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MONARCH SOMBRERO, 1min., Canada, Animation
Directed by Lisa Murray
A hand made, stop-motion, paper cut-out animation about saving the monarch butterflies.

DARK MINOR, 3min., France, Horror/Comedy
Directed by Lilou Fogli
A woman desperately tries to escape her fate...

BATTLE PLAN, 5min., France
Directed by John Banana, Mathilde Michea
A car ride with Mum results in an epiphany for a young girl who must imagine her way to a better future.Her ideas grow and with them the chance to make a real difference.

The Great Basin! Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Desert, 15min., USA
Directed by Eric Weeks
The Great Basin! Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Desert is a film, book and print project that addresses climate change, the severe drought in the Western United States, gun...

LIVING WITH LANDSLIDES, 45min., USA
Directed by Laure Quinlivan
This film documents the devastating costs of landslides to both private property owners and taxpayers, and offers solutions. Climate change means landslides will only get worse.

http://www.livingwithlandslides.com/
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NIELS BOHR - LARGER THAN LIFE, 77min., Denmark, Documentary
Directed by Marie Breyen, Anna von Lowzow
Niels Bohr - Larger Than Life” is an international documentary film that has great relevance to the world of today, with a war in Europe and the importance of co-operation between nations and sc...

UNTIED KNOTS, 5min., China, Romance
Directed by Claire Yland Li
A girl who constantly fantasizes about sexual intimacy and romantic encounter doesn't know what to do when the opportunity actually comes.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?
This story starts as a ...

EXIST, 4min., USA, Drama
Directed by Niaz Parvaresh
Power of sorrow that guide you to exist .

https://www.facebook.com/Exist-113831020920824/
https://www.instagram.com/niaz.parvaresh/

PISS ON PATRIARCHY, 10min., Germany, Drama
Directed by Lena Fakler
Marie is driving on the highway and needs to pee urgently. But the toilet at the rest stop is broken. And an increasingly absurd odyssey through this toxic male biotope begins for Marie - and ends in blood.

https://www.la-gente-...

SOLD, 14min., Canada, Drama
Directed by Jennifer Li
A devoted friend must battle to escape, after seemingly sold to traffickers by her best friend.

https://2023.theshow.ecuad.ca/project/sold/

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1. What motivated you to make this film?
This film was created as my 4th ...

DEALING, 12min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Kendall Alex Payne
Dealing is a stoner comedy about a 26-year-old lesbian named Kai, played by Nina Moran (Betty, HBO). After being fired and dumped, Kai takes a part-time gig delivering weed, where she is forced to reconnect with humans and learns to love...

Now I Am Old and Do Not Need the Moon, 12min,. USA, Documentary
Directed by Dasha Bough
In a small Roma village deep in Moldova, an old woman named Daria lives in fear of the Russian-Ukrainian war at her doorstep. Mischievous kids, watchful babushki, and stray dogs surround her. Alone in her hut,...

LOG BRIDGE, 12min., Hong Kong, Drama
Directed by Wai In Lam
Two female high school students went to play in the mountains after school, but their apparently close relationship was actually rife with power struggles, and after the illusion of their friendship was shattered, their conflicts eventua...

CARELESSLY THERE, 13min., USA, Drama
Directed by Rachel Deutsch
As Elaine grapples with romantic feelings for her best friend May, she begins to confront her own identity, and the lies she’s told to protect it.

http://www.racheldeutsch.com/
https://www.instagram.com/racheldeutschh/

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SEDUCTIVE DEVOTION, 7min,. USA
Directed by Destin Gerek
In a society where narratives of male perpetrators and harm inflicted upon women prevail, "Seductive Devotion" emerges as a powerful experimental short film presenting an inspiring alternative. Through captivating imagery and a stirring poet...

FLOWERS DIE FIRST, 17min,. USA
Directed by Gwyn Newcomb
Romance ensues when an orange packing girl, in 1940s California, receives a response to a letter she sent to deployed soldiers. Now she must chose between duty to her family or to herself.

https://flowersdiefirst.wixsite.com/flowersdiefirs...

IF CITIES COULD DANCE: J SETTING ATLANTA, 5min., USA, Dance
Directed by Fr3deR1cK Jerome Taylor
J-Setting: The Acrobatic LGBTQ Dance sensation that traveled From Southern Historically Black Colleges to the Clubs of Atlanta | KQED Arts

http://tomorrowpictures.tv/
https://facebook.com/Fr3deR1cK
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MISFORTUNE, 7min,. USA, Drama
Directed by Linda Kudzmas
Adapted from a Polish folktale, ‘Misfortune’ tells the story of two sisters; Marta the elder, and Zofia the younger. Marta is very rich, and lives in luxury. Zofia is very poor because Misfortune lives on her stove. Misfortune plagues Zofia,...

Tiki Taane in session with CSO, 68min., New Zealand, Musical
Directed by Tiki Taane
Filmed in May 2021 to a sold out audience at the fully refurbished Christchurch Town Hall, Tiki Taane captures an emotional and explosive performance with - Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. Stunningly shot and sup...

AVE GRADIVA, 18min., Israel
Directed by Yuri Riklis
When a lonely man, a fashion photographer, meets the sweetheart of his youth, from whom he separated under the pressure of his Oedipal mother, he is attacked by fragments of past memories and does everything he can to realize the love of his lif...

UP TO HIV INFECTIONS - JORIS AND AMIR, 6min., Netherlands,
Directed by Sander Ligthart
Some gay men rarely or never test for HIV. This is because of shame, fear or because they are unaware of the risks.

https://www.mantotman.nl/nl/amir

HIT OR MISS, 14min,. USA
Directed by Kate Brown
HIT OR MISS is the story of Megan a middle-aged woman, whose mother has recently passed away. Megan is left with the task of writing a eulogy for the woman with whom she had a... complicated... relationship. At the same time, we meet WILL, a young m...

HOW TO SEE A KITE, 4min,. Norway
Directed by Harald Sorlie
While Henrik’s carefree niece flies her kite on the beach, he finds himself lost in despairing thoughts about his lost love.

DAUGHTER, 14min,. Brazil, Drama
Directed by Mariana Medeiros
Marcele (34) lives with her mother Lucia (56), who is critical of her but lenient with her younger brother, who lives far away and doesn't give his family much of his time. Marcele feels underappreciated by her mother. Lucia's birthday ...