THE FAUN HEALWOOD, THE EDGE, 16min., France
Directed by Stephane Artus
During a walk in the forest, a young woman, Jane, meets a wounded stranger pursued by strange hunters. She asks her to help her reach a dolmen in order to bring a magical object. Jane is reluctant to accept the adventure for w...

FRECKLE, 14min., USA
Directed by David Usher
On the eve of graduation, a college student is given an extraordinary gift by his parents, footage of his entire life.

http://freckleshortfilm.com/

BEIRUT PORT BLAST STORIES, 30min., Lebanon
Directed by Chérine Yazbeck
This is the story of four people who lost a family member in the Beirut port explosion on August 4, 2020.
A fifth person who worked nearly half a century explains the rise and fall of a port that was in the heydays the flagshi...

DREAM SEQUENCE, 4min., USA
Directed by Glen Obear
Dream Sequence is a music video for the band De Stijl (Ehmed Nauman and René Bedolla) from Chicago, USA. An inventor creates an anti-gravity machine that feeds on his dreams. People and objects become weightless in different locations throughout C...

THE MAN IN THE RED BERET, 104min., USA
Directed by Derek Bridges
Chess Master Jude Acers has set up his "World Chess Table" on Decatur Street in the New Orleans French Quarter since 1981, where he continues to play all comers for $5 a game. This is his story.

http://judeacers.com/
https://insta...

WHAT A MATCH, 5min., Sweden
Directed by Björn Granberg Ahlmark
In the tv show, What a Match, the old man and woman, seek to find an answer to their longing and hope for deep love! The blind date takes place in front of an enthusiastic live audience in this new successful show!

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THE WHALE GUITAR: INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE, 10min., USA
Directed by Shawn Terault
Inspired by Herman Melville's epic tale, "Moby-Dick or The Whale", a late-blooming singer/songwriter and former toy designer, Jen Long, acts on a startling vision and commissions the design and build of a remarkable cus...

PRESCHOOL TO PRISON, 13min., USA
Directed by Dr. Karen Baptiste
Countless children are educationally lynched in the United States with labels such as emotionally disturbed and intellectually disabled, resulting in children under the age of 8 to be shuffled from school to prison for minor infracti...

THE MAGIC VIOLET RABBIT, 13min., Japan
Directed by Kotoko Nakamura
To escape from his dull life, a man wishes to become a wizard.
He wants to be a "real" wizard, not a "fake" one.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

This film's theme 'Magic' was given when I pa...

METHOD OF HEALING, 7min., USA
Directed by Jordan Lee Douglas Sims
After his daughter's suicide, a mourning father goes to a new therapist. However, things are not as they appear.

https://www.amanwithfriends.com/methodofhealing

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1. What motivated you to make this fil...

SIR BU NU'AYR ISLAND - NATURE'S HAVEN, 51min., United Arab Emirates
Directed by John Martin
The documentary is about the island of Sir Bu Nu'ayr, one of the most important marine reserves in the United Arab Emirates. The four-episode series shed light on the geographical location of the island, i...

ROSENWALD: TOWARD A MORE PERFECT UNION, 10min., USA
Directed by Charles Poe
The extraordinary story of a forgotten philanthropist, a Jewish son of immigrants from Chicago who became a champion for black education in the Jim Crow South.

ANA MENDIETA IF, 4min., USA
Directed by Jaewook Lee
"Ana Mendieta if" (2023) is a 3D animation, riveting cinematic homage to the influential Cuban-American artist, Ana Mendieta. This film masterfully traces the trajectory of her pioneering work in performance art, especially her profound connecti...

MY BROTHER CHARLIE, 12min., USA
Directed by Yogi Chavada
Life is beautiful, but it is also unpredictable. We aren’t always able to live life on our own terms; it has the terms set for us.

http://yogichavada.com/
https://www.instagram.com/Chavada_films

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1. What motiv...

I AM....BRIHANNA JAYDE, 13min., USA
Directed by Kris Bailey
The 2023 Kansas All American Goddess gives viewers and listeners a glimpse of the Drag Queen life and what it means to live life authentically as a gay man.

I GOT CANCELED....AND I DID IT TO MYSELF, 31min., USA
Directed by Marley Jaxx
In the eye-opening documentary, "I Got Canceled...and I Did It to Myself," Marley Jaxx embarks on a daring seven-day journey to delve into the controversial world of cancel culture. Through a series of boundary-pushing...

TURN OF FATE, 4min., UK
Directed by Melissa Stanton
A young Ballerina visits a fortune teller. What has fate got in store for her?

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1. What motivated you to make this film?

I was making my first film, Ghostlight, during lockdown, and I just started having dreams abou...

IN THE BACKGROUND, 4min., USA
Directed by Daniel Gold
This film glimpses the subconscious archetypes surrounding the ideas of consciousness, duality, and reincarnation.

STOKER MACHINE, 12min., USA
Directed by Darieus Legg
Stoker Machine is a must-see animated surf documentary. Chad Campbell, an expert surfer discovers a mysterious surfboard on the big island of Hawaii. The retro board provides only a phone number and an email address as clues to its origin, lead...

MUSIKA, 5min., USA
Directed by Alberto Herrera
A delightfully harmonic tale of the origin of music

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1. What motivated you to make this film?

As a sickly child with panic attacks, I would have many episodes of fever induced dreams. As a five year old with a vivid imag...

THE KISS, 5min., Italy
Directed by Gianluca Vassallo

GENERATING CHAOS, 11min., USA
Directed by Carlos Felipe Garcia
Generative art explores the relationship between order and chaos, as well as the concept of infinite variations within constraints. By embracing the inherent unpredictability of computational processes, generative art pushes the bound...

A FEMINIST LENS, 28min., USA
Directed by Pamela French
A Feminist Lens: The Art and Activism of Photographer Joan Roth is an intimate portrait of internationally acclaimed photographer Joan Roth. The film focuses on five decades of Roth’s pioneering use of her camera to advocate for homeless wome...