STARTLINE, 5min, South Korea, Animation/Drama
Directed by Ryu Sihyun
In the dreams of Joe, a teenage girl who is sad that she was eliminated in the track and field event, her difficult beginnings strangely happen. In her dreams, she goes through the struggles of adolescence: exams, nagging parent...

A BOY OF MAY, 16min., South Korea, Animation/Documentary
Directed by Seung-il Chon
Jeong Sae-nal, the young boy in Gwang-ju City, receives new sneakers as a 12th birthday gift, but he is shot by martial law forces while playing with his friends in a mountain reservoir in the back of the town. Sae...

REQUIEM. GENERATION. BREAKER., 7min., USA, Animation/Musical
Directed by Derwin Hayden
After a father witnesses a murder, Myck, and his family become targeted by an inter-dimensional demon.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?

I was motivated by a book called "M...

MY MONSTER AND I, 14min., USA, Sci-Fi
Directed by A.J. Starzak
Set in 1998 San Francisco, a 12 year old Asian American girl named Sydney Li, confronts the monster under her bed only to discover that the mysterious creature is as lost and lonely as she is. Syd hides her new friend from her father,...

DECOY, 3min., USA, Sci-Fi
Directed by Gen Li
In a post-apocalyptic world, murder robots track down and attempt to kill a cyborg girl.

IN THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS, 12min., Australia, Sci-Fi
Directed by Shiromani Singh
While wandering through an art gallery on a painfully mediocre date, a girl is transported into a Renoir painting where she meets its lively characters. She must now decide whether to return to reality or not.

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DEEP FAKE LOVE, 15min., UK, Sci-Fi RomCom
Directed by Otto Shed
In the near future, an introverted young woman uses a deepfake app to watch romantic films featuring herself and a neighbour. But when the government places restrictions on this technology, she is forced to pursue a relationship in r...

HALF SAMURAI, 11min., Japan, Sci-Fi
Directed by Rashad Haughton
A mysterious drifter wanders into a bar owned by a psychopathic yakuza gang on Halloween night.

I'VE MADE CONTACT, 7min., USA, Sci-Fi
Directed by Brent Black, Mike Gallegos
I've Made Contact explores a fictional world within the Sci-Fi lore and culture of the late 1980s. The short film/music video combo is based on true UFO sightings and the witnesses involved. It is told through the fictio...

STICKY FINGERS, 27min., Canada, Crime/Drama
Directed by Nick Juicy
Facing debts and violent consequences with a local mob enforcer, two lowlife criminal brothers scheme with their partners to steal an expensive watch. But after their plan is shot to hell, the brothers find a surprise waiting for ...

STATIONHEADS, 17min., Hungary, Crime/Thriller
Directed by Stu Gamble
Three educated (and bored) twenty-somethings are working a dead-end job in a gas station. Their futures are grim. When a group of bank robbers turn up fresh from a heist and fresh out of fuel, things get a bit more interesting.
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A TIGER IN THE SUBWAY, 9min,. USA, Thriller/Drama
Directed by James Abrams
An agoraphobic painter reflects on an old white lie his mother told him as a child.

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THE ADVENTURERS DIARY, 15min., UK, Adventure
Directed by Ben Wicks
An elderly woman full of adventure takes one final journey.

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THE GIRAFFE, 9min., Barcelona, Action/Adventure
Directed by Alex Balcells Querol
The first real action of the Mirage F1 was impressive. At the very beginning of its operational life, the Iraqi Mirage F1 entered the “hall of fame” by killing some Iranian F14 Tomcats, by using the new Super Matra 5...

HOT OR ICED?, 3min., USA, Action
Directed by Anthony Chirco
A man’s decision-making process is illustrated through a surreal fight between two opposing sides of his brain in a coffee shop.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?
My daily indecisions as an overthink...

STRIKE, 5min., USA, Action/Thriller
Directed by Oliver Li

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1. What motivated you to make this film?

Action is a genre that I have always wanted to try, but I rarely have the opportunity to do so. Fortunately, my cinematographer, Teddy, and I got a chance to experime...

DREAM WAR, 17min., USA, Action
Directed by Kevin Barile
Made by a team of STUNT, FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY and ACTION specialists- DREAM WAR is the story about team of information extractors that infiltrate a mob boss's dream and attempt to steal valuable information from him while he sleeps

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LET GO, 5min., USA, Drama
Directed by Shannon Hardy
A gay couple's weekend getaway begins to crumble as their relationship hangs by the tread of deportation.

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ANTIQUE FAILURE, 15miin., USA, Romance
Directed by Carter Cavanaugh...

ORAN NA H-EALA, 13min., UK, Dance
Directed by Steve Exeter
A vivid dream exploration of Moira Shearer's heart and mind, just before and after she agreed to star in Powell and Pressburger's beloved cinema classic "The Red Shoes", a decision that would change her life forever.

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TO SAY GOODBYE IS TO DIE A LITTLE, 15min., USA, Drama
Directed by Michele Ly
To Say Goodbye… follows a late night ride share where their journey is the same but their destinations are very different.

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SHIRINGA: AMAZON WHITE GOLD, 9min., Canada
Directed by Oscar Akamine, Joseph Neyra
Jorge Escompani is a "Shiringa" master, "Shiringa" is a tree which produces natural latex. This is considered a tradition that preserves great passion and environmental awareness. The...

I.M.L.A. ~ A Musical Graphic Novel, 83min., USA, Graphic Novel
Directed by Mae Edwards
A story about Queer Femmes of Color on their Hero’s Journey through Tinsel Town, as told in a musical video-ized graphic novel.

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LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene Screenplay Movie

A closeted teen football star, Harley Harris, discovers his friends and fellow townsfolk are being replaced by demonic shapeshifters, and he is next! Together with, out and proud friend, Tessa, Harley must break the demon's curse before his identity an...

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JOHN, 14min., New Zealand, Fantasy
Directed by Yoson An
Trapped in the limbo of purgatory, John's only path to freedom is a choice between a curtain and a kite. A concert pianist (John) finds himself in a deserted, barren land, in between a red kite and a floating ...