Multi-Screening: Welcome to Brightside Film Festival, Restless, The Hit, Apple, Within the Silence, Severance, Mission Ex-Lover, Hush, Identity Check, The First Responder, Orion 47, Day One, Summer Rain, Blackout

Hush

Jeremy, in love with his best friend's wife, Suzanna, struggles unable to fulfill his desire.

Identity Check

After two decades of controlling the world’s Virtual Reality market, MDI and its founder, Douglas McKinney, are in complete financial ruin. His toughest rival, multi-billionaire Blake Harper, founder of HarperSoft, is making a quick stop to buy what is left of MDI on his way to Tokyo for a five-day trade summit/mini-vacation. It has also been agreed that during their brief meeting, Harper will be buying one other thing: namely, McKinney’s entire identity as a human being.

Director Patrick Devaney

The First Responder

The film follows the story of Sam, a heroic EMT veteran beset by inner turmoil. Sam exhibits symptoms of PTSD as it starts to affect his household, employment and his mental state. Haunted by an incident involving a young child, Sam’s deepening depression manifests in his drinking, anti-social behavior, irritability with co-workers and the growing distance from his wife. Machismo prevents him from acting on his condition until a directive from his boss sends an unwilling Sam to a therapy session. Sam’s courage in finally facing his inner fears illustrates the possibility of a new and more positive future.

Director Rajan Gangahar

Orion 47

Director James Dowd

Day One

Distance makes the heart grow fonder

Director Ryan Cervasio

Summer Rain

An event, a memory, all it takes to change your world view. Summer, a girl filled with loneliness and doubts of her own person, will in moments of uncertainty attempt to relate to the new friends in her life who she may learn are not as charitable as they seem. Even with these obstacles in her path, summer may yet come out of this experience with memories that rid her of the gnawing from her past, all In hopes her suffocating heat is to be washed away by the summer rain.

Director Renzo Montoya

Blackout

During a historic hurricane, a group of strangers find sanctuary in the home of a kindly couple... But not everyone is what they appear...

Director Joey Mosca

Welcome to Brightside Film Festival

Welcome to Brightside Film Festival

Restless

An experimental poetic short with motivational voiceover exploring how to stay positive and focused on your personal goals.

Director Kamaria Williams

The Hit

Two hitmen arrive for the same job; only they may not have the same target.

Apple

Apple

Within the Silence

Within the Silence

Severance

When Freddy and Martin learn that the warehouse where they work is closing down, the news throws the two friends into a tailspin. While Martin goes through the motions the best he can, the more impulsive Freddy, feeling betrayed, lashes out. As the two discover new sides of themselves and the clock counts down to unemployment, they begin to wonder if their bond will survive… and what would happen if it breaks.

Director John Robert Hammerer

Mission Ex-Lover

Sadie is given a mission that is personal to her. She will have to handle the task of taking out someone she once had a connection with. From the death of a fellow agent and return of a terrorist organization, she has to deal with her ex-lover!