Title: “5ive Courses”
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Raines
From: Cordova, Tenn.
Synopsis: “5ive Courses” is a short film about Ross and Beth going on their two year anniversary date. Beth winds up breaking up with Ross at the very beginning of dinner, and Ross winds up going through all five stages of grief, one at every course of their five-course dinner.

Title: “Cabbie”
Genre: Thriller
Director: Brian C Miller Richard
From: New Orleans
Synopsis: An aspiring writer who has become stuck behind the wheel of a cab picks up a fare that changes her life forever.

Title: “Clowns & Robbers”
Genre: Comedy
Director: Evan Falbaum
From: Shreveport
Synopsis: Marvin hates his job as a birthday clown until a group of incompetent robbers recruit him for their next heist.

Title: “The Curators”
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeffrey H. Hunter
From: Plano, Texas
Synopsis: Since a sports related injury, ex -high school baseball standout, Jeremy Sims’ life has spiraled out of control. Now overcome by his vices, he can’t imagine things getting worse, until he gets kidnapped by three masked abductors causing things to take a drastic life-threatening change for the worse.

Title: “El Gato”
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chris Ganucheau
From: Covington
Synopsis: A man is living a ho-hum life with his girlfriend when he gets a cat and things begin to look up. The girlfriend’s jealousy is sure to rage. What will happen in this cross-species love triangle?

Title: “The Elysian Equation”
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Eric White
From: Conway, Ark.
Synopsis: “The Elysian Equation” is a story about an obsessed scientist working to get a mysterious machine to activate. He refuses to listen to reason from his former mentor and must choose his own fate.

Title: “The Hummingbird”
Genre: Drama
Director: Dorothy Kristin Hannah
From: Shreveport
Synopsis: “The Hummingbird” is a short film that describes the feelings after one says, “I Promise,” but becomes a victim to sleeping in the bed that one has made, no matter how miserable it gets.

Title: “Last Call”
Genre: Found Footage
Director: Stephen Kinigopoulos
From: New Orleans
Synopsis: A documentary film crew follows the day-to-day life of an elderly couple living in the world, post zombie apocalypse.

Title: “Lineman”
Genre: Drama
Director: Benjamin Weiss
From: Los Angeles, Calif.
Synopsis: “Lineman” is the story of the men and women who keep the power on. We follow Gage through the eyes of his girlfriend, Kira, as he discovers if he has what it takes to become a lineman and ultimately a man.

Title: “Necrophilia: A Love Story”
Genre: Romance
Director: Michael Millichamp
From: Dallas, Texas
Synopsis: A heartbroken man digs up his deceased ex-lover, expecting to have one last moment with her, which turns into something much more.

Title: “Patience”
Genre: Drama
Director: Lucas Ridley From: Shreveport
Synopsis: A cancer patient navigates the last two days before his pet scan results reveal if the chemotherapy treatment has worked.

Title: “Red River Ode”
Genre: Drama
Director: Corey Hammett, J. Colby Doler
From: Grantville, Ga.
Synopsis: Set in the summer of 1918, a lone prisoner escaped from the chain gang finds solitude in the forest away from his captors, using the wood as cover as long as he can until he realizes all is not as it seems past the edge of the trees.

Title: “Ruby and the Dragon”
Genre: Thriller
Director: Phillip Jordan Brooks
From: Shreveport
Synopsis: Ruby spends her days in a fairytale world of princesses and dragons. That world collides with reality when tragedy strikes and her father falls into a deep depression. Now it’s up to her to take care of him.

Title: “Running Girl”
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Dickerson
From: Los Angeles, Calif.
Synopsis: “Running Girl” is a story about a guy who falls for every girl he sees. One day, he sees a beautiful girl run by his house. Now it is up to him to chase her down. A classic boy meets girl… but he hasn’t met her yet.

Title: “Samson”
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chris Armand, Noah Scruggs, Thomas Woodruff
From: Shreveport
Synopsis: Change is inevitable. Some accept change with open arms, and others try to fight change with a spiteful refute. When his life is unwillingly changing before his eyes, Samson cannot help but change. Now, forced to cope with overwhelming anxiety, Samson is now faced with a life changing change that will change absolutely everything that deep down he does not want to change.

Title: “Self Storage”
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Byars
From: Telluride, Colo.
Synopsis: Jason manages a self storage facility. His sisyphean existence translates into an inner environment of futility. Cleaning the facility’s bathroom, he mixes cleaning agents to inadvertently create toxic fumes. Jason is left with a mountain of medical bills, takes up residence in a storage unit and scrambles to reclaim his life.

Title: “Seventeen Summers”
Genre: Drama
Director: Jessy Williamson
From: Mandeville
Synopsis: Austin is released from prison and sets out on a journey to see if his younger brother held up his end of the bargain.

Title: “Silo”
Genre: Drama
Director: Kyle Clements
From: Baton Rouge
Synopsis: Silo is a story woven in both the past and present, about how just as easily two people can come together, they can be pulled apart. It’s a story about holding on, letting go and how the pressures of the world and our own mind can shape our lives.

Title: “The Sound of Trains”
Genre: Sci-fi
Director: Travis Champagne
From: Spring, Texas
Synopsis: Jacob, a middle-aged hermit, discovers an other-worldly goo that triggers an evening of disturbing events. These events lead to visitations by curious beings, causing Jacob to question his sanity and whether we really are alone in this universe.

Title: “Stall”
Genre: Comedy
Director: Johnathan Kudabeck
From: Shreveport
Synopsis: John’s life has sucked ever since he let his girlfriend, Alexis, move away. His stoner best friend Mike isn’t much help. He has his own issues to deal with. But with a simple twist of fate, John just might have a chance to get his life out of the toilet.