Year 6 Official Selections

Millennium after the Millennium (Director: Jason Morris, 90 mins)  A new documentary focused on Chris Carter’s landmark television series Millennium. Set twenty years after the show ended, we take a look back at what makes Millennium so enduring to fans and critics alike. With virtually every major crew and cast member including Chris Carter, Lance Henriksen, Frank Spotnitz, Chip Johannessen and many, many more.

Soundwave (Director: Dylan Narang, 95 mins)A teenage inventor’s life spirals into chaos when a nefarious group discovers he’s invented a device that can hear into the past. Starring Hunter Doohan, Katie Owsley, Paul Tassonne, Vince Nappo, Mike Beaver, Dwight Hicks

CC (Director: Kailey Spear, Sam Spear, 14 mins) AIDCC28002025, known as CC, is an AID (Artificially Intelligent Device). She has been leased by Cloverhill Nanny Agency to Lena Howard to take care of her daughter, Adelaide. When a violent incident occurs between CC and Lena, an investigative team must determine what happened. Starring Jewel Staite, Sharon Taylor, Audrey Wise Alvarez

Live (Director: Taryn O’Neill, 13 mins) An online ‘livecaster’ with a dangerous brand has a crisis of conscience over her volatile career choice in a future world where jobs are limited and conflict is currency. Starring Taryn O’Neill, Tyler Wiseman

Once Upon a Costume (Director: Gabriela Ono, 12 mins) Short documentary about Allen Waiserman, a young actor who struggled in his childhood years, as he was bullied and outcast. However, growing up in a supportive family he eventually found in cosplay a community that accepts him the way he is and friends that are just like him.

The Shipment (Director: Bobby Bala, 25 mins) Stranded with his daughter on a wretched spaceport and unable to afford repairs on the family ship, an interplanetary transporter is coerced into choosing between a promise and a way out. Starring Aleks Paunovic, Ishana Bala, Robert Maillet

Paleonaut (Director: Eric McEver, 16 mins) A scientist studying the first human time traveller falls in love with her subject. But if her research succeeds they will become separated by eons of history. She must find a way to connect with him across the ages or lose him forever. Starring Tomoko Hayakawa, Yasushi Takada, Eric Boardman, Balaji Manohar.

Dark Specter (Director: Richard Tatum, 9 mins) The fiery fiend of darkness has returned to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting masses, but will responsibilities at home thwart his ambitions? Starring Bruce Nachsin,

Portrait of a Superhero (Director: Tony Armer, 15 mins) Patrolling the streets of Clearwater, FL in bright red spandex is a man known around the world as “Superhero”. He helps the homeless, provides charity to sick and disadvantaged children, aids stranded motorists, and patrols the streets to prevent crime. Using Godzilla, Star Trek, Superheroes and Science Fiction movies as his role models he overcomes a troubled childhood to become A Real Life Superhero.

The Indies: An Animated Short (Director: DJ Tony Dake, Chaz Bottoms, 6 mins) The film draws inspiration from two worlds that, at first glance, could not be more different: modern day Hip-Hop and the Wild West. The characters are revealed through intense action sequences whose dynamic can change from one moment to the next. This ultimately challenges the audience to decide who they perceive to be heroes and who they perceive to be villains.

Gryphon Amino (Director: MT Maloney, 11 mins) To save his ailing sister, an unlikely hero must journey afar to pluck a feather from the mighty Gryphon in this parody of the classic fairy tale.

Nano (Director: Mike Manning, 16 mins)In the near future, nanotechnology administered into the bloodstream can sync with computer apps to augment the human genome. A new law mandating and regulating this once elective procedure meets resistance from hacktivists who are conspiring to thwart the impending roll-out of “Nano version 2.0.”

Galactic Galaxy (Director: Anthony Ferrero, 14 mins) An irreverent space saga filled with action, suspense, and a healthy dose of the absurd. It is the story of a Space Werewolf named Fen who teams up with a Space Trucker named Pam to rob an illegal space disco in order to fulfill his destiny and save the Galaxy. Starring Jeff Lewis, Julia Morizawa, Rhomeyn Johnson

Hot N Nerdy (Director: Robert Vornkahl, 15 mins) A nostalgic sitcom pilot about two socially awkward comic nerds whose lives are completely changed when they’re befriended by the first girl they’ve ever seen at a comic book convention. Set in the year 2000, this is a heartfelt and humorous look back at a time before cons went mainstream. Starring Galya Loeb, Justin Chesney, Keland Alaka’i Sarno, Chandler Lovelle, Jonathan Hyppolite, Bella McGrath, Paolo Kossi.

