DYNAMICS, 14min., Netherlands
Directed by Teo Baehler,
DYNAMICS (Frozen Movements) is an experimental, dreamy and surreal stop-motion film, created using everyday materials. The film offers a visual reflection on transformations that emerge through the intuitive blending of dissimilar elements. T...

Gnomes of New York=, 4min., USA
Directed by Shane Willett
New York is a busy city, everyone is always coming and going and never stopping. What if you stopped and took time to watch the city, carefully, around a secret world exists. Gnomes, they keep the city alive and thriving. Without them, New...

Mare in the Grass, 3min,. USA
Directed by Beza Solomon
Bryce, the coolest kid at Destiny Middle, is bound to win the school talent show. Mary, Mikey, and Stephen won't stand by and let this happen.

TROOP 13, 4min., USA
Directed by Alice Elizabeth Trisha Vogel
Troop 13 is a short horror stop motion comedy about a troop of campers who are out in the woods. The fire begins to die and one by one the campers go off to find wood and earn their fire-wood gathering patch but once they set off none ...

Prayer of the Sea, 6min., Germany
Directed by Martin Gerigk
A composer recounts a dream from his youth that inspired the slow movement of his first string quartet, Prayer of the Sea. The dream, depicting a peaceful dissolution into the sea and wind, symbolized his future death. Decades later, red...

The Town Without Laws, 3min., USA
Directed by Kiarra Angelique Moore
A rag tag trio of criminals are tasked by the devil, to hunt down an outlaw trying to outrun his debt.

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Cats Cradle, 10min., Canada
Directed by Allyson Lorraine Glenn
Cats Cradle is inspired by the Greek myth Ariadne and her journey from Crete to Naxos. Like The Fates, she is associated with the symbol of the thread, which she uses to help Theseus kill the Minotaur. Central to Ariadne’s story is he...

Onion Dog, 7min., USA
Directed by Michelle Pozen
The story of an ordinary American dog.
Struggling to find his place in the modern world, he points his beak toward the Old West in search of purpose and meaning.

PATCHWORK, 2min., USA
Directed by Karsyn Fletcher
A determined sprite builds a scarecrow to save her pumpkin, but when it grows too big, she must adapt in the face of change.

Question & answer session after the festival screening with filmmakers from the December 11th, 2025 festival at the Carlton Cinemas, in downtown Toronto, Canada.

Conversation with creators:

- (Key Subject) Patricia Wright (Surviving Alone: The Tale of Simone)
- Vicente Gacitua (THROW IT BACK)
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Vapor Trails, 11min., USA
Directed by Matt Jenkins
Mandy has just given Jethro an ultimatum, quick vaping or else. His friend Chuck thinks its going to be easy to quit.

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Temporal Takedown, 8min., Norway
Directed by Martin Sofiedal
A woman with mysterious time freezing powers infiltrate a dirty car workshop in hopes of gaining information about a nefarious gangster. The mechanics are not compliant to her request and an epic and time-bending fight ensues.

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Open House, 5min., USA
Directed by Daniel Gould
Desperate for a fresh start, a young woman jumps at the chance to tour a lavish apartment listed for an unreasonably low price. Her guide, a slick-talking real estate agent, seems a little too eager to close the deal and a little too vague about the...

LOOK AT ME, 2min., Canada
Directed by Cameron Morin
A man casually brushes his teeth in the bathroom, until things take a turn as he stares closely at his own reflection.

OUTRO, 3min., USA
Directed by Jaret Washburn
A hungry presence comes calling.

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Twilight of the Undead, 23min., USA
Directed by Leonardo Daccarett
In the sleepy mountain town of Oakhurst, California, terror rises from the grave! The Torres family and their loyal friend William are running for their lives… from an ARMY OF THE UNDEAD! Thunder cracks, zombie groans echo But the...

SECRET SAUCE, 5min., USA
Directed by Daniel Gould
At an exclusive cocktail party packed with the city’s most powerful movers and shakers, the guests are too busy networking to notice the unhinged cater-waiter gliding through the crowd. With a deranged grin and a tray of hors d’oeuvres drenched in...

Come the Nightfall, 23min., USA
Directed by Tom Michaels
A wealthy licentious offers a lift to a beautiful femme fatale in the middle of a deserted road with a shocking aftermath.

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Memoria Obscura, 5min., USA
Directed by David Christopher Nelson, Connor Ryan
In a world where memory erasure is a legitimate industry, the underground black market known as Memoria Obscura serves as a hub for stolen and repurposed memories.

Timeless, 4min., USA
Directed by Keanu Cordero
In Timeless, Juic3 opens a book by the pool in modern-day reality — but what unfolds is anything but ordinary. She’s swept into an imagined 1960s world: a life filled with warmth, love, and everything she’s ever dreamed of. A beautiful home. A devote...

The Ancient Time Piece, 5min., UK
Directed by Justin Walker, Islien Walker
Lily, a teenage girl is stuck in a monotonous cycle, perhaps this is connected to an old eerie clock she found in her family's basement, a clock that was still ticking when she found it.... how long had this ancient Time P...

Marionette (Ava Della Pietra - official music video), 3min., USA
Directed by Nathan Levine-Heaney

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