CULICIDAE, 7min., Australia, Drama
Directed by Greg Moran
A late night intrusion leads to a life and death struggle.

http://www.gregmoran.com.au/

Get to the filmmaker:

What motivated you to make this film?
I've been a high-level quadriplegic since I was 15 as a result of a rugby accident. I ...

PARTING OUT, 19min., USA, Drama
Directed by Susan Buster Thomas
Two women search for love and missing pieces in a vintage auto salvage yard.

Get to know the writer and director:
Bobby Zenk (Writer) with Susan Buster Thomas (Director)

1. What motivated you to make this film?

The question we had...

THE INTRUDER, 15min,. USA, Drama/Comedy
Directed by Nina Lescher
When an unfaithful woman embarks on a romantic getaway with her husband to celebrate their wedding anniversary, a ghostly entity disrupts the intimacy and forces her to confront the secrets in her heart.

Conserving Carter’s Creek: A Tides Inn Shoreline Restoration, 10min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Connor Griffin
Starting in 2021, the Tides Inn completed an extensive, $3.6 million restoration of its shoreline to reestablish wetlands, attract wildlife and increase habitat for aquatic life. The ...

MANATEE RESCUE THE LAST STAND OF A FLORIDA TREASURE, 5min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Shannon Malone-Debenedicts
The manatee is Florida’s state animal, and its likeness is found all over the state–from murals and license plates to tourist shops and attractions. But the manatees' habitat along ...

A SMALLHOLDER'S VOICE, 20min., Sweden, Documentary
Directed by Clara Wetzel
Amid many economic and social challenges, cocoa and palm oil smallholders in Cameroon have established their farms as a source of income for themselves through entrepreneurship and determination – but today, they face new...

Motus Avium: A Mission to Save California's Last Wetlands, 14min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Rob McAllister
Less than 5% of California’s historical wetlands remain, but there is hope in the world’s most productive agricultural valley.
Discover why tracking the movement of shorebirds could dram...

SALT DESERT, 18min., Uzbekistan, Documentary
Directed by Nikita Makarenko
A photographer comes to the dead Aral Sea in search of perfect landscapes. Instead, he meets an old Karakalpak woman who prepares her grave and tombstone in advance. With her help, he understands how closely connected peopl...

BIOPIXELS, 4min., USA, Experimental
Directed by Kristina Dutton
Butterflies and moths comprise 12% of all species known to man (180,000 species!), and their seemingly endless biodiversity is visually translated on their wings through color and pattern variation. Incredibly, we humans share these ...

See the Full Lineup of Films:

DELIGHT, 2min,. Iran
Directed by Arsan Safa, Babak Raesis, Estatira Aghajari
A mother bird leaves her nest to find food for her babies and in doing so she encounters difficulties and...

MITLA | Underworld, 2min., Singapore
Directed by Mark Chavez
This 2-minute pi...

A SMALL ACT OF COURAGE, 16min,. USA
Directed by Dylan Brody
Recorded during a live performance in Brattleboro, VT, humorist, story-teller and now... musician? Dylan Brody brings a guitar and a looping box to his act risking poetry, confession and an actual song to his act!

http://dylanbrody.com/...

DRIVERLESS, 28min., USA
Directed by Charles Pelletier
When all that’s good about middle-class workers meets all that’s bad about corporate millionaires and all that’s wrong with technology, the inevitable result is a hysterical new comedy short that slashes the tires of corporate America.

https:...

GUTTERBALL, 12min., USA
Directed by Charles Ingram
When local bowling legend Hal Capcar finds himself in a slump on the night before a championship match, he makes a secret discovery that gives him a supernatural advantage... and a curse. Hal would do anything to keep from losing his edge, but no...

TO SPEAK IS TO LIVE - FREED FROM STUTTERING, 55min., Documentary
Directed by Sonja Schütz, Sabine Schütz
In the documentary, 11 formerly stuttering people aged 9 - 30 years tell of their daily, painful experiences around stuttering with its limitations. Stuttering affects 1% of the world's popula...

WONDERFULLY MADE, 94min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Yuval David
“Wonderfully Made – LGBTQ+R(eligion)” is the extraordinarily moving feature-length documentary striking at the root of anti-LGBTQ attitudes by exploring the challenges and aspirations of LGBTQ+ Catholics due to the institutional C...

See the Full Lineup of Films:

PUZZLE IN THE PALM, 26min., Japan, Drama
Directed by Ayumi Kurokawa
Risa and Takumi were born and raised in Kanazawa at Japan. They've been dating for a year and a half, and they turned thirty years old. Parents and relatives half-heartedly encouraged them to live t...

DON'T COME IN...YET!, 10min., Australia
Directed by Isaac Dean Elliott
As a wheelchair user, Jake is constantly watched over by his dad and lauded for his bravery by everyone. Now 18, he's finally been left at home, without supervision, with his best friend June. Together, they plan to use the op...

PICKLED, 14min., USA
Directed by Megan Brotherton
Molly McCallum was a fierce pickleball player. She and her husband were at the top of their game and then...they had a baby. When they return to their old tournament, their league rejects them because Molly is now over the 35 year age limit. Molly...

LOLLIPOP COWBOY, 28min., USA, Western/Romance
Directed by Eric Alt
Upon arriving late, A cowboy for children's parties meets a princess after she's hired to perform as his replacement. Cowboy walks the princess home after his bike gets stolen and spends the day with her as they each confide in on...

MY SISTERS IN THE STARS: THE STORY OF LIFE YONG-SOO, 10min., South Korea
Directed by Ian Kim
Born in Daegu, Korea in 1928 under Japanese occupation, Lee Yong-soo was taken away from her home at the age of 14 by the Imperial Japanese Army and forced into sexual slavery on the front lines of the Pa...

WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND, 7min., USA
Directed by Xingyu Gu
Several years after her grandfathers had passed away, a young woman recollects her memories of them.

Director Statement
As someone who had spent a third of their life half a planet away from home, nostalgia is a subject that I always find ...

LINING, 10min., USA
Directed by Tyler Anthony Davis
After seeing his crush at a pool party, Aaron races to the barbershop for a fresh lining to impress her- only to encounter two barbers on a whole different wavelength.

SCRIBBLE, 4min., Jordan
Directed by Rooa Samer Alshattle
"Scribble" is the journey of Mana, as she struggles with self-harm, she walks alone, everyone dissolving intro scribbles around her as she awaits the start of another day at school.

https://www.instagram.com/rita_animator/