Little Man of Steel (Director: Larry Ziegelman, 10 mins) Lois and Clark go on their next great adventure – condom-shopping. Starring Kimberly Leemans, Kyle Bares

NarcoLeap (Director: Kate Green, 15 mins) When college student Kelsey Atkins unexpectedly begins to leap into the bodies of other people during her bouts of narcolepsy, she becomes a target in the deadly world of military espionage. Starring Chelsey Reist, Madison Smith, Austin Eckert, Aleks Paunovic, Nicole Oliver.

Planeman (Director: Suzette Troche Stapp, 6 mins) Trailer parks, evil cats, and a newfangled crime-fighting superhero, Planeman who solemnly vows to defend all modes of transportation under his mighty wing. Remember wearing a seat belt and eating your vegetables is important kids, but not as important as defending all things vehicular. Starring Jacob Hopkins, Merit Leighton, Benjamin Stockham, Marlowe Peyton, Izzy Eggerling, Cleo Fraser, Gerad Hopkins

Deadpool The Musical 2 (Director: Julian Higgings, 12 mins) He’s back! That “Merc with a Mouth” just can’t stop singing! This time, they’ve pulled out all the stops with an insane, action-filled medley of some of your all-time favorite Disney movie songs,  Join the R-rated, NSFW, musical mayhem as our favorite singing anti-hero, Deadpool, sings and slays his way through a series of Disney songs and superhero teams, from the X-Men to the Avengers and more.

Rise of the Catwoman (Director: Markiss McFadden, 13 mins) An origin story fan web series following Selina Kyle as she rises from orphanhood as a street level cat burglar working for Sal Maroni’s gang, to a strong and bold Catwoman set on a journey of revenge. Starring Lee Meriwether, Elly Brown, Joe Palubinsky, Holly Reichert, Rossi, Andrew Matthews, Kasper Jorgensen, Camille Alayne, Rick Lax

Star Wars: Dresca (Director: Jessica Champneys, 7 mins) When Dresca – an injured imperial pilot – is rescued by rebels after the Battle of Endor, she must choose between her loyalty to the Empire and the kindness of strangers she once thought of as monsters. Starring Meleane Maile, Ali Durham, Paul Anthony Sonnier Jr, Sterling Evans

Red Hood It (Director: Hisonni Johnson, 15 mins) Red Hood It follows the nocturnal activities of the brutal vigilante as he investigates a string of child disappearances. Starring Noel Schefflin

Star Wars: The Toys Awaken (Director: Raymond Montemayor, 7 mins) On the opening night of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a seven-year-old girl’s Star Wars toys come to life. They learn who they are and set off on an adventure to help their young companion as she heads out to watch The Force Awakens. Starring Edwin Frank Ortiz, Taylor Koster, Whitton Frank, Robert Nixon, David S. Dawson, Maliya Montemayor, Nora Montemayor, Raymond Montemayor, Cecilia Martin.

Prop Wars (Director: Gary Scullion, 8 mins) The battle for Prop supremacy rages on, an eternity old fight continues – just sadly now it’s down to these 3 geeky fools Starring Edward Mackintosh, Nick Acott, Gary Scullion

Metroid: The Sky Calls (Director: Sam Balcomb, 12 mins) Bounty hunter Samus Aran investigates an impossibly familiar signal in an unexplored region of deep space, putting her life on the line in the hopes of unlocking the mystery of her own past. Starring Jessica Chobot, America Young

Star Wars- Dark Legacy (Director: Anthony Pietromonaco, 12 mins) Dark Legacy is an origin story about an imprisoned apprentice’s final test. Starring Erin Wu, Fabien Garcia, Dave Thomas

The Lightsaber Maker (Director: Jeremy Brown, 12 mins) Valin Horn is the galaxy’s only maker of Artisanal Lightsabers. This is his story. Starring Scott Patey

One Day I’ll Become (Director: Roman Gregorička, 12 mins) Galactic war, from the perspective of a little boy on a poor desert planet. He is having nightmares and visions about the future and he wants to become a Jedi knight. But the war is coming and Imperium is looking for gifted children. Time is up. Which side will he chose? Starring Samuel Borčin, Samuel Michalík, Mya Javorková