THE LAST ASHLYN, 9min,. USA
Directed by AJ Moss
A young girl in an ancient, fantasy world attempts to stop her mother and father, the last of her family, from dueling to the death over honor and spite.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?

For a decade I have slo...

TALES OF TUNIVAR, 12min,. USA
Directed by Emily Dunlop, Audrey Milum
A thief and a mercenary get more than they bargained for when they try to steal from a sorceress and instead show her the magic of friendship...or at least speechcraft.

http://emilydunlop.com/tales-of-tunivar

MÅNGATA, 16min., Germany
Directed by Maja Costa
Little Alya and her father are crossing the Mediterranean Sea on a boat that takes them from Africa to Europe in search of a safe place to call home. Tragically, the boat sinks. Thanks to Mångata—“the road to the moon”—the rescuers spot little Alya,...

NEMORISE, 6min., Spain
Directed by Vladi Haivoronski
A scientist tries to put his consciousness into the AI drone.

http://haivoronski.co/
https://twitter.com/haivoronski
https://www.instagram.com/haivoronskis/

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1. What motivated you to make this film?

Having some...

THE LAST TIME MARTIANS CAME HOME, 19min, Australia
Directed by George Tsounis, Jason Da Silva
Set at the turn of an era in 1961; Jack and Donna occupy a rural farm in America, are expecting their first child but their relationship is strained by Jack's abusive and controlling behavior. One night,...

COZEY - Music Video, 5min,. USA
Directed by Mitchell Abraham, Zachary Ostapchenko
Experience the exhilarating journey of an astronaut, propelled far from home by his obsession to unearth mysterious gems strewn across the galaxy in this sci-fi epic, as he discovers the true cost of his pursuit.

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STIGMA, 8min., Canada
Directed by Reilly Michael Saso
Confronted with a devastating diagnosis, stigmatized and shrouded in despair, a young man desperately grapples with the dark specter of mortality and societal rejection in his tender teenage years. Thirty years on, he reflects on his extraordi...

FURY HAS AN ANTHEM, 7min., USA
Directed by James Newman
A musically fueled martial-artist has to fight off toxic masculinity while searching for new love.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?
I always wanted to do a fight scene with Tom Sawyer and the why and how...

REUNITED, 12min,. Canada
Directed by Marie Queenan
Two exes reconnect over an evening. One wants to get back together, but the other has a secret that could separate them forever.

https://www.instagram.com/reunitedshort/

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MOTHERLAND, 19min., USA
Directed by Lijie Xie
When a Chinese mother visits her son in Manhattan to celebrate news of his engagement, she's taken aback to discover that her son is actually planning to marry another man. As she watches the couple prepare to come out to her, she must grapple with he...

MIA'S MISSION, 11min,. USA
Directed by Jireh Deng
Mia Yamamoto has seen it all. She was born in an incarceration camp during World War II. At age 60 she came out as transgender after a 20-year career as a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles. At age 78, Mia shows no signs of slowing down. We ...

ONCE AND AGAIN, 5min., USA
Directed by Jessica Q Moore
Tasha, a woman in her mid 40’s, trudges through the end of
her day until she sees an old flame on the train platform. The
lovers reminisce and rekindle feelings towards each other only
to realize that circumstance continues to keep them apart...

SUNDAY'S CHILD, 14min., UK
Directed by Vanessa Nicholson
A female martial artist who supports herself through sex work comes face to face with a violent challenge on the way to an underground fight. Upon arriving home and confiding in the one person she trusts, her girlfriend Reanne, Sunday is fa...

LET YOU GO, 11min,. Mexico
Directed by Dylan Edgardo Galicia León
Andrea, a girl who's in a lesbian relationship, begins to have visions of an old love that her heart has not overcome, the guilt she feels for her new relationship causes the memory of this past love to make her question her feelin...

THE INVISIBLE FOREST, 27min., Brazil
Directed by Andy Costa
In a time of advanced deforestation in the Amazon, we delve into the stories of struggle and resilience of individuals who view the forest as an inseparable part of their lives. These are people who shield the forest, confront the harass...

PLASTIC GOURMET, 3min., Germany
Directd by Pester Kuhtz
A mysterious seaman cooks plastic-polluted fish meals in a gloomy ship's kitchen in the middle of a storm on the ocean.

https://www.jupeter.com/plastic-gourmet
https://www.instagram.com/peterkuhtz/

REQUIEM FOR A RIVER, 58min., USA
Directed by Mary Patierno
Requiem for a River explores the New Mexico stretch of the Rio Grande — an iconic but endangered American waterway — in a time of climate change and calls for environmental justice. Through lyrical imagery and in-depth interviews with a d...

EXTINGUISH THE BURNERS AND LIGHT UP LIFE, 30min., Netherlands
Directed by Angel Hernandez
Pablo Fajardo, the renowned environmental lawyer who managed to bring down the North American transnational Chevron (formerly Texaco), shows us his world of commitment for the rights of an Amazonian populati...

CUSPID, 16min., USA
Directed by Rose Beth Johnson-Brown
In a near future Los Angeles enduring environmental collapse, a tight-knit family comes to terms with a difficult loss, all seen through the eyes of a nine-year-old girl.

https://www.instagram.com/cuspid_film/

TOKU WAIATA / MY SONG, 13min., New Zealand
Directed by Millie Gillard
Millie Gillard
Star is a bird of many names. K?rearea, k?iaia, the New Zealand falcon.
Aotearoa was once a nation of manu. Winged creatures reigned: bats, bugs and birds. Whilst flightless creatures crawled the land, the skies ...

TOOTH REGENERATION, 6min., Canada
Directed by Ken Yu, David Klitovchenko
Ken Yu, David Klitovchenko
Tooth decay is a problem that affects roughly over a third of the population. Although treatments like fillings and root canals can take care of this issue, sometimes the problem is so severe that ...

SILENT SKIES - THE FIRST ELECTRIC PLANE FLYOVER, 17min., USA
Directed by Matthew Troy, Casey Hogue
Silent Skies follows the groundbreaking journey of three Pennsylvania college students who orchestrated and piloted the first ever fully electric airplane stadium flyover. Stunning fans with a whisp...

HAUNTING TROPHIES, 2hr 26min., Hungary
Directed by László Illés
A young man hiking deep in the woods finds a female corpse manipulated in a bizarre manner. Shocked by the discovery, the man realizes that he is not alone on the scene. The murderer starts hunting him in order to protect his identit...

FOLLOWERS, 18min., Czech Republic
Directed by Michael Semerád
Someone late at night breaks into the luxurious house of an isolated influencer Lucy. The police won't arrive for another fifteen minutes, so she's forced to defend her home by herself. Suddenly, a romantic song starts playing from dow...