The Second Coming (2025): A young couple is trying to navigate the normal stressors of life. They are looking to cement their future, but that future gets derailed when a divine entity descends. This isn’t your standard angel-on-the-shoulder visit. This entity is cold, intrusive, and treats the couple’slife like a lab experiment. As the entity begins to systematically sabotage their bond, the film shifts from a relationship drama into something far more hallucinogenic. It’s not just about losing your partner; it’s about losing your sanity to a power that doesn’t care about human concepts like love or fidelity. Director Micha Straub has an interesting subject here and turns in a great short.

Nebuchadnezzar (2025): Directed by Samuel Ogunremi Synopsis Tyranny always wears designer. Following a shocking on-air disturbance, a curious Stage Manager begins to suspect that something is deeply off about the talk show she works for, and its eccentric host.

Hazelbeth (2025): Directed by Graham Hastings Synopsis Perfection Will Break You An obsessive conductor prepares for his next concert as the power of a mysterious baton slowly unravels his fate.

Selfless (2025): Directed by Will Anderson Synopsis After regaining control of his mental health, Damien is eager to reconnect with Liana, his girlfriend of three years, minus a two-month break. But just as he’s ready to make his triumphant return, something stops him. Something not quite human.

Tick (2026): Directed by Sam Permar Synopsis Quench your thirst. A couple tries to conceive a child on Martha’s Vineyard, but their idyllic vacation unravels when strange rashes begin to appear on their bodies.

Goldie (2026): Directed by Elise Frances Garner Synopsis A washed-up clown in a 1930s circus fights to reclaim her spotlight—by any means necessary. Goldie is a dark, dazzling circus thriller about female ambition, identity, and performance.

Caged (2026): Directed by Ben Caplan Synopsis After she’s abducted on her way home from work, a single mother wakes up locked in a cage and discovers her only chance at escape lies in gaining the trust of her captor’s young daughter.

The Painter (2025): Directed by Birdie Gilreath Synopsis After the untimely death of her mother, Casey Miller inherits a painting from her mom. Casey becomes increasingly distressed as she begins to notice subtle changes appearing in the painting while a sinister presence closes in on her.

Raccoon Soup (2025): Directed by Janie Gentry Synopsis A recipe for disaster In 1973, a young waitress battles crazy customers, a feral raccoon, and her sexist boss to earn a sponsorship to the state knife-throwing competition

You can watch this either in-person or virtually at the Chattanooga Film Festival. For more info, visit the official site.