BACK TO OUR ROOTS, 11min, Panama, Documentary
Directed by Martin Cervino, Vernny Arguello
Set in the paradisiacal Cahuita, by the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, Back to our Roots invites you to discover how the Calypso, a musical rhythm with African roots, became the voice and symbol of protest ...

DEAR AMERICA, 7min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Mary Louis
Dear America digs deeper into the physiology of homeless African American's in America.

Director Statement
Dear America is a chilling reminder of the homeless crisis in America and my hope for this film is to not only bring awareness t...

PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE ADVERSITY, 19min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Jay C. Williams
Past, Present, Future Adversity “Arrival”, new director of San Jose State University track and field and cross country Charles Ryan arrives in San Jose State University, as the program's first African American d...

BEYOND THE ROPES, 38min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Jalen Robinson
BEYOND THE ROPES: The 40+ Double Dutch Club Documentary showcases how taking a “break from adulting” to jump double dutch, hula hoop and play old childhood games can be an exciting, affordable way to tone, burn calories and im...

NEVER GIVE UP: AKINORI IN MOORESVILLE, 13min, USA, Documentary
Directed by Royce Akifumi Wilmot
24 years since first attending a NASCAR race, Akinori Ogata chases his dream of one day racing in the Daytona 500. Moving his family halfway across the world in the process, he races locally in the low...

GURGLE: PULLING WATER, 57min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Richard Van Kleeck
A documentary featuring courage, teamwork, adventure, and life lessons explored through the lens of the sport of rowing. Featuring Tori Murden McClure, the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic; archeologist, aut...

UKRAINE WAR - THE EYES OF REFUGEES, 37min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Olivia M. Pfaff
Following the lives of the Ukrainian war refugees, from the Russian war on Ukraine. It features the lives of the refugee children and their response to war. Interviews with parents and other adults. filmed on...

CONVERSATIONS WITH MY SELF, 20min., Turkey, Documentary
Directed by Sabina Shanti Kariat
Karagöz puppetry is a traditional Turkish type of shadow puppetry that dates back to the Ottoman empire in regions which are now modern day Turkey and Syria. In this project, we contemporized the craft of kar...

INDESTRUCTIBLE, 29min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Jennifer D'Arcy Dial Santoro
If you loved Under the Banner of Heaven, then you'll love Indestructible.
It wasn't just the inoperable brain tumor and hydrocephalus that challenged young Emily Tucker. Her family's membership in a polygamous group...

CHINATOWN AUXILIARY, 26min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Zijun Cathy You
A group of Chinese grandpas and grandmas have been patrolling the streets of Manhattan Chinatown for several decades as NYPD volunteer police. They fought to find belonging in this unwelcoming foreign country. This NYPD uni...

CLIMATE DIARIES: HEATHER'S STORY, 8min., USA, Documentary
Directed Ali Scattergood, Berit Anderson
Go underwater with one of the only female geoduck divers in the Suquamish tribe as she explores the personal, spiritual and economic impacts of the climate emergency on the Salish Sea.

I'M THE VET, 23min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Cameron Babcock
An inside look at the reality of an ICU Veterinarian, Dr. Lindsay Eisenhour, as she battles the difficulties of pet healthcare while holding onto her passion for treating animals at Neel Veterinary Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK. We...

WE'RE NOT GOING BACK!, 79min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Pamela Torrance
Pro-choice documentary film to promote awareness of what's at stake before and now that Roe v Wade has been overturned.

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ON THE LINE: THE RICHARD WILLIAMS STORY, 93min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Stuart McClave
In this emotional reckoning featuring never-before-seen interviews and home videos from the 1980s through now, Richard Williams - the son of a cotton picker and the father and coach of tennis legends Venu...

"Solstice" is a film that moves from light to darkness, opposes water and fire. In this stage of life, our choices influence our destiny, but it is a path that all must walk.

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THE LAST PICTURE, 9min., Drama/Horror
Directed by Ally May
When two strangers come into her diner, a waitress suspects things are not as they appear and she learns to regret her inaction.

THE DEAD THAT LIVE, 9min., USA, Drama/Horror
Directed by Mark Oguschewitz
A lonely zombie must fight for his life during the zombie apocalypse.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

Writer/Producer Mario Mabe brought me the 7-page script and I immediately fell in...

PIT & PENDULUM, 27min., Canada, Drama/Horror
Directed by J. Aldric Gaudet
It is the terrorizing story of a person sentenced to death who becomes the plaything of their jailers. They are sent walking through a dark room in hopes they will fall into a pit. When that doesn’t happen they are tied dow...

HOUSE AFTER, 16min,. Canada, Drama/Historical
Directed by Dustin McGladrey
House After is an Indigenous story that takes place in the 1940s in the middle of the second world war in a cabin on the west coast of Canada. We follow a grieving widow and her child as they experience the duality of livi...

THE HAUNTING MEMORY, 9min., USA, Drama
Directed by Ziru Wang
Being haunted by the memory from the Vietnam war for 50 years, Harry Tabak was determined to return to where the battle began.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

I met Harry (the protagonist of this ...

I DON'T WANNA GO, 4min., USA, Drama
Directed by Max Vadset
A kid doesn't want to go to school because he's worried about the possibility of a school shooting.

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Director Statement
School shooti...

Abraxas of Emotions: Joy, Anger, Sorrow, and Excitement, 11min., South Korea, Expertimental
Directed by Dakyum Breanna Lee
The main character is an artist who is being interviewed about the mysterious creature that she witnessed when she was a little kid. While drawing a composite of the creature...

UNTIL DOWN, 73min., Spain, Ballet/Experimental
Directed by Horacio Alcala
Behind the scenes we are witnesses to Giselle’s misery: she sees her interior self broken and falling into a lonely and eternal dance that leads her to madness and death. She then descends to the underworld, leaving her sou...

MATCH DAY, 14min., USA, Family
Directed by Clay Randel
After watching her favorite team lose in dramatic fashion, a young soccer fan must navigate the stages of loss with the help of her recently divorced father.

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