PRESCHOOL TO PRISON, 13min., USA
Directed by Dr. Karen Baptiste
Countless children are educationally lynched in the United States with labels such as emotionally disturbed and intellectually disabled, resulting in children under the age of 8 to be shuffled from school to prison for minor infracti...

A FEMINIST LENS, 28min., USA
Directed by Pamela French
A Feminist Lens: The Art and Activism of Photographer Joan Roth is an intimate portrait of internationally acclaimed photographer Joan Roth. The film focuses on five decades of Roth’s pioneering use of her camera to advocate for homeless wome...

THE WHALE GUITAR: INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE, 10min., USA
Directed by Shawn Terault
Inspired by Herman Melville's epic tale, "Moby-Dick or The Whale", a late-blooming singer/songwriter and former toy designer, Jen Long, acts on a startling vision and commissions the design and build of a remarkable cus...

SIN REFUGIO, 17min., Mexico
Directed by Roberto Bosoms, Andrea Cordoba
When the Mexican government decides to open an agricultural water dam in Chihuahua to pay a water debt to the United States, local farmers battle the military to protect their harvest and livelihoods.

THE TRUE SUMMIT, 30min., USA
Directed by Corban Robbe
This 30-minute documentary follows 14 men and mountaineer Kevin DeVries on a trek to EVEREST BASE CAMP as he prepares to climb in the region after a cardiac arrest. More than a hike in the Himalayas, THE TRUE SUMMIT calls men to the inward jou...

I GOT CANCELED....AND I DID IT TO MYSELF, 31min., USA
Directed by Marley Jaxx
In the eye-opening documentary, "I Got Canceled...and I Did It to Myself," Marley Jaxx embarks on a daring seven-day journey to delve into the controversial world of cancel culture. Through a series of boundary-pushing...

SIR BU NU'AYR ISLAND - NATURE'S HAVEN, 51min., United Arab Emirates
Directed by John Martin
The documentary is about the island of Sir Bu Nu'ayr, one of the most important marine reserves in the United Arab Emirates. The four-episode series shed light on the geographical location of the island, i...

THE WORLD OF MAMA BUTTERFLY, 4min., China
Directed by Yuqian Cao
A minor ethnic group, Miao, in Guizhou, China, holds butterfly as their totem and applies the symbol in their embroidery.

https://www.instagram.com/yu.qi.an

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?...

LITTLE EMPTY BOXES, 99min., USA
Directed by Max Lugavere, Chris Newhard
Little Empty Boxes is a feature length documentary from filmmaker Max Lugavere, who chronicles the last several years of his mothers' life as she battles a mysterious form of Dementia. As Kathy's world begins to deteriorate a...

THE MAN IN THE RED BERET, 104min., USA
Directed by Derek Bridges
Chess Master Jude Acers has set up his "World Chess Table" on Decatur Street in the New Orleans French Quarter since 1981, where he continues to play all comers for $5 a game. This is his story.

http://judeacers.com/
https://insta...

DREAM SEQUENCE, 4min., USA
Directed by Glen Obear
Dream Sequence is a music video for the band De Stijl (Ehmed Nauman and René Bedolla) from Chicago, USA. An inventor creates an anti-gravity machine that feeds on his dreams. People and objects become weightless in different locations throughout C...

NUBBINWOOD, 10min,. USA
Directed by Tim Granberg
An unfortunate actor follows his dream of being in the movies.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

I wrote a screenplay for a feature-length animated movie a long time ago, and decided that I was going to go ...

THE MAGIC VIOLET RABBIT, 13min., Japan
Directed by Kotoko Nakamura
To escape from his dull life, a man wishes to become a wizard.
He wants to be a "real" wizard, not a "fake" one.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

This film's theme 'Magic' was given when I pa...

ANA MENDIETA IF, 4min., USA
Directed by Jaewook Lee
"Ana Mendieta if" (2023) is a 3D animation, riveting cinematic homage to the influential Cuban-American artist, Ana Mendieta. This film masterfully traces the trajectory of her pioneering work in performance art, especially her profound connecti...

TURN OF FATE, 4min., UK
Directed by Melissa Stanton
A young Ballerina visits a fortune teller. What has fate got in store for her?

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

I was making my first film, Ghostlight, during lockdown, and I just started having dreams abou...

MUSIKA, 5min., USA
Directed by Alberto Herrera
A delightfully harmonic tale of the origin of music

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

As a sickly child with panic attacks, I would have many episodes of fever induced dreams. As a five year old with a vivid imag...

DEPARTURE, 5min., Japan
Directed by Takayuki Yoshikawa
In a world where God has departed, leaving only religion behind, a lonely robot is left behind in a closed, deserted church.
She longs to leave and explore the world outside, but her abilities are limited due to her immaturity, narrow field o...

WHAT A MATCH, 5min., Sweden
Directed by Björn Granberg Ahlmark
In the tv show, What a Match, the old man and woman, seek to find an answer to their longing and hope for deep love! The blind date takes place in front of an enthusiastic live audience in this new successful show!

Get to know the fi...

ANTHROPICA, 40min., USA
Directed by Bala Jordas Boyd
Anthropica is a post apocalyptic thriller/coming of age story set years after an unexplained event changed the world as we know it. The film follows a son and his father as they hunt down one of the creatures that destroyed human civilization....

THE FAUN HEALWOOD, THE EDGE, 16min., France
Directed by Stephane Artus
During a walk in the forest, a young woman, Jane, meets a wounded stranger pursued by strange hunters. She asks her to help her reach a dolmen in order to bring a magical object. Jane is reluctant to accept the adventure for w...

METHOD OF HEALING, 7min., USA
Directed by Jordan Lee Douglas Sims
After his daughter's suicide, a mourning father goes to a new therapist. However, things are not as they appear.

https://www.amanwithfriends.com/methodofhealing

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this fil...

FRECKLE, 14min., USA
Directed by David Usher
On the eve of graduation, a college student is given an extraordinary gift by his parents, footage of his entire life.

http://freckleshortfilm.com/

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

MEANT TO BE YOUR MIFE, 11min., China
Directed by Cheng Ji
"Perfect wife" Sarah, receives a strange package, a mannequin, which establishes a subtle connection between them.