AT NIGHT YOU BECOME A MOTHER, 25min., Netherlands, DOC
Directed by Julia Roeselers
'At night you become a mother' is a poetic journey trough the night. Young single mothers share their stories and sorrows and show us how to get trough and welcome the morninglight after a though night.

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BUMPED, 15min., UK
Directed by Mahaneela Choudhury-Reed
A couple confronts infidelity.
It’s been six years since Michelle and Deja fell in love and things appear to be going from strength to strength. They’re newly engaged, remain obsessed with each other and still have mind-blowing sex.

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LIFE AT THE LAKE, 16min,. USA
Directed by Tessa Torreano
Viola, recently divorced and yearning for a fresh start, decides to spend some time at a picturesque cabin by the lake with her son, Anthony. Their idyllic getaway takes a sinister turn when Anthony is involved in an accident. Haunted by gu...

SEE YOU, 49min., Denmark
Directed by Helle Fuglsang
See You is an artistic look into a refugee camp. Mimeartist Helle Fuglsang spent 4 weeks in Lesbos, capturing 19 almost word-less scenes giving you an intimate and poetic look into the strengths and struggles of everyday life behind the fence:

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BARBETTE + FONTAINE, 14min., USA
Directed by John-Carlos Estrada, Zak Zeh
A century apart, two Texas icons unite through art, resilience, and a shared legacy of self-expression and freedom.

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Mi CUBA, 70min., Cuba
Directed by Sonia Mercedes Machado-Hines
Dive into the captivating story of a former soldier from Fidel Castro’s regime, who begins to question the very ideology he once fiercely defended. From the streets of Cuba, he embarks on an unexpected journey of self-discovery, immer...

ROOMMATES, 9min., USA
Directed by J Brooke, Beatrice Alda
After completing lengthy prison terms (for murder and arson, respectively), two women forge a strong bond within a nursing home catering to the formerly incarcerated. Creating a positive present tense in the wake of complicated pasts, thes...

BLOOD, SWEAT & FEARS: THE COMMUNITY OF JUST SCARE ME, 6min., USA
Directed by Jamie Gagnon
A short documentary on the film collective, Just Scare Me, where every other two months, you sign up to make a short horror film or you pay the group a $100.

DRAW US IN - MURDOCH, 7min., Canada, DOC
Directed by julie Robinson
Diversity depends the humanity of the workplace. How one young
mans art who lives with a disability is celebrated by his community.

TO THE MOONS AND BACK, 11min., USA
Directed by Owen David Solomon
Two prisoners in a dystopian society, try to escape from their past life and make it to a mysterious place called the Beyond.

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MITTI (Discovering Ikigai), 30min., Canada
Directed by Sangita Iyer
Mitti (Discovering Ikigai) is a story of young woman of colour in Canada who chose organic farming as her career choice. Through her story the film highlights the Japanese concept of Ikigai to inspire others, especially youth, to...

NO SLASHER HERE, 9min., USA
Directed by Robert Tiemstra
A woman comes home from work, only to receive an unsettling phone call. Does the danger only exist over the phone, or is there a masked killer inside her home?

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MR. CLAW, 5min,. USA
Directed by Matthew DeLisi
Cute and fuzzy on the outside, but despite his fluffy interior, he is nothing short of evil. he is smart and deceiving, preying on young men and women who don’t feel comfortable in their own

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12 PARTS PER MILLION, 38min., USA
Directed by Chet Thomas, Ted Barnhill
Doping in athletics is nothing new. Cases regularly make headlines calling attention to issues of fair play and how to keep sport clean.
In 1972, the International Olympic Committee attempted to level the playing field for co...

CHIMERA, 18min., USA
Directed by Kryzz Gautier
“Haunted by the past, a brilliant tech-addicted developer faces an impossible dilemma: recreate her ex-girlfriend in virtual reality or hold onto the crumbling relationship with her current one.”

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TREELINE, 12min., UK
Directed by Freddie Bonfanti
11-year-old Neil ventures into local woods to find his missing brother Vincent, only to discover a truth that challenges the community's accusations against their father.

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HIRA, 10min., Italy, Drama
Directed by Emanuele Colognese
Hira loves sunflower seeds, red color, and the silence that envelops the world when she extinguishes it; for she possesses this power. Meanwhile, Matteo adores Haribo candies, Rubik's cubes, and Russian literature. One day, these two indiv...

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JUST ALRIGHT, 14min., Australia
Directed by Gregory Kelly
Dan is desperate for a fresh start, but when his former housemate, Scott, moves into his new unit uninvited and befriends a dead salmon he dubs ‘Craig’, solitude seems like an impossible dream. While Scott a...

THE PARABLE OF THE TENANTS, 6min., UK
Directed by Andrew Pengilley
The future. People have consumed most of the world's natural resources. Wildlife no longer thrives without human intervention.

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TILLIE, 5min., USA
Directed by Noelle P. Wilson, D Andrew Hartfield
An 8 year old girl adopted from China leads her father to a deeper understanding of what she faces in a new culture and what she longs for from her home country.

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ROASTED, 2min., France
Directed by Goulwen COURTAUX
An adventurous chicken discovers the horrible truth about humans and poultry and decides to take its revenge.
(All images are AI generated)

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WHAT A DAY, 5min., Thailand
Directed by Allen Cheng
Our world is busy, lonely, and exhausting. It is so common for us to go through a rough day, come home and lay on our bed with tears and sweats, then simply complain to ourselves, “ugh, what a day”.

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IN OUR HANDS, 5min,. Czech Republic
Directed by Kristián Mensa
"The body is an endless source of inspiration, reflecting stories, metaphors, and connections with the external landscape. As humans, we possess the power to create, reproduce, and thrive, yet we also bear the capacity to witness the ...

EnaMOREd, 11min., Finland
Directed by Petri Puroaho
”EnaMOREd” (2023) explores the relationship between reality and dreams. Film shows what is it like to live in parallel world at the same time while coping with the real life events. What we carry in our minds eye can be different than what socie...