Clothe Trouble, 2min., Australia
Directed by Tony Zhang
Clothe Trouble depicts the story of a main character who lacks the motivation to clean the house, becoming increasingly distracted by social media apps while continuously adding dirty clothes to a growing pile. Suddenly, the pile collapses, ...

The Stars My Destination, 135min., Japan
Directed by Keishi Suenaga
A retired Russian-Japanese soldier Eiji Onodera (Keishi Suenaga) was going to his hometown in Japan. But on his way, he was caught and given a new mission by his ex-colleague Captain Vadim Dadikov (Gohnosuke Tokuda). Onodera and ...

A pianist's fantasy. Rachmaninoff's masterpiece interpreted as a b-boy round.

Directed by Manas Sirakanyan

Artifact, 1min., USA
Directed by Nishanth (Ender) Gottipati
In a world rushing forward, some things ask us to pause.
To feel the rhythm of hands at work.

hurricane, 6min,. Cuba
Directed by Héctor Almeida
An inner hurricane summons errant images and drifting fragments of time, dragging them towar...

New York Times Co. v Sullivan, 10min,. Canada
Directed by Yanjia Yang
In the heat of the Civil Rights Movement, a full-page ad in The New York Times sparked a legal battle that would redefine freedom of the press in America. Through archival footage, this short film explores how the case reinforc...

America's Radical Women: Forgotten Voices of History, 53min, USA
Directed by E. Philip Brown
"America’s Radical Women – Forgotten Voices of History" is a compelling documentary that brings to light the extraordinary lives and contributions of radical American women who defied societal norms to ch...

Tagline: We may never know

The year was 1950. The camera used was a Kodak Roamer. But were the negatives altered? And what did President Harry Truman say about UFOs at that time - just three years after the Roswell incident? His reaction is included in this five minute documentary.

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In a silent environment, artificial intelligence meets the boundless human mind and together they unite their powers to create a music and dance piece of scientific fantasy. The lyrics, composed by a robotic mind simulating the writing style of the great author William Shakespeare, draw upon a po...

When Jimmy gets stood up on a first date, to his surprise, the dating app sets him up with a substitute date who fills in for his no-show and saves his night.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30982663/?ref_=tt_mv_close

Directed by Samip Raval

Cast: Jackie Renee Robinson, Isaac Klein, Samip Raval

Two Things: Compromise and No Compromise, 3min., USA
Directed by Lindsey Morrison Grant
The filmmaker examines the origins, necessity, and natural aspect of "compromise" juxtaposed with human power-mongers' antithetical weaponization of the concept.

Memories of Occupation - Pyrgi, 9min., Greece
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Pablo Fajardo, the renowned environmental lawyer who managed to bring down the North American transnational Chevron (formerly Texaco), shows us his world of commitment for the rights of an Amazonian population affected by oil activities. Together with the activist Donald Moncayo and the Union of ...

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Silent Token, 14min., USA
Directed by Camilla Della Vecchia
When Sonia, a descendant of a secretive law enforcement group becomes the target of a ruthless enemy from the past, she must uncover the truth about her family's legacy. Guarded by the fiercely loyal prote...

Shucks, 50min,. USA
Directed by Ty Brueilly
A slow burning and silent eerie tale about escaping followed by personal transformations, addiction, programed human nature and the primal urges of evolved creature comforts through a macabre metaphorical manufacturing process. Written, Directed and Sco...

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inner necessity, 10min., USA, Experimental
Directed by Ethan Wagner
"The artist is not only justified in using any form necessary for their purposes, but it is [their] very duty to do so."

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-inner-necessity

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Question & answer session after festival screening with filmmakers from the May 15, 2025 festival at the Carlton Cinemas, in downtown Toronto, Canada.

Conversation with filmmaker Yusuf Begg

THE INTERNET OF EVERYTHING, 8min,. Canada

In a world where every click, swipe, and search is harves...

Tasha, a woman in her mid 40’s, trudges through the end of
her day until she sees an old flame on the train platform. The
lovers reminisce and rekindle feelings towards each other only
to realize that circumstance continues to keep them apart.

Directed by Jessica Q Moore

When a brilliant but shy young woman goes
on a quiz show to finance her niece’s ballet career, she falls in love with her eventual competition—a contestant with the longest winning streak in history whose sole focus has been to win at any cost, including lying about who he really is.

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