By Vandy Beth Glenn and Mike Paglia | September 1, 2004 | 1:54 pm | Posted in '04 Features, 2004

The first six entries in 2004’s Independent Short Film Festival screened Friday in the Hyatt’s Learning Center to a nearly full house:

First up was “Repossessed,” directed by John Coven and starring JoBeth Williams and former Buffy the Vampire Slayer villainess, Juliet Landau. In homage to many old ghost stories, a real estate agent (Williams) shows a young woman (Landau) a house, rumored to be haunted, offered at a suspiciously low price.

Results of the Dragon*Con Independent Short Film Festival were announced in the Hyatt Regency V Ballroom at 4:30pm Saturday by Bob Coughlin, following a six-hour screening of many of the films.

This year’s selections ran the gamut of production values (low-fidelity video to 16mm color film) and subject matter (documentary to animated …