THE MIGRANT BODY, 12min., USA
Directed by Paula Gil Higa, Cal Hopwood
This film examines human migration through the creative lens of PH Dance's Artistic Director, Paula Higa. Deriving from her personal experience as a dual citizen of Brazil and the United States, Higa researched various motives ...

TONARI, 17min,. Japan
Directed by Ben Tarquin
When her mirrored reflection comes to life, a dancer caught between Tokyo and San Francisco must embark on an epic chase to find herself. TONARI is a cross-cultural, cross-generational story that explores race and mixed identity through narrative, dan...

THE LINES IN BETWEEN, 11min,. USA
Directed by Georgia Usborne
Struggling with writer's block, a woman moves through surreal worlds to discover the ebbs and flows of creativity.

https://www.paulrabinowitz.com/the-lines-in-between

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GLOAMING, 10min., Sweden
Directed by Alana da Silva
A winter dance duet between two souls moving in and out of each other’s worlds.

Get to know director Alana da Silva & choreography Flockworks Dance

1. What motivated you to make this film?

(Flock) We were in the midst of lockdown in 2020 and...

THE SEED OF TIME, 5min., USA
Directed by Paula Nunez, Tiger Tao
A lapse of time has a before and after of the time in question. Everything has its beginning and end, nature’s order of time for all types of beings. But in truth, all life is impermanent, ever changing in constant motion, making the...

SISTER, 12min,. USA
Directed by Quinn Wharton
A dance film exploring the perils of fitting in. We follow a young woman entering into a ritual experience to join the group she aspires to be a part of. Struggling with the experience she finds it difficult to know if she's doing the right thing or m...

S A L O P I C A, 8min., Canada
Directed by Serenella Sol, Callum McCormack
Amidst the vibrant colours and rhythmic beats of Venezuela, a young woman uncovers her passion for dance. But as she struggles to conform to society's rigid beauty standards, she embarks on a disorienting and tumultuous jo...

ENTRE 2 EAUX (IN BTWIN 2 WATERS), 5min., France
Directed by Caroline RAGUSA, Sylvain BES
Chiara is standing there, alone with herself, until she meets Nero, her double and her opposite at the same time. This story is a deep immersion at the root of our origins, an ode to life.

https://www.carol...

TRACES ON THE WALL, 15min., Kyrgyzstan
Directed by Asel Abakirova
The spinal cord injury of the protagonist leads to paralysis. After several unsuccessful suicide attempts, he accidentally discovers a small ray of hope to live on.

https://www.facebook.com/adylbektokonov/
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JANE, 17min,. Canada
Directed by Sydney Scotia
When a misunderstood young wife in the late 19th century is restricted by her well-intentioned physician husband to a summer of bed rest, her imagination takes her down a spiral of what we think is her descent into madness, but is it?

https://www.i...

MY GIRLS, 2min., Canada
Directed by Veronika Marsland
This is a story of how my daughters taught me to be more present.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?
It started as one of my ideas for a film school project. I wanted to tell a short and sweet story that wou...

THE THREAD, 6min,. USA
Directed by Claire Rose Kennedy
In which we discover, detangle, and hopefully destroy the intergenerational threads that keep us from fully expressing our creativity. It's not as pretentious as it sounds. Promise.

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STEAM (VAPOR), 6min,. Portugal
Directed by Susan Abreu
She is a mirage from the past that like water in the sun has evaporated. Now it's time to disappear.

https://vimeo.com/bandoaparte

THE PAGETURNER, 10min., Ireland
Directed by Siubhan Ni Ghriofa
A page turner for some of the worlds leading classical soloists Tom has a secret that may end his beloved career.

https://www.twitter.com/siuysiu

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1.What motivated you to make this film?
Music! (specific...

ELISABETH, 14min., Switzerland, Drama/Suspesne
Directed by Monica De Almeida
Recurring dreams, death, a resonating name the keeps coming up…
Mr Bojac, widower since several months, feels like he’s losing his mind! These images are oppressing to him. He desperately tries to understand their meanin...

COASTEERING, 14min.,, Ireland, Drama
Directed by Audrey O'Reilly
Orla and David are a married couple in their 40s on the other side of unsuccessful IVF treatments. Orla uses running to calm her mind and process the trauma of those years of trying. Meanwhile David is focusing his attention on thei...

ENTER YOUR NAME, 3min., USA
Directed by Aubrey Scott
Enter Your Name is a surreal fantasy film that serves as an allegory to the experiences of a pre-transition trans person, with horror elements to allude to the complex emotions and inner turmoil that one can go through.

https://enteryournamen...

DOGFRIEND, 18min., Germany
Directed by Maissa Lihedheb

https://www.instagram.com/hundefreund.film/

ENAMORADO, 20min,. USA
Directed by Eduardo Rivera Salas
As a fateful meeting at a Liquor store leaves Damian longing for Izan, the relationship between the two blossoms out of innocence and fantasy, yet nothing ever more than that.

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PASSION OF X, 18min., USA
Directed by Camille Ora-Nicole Elston
Passion of X is a visual poetry anthology highlighting the joy, freedom and expanded understanding of being a trans, nonbinary, or genderqueer person of color. It is made up of five parts, each featuring an original poem created by t...

18 EVE, 2min., USA
Directed by Jonterri Gadson
A mother motivates her son to werk.

https://www.instagram.com/jonterrig/

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1. What motivated you to make this film? My relationship with my son and a desire to see life beyond acceptance for an LGBTQIA+ family.

2. Fro...

THE WAY SAM SEES IT, 7min., Australia
Directd by Dan Sanguineti
When Sam, a talented photographer with Down Syndrome, sees a rainbow outside his window, he endeavors to capture his unique perspective of light and color to create his own masterpiece.

https://www.facebook.com/dan.sanguineti
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OPEN UP, 13min., USA
Directed by Amanda Maddocks
After drunkenly sending her best friend a love letter, a closeted high school grad embarks on a frantic mission to get it back.

https://seedandspark.com/fund/open-up/edit#project
https://www.instagram.com/openup_shortfilm/

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488, 3min., South Korea, Fashion
Directed by Uyeong Ryu
Experimental fashion film with vegan fashion brand VEGANTIGER. The peculiar room and girl, and her repetitive acting of this film is the metaphor of experimental animal specifically rabbits. Last year, 488 mill...