HOLD ME TIGHTLY, 9min., Isreal
Directed by Ilya Tilkin
Vera visits her husband Marik who suffers from advanced dementia at the assisted living facilities on their wedding anniversary – 50 years together. She grossly and audibly complains to those who are ready to listen about her ruined life with...

SAPPHIRE / ALIEN SEED, SOUTHERN CITY, 16min., USA
Directed by Emma Colton
Sapphire is a time-traveling golden goddess moving through nature, pleasure, and mysticism. She snakes between seconds, flirting with the seen and unseen, marrying metallic molecules and alchemist dreams.

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THE SPIDER WEB, 14min., South Africa
Directed by Timothy Donovan Hay
Short documentary about a well known shaper called Spider Murphy, Spider pioneered surfing through the ages and was some of the top surfers board shaper like Shaun Thompson that won the world title in 1977 on a custom shaped Spi...

MUDDY WATERS, 7min., Brazil
Directed by Gabriel Panazio, Kleber Leão
When the fish in Guanabara Bay began to disappear, local fishermen found themselves facing an uncertain future. The solution was unusual: fishing for trash. Follow the story of Zezinho, a dedicated fisherman and resident of Z10,...

BEHOLDEN, 14min., UK
Directed by Leon Lopez
Lee's only hope of escaping prison on a murder charge is his childhood sweetheart, who is now a lawyer. Will Carlie be willing to revisit the traumatic past, she worked so hard to get away from, in order to save him?

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KITE, 15min., China
Directed by Olivier Hero Dressen
A man stands at the edge of a cliff staring at the void beneath. With nothing left to live for and only one thing left to lose he has a chance to meet with a little stranger who gives him hope and a reason to live.

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SURRENDER, 12min., USA
Directed by Raphael Buisson
Two brothers find themselves entangled in a violent confrontation at a beach house in Malibu. One of the brothers loses his life, while the other, awaiting the arrival of the police, reflects on the events that led to this tragedy.

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Los Courage Camps: Creando Olas, 9min., USA
Directed by Yesenia De Casas
One wave can change it all. A small courage revolution has been rising in unexpected areas of LA. Meet some of the familias who have embarked on the journey to reconnect with the ocean through Los Courage Camps - a homegrown...

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PUMP IT, 8min., Australia
Directed by Peter Hartwig
An uptight and obsessive gym junkie, struggles to recover from a broken heart. In an attempt to solve his woes, his best mate suggests a threesome.

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SIFTER, 8min., USA, Comedy/Drama
Directed by Shalini Bathina
Samara and Nisha celebrate their first Karva Chauth as a married couple but the festival brings up suppressed emotions between the pair.

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NACRE, 4min., Italy
Directed by Erika Giulietti, Giorgia Benazzo
"Nacre" is as a visual representation inside a liminal space of the creation process of our memories, experiences, perceptions: who we are.

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KOJI, 3min., Japan
Directed by Maven Li, Katharine O'Hearn
Koji is a horror short film in the first person and third person depicting a person struggling and reliving a trauma of their past.

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WITCH HANDS (MANOS BRUJAS), 90min., Mexico
Directed by Antonio Kosturakis, Julio Cesar Paredes, Jose Alejandro Estrada
Berenice, a young woman from the city, needs to return to her hometown when she finds out that her mother has died. This leads her to relive the dark past of her childhood, and ...

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BETWEEN THE OCEAN AND THE SNOW, 11min,. Denmark
Directed by Peder Thomas Pedersen, Heine Kaarsbjerg
A man overtaken by deep sorrow and not able to choose life, tries to flee his own mind by taking a trip to eastern Europe.

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Narrated by Steve Rizzo

Narrated by Steve Rizzo

Get to know the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem? How we live and treat others, can serve us in life and in our deaths as well.

2) What motivated you to write this poem? I saw the contest online and I love horror, Halloween and writing. Typically, I don't wr...

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1) What is the theme of your poem?
The theme of this poem is the internal struggle of the fallen angel.

2) What motivated you to write this poem?
A lot of my work has explored the idea of angels and the spirit world. I write a lot of poetry usin...

Performed by Steve Rizze

Performed by Steve Rizzo

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1) What is the theme of your poem?

My poem is about the passage from life to death. At this very moment, a legendary figure appears: the coachman of death. He is represented by a gruesome skeleton. He rides a noisy cart pulled by an old horse, i...

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ZIB, 17min., USA
Directed by Jonathon Gauthier
In the covert realm of Earth's shadows, Zib is a lethal assassin bound to three enigmatic Men in Black who control Earth from behind the scenes. They grant him immortality through "The Quasar," a mysterious relic, but ...