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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
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REMEMBER TO WRITE ME film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival
Remember to Write Me, 13min., USA
Directed by Yannie Yiyang Gu
"Remember to Write Me" is a short film that traces the love story between my grandparents, who maintained their relationship through a decade-long separation from 1969 to 1979 caused by Cultural Revolution, a traumatic historical and ... -
MA MA AND ME film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival
Má Má & me, 12min., USA
Directed by Kristine Liang
This documentary follows a young filmmaker, Kristine, as she reunites with her family to weave together the story of her grandmother's life. Suffering from late-stage dementia, her paternal grandmother, "Má Má (嫲嫲),” can no longer conversate and ... -
A BRIDGE ACROSS film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival
A BRIDGE ACROSS, 22min., Canada
Directed by Tash Baycroft
A Bridge Across follows John MacIntyre, a construction manager whose life shifts after a tense encounter is unexpectedly defused by a simple moose hide pin. Drawn into the values behind The Moose Hide Campaign, he begins a personal journey... -
THE PROPHET film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival
THE PROPHET, 82min., USA
Directed by Melissa Francis
Mighty warrior devotes his life to protecting his nation from existential threat, only to find the real danger lurks within. -
HOE PHASE film, reactions COMEDY Festival
HOE PHASE, 4min., USA
Directed by Nicholas Dunn
A pregnant woman tracks down every hookup from the past month to ask a very important question.
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PICK ME UP - THE 2 MINUTE SHOW film, reactions COMEDY Festival
SEASON 2 EPISODE 7- "PART 3 -- PICK ME UP" - THE 2 MINUTE SHOW, 2min., Canada
Directed by Dik Lee
SEASON 2 - Episode 7 - "PART 3 PICK ME UP" -- "The 2 Minute Show" - Join Dik Lee as he fumbles his way through the show - joined by his best friend Patio (played by Pat Barba) - who picks Dik Lee up ... -
TWENTY-NINE BLOCKS film, reactions COMEDY Festival
TWENTY-NINE BLOCKS, 14min., USA
Directed by Carter E. Askhus
A quiet commuter just wants to keep to himself, and then a fast-talking stranger sits down and turns his evening into one of the weirdest, longest nights of his life. -
AN AFTERNOON IN KNIFE SELLING WITH PSYCHO SAMMY film, reactions COMEDY Festival
AN AFTERNOON IN KNIFE SELLING WITH PSYCHO SAMMY, 10min., Canada
Directed by George Yonemon
18-year-old Jesse shadows a professional at his new kitchen knife-selling summer job. -
TSHANGYANG A LOVE BEYOND DHARMA film, reactions COMEDY Festival
Tshangyang A Love Beyond Dharma, 17min., Bhutan
Directed by Jigme TG, Jigme Wangchuk
Tshangyang: A Love Beyond Dharma tells the story inspired by Tshangyang Gyatso, a soul chosen by faith but undone by love. Crowned before he could choose, he lived between sacred duty and a heart that longed to l...