SUPERHUMAN, 4min., Germany, Experimental

Directed by Michael & Mathias Jener, Lisa Brandt

West-Germany, 1970s.
People are suffering severe illnesses due to the polluting coal industry. Before it was too late, people started to take action.
But nowadays we’re facing another problem.

WHERE WE GREW OLD, 3min, Canada, Experimental Dance
Directed by Cam Roden
This short explores the idea of what physical spaces mean to us, specifically childhood homes.

BARRIER, 8min., Netherlands, War/Drama
Directed by Niels Bourgonje
September 1944. Two Canadian soldiers find a boy washed up on the Dutch beach. Where did he come from and can he be trusted?

ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 12min., South Korea, Relationship/Romance
Directed by Tae Hun An
It has been two months since Yeonhui has lived alone after breaking up with her boyfriend Sangwook whom she had lived together for three years.

MILLENIALS LEAVE IN PEACE, 6min., Canada, Docmentary

Directed by Louise Marie Beauchamp

Using a burning piano to symbolize the state of the planet, this documentary poetically illustrates soil degradation, and proposes the implementation of a planetary ecological service as a possible solution.

ON A LIST, 6min., Canada, TV Web Series
Directed by Lee Foster, Tito Guillen, Nicole Simone
On A List​ is a short content series about doing the most vulnerable and difficult tasks as a means to fall in love.

THE VIOLIN AND ITS SHADOW, 25min., Greece, Drama

Directed by Greg Babalas

An environmental migrant, is forced to abandon his ruined village. During his journey, he revives painful memories and encounters the widespread destruction of the ecosystem, caused by human civilization. Things he sees a...

MINIATURE CHESS, 12min., USA, Drama/Thriller
Directed by Phil Cheney
Prisoners in a mysterious dungeon pass the time playing with a microscopic travel chess set.

Julia's estranged husband has just left for an island vacation with their daughter. Her best friend is busy. So is everyone else on her Rolodex. The phone rings. A man says that he has her calling card in his wallet. How did it get there? That has been driving him crazy. Would she meet him for an...

BLACKNESS IS EVERYTHING, 4min, USA, Documentary
Directed by Alba Roland Mejia
Blackness is Everything is an experimental/performative short film that celebrates the diversity of the Black diaspora in The Bay Area. Produced by BAYCAT Studio with funding from the Skoll Foundation.

SILENT BUT NOT SILENCED, 3min., USA, Dance
Directed by FangTing Yeh
The idea comes out opposite of freedom during this pandemic. The world turned upside down and struggling in this situation for a while. Stay alone also becomes the safest way to protect us. We slow down, having those silences aro...

CROSSING OVER THE DARK, 11min., USA, Experimental
Directed by Jordan Ellis
A withered old man metaphysically recalls the deepest memories of his late lover.

SISTER, 13min., China, Drama/Family
Directed by Janine Bujie Zhang
A pair of left-behind sisters welcome their parents who haven’t been home for two years. Sisters look forward to the reunion, but only to find awkwardness and estrangement. The naive and outgoing younger sister is excited for the ...

CAST LIST:

Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Tony: Allan Michael Brunet
Little Ray: Shawn Devlin
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CONVERSION, 66min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Gregory Caruso

A psychologist practicing conversion therapy has a chance encounter with a young gay activist, resulting in his own epiphany concerning the very practice he was conducting.

LOSS IN LODI, 3min., USA, Documentary

Directed by Brandon Tauszik

Maria Miranda and her family live in Lodi, a small agricultural city in California’s Central Valley. Latinos make up 39% of Lodi’s population, yet account for 75% of all COVID-19 hospitalizations there. As the U.S. passes 500,000...

"Jubilee Nation" is an alternative history political erotic thriller set in a utopian 1960’s fictional black nation, where the Civil War resulted in a different outcome, and the South is ceded to the slaves forming a separate black nation after the war. The story focuses on a tormented black jour...

THE SECRET WALLS, 14min,. France, Experimental
Directed by Anne Charrin, Lise Charrin, Aude Charrin, Jean-Marie Gatin
A theatre in the rain, people outside crowding to get in. A tired man comes through the stage door where a child -the master of the place- has been waiting for him. Engulfed in th...

SHOWDOWN, 4min., USA, Animation
Directed by Holly Schroeder
A solitary UFO lands in a ghost town but tension mounts when a more sinister character arrives on the horizon.

CAST LIST:

Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Donald: Bill Poulin
Umpire/Barry: Allan Michael Brunet
Jim: Geoff Mays
Lynn: Kyana Teresa
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CAST LIST:

Narration: Allison Kampf
Oliver: Allan Michael Brunet
Abigail: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

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After a wild night out in London, Gemma and Sofia - two girls in their early 20's, find themselves in an awkward situation – waking up next two guy's that names they don't even remember, or perhaps never even cared enough to ask for.

Absolutely petrified of the awkward morning after confrontatio...

Type of Story: Family Drama, Family Comedy

Synopsis: On a visit to Paramount Studios, a father plays a joke on his goofy teenage son.

Performed by Val Cole

Anne´s mother, a retired teacher has been renting an office for 32 years, and tries to terminate the contract before the landlord. However, some contracts may never be terminated.

Performed by Val Cole