TOKU WAIATA / MY SONG, 13min., New Zealand
Directed by Millie Gillard
Millie Gillard
Star is a bird of many names. K?rearea, k?iaia, the New Zealand falcon.
Aotearoa was once a nation of manu. Winged creatures reigned: bats, bugs and birds. Whilst flightless creatures crawled the land, the skies ...

MARE IMMENSUS (SEA OF THE BOUNDLESS), 9min,. USA
Directed by Jingchen Zhao
In this evocative short film, two resilient female characters navigate a desolate expanse, confronted by an endless sea that stretches to eternity. As they ascend the unyielding mountain, their shadows persistently trail b...

PINWHEEL HORIZON, 14min., USA
Directed by Ian Ebright
On a barren planet, three elite warriors learn their final confrontation- a gang of 40- is waiting for them nearby.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

After a personal loss, I became interested in exploring...

FURY HAS AN ANTHEM, 7min., USA
Directed by James Newman
A musically fueled martial-artist has to fight off toxic masculinity while searching for new love.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?
I always wanted to do a fight scene with Tom Sawyer and the why and how...

TALES OF TUNIVAR, 12min,. USA
Directed by Emily Dunlop, Audrey Milum
A thief and a mercenary get more than they bargained for when they try to steal from a sorceress and instead show her the magic of friendship...or at least speechcraft.

http://emilydunlop.com/tales-of-tunivar

BE BAD, 4min., USA
Directed by Lauren Hart
A new dad is forced to take action when he realizes that his middle finger has been up in every photo he's ever taken.

Get to know the actor/writer Rob Christensen:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

We developing a bunch of ideas and this one g...

MIA'S MISSION, 11min,. USA
Directed by Jireh Deng
Mia Yamamoto has seen it all. She was born in an incarceration camp during World War II. At age 60 she came out as transgender after a 20-year career as a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles. At age 78, Mia shows no signs of slowing down. We ...

REUNITED, 12min,. Canada
Directed by Marie Queenan
Two exes reconnect over an evening. One wants to get back together, but the other has a secret that could separate them forever.

https://www.instagram.com/reunitedshort/

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1. What motivated you to make this film?
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CUSPID, 16min., USA
Directed by Rose Beth Johnson-Brown
In a near future Los Angeles enduring environmental collapse, a tight-knit family comes to terms with a difficult loss, all seen through the eyes of a nine-year-old girl.

https://www.instagram.com/cuspid_film/

CONFLICT, 9min,. Canada
Directed by François Charette
A forest. A man in his forties sinks in, alone, abandoning his car on the side of the road. It sinks gradually, more and more hollow, suggesting to make peace with himself. The savagery of nature attracts him, without really knowing why. Insid...

EGO Music Video, 3min.,USA
Directed by Adam Lukowski
The official music video of Ava Della Pietra's original song, "ego"

http://www.avadellapietra.com/
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THE BOOK OF NAUGHTY KIDS, 17min., Brazil
Directed by Miguel Soares Moreira
Amanda, a curious 10-year-old, wonders about the existence of Santa Claus. After some trouble at school caused by her classmates Marcel and Lana, she wishes they would disappear from her life. On Christmas Eve, she discove...

HAUNTING TROPHIES, 2hr 26min., Hungary
Directed by László Illés
A young man hiking deep in the woods finds a female corpse manipulated in a bizarre manner. Shocked by the discovery, the man realizes that he is not alone on the scene. The murderer starts hunting him in order to protect his identit...

CLEMENCY, 10min., USA
Directed by James T. George
A soldier fights for his life after surviving a battle in the enemy occupied Elven woods.

https://instagram.com/stephonikawkaye

Get to know the filmmakers James T. George & Stephonika W. Kaye:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

JAMES...

GUVANCH PEOPLE, 4min., USA
Directed by Ecem Lawton
New York City is freedom. It is and has always been a place for people to experiment with their identities and to be who they truly are. This fashion film made by designer Guvanch NYC represents the beauty of that freedom all across the topograph...

BENJAMIN FELIKSDAL, THE LIFE STORY OF A DUTCH DANCE MASTER, 46min., Netherlands
Directed by Roland Gaedtgens
The inspiring journey of Benjamin Feliksdal began in a humble yet determined manner. At the tender age of just six, he discovered his calling in the world of dance. His talent quickly caug...

STIGMA, 8min., Canada
Directed by Reilly Michael Saso
Confronted with a devastating diagnosis, stigmatized and shrouded in despair, a young man desperately grapples with the dark specter of mortality and societal rejection in his tender teenage years. Thirty years on, he reflects on his extraordi...

ROSEMARY, 10min., UK
Directed by Jessica Tooth

Get to know the filmmaker:

What motivated you to make this film?

I strive to create films that empower, inspire, inform and educate. I've long had a fascination with the treatment of women suffering mental illness throughout the 20th century, an...

A PROPER EDUCATION, 20min,. USA
Directed by MaryLanae Linen
Filmmaker MaryLanae Linen, frustrated by her lack of sex education, sets out to discover if her peers feel the same way. She meets with sex educators, parents, and friends and surveys the streets of Los Angeles to discover that they also...

DANCE FOR AN IDEAL CITY, 27min., Italy
Directed by Daniele Costa
The docufilm Dance for An Ideal City is a project which tells the different ways of experiencing dance in public places and through different languages, developed in Athens, Brussels, Rome and Reggio Emilia.A video-story, signed b...

INTER, 7min, Austria
Directd by Claudia Ungersbäck
Sequences, splitters, fragments. In settings of body and pictureroom in space of representation and poetry is volume scanned and reproduced, expressed and restored. A Collage in hommage to Antonin Artaud.

http://www.claudiaungersbaeck.com/

Ge...

FIRST(ISH) DATE, 11min., USA
Directed by Shira Baron
After weeks of online dating, Molly finally meets Jess in person, but even as sparks fly, she finds herself face to face with her oppressive insecurities.

https://www.thisisashleyflowers.com/projects
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SETTLING THE FACTS, 95min., USA
Directed by Roger Walters
If you've ever looked at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one of the words that comes up sooner or later is "settlements". In this groundbreaking documentary, we take a deeper dive into this subject and ask three questions:

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