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GLOBAL WARNING film, reactions DOC Festival
GLOBAL WARNING, 74min., Ireland
Directed by Garry Keane
An extraordinary journey across the planet showing how climate change is affecting our world, what it will really mean for us and what we can do about it. -
NAPALM GIRL film, reactions DOC Festival
NAPALM GIRL, 6min., Canada
Directed by Isabel Mainella
Mary reflects on her life as a female singer in a male dominated scene. -
PEACE WILDERNESS MAN film, reactions DOC Festival
Peace Wilderness Man, 35min., Australia
Directed by Tim Millard
An Australian war veterans journey from trauma to inner peace in Norways remote Arctic Circle. -
THE 3100 film, reactions DOC Festival
THE 3100, 49min., USA
Directed by Mark Fisher
The 3100™ is a cinematic exploration of Idaho’s 3,100 miles of navigable whitewater, the most found anywhere in the Lower 48. This film showcases the state’s most rugged and revered whitewater river systems while highlighting the power of experiencing... -
THE SEA film, reactions DOC Festival
THE SEA, 10min., Canada
Diercted by Son Roberts
This experimental short film is a "Jazz Monologue" presented by an elusive oracle. Through rage and reflection, incendiary prose and inspirational poetry, he reminds us of the legacy of lies that define our human journey. And he insists that we embr... -
BORN AN IMMIGRANT - THE DRESSMAKER film, reactions DOC Festival
Born an Immigrant - The Dressmaker, 22min., Canada
Directed by Jennifer Lee
As the eldest in her family, Lillian Shum quit school at the age of 12 to pick potatoes to support her mother and siblings after her father died. Despite being born in Victoria, Lillian, along with other Chinese Canadians... -
LINES OF DETERMINATION | The David Wagner Story short film, Chicago Festival
Lines of Determination | The David Wagner Story, 25min., USA
Directed by Alex de Montbel
David Wagner grew up as a natural athlete, always in motion, playing basketball, surfing, and chasing a dream of becoming a professional player. At 21, a day of surfing in Redondo Beach changed everything whe... -
HEY, YOU short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
Hey, You!, 9min., USA
Directed by NickyJoe Perez
A young woman in Chicago needs to make a decision through the course of a day in her life.
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FOREVER DAMNED short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
Forever Damned, 21min., USA
Directed by Julius Corbin
Two brothers born into slavery were given a choice of freedom but they had to pay the ultimate price... their own mortality. Now cursed as vampires, the brothers must fight for salvation and escape from the shadows.
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BLINK short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
BLINK, 16min., USA
Directed by Trude Namara
Liana is trapped in this psychological thriller, an extended metaphor for how friends/communities can be monsters, forcing one to stay in a toxic relationship. -
BEST KEPT SECRET short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
BEST KEPT SECRET, 12min., USA
Directed by Sarah Vansandt
Mattress shopping turns into a nightmare for a couple who find themselves trapped in a furniture store after hours, confronting the store’s dark secret. -
KRISIS short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
KRISIS, 11min., Italy
DIrected by Luca Mazzara
"Krisis" is a short movie that follows the emotional journey of a woman facing mental and physical illness and the isolation caused by painful events. Through the contact with nature, she transforms suffering into a new interpretation of life, discov... -
IMBROGLIO short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
Imbroglio, 15min., UK
Directed by Ian Sciacaluga
“Imbroglio” is set in a timeless and imaginary Italian world and is a loving nod to the arch Hollywood and European film noirs of the forties and fifties.
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A FAMILIAR CRIMINAL short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
A Familiar Criminal, 8min., USA
Directed by Claudia Parker
A Nepalese man is fleeing the shadow of a string of violent robberies that left a life tragically lost and several injured. -
JOY O' DANCE short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
Joy O' Dance, 20min., UK
Directed by Dawn Feather
Where ballet tradition meets Yorkshire spirit. Boys challenge expectations, choreography dazzles, and young performers take their final bow before a new chapter begins. -
CLOSURE film, reactions DANCE Festival
CLOSURE, 9min., USA
Directed by Dainique Jones
In this dance film, we watch a couple unravel into a cycle of control, distance, and longing. Through movement rather than words, the film explores the weight of regret—the ache of what cannot be undone, and the haunting persistence of love that has ... -
THE DUST OF THIS PLACE film, reactions DANCE Festival
The Dust of This Place, 20min., USA
Directed by Vanessa Van Wormer
Set in the high desert of California off of Historic Route 66, The Dust of this Place follows a couple lost in the limbo of a repeating moment in time, exploring absence, presence, and how a single difference in choice can affect ... -
MER - OF OCEANS AND BODIES film, reactions DANCE Festival
Mer - Of Oceans and Bodies, 2min., Canada
Directed by Katrina Piacek
Mer - Of Oceans and Bodies is a hydrofeminist experimental dance film that explores the interwoven experiences of femme bodies and oceans under extractivism. This work takes on an hydrofeminist perspective, exploring the interwo... -
EDGE film, reactions DANCE Festival
EDGE, 14min., Spain
Directed by Abel Moreno Pradas
Locked in, separated by a huge glass and deprived of speech, two people meet without knowing how they got there. Where are the limits that prevent us from acting in unjust situations? Are they physical or are they within us?
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JINSHAN: Seams of Gold film, reactions DANCE Festival
JINSHAN: Seams of Gold, 12min., USA
Directed by Megan Lowe
Set against a majestic outdoor rock wall, "JINSHAN: Seams of Gold" is a site-specific vertical dance film that reimagines gravity as a partner in storytelling. Harnessing the power of rock climbing technology, dancers are lifted into the ... -
THE POMEGRANATE THEORY film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL Festival
Directed by Eliza Goodwin
The Pomegranate Theory is a 10-minute short film in the genre of fantasy realism. The film takes place in a society where people wear animal masks to represent their inner selves. Muyal, a young woman who bears the mask of a rabbit, is beginning to lose herself by allowi... -
THE BEATS OF NOMADS film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL Festival
The Beats of Nomads, 3min., China
Directed by Jing JI, Guanzhen GAO
The Beats of Nomads is an experimental short film that explores spiritual drifting and identity uncertainty in a world, where belief systems have lost their cohesion. Rather than depicting nomadism as a form of geographic movemen... -
DEAF TO HAPPINESS film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL Festival
Deaf to Happiness, 70min., India
Directed by Dhruv Vyas
A writer is trapped in a world where time is broken, memories do not exist, and nothing feels real. His hand moves against his will, endlessly writing something unseen while his mind fights for meaning. Desperate, he begins writing a story, ... -
EPIPHANY OF LIMITS film, reactions MUSIC Festival
Epiphany of Limits, 4min., Japan
Directed by Fuyubi Kusamori
In golden shadows, a girl discovers that her limitations are not walls but gateways. Blending near-future science fiction with Akashic-inspired geometric visions, this AI-crafted film-music hybrid captures the burning moment when we acc...