This Orient by Felix Rodriguez is an exploration of the Hindi culture in Jersey City, New Jersey. There exists a two-block enclave called India Square, where over 15,000 Indian Americans worship their gods in the street. For director Felix Rodríguez, the experience is at once visually stunning with moments of spiritual darkness and disarray. The audio design creates an intentional dissonance to recreate the director’s personal journey of being unable to relate to such an enigmatic people.

No Education, No Job… by Daniel Rose is a documentary short about the filmmaker’s experience going to Occupy Wall Street in NYC. He talked to people about their financial problems and their views, and created a personal response to what he heard.

Dark Wings by Joey Mosca - Five friends on a hiking trip get lost in the woods and must spend the night. Soon they discover that they are not alone.

Manless Society by Julio Then is a highly accomplished digital animation work, which focuses on society’s ills. Accompanied by the voice-over of Mark Bowen, the frustrations encountered by people living in a dysfunctional society are depicted through speech and image.

Stop Violence by Rohit Sonak is an ambitious narrative short about John, a small time gangster. He falls in love with Lisa, a social worker. But when John decides to change his life and be a better person, his violent past comes back to haunt him. Violence leads to destruction.

Untitled by Annette DiGrado is an experimental short that showcases the concept of "The Chase" with limited information via lighting, cinematography and editing in order to evoke a suspense response from the audience. The story and identity of the characters are left to the imagination until the end of the film.

Corey-ography… A Self Portrait by Corey Andrew Powell is an autobiographical video piece that serves as a self -examination into the artist’s multi-faceted culture as an African-American and his reflections of his life as a homosexual man. His vision was to summarize his life without the use of dialogue, only using personal family photos and video montaging to express the narrative. Corey ponders racial existence, adversity, love, and family in relation to becoming the person he is today.

Laced by Nick Salotti is a stop-frame animation depicting the process of lacing up a new pair of shoes. The shoelaces move themselves through their respective holes as they dance around with each other. The film is a different look at an everyday process that no one really thinks much of. It’s upbeat and happy as evidenced by the owner of the shoes dancing his way off screen with his freshly laced “kicks” all tied up and strapped to his feet.

The Art of Departure by Melody Araujo is a narrative short about how one man copes emotionally with the loss of a loved one. Told entirely through highly stylized and beautifully composed images, the piece incorporates a number of cinematic styles, which are woven together into a visually stunning meditation on true love.

9W directed by Mark Bowen, written and edited by Frank Bull, with cinematography by Anthony Violante, is a short narrative suspense film about a young woman and her boyfriend coming home from a party. When she pulls over to ask for directions, a mysterious stranger offers to show her the way, on the condition that he comes along for the ride...