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C0NTACT film, reactions FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival
C0NTACT, 6min., Hungary
Directed by Peter Szalkai
A lonely researcher who lives only for her work tries to reconstruct human emotions in a machine. The outcome of the experiment brings change not only to the subject of the experiment. Can the machine succeed because, in our loneliness, perhaps de... -
BLACK BOX film, reactions FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival
BLACK BOX, 4min., USA
Directed by Alana Mango
An astronaut encounters an unexpected emergency while on a routine mission, and finds himself jettisoned into space. Isolated, afraid, and losing oxygen, an emotional revelation may provide the will he needs to survive. Black Box is a story of victory... -
THE FIRST ETERNAL film, reactions FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival
THE FIRST ETERNAL, 28min., France
Directed by Stéphane Bouquet
A genius female biologist suffering from a rare disease makes the greatest discovery in human history at the same time as she meets the encounter of her life. -
FIRST TIME MACHINE film, reactions FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival
FIRST TIME MACHINE, 17min., USA
Directed by Jay Woelfel
African American scientist, Dr. Grainger gathers his closest friends to show them his new invention: the world’s first time machine. However, one of his friends has hidden and dangerous intentions for traveling back in time. An adaptation of... -
NOTHING HAPPENED IN 2058 film, reactions FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival
Nothing happened in 2058, 29min., France
Directed by Charles Ritter
2058. France is part of the Greater Reich, winner of the Second World War. All the world's documents have been digitized by GAMOK, which has become the sole reference in History. -
THE QURAN film, reactions CHICAGO Feedback Festival
THE QURAN, 100min., USA
Directed by Masood Ali
A Chicago‑based family, once agnostic, embarks on a transformative journey to uncover the true meaning and timeless values of the Quran. Their quest inspires them to bring this exploration to the screen, resulting in a heartfelt film that celebrates ... -
DESERT REFORESTATION: Rivals and the Dropped Camera film, reactions CHICAGO Fest
Desert Reforestation: Rivals and the Dropped Camera, 5min., Czechia
Directed by Stanislav Skricka
The film captures real, unplanned moments in which divided communities — rivals in politics, work, and sport — come together in a desert reforestation project. In a place where conflict might be expe... -
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT film, reactions CHICAGO Feedback Festival
Take It Or Leave It, 3min., USA
Directed by Alex Chacon
This music video speaks to the all-too-common matter of people dealing with rejection simply because they have decided to be true to themselves, to be authentic and be who they are. It is a project designed to bring hope, energy and resilien... -
BURNOUTS film, reactions CHICAGO Feedback Festival
BURNOUTS, 28min., USA
Directed by Jeff Poindexter
2 directionless losers in their late 20's that have never mentally left 2005, decide to take control of their lives for the first time, resulting in one disaster after another.
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UNBECOMING feature film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival
Unbecoming, 87min. Canada
Directed by Patrick Moreau
Bridging neuroscience, lived experience, philosophical inquiry, and ancient contemplative traditions, the film examines what happens when the structures that define identity begin to dissolve. Featuring perspectives from leading researchers and... -
VANISHING: A LOVE STORY feature film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival
VANISHING: A LOVE STORY, 107min., USA
Directed by Sandra Luckow
Vanishing: A Love Story is a documentary about award-winning novelist Cai Emmons and her loving, open-hearted journey towards death. In 2021, at the age of 70, Cai was diagnosed with ALS. Taking place in 2022, during the last six-mon... -
BECOMING A WOMAN feature film, reactions FEMALE Film Festival
Umemulo ka Lerato - Becoming a Woman, 90min., South Africa
Directed by LERATO SNAKE MOKOENA MOTAUNG, FRANCOIS J. ODENDAAL
In "Umemulo ka Lerato - Becoming a Woman", Lerato, a young woman from a township in Johannesburg reflects on her coming of age in modern South Africa. Umemulo is a rite of pas... -
EXPIRATION DATE film, reactions FEMALE Feedback Festival (interview)
EXPIRATION DATE, 8min., USA
Directed by Deidre Belle
In a near-future society, a government emergency broadcast reveals every citizen’s expiration date—the exact day they will die. With no explanation and no appeals, ordinary people are forced to confront love, power, faith, and purpose as time b... -
LE DEUIL film, reactions FEMALE Feedback Festival
LE DEUIL, 3min., Canada
Directed by Delphine Véronneau
''Le deuil'' means ''mourning''. Video entirely filmed with an iPhone. Enter a world of art craft filming through an aquarium with drops of food colouring in it.
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THIS LITTLE PIGGY GOES TO THE MARKET film, reactions FEMALE Feedback Festival
This Little Piggy Goes to Market, 14min., USA
Directed by Katherine Connor Duff
A livestream turns into a trap when an OnlyFans foot model is pushed past her limits by her demanding subscribers.
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LIFE IS (A) SHORT film, reactions FEMALE Feedback Festival
Life is (a) Short, 14min., USA
Directed by Brooke Dooley
On the ten-year anniversary of her dad's death, Frankie reflects on the absurdity of content creation. She would rather end her life than make a short film about death. But is she serious? A twisted look at why we make art through the lens ... -
THE WINDKEEPER film, reactions FEMALE Feedback Festival
THE WINDKEEPER, 3min., USA
Directed by Julia C Liu
A young woman wakes up to find an auspicious wind has brought another version of herself. -
STASIS SOCIETY film, reactions FEMALE Feedback Festival
STASIS SOCIETY, 21min., UK
Directed by Holly Hallsworth, Erin Daisy
‘Stasis Society’ is an interpretive drama, following the experience of both troubled, and quaint individuals of Today’s human collective.
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LUNA DE SANGRE film, reactions FEMALE Feedback Festival
LUNA DE SANGRE, 6min., USA
Directed by Lorenzo Patanè, Alessandra Rucco
When elite spy Luna’s forbidden romance is discovered, the Agency murders her lover and orders her execution. Captured by Mercurio her mentor and handler, she witnesses his final sacrifice. Reborn in blood and grief, Luna cho... -
I GREW ROOTS IN YOUR HOME film, reactions FEMALE Feedback Festival
I Grew Roots in Your Home, 61min., Spain/UK
Directed by Adriana Páramo
After eleven years away, Adriana returns to her hometown following her aunt’s death. While living in her aunt’s home she realises she wants to be a mother on her own, and begins filming her journey toward motherhood.
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ANJA'S LONGING film, reactions FEMALE Feedback Festival (interview)
ANJA'S LONGING, 33min., Taiwan
Directed by Elen Ji
“If I could live my whole life on my own will, what would it be like?” Anja, a 22-year-old biracial film school undergraduate, imagines her ideal life from birth to death. The perfection of her fantasy starkly contrasts with the incompleteness of... -
STORIES FROM THE STREET film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival
STORIES FROM THE STREET, 30min., Canada
Directed by Andrea Ramolo
Filmed over the duration of a year, this documentary gives voice to a handful of currently or previously homeless Torontonians surviving the harsh realities of unaffordable housing. Within a tapestry of shared stories and experienc... -
BACK TO NORMAL: A Cancer Survivor Documentary film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Fest
Back To Normal: A Cancer Survivor Documentary, 20min., USA
Directed by Senon Davis
The funny thing about surviving cancer is that it's not really that fun. Yes, you get a second chance at life, and that's amazing. You're celebrated. You're congratulated. But once all of that goes away, you realiz... -
HISTORY OF THE GRAND STRAND film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival
History of the Grand Strand, 11min., USA
Directed by Keenan Dunham
History of the Grand Strand, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, from the 1950's to today