RACHEL AND RAHA, 16min., Canada, Relationship
Directed by Nedda Sarshar
Rachel and Raha is a short film about second chances, and how the people in your past make reappearances at strange moments in your life. Rachel is a grad student living in her parents house in North York and enjoying her sum...

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE LEMONS, 13min., USA, Drama/Family
Directed by Caitlin Presberg
A young woman comes home after the death of her abusive father to reconnect with the sister she left behind.

https://www.instagram.com/itsnotaboutthelemons/

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POLISH/ENGLISH PHRASEBOOK, 1min., USA, Comedy
Directd by Eric Maierson
My father finds the only page he needs in the phrasebook.

https://www.ericmaierson.com/
https://www.instagram.com/captaingboy/
https://twitter.com/gboy

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TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS, 89min., USA, Crime/Detective
Directed by Tom Konkle
Private Investigator Roland Drake falls for two sisters from the Montemar family. One woman is dead and the other wants to kill him.

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LOST MOTHER, 5min., China, Drama
Directed by Zelong Liu
Lost Mother tells a story about "love," "lost," and "healing." I always want to make a maternal love theme film. The inspiration comes from a joke I used to play with my mom when I was a kid that I was dead, and what she saw was her illusion...

ANTISEMITE, 13min., USA, Drama
Directed by Michelle Bossy
Seth, a college senior, is home for winter break. He’s spending a day relaxing and shopping on Fairfax Avenue when he’s suddenly confronted by an Orthodox Jewish man asking Seth if he’s Jewish. Seth’s chance encounter leads to a profound s...

BOWLING 4 EVA, 14min., USA, Drama
Directed by Aelfie Oudghiri
A troubled teen girl spends her time trolling men online and bowling with her grandfather while becoming increasingly medicated by her psychiatrist.

AGNES, 8min., USA, Drama/Family
Directed by Holly Andres
A mother grieving the disappearance of her daughter is compounded by her daughter's belongings finding their way home by way of a river near their home.

THE ESSENCE OF THE RIDGES, 3min., Experimental
Directed by Austin Kim
This film shows what we should be fighting to keep, rather than change. It shows the beauty of winter and issues of climate change through skiing.

https://www.austinsyn.kim/

LOITERING WITH INTENT, 23min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Eve Jablonkay
Dante lets us peek into his life. He's a sex worker and go-go dancer in West Hollywood.

MEANS TO AN END, 11min., New Zealand, Horror
Directed by Tanya M. Wheeler
A sexy young woman seeks out married men to seduce in a bar in an effort to get pregnant, but her intentions for the baby are unexpected.

A STATE OF BLISS, 17min., USA, Relationship
Directed by Abriana Blount
A user goes on a virtual, blind date to meet an individual that challenges their process of life and death.

https://blountabriana.wixsite.com/filmfruit
https://twitter.com/myscherrygirl

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THE LAST GAY IN INDIANA, 15min., USA, Satire
Directed by Olivia Fouser.
Set in a future where Mike Pence has won the Presidency on the promise to Make America Straight Again, he has succeeded in converting everyone in the United States to being straight; all, except one.

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HE WATCHES, 14min., USA, Drama/Horror
Directed by Joshua Conkel
40-something Tom has his boyfriend Mikey move in. What seems like domestic bliss at first gives way to creeping dread as a malevolent spirit makes itself known. This gay ghost will stop at nothing to get close to Tom, even if that me...

BEAU, 104min., USA, Musical
Directed by Josh Rhodes
Musician Ace Baker nervously takes the concert stage in his hometown of Nashville as memories of his youth begin to flood back. Spending the first decade of his life fatherless, queer and bullied, Ace's life is changed forever when a phone call ...

AN HONEST LIFE, 3min., USA, Animation
Directed by Richard O'Connor
When Jeffrey Perri was nine years old, his grandfather, Tony Perri, came out to him as gay. At StoryCorps, grandfather and grandson share memories of their respective coming out journeys and reflect on how much they mean to each o...

THE CHILDREN OF GOD, 32min., India, Documentary
Directed by Parthajit Baruah
This documentary looks at the social taboos prevailing in the social-cultural framework of India. Sanam, a young school girl, begins to feel that she is psychologically transformed from a girl to a boy, and starts to cut...

TEGG SANDWICH, 9min., Canada, Comedy
Directed by Tanin Risdon
A short comedy about an over-confident HR Rep who is tasked with putting an end to the largest problem in the office: A bizarre, outcast employee and their foul smelling lunches.

https://www.instagram.com/taninjr/

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BACK TO APIROL, 6min., USA, Fantasy
Directed by Luoxi Liu
A lonely woman digs her head into her lover's jean jacket and has an intensive experience in her imagination.

https://www.instagram.com/april_llx/

THE STAMP, 10min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Sharon Mayo
A satire on how to complete a task within government bureaucracy.

https://linktr.ee/anniewaits18
https://instagram.com/the.stamp.shortfilm

Director Statement
I graduated from NYU University in 2001 and ended up working in post production f...

THE SWITCH, 4min., Canada, Dance
Directed by Thomas Obewu
Unify "The People" and stand for something
It's time to hit "The Switch" and wake up!!

http://tomxfilm.com/
https://instagram.com/tomxfilm

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PERIOD PARTY, 15min., USA, Drama/Family
Directed by Nicole Collins
A dynamic exploration of the journey of menstruation as seen between the parallel experience of a mother and her blooming daughter.

http://www.magnoliaaproductions.com/shortfilms
https://facebook.com/jnicollins
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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...

RATS IN THE HOUSE, 13min,. USA, Drama/Family
Directed by Francesca Brice-Martin
A cheating hysband tries to fix his marriage while dealing with his mistress who threatens to reveals the truth at Thanksgiving dinner.

https://www.instagram.com/francescabricemartin/

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