TO CHRISTOPH MULLER, by Ileana D Vasquez

In the wind drift sweet memories
Tender fragments of you
To the honey-colored moon
They travel
A Radiant, bewitched moon.

Arduously seeping out of our radiant heart
A longing heart.

Yet inside
We, enveloped by a glorious light
Our souls unite
In one pas...

Galavanting around an online dating world in which people ghost, lie, and cheat, Mariani Coito recounts her experiences with men in South Florida. Each chapter demonstrates a glimpse into the common complications of modern day dating.

While she swipes through the men around her, hoping to find l...

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EOSPHERE, 16min., Canada
Directed by Kolton Alexander Nowaczynski

A grieving scientist struggles to accept help from his robotic creation; which is trying to address the cause of his guilt.

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TRIGGERED (Fan Fiction), 21min., ...

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FIELDS OF DEVOTION, 29min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Dena Katzen Seidel, Micah Seidel
Across America, small family farms are racing against climate change. Unpredictable weather and new diseases are destroying the very crops they depend upon. In New Jersey, when...

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MOVING VIOLATION, 4min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Eric Bergemann
A traffic stop triggers relationship issues.

THE STALL, 6min, USA, Comedy
Directed by Chris Meroia
A groom on the run from his wedding, a man in a wheelchair with a desperate need to crap - who will w...

BRING BACK THE WHISTLE DOG, 18min., Canada
Directed by Bob Simpson
Fast food menu items come and go, but none have ignited lasting passion quite like Canadian restaurant chain A&W’s Whistle Dog. This “hot dogumentary” profiles diehard fans fighting the good fight to bring back the iconic dog.

Ge...

CNTRL, 6min., Canada
Directed by Marco Ciardullo, Alex Laframboise
Musical evolution and cultural development have worked in tandem for decades. Electronic music and its subgenres represent the idea of unification through a single art form, orchestrated by a Disc Jockey (DJ). This documentary exp...

WE ARE GURUNG, 40min., Japan, Documentary
Directed by
A Gurung village at the foot of the Himalayas in Nepal.
In that village, there is a custom that marriage is decided by parents.
A marriage proposal comes to a girl...

Director Statement
The theme is old customs and views on marriage.
A stor...

THE USELESS GLASSBLOWER, 15min., Germany
Directed by Holger E. Metzger
A fascinating short documentary on a traditional glassmaker deep in the southern German Black Forest, and his thoughts and feelings about what this 7000-year-old craft has taught him about life.

Director Statement
I am intere...

GEARHEADS, 7min. USA
Directed by Dan Abrusci
Gearheads follows the story of Browner Sound, a company that has been producing high-quality audio gear for over 10 years. Through interviews and conversations with the founders, We get an inside look into the development process and the passion of the...

I CAN FLY, 12min,. USA
Directed by Leslie Dektor
Formerly Homeless, Fannie Mayfield speaks for the speechless and gives us pause to feel and think in perspective.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?

Having come across Fanny Mayfield on the streets of Skid Ro...

The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan, 78min., Japan, Documentary
Directed by Rionne McAvoy
This documentary depicts the theme of "hidden poverty" that has occurred in-spite of Japan's rapid economic growth in such a short period of time immediately following World War II. T...

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TIGER MOM, 21min., Canada, Drama
Directed by Munara Muhetaer
A Chinese-Canadian teenager trapped under the suffocating direction of his severe and demanding mother rebels for the first time.

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LAS MURALISTAS: OUR WALLS, OUR STORIES, 25min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Javier Briones
Las Muralistas: Our Walls, Our Stories is a 25-minute documentary directed by Javier Briones and edited by Claudia Escobar, in partnership with SFMOMA. The film features wom...

CALL ME SORAYA, 100min., Switzerland, Documentary
Directed by Daniel Stadelmann
Soraya feels like a girl, but anatomically she is a boy. Until recently, she went to school as Josué. Her coming out at the age of 13 is initially positive, but after just a few weeks she is met with increasing reject...

CALL ME SORAYA, 100min., Switzerland, Documentary
Directed by Daniel Stadelmann
Soraya feels like a girl, but anatomically she is a boy. Until recently, she went to school as Josué. Her coming out at the age of 13 is initially positive, but after just a few weeks she is met with increasing reject...

TED THE SHARK, 12min,. Columbia, Animation
Directed by Hector Acosta, Nathalia Rojas
Ted is a six-year-old hammer shark with a big secret: His mind is connected to a human girl. This uniqueness often makes Ted alienated from his world (a feeling many of us are familiar with) however, little does ...

BLACK UNIFORM, 90min., USA, History
Directed by Robert Darwell
In the early 1900s, African Americans struggled to have the honor to fight in World War I, but a century later minorities are disproportionately called up to serve, defend, and die for their country.
The United States cherishes the ha...

PERSISTENCE, 12min., Canada, Drama
Directed by Krista Barzso
Persistence is a story about what happens when romantic intentions cross over into stalking. The ?lm explores what happens when trusts are broken but laws aren't, and just how much damage can be done to someone's life in that space betw...

This short film is an adaption of the performance Animale (choreography by Lisie Philip, music by Laurent Tamagno). It was produced for an event in the MAMAC (the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Nice) called “la Nuit des Musées” in 2017. I perceived the show as a celebration of the vital...

GAGANACHARI, 114min., India, Sci-Fi
Directed by Arun Chandu
Gaganachari is a sci-fi mockumentary that takes place in a dystopian future where civilization is rattled by the existing strangle-hold of a hostile socio-political climate. The story focuses on the lives of three bachelors who reside in...

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MOSHPIT, 7min., Canada,
Directed by Logan Charron
In a post-apocalyptic world, humans and demons co-exist, but a supernatural force makes them question their reality.

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RENEGADES: OMINARA, 42min...