The story of scientist Vincent Forrester's biological computer prototype that could change the world but when a system virus infects his lab assistant, Abi, it could prove deadly. Facebook: shortfilmabi & crazylittlemonster & timothy.troy5 Twitter: clmmovies  Instagram: @clmmovies  Web: crazylittlemonsterproductions.com Email: chicagotimtroy@gmail.com

On the night that Belle’s Comet passes over Chicago, Z watches with her partner, hoping the cosmic event can fix what she’s never told anyone: she hasn’t slept in 10 years. Instagram: @wakemeupshortfilm Facebook: Wake Me Up: A Short Film Email: andersoncorie@gmail.com

Science fiction musical animated film as a scientist tries to discover the meaning of life. Music by The Clockwork Quartet. Julian Grant is a filmmaker, educator, and author of strange short stories plus full-length novels/ non-fiction texts and comics. A tenured Associate Professor at Columbia College Chicago, his work has been published by Avalon Literary Review, Crepe & Penn, Clever Magazine, Peeking Cat Literary Journal, Danse Macabre, Fiction on the Web, CafeLit, Horla, Bond Street Review, Free Bundle & The Adelaide Literary Magazine. Instagram: @jgesq Email: jgrant@colum.edu

Rubicon Road is about a couple trying to connect on a weekend getaway at a unique rental home tailored just for them. They discover some strings attached they weren't anticipating. The film explores the complications of privacy and technology in our consumer-centric world. Instagram: @bwhoa & @strangeloopfilms Email: benwolan@gmail.com

A visual trance transports us to a futuristic triste, where traces of the known world manifest as a cryptic maze for those who still wander Earth. Presence of the Past is a film about losing and becoming, with a lingering question: can we ever forgive, or forget, what we've done to our planet? Director: Milton Guillén Producer: Julia Sagaser Actors: Ava Langford, Matthew Morrison Cinematographer: Nicolas Abaunza Editors: Milton Guillén, Julia Sagaser Original Score: reskat.orion Sound Design: Phillip Gaissert Instagram: @miloguillen Email: miltonguillen7@gmail.com

A film imagining the year 2084, in which a government worker chooses to go without his mandated phone. This begins to open his eyes, as he learns the consequences of speaking out against the surveillance state he is living in. Director: Matthew Brdlik Instagram: @mbrdlik Website: www.matthewbrdlik.com