IL PEDONE, 4min., Italy, Sci-Fi
Directed by Cristiana Pecci, Matteo Maggi
A story from the past, yet about a future
that feels frighteningly similar to ours,
where even a simple walk at night can become abnormal.
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The story of a Santa Barbara triathlete that was nearly killed in a horrific training accident, survived, healed, rehabilitated, trained, and ultimately made it back to competition, winning the 2019 Santa Barbara Triathlon.

IN PARADISE, 13min., Canada, Sci-Fi/Drama
Directed by Andres Garza Escobar
"While fleeing from an apocalyptic mist, Ana and Adam are forced to confront an eternal dilemma: to keep running or to cherish what’s left."

RULE 62: DEVON, 6min., USA, Dramedy
Directed by Monk Henshaw

Devon is struggling to stay sober. When her friend offerers her drugs the universe steps in.

THE TURTLES, 14min., UK, Romance
Directed by Maya Witters
When shy Emma meets the exuberant Jeanie, she feels things she's never experienced before. But there's the slight problem of her clingy boyfriend Jamie...

THE STORY OF LILY LEE CHEN, 18min,. USA, Documentary
Directed by Nox Yang
Retired politician Lily Lee Chen recalls her experiences of becoming the first Chinese American woman mayor and fighting against the anti-Asian/anti-immigrant sentiment in the 1980s.

LAVENDER BOY, 10min., USA, Period Piece
Directed by Donavan Edwards
A government official faces a tough decision after two FBI agents question him about his sexuality.

DANCE: THE ANVIL, 7min.., Sweden, Dance
Directed by Christoffer Sahlgren
The Coronavirus is a?ecting all of us.
The entire world trembles.
The planet is abundant with beauty.

MIA, 19min., Italy, Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Directed by Matteo Mascotto
A young girl, after a car accident during which she looses memory, lives locked in a room. Her father is trying to understand if she is able to find memories back, trough out a series of experiments. As soon as the daughter understand...

One hundred years before the internet, a self-declared tech guru started preaching the future to his flock of outsiders. Meet the most influential nerd you may never have heard of: Hugo Gernsback. Decades in advance he foresaw Skype, jetpacks, space mining and drones. But even though he would acc...

IDILA, 8min., Sweden, Dance
Directed by Erik Bergstrand, Milka Sakic Mennell
Alive through inner and outer movements, the film stays fluid between time and space where oxygen may not be enough. Choreographer Milka Sakic Mennell, Director and Photographer Erik Bergstrand and composer Martin Öhman...

A CLOCKWORK HEART, 14min., UK, Fantasy
Directed by David Lawson
A passionate innovator explores the complexities of human emotion as he refuses to accept that his daughter is all that she can be.

NO COMPROMISES, 11min., Switzerland, Drama
Directed by Hannah Dobbertin

1976: Two 18-year-old girls in a Swiss mountain village
are confronted with an unexpected blow of fate. They must learn that compromises in life are sometimes inevitable - and that sometimes, you must simply ignore them.

MILK, 5min., New Zealand, Drama
Directed by Celia Jaspers

When she sees an old man unable to pay for his milk, a young girl has a change of heart.

LAZARUS MOTEL, 11min., USA, Drama
Directed by Ben Wade

David Gleeson, a desperate man haunted by the death of his four year old son, commits suicide in a lonely motel room. It is only after ingesting the pills that David discovers his commitment to death is an opportunity for life reborn.

HYSTERICAL, 20min, Denmark, Drama
Directed by Stine Breum Fisker

A young, female film director struggles to balance her career and her private relations.

BY THE RIVER, 35min., Poland, Drama
Directed by Agata Korycka
Film “By the river” talks about the courage necessary to live a life in harmony with yourself. The main character, Kinga, falls in love with a woman, which is a challenge for her way of thinking about herself. As a policewoman, she wo...

EXODUS, 35min., Poland, Dance
Directed by Zbigniew Cierniak
Exodus - a phenomenon in which each participant of a multi-person journey undergoes individual challenges. This test reveals the deeply hidden secrets of the human personality thus forcing to make personal choices. Pulled into the vortex...

RED BEAN, 10min., China, Sci-Fi
Directed by Yu CHEN
An individual who is suffering from the obsessive-compulsive disorder and forced to migrate to outer space, he misses his mother and homeland. However, the only response to his calling his mother is an endless busy tone.

ERR, 4min,. France, Dance
Directed by Axel Cosnefroy (fish tank) & Antoine Poulet (Giant)
This film seeks to be both a performance recording, and a visual experiment.
We want to show the power and grace of the/her body, and in parallel the effort and pain.
Marion Gautier De Charnacé is a dancer a...

CODESWITCH, 2min., USA, Dance
Diirected by Tara Pixley
This piece reflects a day in the life of a black woman as she moves through Los Angeles environments from home, school, work and nightlife, codeswitching to fit in while she maintains her interior self (represented through dance)

CHOCOLATE'S LAND, 1min., Brazil, Animation
Directed by Bruna Michelin
Chocolate's Land is a experimental short film, a spec commercial, which uses foodporn images of chocolate and chocolate desserts as visual metaphors to illustrate some of the stereotypes used to define Brazil as a culture. Socc...

SOUNDING THE ALARM – AMERICA’S CLIMATE CRISIS, 18min., USA, Documentary

Directed by Peter Goetz

“It’s really hard being a fire family. Every day it’s getting worse.” -Brett, wife of Marin County Battalion Chief in California.

Every day, Americans who live close to the land and sea face the dan...

POWER FOR POLLINATORS, 19min., USA, Documentary

Directed by Mathew Schmid

“Power for Pollinators” explores how large land managers have a unique opportunity to turn tens of millions of acres into healthy pollinator habitat. In particular, power companies with right-of-way corridors and buffer z...