MY ROCKSTAR, 13min,. USA
Directed by Stephanie Williams, Graham Nothrup
"My Rockstar" is a compelling and emotional short film that follows the journey of Amanda (aka “Eva” of the band Eva Under Fire”), a determined young Latina woman who dreams of becoming a rockstar while navigating the challen...

MY FIRST TIME - COMING OUT, 20min., Australia
Directed by Carolyn Cage
Made for queer people and their allies, 'My First Time' takes an unfiltered and heartfelt look at unforgettable first universal queer experiences from members from Australia’s LGBTQ+ community.

https://www.youtube.com/@WeAre...

LAST DANCE, 12min., Mexico
Directed by Fernando Garzafox
Dance like everyone is watching, Love like nobody is.
When Diego meets Raúl, he finds love within.

https://www.instagram.com/fergarzafox

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

The year 2023, when we filmed...

IN WAVES, 5min., UK
Directed by Shaohan Song
Ke the cinephile begins writing her first script in front of the computer, projecting her complex emotions towards her ex-girlfriend Blue onto the characters she is creating. The surrounding space starts to transform in tandem with her imagination...

THE TWO SPINSTERS, 9min., Italy
Directed by Ugo Lanzotti, Roberta Pia De Angelis
Two ladies have been living together for many years. One of them, Maria, has to face an old family hostility for having chosen to live love...

https://www.instagram.com/roberta_de_angelis

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THE CAPTIVE, 15min., Australia
Directed by Alexander Ku
Two men Simon and Dennis meet online for a real time hook-up. What happens blurs the lines between desire and manipulation, as events fold into a dangerous baiting struggle.

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

AVE MARIE, 13min,. New Zealand
Directed by Celestina Louisa Marie Sumby
Set in 1984 suburban Aotearoa New Zealand, Ave Marie is about adopted siblings Marie and Xavier who use dance as a way to escape the day-to-day reality of their mother’s religious rants and the neighbourhood bullies. While to...

TRANS PUNK, 32min., USA
Directed by Margaret Anne Plumb
A member of the trans community explores the hateful rhetoric and hyperbole surrounding the "transgender issue." This intimate conversation, featuring those spewing the hate and those most affected by it, will aim to thrash, bash, and smash,...

SCREAMS FROM THE TOWER, 2 hours, USA
Directed by Cory Wexler Grant
SCREAMS FROM THE TOWER is a gay, coming-of-age comedy that follows Julien Rosdahl, his best friend Cary, and their outcast friends through high school in the 1990’s. The only thing Julien dreams of is having a show on the high sch...

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IN HOT WATER, 25min,. USA
Directed by Christie Nicholls Nittrouer, Ed Ballart
IN HOT WATER is a sketch comedy short starring Christie Nicholls as an 85-year-old Jane Fonda hosting a talk show in a hot tub. The project has won “Best Sketch Comedy Film” (Culver City F...

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INTERNAL, 10min,. USA
Directed by Winter Tomisato
When a young woman’s ailing mother makes a personal request, she is forced to wrangle her fractured internal monologues that threaten to destroy both her identity and her relationship.

https://sneezusproductions.wi...

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PENSIONERS CHIPS - US PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, 5min,. Germany
Directed by Joachim Weber
Willy and Jimmy are old 1995s microprocessors retired for 20 years and grow old slowly. This is Willy and Jimmy, two personalized microprocessors. In a Park, sitting on a bench, t...

SURVIVING TO THRIVING, 106min., Australia
Directed by Karin Isabelle Ochsner
As a fearless explorer with a disability, surfer and surf coach Karin Ochsner immerses herself in the raw beauty of nature. Her remarkable healing journey unfolds in the face of adversity.

http://www.surfingtosurvive.c...

THE KATZ TAPES, 25min, USA
Directed by Adam Fischer
From 1980-2005, Larry Katz, a reporter for the Boston Herald, interviewed music's biggest stars and recorded their conversations onto cassette tapes.

https://filmfreeway.com/[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/JIMMYFISCHE
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GHOSTS MOVING FLOWERS AND PHYSICAL MEDIUMSHIP, 60min., UK
Directed by Karl Fallon
This Ghostcircle film by Director Karl Fallon, is a thought provoking documentary about Physical Phenomena never captured before on film. The documentary is captures moments in time about modern day Physical Mediums...

THE FISHERMAN, THE ALIEN, THE SEA, 9min,. Italy
Directed by Elisabetta Zavoli
In June 2023, the population of blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) boomed unexpectedly in the Goro lagoon, Delta of Po River, Italy. Here, amidst the alarmed but inactive shouting of the entire community, a young fourth-g...

RORQUAL, 43min., France
Directed by Hugo Hebbe
Have you ever wondered what creatures might be hiding in the Mediterranean?

http://rorqual-lefilm.com/

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1. What motivated you to make this film?
This is my very first film as a director. Making this film was therefore a...

CHANGE MAKERS: The Global Race to Save Our Seas, 14min., USA
Directed by Simone Kisiel
Advancements in the fishing industry have led to devastating consequences, not just for sea life being hunted to extinction, but for communities around the world who depend on the ocean’s bounty to survive.

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SPACE FOR ART, 15min., USA
Directed by Maclovia G Martel
Space for Art is an extraordinary documentary film on the power of hope, courage, and healing. Featuring astronatut, and artist, Nicole Stott the film follows her on perhaps her most important mission of uniting a planetary community of chi...

STORIES OF REPEAL & REUNION, 16min., Canada
Directed by Ky Kim
Canada's 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act was a dark and unprecedented period in Canadian history. It is also a mostly forgotten period of Canadian history that lasted for almost a quarter century and had a devastating impact on one communi...

Narrated by Val Cole

Get to know the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?
All's fair in love and war.

2) What motivated you to write this poem?
We pray for God's love, forgiveness, and gratitude to be bestowed upon our ex-lovers.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?
Eight years.

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Narration by Val Cole

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1) What is the theme of your poem?

What my wife and I were experiencing when we got her diagnosis and later learned she would indeed die

2) What motivated you to write this poem?

It helped me to put into words a lot of what I was dealing with...fro...

Narration by Val Cole

POEM:

Grandma’s favorite hat is all flowers,
All sizes, all colors, full of beauty.

Her hat is so big,
It hides every
Inch of her head
Except the tip of her nose.

In our neighborhood park,
Grandma’s hat staves off the sun
Until a bright breeze comes along and
Lifts it i...

A journey through time when the Jews were threatened by the Muslims and how one young man’s life changed when he escaped and helped others smuggle into Israel from Baghdad- based on a true story.

https://www.laurasmagicday.com/

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Val Cole
Various: Shawn Devlin
Various: Geof...