When the World Came to San Francisco, 70min., USA
Directed by R. Christian Anderson
A documentary-drama about a woman's visit to the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. The film tells the story of the exposition through actual images and vintage film clips. Over 2 years...

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

POEM:

We’d been sailing for months when the isle sprang to view,
grassy it was, and forlorn for sure.
Charts said nothing
of its being here.

We moored near the isle
where I set forth a search,
myself in the lead
of course.

Now I must tell you:

As we crossed from the s...

Performed by Val Cole

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POEM:

Mirroring myself
Only led to broken glass
Pick up the pieces

Stained with memories
Jagged and rusted with tears
Only truth remains

Voice Over: Val Cole

Editor & Visual Design: Steve Rizzo

Produced by Matthew Toffolo

Performed by Val Cole

Peformed by Val Cole

Summary: Chris's life changes when the Covid-19 Virus becomes a global pandemic changing the course of her life plans.

Performed by Val Cole

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POEM:

Is it better never to have loved at all
Than to have loved and lost in sorrow’s pain,
When love departs on flights to be enthralled
With pleasures of youthful spring again.

That temptation of Eros which beckons,
To shed one’s age and cast love’s old clothes;
An...

Performed by Val Cole

Editor & Visual Design by Steve Rizzo

Produced by Matthew Toffolo

Performed by Val Cole

10 MIN. MORE, 9min., Canada
Directed by Atoosa Moshashaee
A schoolgirl is waiting for her mom to pick her up from after school and the last 10 minutes seems very hard to get through, until her drawing comes to make her companionship.

Symphony of Screams, 11min., Brazil
Directed by Fernando Lazzarini, Jordan Mihailovsky
Two lazy sound guys from Chile are on a film shoot in Uruguay. They are upset because they have to work on their day off. They decide to exploit a local man to do their job for them, but soon realize that he ha...

Dancing With Waves, 29min., USA
Directed by Emmitt Thrower
Tammi Judge, the founder of a transformative dance program, leads young dancers on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth, using the power of movement to heal, inspire, and change their lives forever.

Career Stall, 8min., USA
Directed by Nima Nourani
A businessman’s routine bathroom break turns surreal when he’s trapped in a stall, witnessing a cascade of bizarre events.

https://www.nimzeeproductions.com/career-stall-film

The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia, 86min., USA
Directed by Chris Beier
A washed-up YouTube star blackmails an old rival in an attempt to reclaim her fame. But when things go awry, she finds herself ensnared by a drug trafficking ring. As Cecilia spirals out of control, she's forced to confront her t...

The American Trail, 21min., USA
Directed by Tomer J. Keysar
The American Trail follows two friends who embark on a journey to walk across the United States. It’s not as glamorous as it seems — they're pitching tents on the side of the highway and trudging through mud for six months.

https://tom...

CONFESSION, 10min., USA
Directed by Paul Schwartz
A desperate man has just ten minutes to prove he is a winner.

http://www.nelsonavidon.com/

MONDAY'S CHILD, 22min., USA
Directed by Jodi Leib Coden
Monday's Child speaks to the heart of a woman's right to choose. After the fall of Roe v. Wade, Jenny faces untenable circumstances when she learns that her inviable pregnancy will compromise her health. As her sense of self begins to unrave...

Those who stayed constantly talk about the future.

Every other house in Freimfelde, a former working-class neighbourhood, is empty. The lack of jobs, the absence of local suppliers, and the presence of decay are long-term effects of structural decline: in these parts of former Eastern Germany, ...

hurricane, 6min,. Cuba
Directed by Héctor Almeida
An inner hurricane summons errant images and drifting fragments of time, dragging them toward a threshold that resists form. A voice, part invocation, part echo, emerges from within the storm. Between the lived and the imagined, memory disintegrat...