saturday 10:30am fiction shorts

meeting your maker

Life is hard. Puppets are soft. A feel-good movie about a puppet that kills himself.

Meeting Your Maker is a darkly whimsical short film that follows Otis, a beloved puppet on a long-running children’s show, as he faces an existential crisis just before the series’ milestone 300th episode.

Set against the vibrant chaos of a TV studio and the surreal backdrop of a puppeteer’s inner world, the story explores themes of identity, burnout, and the creative struggle, blurring the line between performer and creator in (hopefully) poignant and unexpectedly funny ways.

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Wendy and Lewis are car-sales professionals who won't take no for an answer.

nightshade

A young weary caregiver and a fiercely independent elderly woman are forced to confront buried memories and shared grief, revealing a bond deeper than either remembered.

where the deer sleep

When her mother tragically dies, a girl named Zoe embarks on a physical journey through the five stages of grief. Through encounters with several forest animals that are more than what they seem, Zoe is forever changed.

the man in love with the moon

When a nomadic actor meets a photographer in Mallorca, the unexpected connection that forms between them leads them both to question the direction of their lives.