PRIMORDIAL, 4min., USA, Dance
Directed by Madison VanDerLinde
A movement based film depicting the love story between Life and Death. Unable to be together, Life and Death send each other gifts, humans, to express their love for one another. An explanation for existence on Earth.

Director Stateme...

BE STILL, 5min., USA, Dance
Directed by Nicole Manoochehri
An improvised dance film in collaboration with dancer Mélissa Guérin-Torres, Paris-based composer Arnaud Drieu and award-winning cinematographer Steven Fadellin.

https://www.nicolemanoo.com/
https://www.instagram.com/nicolemanoo/

Direc...

PICTORIAL WAY, 3min., France, Dance
Directed by Laura Bonnefous
To give life by color, to make live the bodies and their emotions is the stake of this poetic and dreamlike film.

http://www.laurabonnefous.com/
https://www.instagram.com/laurabonnefous

REMAIN, 3min., New Zealand, Dance
Directed by Kit Reilly
"Remain" explores themes of solitude and subtlety within the naked body. It exists in an abandoned space where small shifts in movement create tides of energy that swell and reignite a sense of hope. This project was self filmed during a Co...

a place we go, together, 12min., UK, Dance
Directed by Danielle Jones, Jaka Škapin
Bringing visibility to the artistry of dancers with Parkinson’s through an intimate and jubilant look at life, the body, and the domestic space.

https://www.explorationsincollectivity.com/
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REVERIE, 9min., USA, Dance
Directed by Brian Bowers
The past can be an unreliable narrator, and the future is simply a shifting reflection of where we are right now. Driven by choreographed movement, original music and sound, REVERIE is an experimental visual narrative that seeks to question and ...

ON GUARD: A Story of American Youth., 92min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Randal Allen Otto
On Guard is a coming of age story as told through the eyes of five teenage women of color growing up in an era unlike any other.
Set in the border city of El Paso, TX - a region thrust into the forefront ...

BLACK KNIGHT SATELLITE, 88min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Melissa Tittl
Award Winning executive producer and director Melissa Tittl follows Best-selling author and entrepreneur, Billy Carson as he uncovers the truth coming from an unknown signal. Carson has spent most of his life studying the ...

PSYCHOZ, 12min, France, Sci-Fi
Directed by Diego PERROTTE, Alexis PERROTTE
A young man in his twenties finds himself trapped in his own psychosis when he patiently waits for his turn in the waiting room of a medical office.

MOSAIC, 8min., USA, Fantasy
Directed by Keit Qi Chen
Frank, a tile and mosaic specialist receives a mysterious videotape that turns his life into pieces.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22023224/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1

STILL UP THERE, 4min. Ireland, Animation
Directed by Joe Loftus
A mortally wounded Astronaut awakens in the upper atmosphere after a catastrophic event. He struggles to remember how he got there and latches himself on to the only familiar thing to him, his own severed arm.

https://joeloftus.art...

THE NEVER ENDING NOW, 3min,. France, Experimental
Directed by Damien Krisl
The Never Ending Now, edited in a loop and portraying its subject in a never ending circle, is a reminder to grasp the instant. Rather than to look up at what will only leave you wanting more.
And more, and more, and more....

EDEN, 13min., France, Sci-Fi
Directed by Olivier PERRIER
Antoine is moving with his mother and little brother in a modern tower with green walls and a sustainable, self-sufficient architecture. In great psychological distress, he feels like a stranger to this new environment.

https://www.faceboo...

THE DARK ROOM., 12min., USA, Fantasy
Directed by Heesoo Choi
In a photo lab where you can develop memories instead of pictures, the owner and his daughter welcome the customers until something unexpected happens.

THE PERSIMMON TREE, 15min., Iran, Crime/Drama
Directed by Hosseyn Saee Manesh
For many years , an old man and woman have been under the impression that the fruits of the persimmon tree in the front yard of their house were bitter. Within all those years , they have thrown the fruits away without ...

STILLS, 30min., USA, Crime/Mystery
Directed by Kyle Marra
When a nine-year-old girl goes missing, the case rests on the shoulders of Detective Monroe. Can she unravel the mystery before it's too late, or will she find herself caught in her failure, forever?

http://rootandbranchfilms.com/films/st...

THE FIRST, 14min., USA, Crime/Thriller
Directed by Emily McDougall
When her teenage sister starts showing interest in a much older, more dangerous man, Rowan must decide between getting involved, or keeping her sisters secret.

https://www.cwuladiesoffilm.com/
https://www.instagram.com/the_first_...

A HAIRCUT, 15min,. China, Drama
Directed by Anran Zhao
High school student Xiao Ruan likes her long and black hair; after she learned that the new school has a rule that girls must keep short hair; she decided to use the wig to disguise herself. Jiang Yu, the monitor who has been protecting herse...

THE SEQUENCE, 7min., UK, Drama/Thriller
Directed by Daniel Mars
A war refugee is intercepted by the MI-5 to testify against the very same Warlord he is hunting for the murder of his family.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

A great many reasons. For one, I a...

MONEY TALKS: THE LIMITS OF FINANCIAL INFLUENCE IN POLITICS, 10min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Thomas Chen Hui Gilchrist
The history and importance of governmental regulation of money in United States politics.

Director Statement
"Money Talks: The 'Limits' of Financial Influence in Politics" i...

LILI, 15min., Puerto Rico, Drama/Thriller
Directed by Brian Rios
A father and daughter must cross the border in order to find a better life, but the daughter cannot speak.

Director Statement
This is my first short film. Being a Latino and a father the subject matter is close to my heart. I hope ...

SPHERES, 5min., France
Directed by Anais Scheeck
An epic travels into a universe of geometric abstraction. From the gravitations of childhood to the ascents and abysses of adolescence, from the colors of the city to the mirages born from the meeting of the other, the movement will be the only tan...

THE DENDROVERSE, 4min., Mumbai, Experimental
Directed by Deep Malhotra
Fear of heights, cockroaches or dark. Fear can differ; some fears are minor, while others can be big. And when you overcome them, you feel more substantial than you were as you understand they were only panic inside your head ...

ERROR, 4min., Iran, Fantasy
Directed by Ehsan Eslami
A teenage boy finds out that he can turn back time with a magic word.
He is elated and starts having fun with the magic word. Suddenly, it comes to his mind to test and see if he can survive from jumping off a tall building and prevent his deat...