IN THE BACKGROUND, 4min,. USA
Directed by Daniel Gold
This film glimpses the subconscious archetypes surrounding the ideas of consciousness, duality, and reincarnation.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?
- I wanted to make this film for many years and it just c...

MOONLIGHT, 7min,. USA
Directed by Zichen Chang

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KARUPPU VELLAI, 5min., USA
Directed by Ram Prasadh Parthasarathy
Two former lovers walk down a path of memories and regrets. In the start it was all so perfect and easy. In a world of cold, lost souls they had found each other. Life though, had other plans. With contempt and boredom settling in t...

BEST DAY, 2min., USA
Directed by Woody Yocum
An early morning bicycle ride becomes a magical celebration of Today.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?

I have been enjoying mixing traditional stop frame animation with othe...

CHATMrE, 4min,. Hong Kong
Directed by Kin Shing Kwok, Ka Lee Cheuk
A young musician carried his guitar travel around the city every day, bringing warm music to this melancholy place. The AI is watching this talented young man.

CLARITY, 6min., Germany
Directed by Marcus Patrick Witte, Nupelda Ciftci
Clarity is a short film that combines the art of dance with the exploration of personal growth and the complexity of relationships. In a one-take performance, we follow the journey of a young woman as she delves into her pas...

LOVE & SECRETS, 27min., USA
Directed by Marty Jean-Louis, Cameron Arnett
Trading fast-paced city living for life on a ranch, Lisa, a twenty-something overachiever rekindles her romance with music and songwriting while working for widowed rancher Miss Faye who is struggling through a recent health...

THE RIVER WITHIN, 9min., USA
Directed by Daphne Fernberger
This film poetically reveals and embraces that life is beautiful, precious and fleeting....

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THE SILHOUETTE, 14min,. Malta
Directed by Oldrich Werner
Mila is just your average college student, studying abroad for the semester in a beautiful new country. But little does she know, her trip is about to take a terrifying turn. Haunted by a traumatic experience from her past, Mila struggles t...

BAD BLOOD, 8min,. China
Directed by Tu-Tungchou Tu
The man lost his job again and tried to pretend nothing happened. While cooking, he cut his hand accidentally. It was a small wound. However, the wound started deteriorating in a supernatural way on the way home with his wife.Subsequently, the wo...

MONSTR, 6min., Canada
Directed by Tank Standing Buffalo
How do you go on living when everything is taken from you in the blink of an eye? A young artist confronts his inner demons while apprenticing with a northwest totem carver after the death of his beloved.

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THE ILL-FATED, 20min., Canada
Directed by Daniel Rodriguez
A tragic event in a young girl's past, sets in motion the wheels of her inevitable fate / Un événement tragique dans la vie d'une jeune femme, la dirigeant vers son destin inévitable.

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THE DAM, 7min., Australia
Directed by Andrew Sully
Flo likes Jesse, the boy at the neighbouring farm. Jesse is intrigued by Flo but is unprepared for the places where she wants to lead him. Down at the dam first love turns into a last rite.

YOU'RE EARLY, 5min., Germany
Directed by Felix Wollner
Returning home late at night after class, a woman finds her partner at the mercy of a desperate burglar.

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MISTER BACKLASH, 13min., USA
Directed by Eavvon Styles O'Neal
An 11 year old called "Maan", has just lost a friend and role model to police violence. New to the block, Steve attempts to pressure Maan into friendship, which awakens a curse on the neighborhood.

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MIND LEECH, 60min., Canada
Directed by Chris Cheeseman, Paul Krysinski
A very persuasive Leech is wreaking havoc in rural Provinstate, 1998. On a mission to expand its horizons, our influential invertebrate enlists the help of the local townsfolk. The Police are soon on the tail of our pesky para...

BRINK, 27min., Canada
Directed by David VanDyke
Out of work and desperate for money, a struggling family man plots an elaborate scheme to secure a cash grab that would exceed his drug-fueled ambitions.

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EXPENSES, 10min,. USA
Directed by Gary Feldman
Hitman on a budget.

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1. What motivated you to make this film? Tony and I wanted to make a short film, and had a long pitch session over dinner. We settled on this idea, as it was different, fun and had a lot of relevancy...

TERRA SANCTA, 21min., Switzerland
Directed by Andreas Heinrich
The young soldier TIM lost his right hand during a grenade attack in the war and is on a short convalescence journey home with his parents. He should get a new high-tech hand to go to war again. Because now every man who is still on h...

B&E, 12min., Canada
Directed by Jamie Robertson
When his ex-con brother, Chris, enlists his help on a break-in, Duncan Fitzpatrick doesn't know what to do. He'd agreed to run away with his brother, but only under the belief that he had turned over a new leaf. Now stuck, waiting in the car for his...

MIRTILLO - numerus I, 15min., Italy
Directed by Desiderio Sanzi
1346. The Black Death has arrived in Europe. Andruccio is fleeing his village Coccorone (Italy) in search of salvation. Among the woods and paths he meets a rather singular character who will accompany him to Triora, the 'village of ...

DON'T WAIT UP FOR ME, 18min., USA
Directed by Alain Alfaro
A lonely and troubled writer jeopardizes his own life when he hires a hitman on himself.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?
A passion for filmmaking and a need to tell a personal story through a genre ...

¡Quédate en casa!, 33min., Mexico
Directed by Dominique Caron
As the world battles with an evolving global pandemic, a bohemian paradise coastal town is put into lockdown. Alvaro, a local resident panicked by the virus threat, volunteers as a vigilante to fend off any possible transgressions to t...

SANCTUARY, 20min., USA,
Directed by Eric J. Carlson
His Jewish grandfather was a farmer in Germany during WWII. When the Nazi's would come looking for him, he would lay on the ground and the sheep would gather around him, hiding and saving his life more than once. Today on a farm in Lakewood, NJ,...