Virtual Production Short

Shot over two intense days with cutting-edge in-camera visual effects (ICVFX) in VP, Dead End is a visceral survival story set against the shifting sands of a world on the brink. 

In a near-future Singapore swallowed by desert, two reluctant companions—Jax, hardened but weary, and Ben, an idealist clinging to hope—are tasked with a seemingly routine mission: deliver a mysterious package across a vast wasteland. When a brutal sandstorm derails their journey, the straightforward job spirals into a desperate struggle for survival. As the desert closes in and trust erodes, they must confront not only the dangers of the landscape, but the secrets their cargo holds.

Blending photorealistic virtual environments—endless canyons, scorched horizons, and a collapsing desert world—with grounded practical elements, Dead End pushes the possibilities of ICVFX to craft an immersive, high-stakes tale of endurance and fractured loyalty.

Director: Joel Lim
Producer: Karen Seah, Soleil Mak
Writer: Joel Lim, Karen Seah
Cast: Qi Yuwu, Andrew Lua
Cinematographer: James Hia
Editor: Melanie Foo Campbell

Awards: Asian Academy Creative Awards 2024 (National Winner: Best Short Film Scripted), Barcelona Indie Awards 2025 (Best VFX Nominee), Portland Festival of Cinema, animation & Technology 2025 (Winner: Best Sci Fi Short, Best VFX In A Short)

Website: https://www.x3dstudio.com/portfolio-collections/projects/dead-end

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/x3d_studio/

Four techno-activists target an AI company, desperate to halt groundbreaking technology. Little do they know, the real shock awaits them in a storage room.

Director: Glen Vivaris 
Producer: Michael Villucci, Mark Jerome Cruz
Writer: Glen Vivaris               
Cast: Robert Steacy, Reggie Washington, Colette Cherry, Conder Shou, Max Pheifer
Cinematographer: Glen Vivaris 
Editor: Glen Vivaris 

Website: https://www.v4villucci.com/work/deepheist

Short
Los Angeles Premiere

Taupp, a young cucapá woman living in the 16th century, finds out through dream visions that bind her with modern Mexico City, that she is the one chosen to preserve humanity by giving birth to the future race. In order for her to accomplish her mission, first she has to find her counterpart, Alex (who is an incredulous outcast), and make him understand that only they can save the human race from its extinction.

Director: Sofía Ptacnik Rosas
Producer: Milka Ibáñez Martinovic, Sandra Carbonell
Writer: Heriberto Mojica Peñuelas, Sofía Ptacnik Rosas        
Cast: Belén Chávez, Daniel Mandoki, Patricia Rojas, Mario Galíndez “Yayo”, Jesús Meza, Joaquín L.A.
Cinematographer:Emiliano Alcázar González
Editor: Andrés Treviño Ribó

Short
LA Premiere

A dangerous man encounters a home invasion of the third kind.

Director/Producer/Writer/Cinematographer/Editor: Matthias Klein
Cast: Oliver Heinrich

Awards:
-Absurd Film Festival - Monthly awards 2024
-Ethereal Horror Fest 2024
-Lisboa Indie Film Festival • LISBIFF 2024

Short Film
West Coast Premiere

In a dystopian world where AI and loneliness are prolific, Brad just wants a traditional romance.

Director: Andy Comeau
Producer: Andy Comeau
Writer: Andy Comeau
Cast: Kevin Patterson, David Montalvo, Jessica Hottman, Dawn Lewis, Sophia LaVonne, Zara Roche, Barbara Lloyd, Christy Vogel, David Domenick
Cinematographer: Ashton Harrewyn
Editor: Andy Comeau

Awards: Best Vermont Short at the Vermont Film and Folklore Festival; Best Producer at the Green Mountain International Film Festival

Instagram: andycomeau7

Andy Comeau has been a professional actor for over 30 years.  He began his career as a photo double for Tom Hanks in Apollo 13 and soon after booked the lead opposite Joe Pesci in 8 Heads In A Duffle Bag for Orion Pictures.   What followed was many years of tv pilots, holding deals, guest spots, getting fired, blazing comebacks, working with a wild panther, agencies huge and tiny, independent films and a 19 piece New Orleans orchestra and cabaret show, Vaud and the Villains, he started with his wife, Dawn Lewis.  He resides in Vermont and continues to make films and music there.

WIZDOM is a neon-lit colony where daylight is scarce and humans live with bionic implants. Eos, a professional thief, is saved by a strange character, Carbon, who has a higher purpose for Eos and their younger sibling Vayle.

Director: Layne Marie Williams
Producer: Ashton Giaume, Grace Hahn, Aimy Tien
Writer:  Ashton Giaume, Zack Sievers            
Cast: Ashton Swinford, Simone Brazzini, Elizabeth Laidlaw
Cinematographer: Dan Franz
Editor: Mike Berg

Awards: Winner Silver Telly Award for Best Sci-fi, Winner Best Sci-Fi at Independent Shorts Awards

Website: www.ProjectWizdom.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Wizdom_film

When the machines of a Robotics Manufacturing plant turn on their workers - their only hope is a discarded prototype built by an amateur.

Director: Chris Browne
Producer: Kiana Aletaha
Writer: Chris Browne / Tim Hedrick
Cast: Kiana Aletaha, James Zickmantel
Cinematographer: Chris Browne
Editor: Chris Browne

Awards: Leo Award Winner Best Visual Effects, LA Film Invasion Best Sci Fi, 

Instagram: pseudopod7

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.browne.5623?mibextid=ZbWKwL

Music Video
Los Angeles Premiere

The Awakening is a psychedelic sci-fi music video inspired by a profound ayahuasca journey. Blending original music, contemporary dance, and otherworldly imagery, it unfolds as a cosmic fever dream, evoking interdimensional travel through elevated states of consciousness to explore themes of identity, authenticity, and radical transformation, guided by what shamans call the Divine Feminine, a nurturing energy beyond labels, guiding through portals where the ego is forced to die and reinvent itself.

Created on a micro budget through an intuitive process of weaving non-AI found footage with original music, The Awakening embodies August Falcon’s pursuit of visionary storytelling where music, cinema, and performance collide to create immersive worlds. It is the second release under his new artist name, a symbolic act of creative and spiritual rebirth after years of working as Justin Chase. His debut music video Embers has already earned recognition on the festival circuit with multiple Best Music Video honors, establishing the foundation for an upcoming album to be released as singles, each with their own unique music video, beginning October 2025.

Director: August Falcon
Producer: August Falcon
Writer: August Falcon
Editor: August Falcon

Website: www.augustfalcon.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/augustfalcon
Facebook: https://facebook.com/augustfalcon