Heartbreak and a wounded ego drive Finn to quit men altogether despite his friends’ incessant badgering to move on and go out in this hip local short.

A bored astronaut has a wacky intergalactic adventure that includes a brief make-out session with a purple alien chick.

A woman tries out the Last Resort dating service and winds up on a hilarious string of dates with losers including a text-messaging-obsessed hipster, a French woman who tries to give her a stray cat and a professional dominatrix. Little does she know her ideal match was, the whole time, right in front of her.

Local singer/songwriter Aiden James is a star on the rise. Shot in South Philly, his first music video — the infectious break-up anthem “On the Run” — has a beat you can’t shake, and a tune you will be humming all night long.

In a depraved and seedy underpass, a ruby-lipped beauty is brutally strangled. Enter gutsy detective Charlie Forest (Cathy DeBuono, Out at the Wedding) who plays hardball with sexy vixen Veronica Anderson (Jessica Graham, 2 Minutes Later) to uncover the truth and ultimately solve the crime in this lurid Philadelphia film noir. We are delighted to unveil this long-awaited short by QFest programmer, Philadelphia local and debut director Kelly Burkhardt. *Note: Both Cathy DeBuono and Jessica Graham star in our hot new lesbian feature And Then Came Lola screening on Saturday, July 11.