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BEYOND THE BEAT, 62min,. USA, Documentary
Directed by Fletcher Barnes, Henry Davis
After decades of civil war in Northern Uganda, three best friends start a creative arts festival to inspire hope for a better future.
In the district of Kitgum, Uganda – hope is a sc...

FREE(d) by Family, 10min., USA
Directed by Chase Kinney

WHAT'S BRED IN THE BLOOD AND BONE, 5min., USA
Directed by Robin M Gee
Inspired by the work of Ida Bell Wells, whose writing documented the episodic period of lynching’s in the 1890’s, What’s Bred in the Blood and Bone is a study of space and place, girded by the collective experiences of brown bo...

FREE(d) by Faith, 10min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Chase Kinney
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A DEER CAUGHT IN THE HEADLIGHTS, 22min., Netherlands, Thriller
Directed by Anil Wagemans, Idzi Wagemans
A woman's night turns sinister when she fears the charming stranger she went home with has very different intentions.

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Noche de Amor (Night of Love), 18min., USA
Directed by Sean-Paul Cardamone
A young woman experience’s love, betrayal and metamorphosis traveling through the ever changing rapids of east Los Angeles.

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Star crossed love and hubr...

NOT AN ORDINARY MECHANIC, 5min., Latvia, Action
Directed by Jurijs Kruze
Nick Mecha is a person of many talents, who works as a mechanic at the workshop, but dreams to become a great dancer and perform on a big stage. But Nick's "luck" always gets him into different tricky situations. This is one...

PAGAN VIRTUES, 5min., Australia
Directed by Kaylia Jade McGarry
This is a very selfish experimental film reflecting on my lust for shiny things in every way, shape or form. This project explores the virtues of divinity, devotion and despair; natural forces worshipped religiously in the human cond...

ASHES, 10min., Canada
Directed by Charles-Antoine Thériault
Over time, nature wilfully and circumstantially adapts to its environment, but when the cyclical clash between evolution and cataclysm occurs, nature’s fight to reclaim its place often leaves scars that endure for many seasons. “Ashes” r...

ORIGINS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, 8min., Canada
Directed by John Ledingham
..or The Life of a Rock. Experimental documentary meditation on land, complexity and evolution, consciousness, interconnection, and artificial intelligence. Exploring the ideas of philosophers and scientists from a broad backgroun...

STEP BY STEP, 5min,. UK
Directed by Andrew Margetson
A portrait of star ballerina, Lauren Cuthbertson, returning to dance after having a baby.

http://margetson.com/
https://www.instagram.com/andymargetson

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I was interested in...

KILL SHOT, 3min., USA, Thriller
Directed by Joe Petito
A man finds his grandfather's old camera with a bizarre message.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?

The Russo Brothers' company AGBO started a film contest called No Sleep Til Film Fest. They were going to...

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A PART OF YOU, 4min., Germany
Directed by Matthäus Bussmann
A woman is dying and another version of herself comes from the darks sky to pick up her soul and eventually driver her to hell. Shot as a technical experiment entirely as a virtual production using unreal conten...

HOMMAGE/PICAROON, 7min., Canada
Directed by Shawn Kosmerly
This double feature music video is a character study of Le Roi des rats and Picaroon, two protagonists lost in personal struggles with interior forces that connect them to both despair and illumination.

http://mcleanonyme.com/
https://f...

DYNAMIC SCULPTURES, 3min., USA
Directed by Jean-Yves Lemoigne
17 interpretations of body movements using the latest technologies, AI for movement extraction from video and then CGI artist has explored shapes and textures.

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https://www.instagram.com/jeany...

DREAM OF THE RETURN, 14min,. UK
Directed by Yew Weng Ho
An older Chinese woman's struggle with loss and loneliness.

WE DANCE FOR LIFE, 11min., UK
Directed by Ian George Sciacaluga
A community comes together to express the many affectations of living with cancer and to herald the science that will one day find a cure.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?

I've been wanting ...

WHERE MONSTERS LURK, 13min., USA, Thriller
Directed by Beth Ashby
After weeks of withdrawing from the outside world, Kelly is now isolated, depressed, and self-medicating. She wakes up late in her dingey apartment and attempts to survive the day. If she’s lucky, she can do this in relative peace....

KIDS CAN REALLY FUCK UP A MARRIAGE, 8min., USA
Directed by Julie O'Hora
A suburban supermom and her career-driven husband are learning the hard way that love does not conquer all.

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JUST SHORT OF REALITY, 37min., Canada
Directed by Matt Alfano, Chad McFadden
Just Short of Reality is a series of shorts that are told through the genres of surrealism, silent film and dance. Co-existing in one neighbourhood, seven individuals are presented with adversity and choice in this alleg...

1848, 13min., Mexico
Directed by Alfonso Otero Mireles
A folk tale set in Mexico's XIX century. A pregnant woman and her sisters wait for childbirth in isolation.
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CRYING APPLAUSE, 5min., USA
Directed by Sousana Maragkou

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23622732/

THE UNWITTING VICTIM, 18min,. USA
Directed by Greg Martin
When Will Spectre, a hard-boiled 1940’s detective, is asked by a beautiful, mysterious woman to investigate a murder, he is forced to enter the strange and somewhat incestuous world of the theatre, only to find that his investigation takes...

BROKEN BONES, 3min., USA
Directed by Ron David Longo
Whimsical journey through the growth of a relationship from fear of being hurt to opening your heart to true love.

http://ronlongo.com/
https://facebook.com/RonLongoMusic