Read interview with screenwriter:
https://matthewtoffolo.com/2024/01/17/screenwriter-pat-obrien-who-are-you/

A Documentary film about the life and activism of LGBTQ Scot Kath Duncan The most important Uk Civil rights leader past 100 years but almost forgotten in time until my Highly acclaimed stage play #liberty and my biography of Kath The Last Queen Of Scotland stage play Liberty

http://www.kathdunca...

Is art "essential"? This is a story of how a multi-disciplinary artist of Chinese and Indian descent in New York survived the pandemic and attempts to "return to normal" when the world is now anything but.

Directed by Fahim Hamid

CATS AND HUSBANDS, 7min., USA
Directed by Grace Samson, Barry Samson
We enter the story where two close friends, Fern and Marcie get together at a local coffee shop to celebrate a birthday. Fern has been going through two years of cycles of In Vitro, desperately trying to get pregnant but with no...

It’s lockdown. Emboldened by red wine, a fortysomething woman braves her first Zoom date with a guy in snowy Montana. A short play devised through improvisation, VIRTUALLY SINGLE explores the tragicomic challenges of dating during the pandemic.

https://www.finitefilmsandtv.com/projects/virtually...

Global Cities Free of Slavery is a 52-minute documentary on modern slavery and the exploitation of labor in three different cities, located in different continents. Nottingham in the UK, Maputo in Mozambique and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Directed by Luiz Eduardo Lerina

Director Statement
It's a...

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WATER TRAILER, 10min., USA
Directed by Gary Beeber
“WATER” is a feature documentary film by Gary Beeber that focuses on Ohio’s source of water and what’s being done to protect it for future generations.

https://www.filmsbygarybeeber.com/water

DANTE, 1min.,
Direc...

In search of the being of light within.

Directed by Elias Djemil

Director Statement
Looking for the universal poetry of humanity is a lifelong search. Project by project I pursue this goal; each encounter, film and photograph brings me closer. We all have our own aspirations, ambitions, and res...

TOPIA, 15min., USA
Directed by Jessie Lee Thorne, Justin Thorne
Topia investigates the complexity of emotions, specifically exploring individuals’ different manifestations of darkness – numbness, dissociation, depression, mania. The work examines the necessity of vulnerability, community, holding...

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 day looks like, and their passion ...

QUESTIONING THE WINDOW, 19min., Austria
Directed by Vulpecula Collective
In an intensive conversation in her old apartment in Vienna, the world-experienced artist Beta tries to take away young Gamma's fears, among other things in connection with her native Burgenland-Croatian language - just as h...

YOU ARE AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, 8min., Qatar
Directed by Dimitri Yuri
Anne, an international photographer, is on a work assignment to capture the essence of visiting the National Museum of Qatar for a prestigious online media platform. Feeling overwhelmed by the pressures of work, yet intrigued b...

PARADES, 16min,. Canada
Directed by Alan Lake
Enter a world where fantasy and dream combine with the movement of the body, where time stops until rebirth.

JOI, 3min., USA
Directed by Caleb Viti, Alan Yammin
JOI is a showcase of unique collections portrayed by three diverse fashion designers. It combines film and fashion industry together and reveals artistic expressions of each designer. Emphasizing various mediums such as politics, escape from rea...

HOW TO GET OVER YOU, 4min., Australia
Directed by Adam Jordan
How to Get Over You is about experiencing rejection from a romantic relationship that never was and the smouldering grief that is experienced in isolation for a time thereafter. The song speaks to the helplessness that comes from navig...

MORE TOGETHER, 38min., Canada
Directed by Jake Foy
After years of best friendship, teenage Tom and Lucy finally surrender to spending the night together. As their new love blossoms, and Lucy's 'time of the month' is late, the pair are forced to face the music of adulthood head-on.

https://www.j...

SAM AND JESS, 12min., New Zealand
Directed by Nina Katungi
Neighbours, Sam and Jess, are both aware of each other’s existence but incapable of expressing their feelings and actually meeting... until one day, a touch of fate gives them a helping hand.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1000...

FASHION MONSTER, 2min., China
Directed by Zihui Wei
The girl is initially a perfect e-pet who enjoys attention and appreciation, but is not overly dependent. Its main psychological activities include a desire for recognition and praise from others, as well as pride and confidence in its appearanc...

*"DONT' STARE, SEE ME", 5min., USA
Directed by Steven Speliotis
Naomi was born with a facial difference,
and growing up she fell victim to the bullying of
her peers because she looked different.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

I asked a client who works wit...

BOLD, 3min., USA
Directed by Alla Kovgan, Miko Malkhasyan
A surreal night shift of a female prison guard turns into a juggling fiesta, celebrating diversity and solidarity of women.

http://kinodance.com/

YOU WON'T GET FAR ENOUGH ALONE, 20min., Switzerland
Directed by Aiyana De Vree
After a traumatic experience, Kiana finds herself in a group of underground fighters. A community in which she can slowly regain her self-determination.

https://www.navada.productions/creatives-aiyana-de-vree
https:/...

TASTE ME, 3min., USA
Directed by Jessica Bachman
A date night takes a dark turn when two demented lovers discover they are more similar than they had previously thought.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

I wanted to make a story about love and meeting your...

CREATURE, 7min., Bulgaria
Directed by Nevena Nikolova, Petar Gerzilov
beyond the concepts of monstruous and devine a reverse creation explored

SPARK IN THE MEADOW, 17min.,
Directed by Bernardita Llanos
Spark in the Prairie (La Chispa en la Pradera) focuses on law student Sofía Brito and her experience of sexual harassment by her professor, a renown attorney and member of the Supreme Tribunal of Chile. Sofia was his research assistant a...