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VALDEMAR, 13min,. Chile
Directed by Pablo Icaza
Based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe. A mesmerist wants to see behind death, so he agrees with a dryng person to be hipnotized prior to death.

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A story by Leonard Eckhaus

Visual Design & Edit by Steve Rizzo

Narration by Val Cole

IGUANA LIKE THE SUN, 100min., USA (March Festival)
Directed by Julian Robles
In a humble coastal compound of southern Mexico, amidst a total eclipse of the sun, an unexpected guest arouses the broken dreams of a family that has lost its guardian figure, overshadowed by the cosmic loneliness where...

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BUBBLEMAN SUPERSTAR MISSION EL COBRA, 14min., France
Directed by Alban Gily, Thierry Bonneau
Mexico, U.S. border. The wall is complete. Bubbleman, a flippant secret agent from Zeroland, goes there. His very special mission: tear down the wall and repair the future....

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I AM JUNE, 18min., USA
Directed by Robert Gilliland
June is working on a cuckoo clock when she hears a noise outside. She goes to the window and spots Alex Rios sitting on the curb. He snaps a photo of her as she waves back. Her mother, Dr. Rivers enters asking wha...

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XEROCOLES, 5min., USA
Directed by Karan Lines
A USBP car is driven down the Texas desert road on a hot steamy august day with country music being played on a backdrop. Across the horizon, a bandit sits on the mountain aiming his sniper at the car. A shot is fired an...

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BALLAD, 10min, Australia
Directed by Roe Bonnici

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IN MY OWN IMAGE, 12min,. Italy
Directed by Giuseppe Bucci
A...

a film of spoken word for action

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Directed by Chris Colling

THREE YEARS AFTER A INONCLUSIVE FIRST DATE, TWO YOUNG PEOPLE MEET AGAIN. THE REUNION WILL HARDLY BE RESTFUL, AS THEY WILL HAVE TO PLAY A GAME OF TRUTH-TELLING.

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A young man is going on a first date with a young lady, but things will take an unexpected turn because of a new mobile app

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Director Biography - LEVY CLAUDE
Levy Claude, a photographer, then trains to do video editing. He starts with making films for individ...

THE CAPSULE, 20min,. Poland
Directed by Kamil Keenan, Agnieszka Żaglewska
Two astronauts in a space capsule realize that they won't have enough oxygen until help arrives. In this extreme situation, they suddenly have to face the ultimate questions. Accompanying the characters on their final journ...

PUREBRED PASSION, 22min,. USA
Directed by Sam Powell
A documentary profiling two teams of competitors during the 2023 Great American Dog Show in Chicago.

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ON THE LAST DAY OF NAVARATHRI, 6min,. India

Directed by Aarya Kalyansunder

On the final day of Navarathri, a divine doll must face the fearsome fate that awaits her.

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DOWN IN FLAMES: THE TRUE STORY OF TONY 'VOLANCO' VALENCI, 29min., USA
Directed by William Joseph Stribling
Meet Tony Valenci and his bona fide sideshow of eccentric colleagues. Tony has spent his life dreaming of setting a world record. Despite numerous failures, Tony has never stopped believing ...

WEEK 2: THRILLER, 1min., USA
Directed by Genus Griggs
Two brothers explore what appears to be an abandoned building. The older brother goes missing and the younger searches for him. He find's his older brother bleeding out. The younger brother is then also captured.

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ASHES - CHAPTER 0, 4min., USA
Directed by Isaiah Matthew Griggs
In a mysterious facility, David, a captive, engineers his escape by tricking a guard. He evades pursuit through the building, discovering a lab and learning about his metahuman status. Outside the facility, he is captured by guards w...

HALCYON, 7min,. Australia
Directed by Brenton McNally
David looks for his missing wife but struggles to get out of his own way.

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LIKE MOTHER, 8min., Canada
Directed by Lisa Drupsteen
A young woman navigates her romantic life while trying her best to dodge her mother's demons. Will she have the strength to break the cycle of manipulation? Or simply fall victim to the old adage: "Like Mother, Like Daughter"...

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WEEK 11: SLAPSTICK, 2min., USA
Directed by William (Sharp) Walker
After a little boy loses his ball on a roof, he tries increasingly outlandish strategies to get it back.

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CHICKEN, 14min., Canada
Directed by Lucy McNulty, Emma Pollard
When Sam splits up with her partner, she is forced to move back into her childhood home with her mother and neurodivergent brother. When depression sinks in, her brother Emmett gets in her face trying t...

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HIT-GIRL: A KICK-ASS CHRISTMAS STORY, 25min., USA
Directed by Kevin Barile
Mindy McCready is home alone on Christmas Eve when a gang of criminals invade her house looking for a stolen package. Mindy deals with them directly as her alter-ego, HIT-GIRL.

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THE HUNTER AND THE MAIDEN, 6min,. USA
Directed by Kipp Howard
Based of the study of Bruno Bettleheim's: The Uses of Enchantment, a young huntsman finds himself lost in the woods when suddenly he hears a strange and enchanting melody and wanders off in search of its...

ETERNAL LINES: William Shakespeare’s Verse in Music and Motion., 5min., USA
Directed by Yazan Al-Hajari
Eternal Lines: William Shakespeare’s Verse in Motion and Music” is the second part of a series where I delve into Shakespeare’s vast Canon, handpicking songs and sonnets that resonate deeply wi...

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TANNA, 6min., USA
Directed by Noah Lipsitz
This short documentary style film takes us on a beautiful journey learning about a remote community on an island called Tanna located in the south Pacific Ocean. We learn about this community's values, what their day to da...