ANADROMOUS, 5min., USA
Directed by Ari Grubb
When they find themselves evolving out of their aquarium home, two fish set off on a musical journey of self-acceptance and queer joy, and find community in a freaky fish gay bar in the deepest depths of the ocean.

https://instagram.com/anadromous_film

GIRLS NITE IN, 7min., USA
Directed by Sarah J Simon

Finding Yiyi, 14min., USA
Directed by Kim Caicedo
After losing her grandmother’s cherished dumpling recipe, a 65-year-old woman embarks on a journey to piece it back together, leading her to reconnect with a childhood friend and explore the relationship they never had.

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Look At Us Now, 5min., USA
Directed by Noelle Gentile, Kaitlyn Busbee
"Look At Us Now" is the debut music video from 10-year-old, Lulu Grey's debut album, "Dreaming' Grey"

https://instagram.com/@lulu.grey.music

Ten Poem Project (Auntie), 4min., USA
Directed by Nakoa Taggart, Gabriel Vazquez
Ten Poem Project is a hybrid dance film that brings together poetry, movement, and lived testimony to explore migration, identity, and artistic resilience. Emerging from a larger practice-as-research monograph, the f...

Inside the Oasis: The Story of South Florida's Gay Mecca, 47min., USA
Directed by Andy Perrott
Narrated by Emmy-winning actor Sharon Gless, INSIDE THE OASIS: The Story of South Florida’s Gay Mecca explores the LGBTQ+ community’s evolution in Broward County from the 1950s to the present. Through a...

WHEN FIGHTING MONSTERS, 18min., USA
Directed by Sherill Quinn
A bereaved detective struggles to make sense of his daughter's untimely death.

https://www.instagram.com/when_fighting_monsters_movie

https://youtu.be/O0dVa70ySF0

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HANDYMAN, 3min., France
Directed by Thomas Faccini

https://youtu.be/euKAXyASjNE

ALIENATED, 12min., USA
Directed by Tamara Hernandez
Alienated is a dark sci-fi coming-of-age story about a troubled teenage girl who discovers a strange, greenish-blue growth on her shoulder at a high school party. What begins as an embarrassing secret soon unravels into a terrifying revelation: ...

THE SANGUINE, 25min., USA
Directed by Patrick McNerney, Daniel Jones
A crestfallen master and outcast servant rob the grave of a long dead warlord to find he’s returned to defend it.

https://thesanguinefilm.com/

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TEXAS STRANGE, 9min. USA
Directed by Justin Eugene Evans
After two months on a distant planet, John Thurston returns to his ragtag crew of criminals and thieves. He expects a heroes welcome...instead they've held themselves a vote.

https://youtu.be/oxdTxgBC72A

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LARRY THE CADDIE, 2min., USA
Directed by Burton Rocks
A young caddie invents a glove to help a struggling golfer. This short cartoon is based on the life of internationally-recognized scientist, author, and long ago golf caddie, Dr. Lawrence Rocks.

TIM'S TURBULENT GARDEN, 15min., USA
Directed by CJ Stanton
An offbeat young man must protect his mystical garden from the hands of his video game obsessed roommate.

https://youtu.be/Jh5myqW51B8

Wild Goose, 26min., China
Directed by Huiting Kang
Wild Goose is a story that profoundly portrays the emotional entanglements and self-discovery of the characters in a northeastern county. The story begins when Cheng Si'an receives the news of her father's sudden death. She returns to the northea...

THE SUPPORT SAKE TOUR, 37min., USA
Directed by Christopher Leyva
When a catastrophic earthquake devastates Japan’s Noto Peninsula, San Diego business owner and mother Raechel is compelled to act. After learning that Seiko Kinshichi has lost both her home and her historic family brewery, Raechel—w...

PETRIFIED, 10min., Finland
Directed by Minna Maria Parkkinen
In the silent film “Hymytyttö”, beautifully frosted pictures disguise a hidden past of trauma and childhood sexual violence. The Smile Statue, awarded to the kindest children in the class, becomes a symbol of something darker. A hummed ...

ROOTLESS, 7min., Canada
Directed by
Nila is interviewed by an immigration officer in Canada. This marks the beginning of her immigrant journey. She calmly answers the questions, but a chaos of fear and confusion shocks her inner world. A year later, the questions continue on other people's lips ...

Where Is Wind Stranded, 21min., China
Directed by Ushio
*Two train tickets curl into cocoons in my palm
Rails gnaw through night, grinding old vows to dust
Empty seats sprout thorns
Piercing all dusks that never embarked*

OPEN, 12min., Australia
Directed by Vanessa Cobbs, Chrystila Ayom
Lily, a young mother struggling to raise her daughter in near isolation, discovers a locked bus in a nearby yard. What she finds inside pulls her into a fight for survival that will change both their lives forever.

"Long Island South Shore", 29min., USA
Directed by Cat Torres, April Audia
A single mother and her teenage daughter living on the south shore of Long Island. Fighting each other to be seen. Living in the conflict of oppression and dominance. Both fighting to win, both will end up losing.

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SMALL TOWN GIRLS, 4min., USA
Directed by Layal Hamdeh
Feeling confined by their small empty town and unambitious locals, Jasmine and Sarah entertain the idea of moving away to New York.

DESERTION, 30min., Luxembourg
Directed by Chantal Lorang
After World War II, a military chaplain remembers the young soldiers who lost their nerve and ran away on the Eastern Front. In military prison he also had to look after Josy Lorang, a Luxembourger who had been forcibly recruited. Josy coul...

BLINK, 16min., USA
Directed by Trude Namara
Liana is trapped in this psychological thriller, an extended metaphor for how friends/communities can be monsters, forcing one to stay in a toxic relationship.

IKEA Spec Ad, 41 sec., USA
Directed by Lily Mehallick
A woman cooks in "her" kitchen and is discovered by a confused IKEA employee.

https://www.instagram.com/lilymehal/

The Nest, 7min., Spain
Directed by Ignacio Rodo
It's the first night he's bringing someone home. They must be quiet.

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