Friday Night Local Shorts 5

Kaperosa
Director Matthew Macasieb  - USA - 13 min. - horror 

Tristan returns from the grocery store to a bedridden Janine. He challenges himself to cook a meal for her, hoping to impress his best friend. Soon he is swept up on an adventure with the ghost of her late grandmother and learns the importance of love.

Piercing the Veil
Director Chandler Thornton  - USA - 10 min. - horror

A college student yearning for connection befriends something from the other side.

Mary's Mixtape
Director Sam Prim  - USA - 15 min. - horror

After stealing a cassette tape, Mary develops a strange obsession with the music. Once experiencing the danger of the tape, Mary flips to the B-side discovering the dark fate of the previous owner.     

The Algo
Director Jeff Phungglan - USA - 13 min. -  thriller
 

Still processing his failed relationship, Dylan, a depressed and unmotivated man turn to social media to help him get out of his post-breakup haze. But, his life takes a twisted turn when the algorithm's influence is less innocuous and instead preys on Dylan's darkest desires.    

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residuum
Director Max Steele  - USA - 11 min. - horror 

Residuum is defined as “a substance or thing that remains or is left behind”. In that residuum, there is a piece of the original. A piece of yourself, after the world has ended, your family gone, there are still elements of life that makes it worth living. 

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