TIME AND STONE, 83min., China, Documentary
Directed by Li Yue

In 1958, iron ore was discovered in the desert of the Qilian Mountains, at the western end of the Great Wall of China, and 30,000 young people came here to build the largest ironworks in northwest China.

At first there was nothing i...

ENTOMOS PHAGOS, 2min., France, Drama
Directed by Florian Le Tavernier ARM
"Between his ecologist mother and his very careerist and non-chalaching father, Nathan does not hesitate to face their contradictions in a surprising way."

ANJELA, 16min., Bulgaria, Documentary/Animation
Directed by Vilma Kartalska
Anjela Pencheva has suffered from Cerebral Palsy since birth, but the difficult diagnosis has never broken her spirit and has turned her into a writer, an actress and a dancer. Through her work and with her computer gener...

BLOODLINE, 12min., Croatia, Crime/Drama
Directed by Silvio Jesenkovic
An orphaned young man, Darko, seeks to avenge his parents murder. He is raised in the underworld and becomes an expert assassin, but over the years the moral weight of the work bears down upon him and he begins to question hims...

SOLSTICE, 7min., USA, Animation
Directed by Justin Vu
A young woman and her husky dog take the long journey home on foot through the Alaskan wilderness, with all its beauty and all its danger.

Director Statement

Can ONE animator create a cinematic character-driven adventure film in a year? For ...

A CHALET AT THE FOOT OF THE FIZ, 36min., France, Documentary
Directed by Godefroy de Maupeou
An elderly woman returns to her chalet at the foot of the Chaîne des Fiz and finds the draft of a letter she had written years earlier.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What prompted you to make this film...

TYRANNY, 12min., Hungary, Documentary/Experimental
Directed by David Adamko
A dysfunctional society controlled by a toxic leader results in the reality of illiberalism and the sole autocratic EU member state is leading the way. Recently, an angular black hole appeared in the centre of this nation...

EVERYDAY, 7min., India, Animation
Directed by Smita Minda
Everyday is a film about eco-anxiety, and how it keeps a girl named Judith from being able to have fun even at a birthday lunch with her friends. Having read too many articles full of bad news, and seen videos of the world coming to an end...

MESSAGES FROM THE MARSH - PARTS 1-3, 3min., USA, Experimental
Directed by Amy Kaczur
Messages from the Marsh, 2021 to current, is an immersive experience with multiple video projections, sound art, and mapping. The project focuses on marsh locations on the east coast, and the work is developed vi...

ELISEO ART SILVA: Finding the Wide American Earth, 13min., USA
Directed by Loren A Roberts, Roberto San Luis
Eliseo Art Silva, who co-designed the history Filipinotown arch in Los Angeles and has been credited for putting Los Angeles' Filipinotown on the map with his historic “Gintong Kasaysayan”...

THE SOCIETY FOR PARANORMAL HEALING, 26min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Lori Chandler
Two best friends run a small business healing the spirits of haunted houses. But when funding falls through, every attempt to save the business results in the unexpected-- and their status as Best Friends Forever is...

PHYGITAL SUPERMARKET, 6min., USA, Animation
Directed by Nix Liu Xin, Yuting Zhu

Step into digital chaos in a vivid virtual world.

Filmmakers Nix Liu Xin and Zhu Yuting explore the diverse expressions of everyday objects in the virtual world of Phygital Supermarket - a portmanteau of physical an...

DAWN RISING, 11min., USA, Drama
Directed by Dominick Cura
Life is complicated, grief is complicated. A short drama film about handling emotions surrounding loss. Three friends try to navigate the sudden death of their friend by continuing his dream of going on a trip to watch the sunrise.

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REALITY CHECK, 24min., Spain, Fantasy/Drama
Directed by Sandro Hernández Ortiz
Reality Check follows Salvador, a young patient suffering from delusional disorder, who during one of his therapy sessions starts experiencing dangerous levels of reality distortion that make him question everything in...

PULLOUT, 11min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Alison Barton, Bonnie Dennison
One day after purchasing their first real adult pull-out couch, homebody couple Levi and Dillon's relationship is tested when an unexpected (and pungent) visitor arrives to stay the night.

http://www.bonabart.com/pull-out

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FUNNY, 24min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Natalie Giannosa, Jake Sylvester
This musical theatre thematic cabaret, is a love letter to the tormented artist. Who deals with internal battles behind closed doors, but at the end of the day still CHOOSES to CREATE beauty and art, out of the tragedy. Comed...

IDEAS ARE WELCOME, 5min., USA, Comedy
Directed by LaDerrian Meredith
A filmmaker, during a pitch session, witnesses his story face drastic changes according to the producer's liking while the character in his story reacts to those changes.

https://twitter.com/ideasarewelcom1

Get to know the wri...

COLOR OF THE SKY, 13min., USA, Drama
Directed by Dominick Cura
In a world where no one sees color, new glasses are created that grant the ability to see color. Sky, a failing painter, buys them in hopes of reviving his lost creativity.

Director Statement

With this film I set out to tell a story...

APPETHAI, 10min., USA, Drama
Directed by Nippich Suppasiripoka
After recently moving away from home, Paan begins feeling homesick. Unsatisfied by the food in the school's dining hall, Paan decides to take matters into his own hands.

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What motivated you to make this fi...

PUBERTY, 2min., USA, Animation
Directed by Jiabao Peng
A Chinese teenager confronts her friend in class, which leads to a self-discovery of her sexuality.

http://jiabaopeng.com/

Get to know the director:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

The film is my senior project. When I started...

OFFSHORE, 14min., Iceland
Directed by Karel Candi
A short documentary about an Icelandic couple and their relationship to the sea.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

This film was made as a part of my MA studies in film practice. During my thesis research I st...

THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED, 7min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Emily Maya Mills
The true story of an adult woman accidentally locked in a car by her mother on the hottest day of summer.

https://www.lindsayames.com/

https://www.instagram.com/lindsayames

MARK & SEBASTIAN, 6min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Andrew Hawtrey
The first time a man meets his girlfriend's son.

Get to know the filmmaker;

1. What motivated you to make this film?

A close friend of mine had seen another short film of mine and asked if I was writing anything new and needed a ...