Fear of heights, cockroaches or dark. Fear can differ; some fears are minor, while others can be big. And when you overcome them, you feel more substantial than you were as you understand they were only panic inside your head and nothing else. And you just needed a bit of courage to win over them...

INFERTILITY ON ICE: A beer league hockey player struggles with infertility.

"Avsharian has cleverly framed his film about male infertility from a conventionally male perspective using hockey as a metaphor to provide both context and levity. Sport provides an immediate connection to an uncomfort...

Tensions ebb and flow during a busy morning in 1980 as impatient teenagers wait to use the girls' bathroom.

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Directed by Sal Eigh

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Products of economic uncertainty or pol...

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RABBIT, 11min., USA
Directed by Maggie Fox Talbot-Minkin
A woman questions her marriage after finding a dying rabbit in her backyard on the night of her anniversary.

NUN WITH A CHAINSAW, 2min., UK
Directed by Bob Getty
Sister grey travels the world with her trust...

Trans Dad Fernando Machado became an international news sensation when he announced he was pregnant with his trans girlfriend Diane Rodriguez in Ecuador last year.

This film is an intimate and touching portrayal of a couple getting to grips with parenthood while they challenge complex ideas of g...

THE 17 (LAS 17), 4min. USA, Drama
Directed by Alyssa Carter
Based on a true story, a young and very pregnant Salvadorian woman finds herself handcuffed to a hospital bed after losing her child to miscarriage.

http://alyssancarter.com/
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BLUE STONES, 1min., Sweden, Experimenta;
Directed by Hannah Murphy
Blue Stones is a 1 minute short that gives a voice to the silent inner turmoil that many can relate to and that we are seemingly forced to carry, especially as an adolescent.

https://www.instagram.com/hannahmari1/

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SENSE, 2min., Ghaziabad, Experimental
Directed by Chitresh Mishra
Sense is a dive into the unknown longing for someone that makes it all worth it.

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CLIMATE CHANGE: CAPE LOOKOUT, 5min., Documentary
Directed by Hester Schell
Created for the 7th Generation Pano Mural Project's 5 minute film festival, July 2022. Assignment: Pick a section of the USA west coast to examine the effects of climate change on the region. Under 5 minutes. My film was c...

GUESS MY PET?, USA, Drama/Horror
Directed by Grace Charles
A girl and her old friend our catching up after a falling out. Over ice cream and a guessing game it's revealed there's a more sinister plan to this friendly reunion.

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Intimacy Simulation Update 76.43, 1min., USA, Experimental
Directed by Neil Sudhakaran
In the not too distant future, the senses are now simulated through brain-implanted chips, including touch. This micro short is inspired by After the Blast, stage play, by Zoe Kazan.

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JUMP SCARES: THE MOVIE, 3min,. USA,
Directed by Peter Masterson
Do you like horror movies? Or do you just like being startled? If it's the latter, this is the movie trailer for you!

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FERMATA, 4min., USA, Thriller
Directed by Preston Bowe
A struggling pianist makes a peculiar discovery.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?

I was inspired to make Fermata after thinking about my and my friends' experiences with creating art—these tendencies to ...

HALDI, 5min., Norway, Experimental
Directed by Ann Holmgren
The film evolves around a Sámi underground world where you can get inspiration and power. In this world Háldi is all living being’s guardian helper. The film focuses on the unity and power of female relations in Sami tradition and mythol...

ALMOST THERE, 5min., Japan, Action
Directed by Chuck Johnson
Two refugees from a broken land have to fight their way into civilization.

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THE TIME IS NOW, 4min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Jason Borkland
The importance of Marine Protected areas. The need to support scientific research, to allow the preservation and expansion of these vital areas.

THE MISSING PIECE, 4min., USA, Fashion
Directed by Hitaali Dharamshi
A Fashion Film on an upcycled denim corset collection, which is a marriage between denim, silver and leather. A man who is set on finding out what lies within a house related to disappearances in lower Manhattan; ends up meeting...

NANOSCAPES, 4min., USA, Animation
Directed by Kristina Dutton
Images of butterfly wings at the microscopic scale are stunning, and at the nanoscopic scale they become otherworldly.

IGGY, 5min., USA, Drama
Directed by Anthony Cuomo
Overwhelmed with the pressures of high school. Iggy Fransisco attempts to make friends and is rejected. A classmate Abigail notices this and offers her friendship to Iggy.

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COMMUNICATION, 6min., China, Experimental
Directed by Yuan Mingqing
My good friend committed suicide because of her LGBTQ identity and I was feeling depressed and sad because of my LGBTQ identity. So I decided to give her in heaven a call.

TOPLESS, 19min., UK, Drama/Romance
Directed by Patrick Jensen Hansted
After a few years, being in his late 20s without experience building relationships, Anthony finds himself in a vicious cycle of heartbreak as he continues searching for true love.

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BLUE SQUARE HEART, 30min,. USA, Drama
Directed by WIlliam Venus Means
A drag queen is forced to reconsider his shockingly violent art when his estranged, conservative mother makes a surprise appearance at his show in an attempt to reconnect.

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THE DEVIL INSIDE ME, 5min., UK, Experimental
Directed by Gabriel Arrahnio
A grieving mother believing her son to be possessed by the devil, forces him through a spiritual-religious cleansing. ‘The Devil Inside’ is a poetic exploration of ‘Love’ and the grotesque mutations it can take. A surreal, ...