MENDING WALLS, 57min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Pam Hervey, Todd Hervey
Artist Hamilton Glass challenges 30 artists from different cultural backgrounds to collaborate on 16 murals in Richmond, VA about race, status and experiences. In real-time footage and testimonial, the film shows how the ...

BROKEN LAYERS, 25min., USA, Drama
Directed by Niccolo Rolim
A humanist portrayal of the Iraq war and its aftermath as experienced by Rosa, a half-Latina, half-Arab U.S. Marine.

ALBERI (TREES), 30min., Italy, Documentary
Directed by SILVIA GIRARDI, GABRIELE DONATI
A short film that tells the tree in its poetic,
ecological, economic value. Although science
continues to provide alarming data, we are
moving slowly with partial actions towards the
integration of the complexi...

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PROVIDENCE, 2min., USA, Crime/Thriller
There is major unrest in the city when a serial sex offender ravishes unsuspecting women at random, leaving virtually no evidence or any traces for police to trail.

SMALL AND MIGHTY, 1min., USA, Drama
A young black vetera...

INK, 3min., USA, Animation
Directed by AJ Fuller
‘Ink’ is a narrative about the anxiety of starting a creative project. The Artist struggles to put brush to paper when beginning a painting, and a small mistake leads to a rush of anxiety. Unable to face the judgement of her peers, The Artist is dr...

Allison Pfaendler’s goal is to win the Detroit Free Press marathon. As she trains for the marathon, she is suddenly intercepted by 3 muggers, which is a chase that tests her stamina.

Directed by J.Q. Nelson

CHINA DOLL – A MANY SPLENDORED QUEEN!, 22min., Canada, Documentary

Directed by Dale Windle

A profile of a Chinese Canadian restaurateur with a big heart, running a successful restaurant, hosting wild karaoke parties & making people happy as the amazing, flamboyant, wonderful drag queen CHINA DOLL!

ONLY TEMPORARY, 7min., USA, Relationship
Directed by Trey Chadwick
A couple try to figure out if their breakup is really temporary.

I AM A MAN, 4min, USA, Poem
Directed by Ace Anderson
A poem by Ace Anderson.

CAN SOMEONE HEAR ME?, 12min., Canada
Directed by Oskar Sjöberg
Miller, a radio operator living in a pandemic containment radio station, who while on the radio with another station's operator, finds out that one of his colleagues is infected and their significant other wants to keep it a secret wi...

Logline:

Many shall enter the maze, but only one shall survive.

Synopsis:

Chosen by lot a U.S. soldier is forced to participate in the XXXVII Olympic Games. Only the Olympics have changed. In order for Jerrod to be declared the winner he must traverse through a maze alongside his
enemy while b...

REMEMBERING MARTY CHERNOFF, 27min., Documentary

Directed by Shawna Schultz

Denver’s LGBTQ+ Ally and Pioneer, a short documentary about a straight man who buys a gay bar in the 80s and becomes a lifelong LGBTQ+ pioneer and ally.

EXPECTATIONS, 6min,. USA, Drama
Directed by Kaitlin Gould
An unhappily married woman struggles to cope as she realizes her life is not what she expected it to be.

A FISH STORY, 11min,. USA, Fantasy
Direc ted by Carrie Finklea
A fable steeped in magical realism about the objectification of women. In a remote Italian island, an immigrant fisherman finds himself out of luck; he makes a pact with the Madonna, and his prayers are answered in a most unusual way.

A JOURNEY TO THE MOON, 3min., USA, Animation
Directed by Jack Getschman
An animated adventure about two little mice who build a cardboard rocketship to go to the moon.

A new version of “Superman III” where Lex Luthor tricks the US Government into trusting him with planetary defense when Earth is threatened by a giant Kryptonite meteor. After banishing Lex to the Phantom Zone, Superman finds himself against a super-intelligent biomechanical being with a digital ...

FLY, USA, Experimental
Directed by Jared Walker
An introspective look at life as told through the experiences of a young boy and a parent that wants the best for him.

THE PARADOX, 1min., Macedonia, Experimental
Directed by Aleksandar Tomovski
The film uses a theory of quantum paradox that throws the foundations of observed reality into question.
In parallel, the main character (a ballerina) is dancing a black swan variation, alone on a dark stage and empty the...

HIT N RUN, 12min, USA, Drama
Directed by Jeremy Benbow
Hit N Run follows two friends, Micah and Joel, as they search for the culprit of a hit and run, the victim of which is Micah's sister Shauna. Venturing through various neighborhoods, they come across a myriad of characters, all testing their ...

UNWOUND, 5min, UK, Animation
Directed by Georgia Burnell
Unwound follows an overworked woman who manifests a store full of her childhood plushies as a way to cope with the possibility of losing her job. The film explores topics such as mental health, burnout, nostalgia, and how women have been di...

BECOMING BLACK LAWYERS, 20min,. USA, Documentary
Directed by Evangeline M. Mitchell
Through transparent, no-holds-barred interviews, the uninterrupted voices of Black lawyers take center stage. They candidly share their experiences attending predominantly White American law schools, the significa...

OYSTERS!, 6min, USA, Animation
Directed by Bruce Lazarus, Robert Martens
"Oysters!" is an animated tale of death and rebirth underneath the waters of New York Harbor. Inspired by the Billion Oyster Project.

RETURN TO THE BUFFALO, 19min., USA, Documentary

Directed by Suzan Satterfield

The Lakota people on the Rosebud Reservation of South Dakota welcome buffalo back to their land with hopes that this reunion will restore their cultural, physical, spiritual, and economic health.

SHIPWRECK, 10min., USA, Drama
Directed by Lisa Cole
"Shipwreck" is short narrative portrayal of a young girl coping with grief, loss and her sense of identity.