • Kickstart My Heart

    Director Kelsey Bollig | USA, 2022

    After a brutal car accident, a young woman fights her mind's 3 levels of hell to wake up again.

  • Likeness

    Director David A. Flores | USA, 2023

    A young woman works with a digital copy of her mom to investigate the sudden disappearance of her real mom.

  • Picture Day

    Director Kelly Pike | USA, 2022

    Casey, an Asian-American tomboy coming of age on Army bases, prepares for picture day at her new school, deciding what she's willing to sacrifice in order to fit in.

  • Ringworms

    Director Will Lee | USA, 2022

    After discovering her boyfriend’s plan to propose on their weekend vacation, a young girl undergoes a crisis of commitment that attracts the attention of a sinister local cult.

  • Shallots and Garlic

    Director Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto | Canada, 2022

    When polar opposite sisters Nur and Karina reunite for their grandparents' wedding anniversary dinner, Karina starts itching and blames Nur for putting garlic in her food.

  • The Five Fingers of a Dog

    Directors Charlie Compton, Justin Landsman | USA, 2022

    In this gothic neo-giallo: A depraved killer, a deadly cycle, a possessed detective, and a perverse world merge to form the most disreputable piece of horror.

  • The Lizard Laughed

    Director Allen Cordell | USA, 2022

    Based on the acclaimed indie comic from Noah Van Sciver (Fante Bukowski, The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln), this is the bitterly comedic story of an unreliable father doing the absolute least he can to reconnect with his estranged son during a hike to see The Laughing Lizard rock formation.

  • The Red Orchid

    Director Montana Cypress | USA, 2022

    Deep in the swamps of Florida, an Indian Tribe prepares for the coming of an entity that seeks to feed on the children.

  • The Spirit Became Flesh

    Director Jesse Aultman | USA, 2023

    In idyllic, middle-of-nowhere Alabama, Sam Summers returns to his deeply religious hometown to visit his sister, Lilah. To his horror, Sam discovers that his old community has turned into a fanatic cult that worships a sinister monster residing in their woods. Through their disturbing rituals and unnerving sacrifices, Sam is cornered by his townspeople as they attempt to induct him into their faith. He realizes he must find out what this being is and how to tell his sister of its true nature.

  • The Stewards

    Director Hannah Eaton | USA, 2023

    In the near-distant future, Avery, a "virtual reality conservationist" begins to have a strangely familiar recurring dream that leads her to question her isolated community and way of life.

  • TWIN TURBO

    Directors Raul Esko, Romet Esko | Estonia, 2022

    Twin undercover cops have to restore the balance between themselves in order to close a case revolving around a valuable twin-turbo engine.

  • The Waiting Room, or Eggs in Purgatory

    Director Madeline Blair | USA, 2022

    In a waiting room in the space between the living and the beyond, an unlikely pair sits impatiently for their final reckoning.

  • When You're Gone

    Director Kristin Noriega | USA, 2023

    In the midst of heartbreak and self-implosion, a lapsed writer turned party girl must learn what it truly means to face her pain when she's hunted by a subterranean mother and its brood.

WTF (Watch These Films)

  • CONTENT: The Lo-Fi Man

    Directors Brian Lonano, Blake Myers | USA, 2022

    This short starts as a documentary about a beloved cult film, then turns into a youtube video until it escapes into a dystopian sci-fi adventure, upon which it transforms into a body horror film resulting in a kaiju battle finale.

  • Don't Let Kyle Sit Down

    Director Joel Jay Blacker | USA, 2023

    Friends wind down around a campfire. When one couple attempts to leave, their desperate friend suggests throwing one more log on the fire, summoning a charred shirtless stranger (Kyle) looking for warmth.

  • Earthling

    Directors Keith Lane, Molly Graham | USA, 2023

    A ten-minute animated documentary about Jack Weiner, a grown man whose entire life has been shaped by being abducted by aliens when he was young, a life story nobody believes.

  • fin.

    Directors Addie Doyle, Lee Hurst | USA, 2022

    After witnessing their husbands explode in a freak fishing accident, Edna and Bertha are forced to carry on the family business.

  • Foot Trouble

    Director Vanessa Meyer | USA, 2022

    It’s 1999 and something is wrong (with Jade’s feet) but nobody wants to address it. Things go from bad to worse as Jade tries to cover up her feet by wearing socks in the pool for gym class. While this would embarrass most, she only cares about confessing her feelings to her goth boy crush. Unfortunately, he has other plans for her. Jade finally makes it home, only to be confronted by her mom’s strange boyfriend and a plate of cold hot dogs. In the end, though, Jade’s inner world is a formidable match for the obstacles that surround her.

  • Foul

    Director Ted Stenson | Canada, 2023

    A middle-aged man's inability to control his temper while playing sports causes his life to spiral out of control.

  • Gold and Mud

    Director Conor Dooley | USA, 2022

    A sprawling story of love and loss, as reflected on a single face. Tiny pieces that, when cobbled together, hint at a much larger picture. The larger picture being a woman’s life. Observed through the decades. Centuries, even. You know. A comedy. Starring Ana Fabrega (HBO's Los Espookys).

  • Seatbelts

    Director Michael John Dunker | USA, 2023

    When Chad and Rachel go on their second date, he refuses to put on his seatbelt because he did his own research.

  • The Promotion

    Directors A.K. Espada, Phil Cheney | USA, 2022

    Two office drones work late into the night, competing for a truly killer promotion.

  • Variations on a Theme

    Director Peter Collins Campbell | USA, 2023

    A couple has begun physically splitting into many different versions of themselves, and must investigate an uncomfortable mutation that has arisen.

  • Vertical Valor

    Director Alex Kavutskiy | USA, 2022

    After being drafted for World War III, a group of burnout skateboarders are recruited into a casualty notification unit.

  • We Forgot about the Zombies

    Director Chris McInroy | USA, 2022

    Two dudes think they found the cure for zombie bites.