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TREE, 3min., Iran
A girl plants a sapling in her garden. But as the years pass, the tree feels lonely because the girl has forgotten it, and it emerges from the soil and leaves the girl. Until the girl goes back to the tree.

FLICKER, 1min., USA
For the most par...

In war-torn 2062, a grounded fighter pilot agrees to raise a genetically-modified child, only to discover his precocious daughter's DNA is designed for nefarious purposes.

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Directed by Sam Tahhan

Cast: Tasos Hernandez, Isabella Salazar, Steven Dudley, Jade Ho...

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ORANGE BLUES 24, 5min., USA
Directed by Alyssa Dann
One man seeks refuge from the world's crazy in the arms of his muse -- the love of his life! Alyssa Dann has taken this tongue-in-cheek Blues piece and brought it to life in a charming manner.

https://oledudesong...

Queer Mongol follows four characters over the course of Mongolia's LGBTQ+ Pride Festival, who embody a diversity of gender and sexual identities. The film is a meditation on queerness in the non-west and a nuanced glimpse into a nascent movement on the Central Asian Steppe.

Directed by Brandt Mi...

Salt tells the story of a group of people who shed their fear of the elemental forces of nature and instead rediscover the power of nature, returning more to their own roots.

Directed by Dominik Hill

Cast: Sophia Friesen, Marika Welling, Rachel Rep, Lotte Kleihaue, Aminata Sanogo, Nicola Müller...

A dancer faces a ghost of her past and has to come out victorious to find her true self once again.

Directed by Josie Hull

Cast: Gica Pucca, Constantin Augustinus Sieve

https://www.gicapucca.com/portfolio
https://www.instagram.com/gica.pucca/

Bug Eye, 4min., USA
Directed by Clint Green
A marriage is tested by a man's obsession with bugs.

https://www.youtube.com/@imjstudiosproductions
https://www.instagram.com/clintjgreen

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-bug-eye

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My Block My Hero, 25min., USA
Directed by Gina D'Onofrio
Jahmal Cole is the founder of My Block My Hood My City, a Chicago-based non-profit with a mission to inspire youth and empower local communities. He has been shot twice in his day-to-day life, an unfortunate ...

A tap dancer, discovering that her reflection refuses to mirror her movements, engages in a playful battle with herself.

Directed by Juliet McMains

Cast: Rachel Zuraek

https://www.instagram.com/julietmcmains/

ARDA (Sweet-rice, a local desert in Pakistan) is a slice-of-life, Docufiction film.
We peek into the life of a young Pakistani teenage girl Shella who comes from a conservative, lower middle-class family but dreams with an open heart. Slowly stepping out into the real world, Shella is fascinated ...

A user goes on a virtual, blind date to meet an individual that challenges their process of life and death.

Directed by Abriana Blount

https://blountabriana.wixsite.com/filmfruit

A grieving scientist struggles to accept help from his robotic creation; which is trying to address the cause of his guilt.

Directed by Kolton Alexander Nowaczynski

https://www.instagram.com/eospherefilm/

Director Statement
I love creating and telling simple narratives with complex characters ...

A brilliant madman known as The Director believes that Superheroes are a threat to humanity. With Captain Marvel and Blade in his clutches, their rivals Wolverine and Rogue must escape before they too are turned into one of his minions.

Directed by Mario Ricardo Rodriguez, Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm
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I Am 18, 40min., India
Directed by Sasi Kumar
"I am 18" is a powerful documentary set in India that delves into the lives of young adults as they reach the significant milestone of turning 18. This age marks a pivotal moment in many cultures and societies, symboliz...

F L O R A is a low budget project. The video has scenes from my neighbourhoods natural surroundings and consists mainly of handheld spontaneous recordings depending on what happened around me during the time I was working on the project. I wanted to make a point that by allowing ourselves to appr...

After Desmond spends a surreal post-graveyard shift day with his enchanting co-worker Freya, he has to choose between following his heart and his own advice.

https://www.instagram.com/madronepictures

Directed by Jannik Ehret

Director Statement
This project is based on a surreal first hand exp...

Do you know the legend of the red thread? This is a story of two people that weren't afraid of playing, burning, or breaking themselves in a hundred pieces. They just press the PLAY button without knowing if there were a second part of the film on...or if it had to be written.

Directed by Andrea...

Memory's a funny thing.

Directed by Chip Hackler

Cast: Nicholas Pryor, Jana Allen, Paul Teal, Emmett Moss, Anthony Police, Fracaswell Hyman

Director Statement
FIRST MEMORY is a micro-budget collaboration between film students, educators and professionals.

The character with the rake is actor...

A little red panda, a rare species, has become homeless as a result of the recent 16-day wildfire in the Nepali mid-hills, yet one more of a growing number of symptoms of the climate crises that spares no human nor animal.

https://nepaldocumentaryfilms.com/
https://www.instagram.com/_samsonfilms...

A half court requiem.
Two brothers grow up in the sport of basketball, pushing and challenging one another. Until one day, one gets killed. Years after grieving, it drives the remaining brother to keep the standard and work ethic that he and his brother shared.

https://instagram.com/brokenpocket...

Romanian actress Sara and American director Andrew are perfect partners in life and art until Sara starts to see parallels between their love and their latest play: a stage adaptation of "The Evening Star" by Mihai Eminescu. As the two engage in a contest of creative wills, Sara is forced to reck...

We examine the work of four disabled musical and film artists living with Cerebral Palsy and SMA (Spinal Muscle Atrophy) who are helping to lead the movement that is advocating for inclusion of more disabled artists in the music, film and entertainment industries. Their extraordinary talents are ...

In a post-apocalyptic world, humans and demons co-exist, but a supernatural force makes them question their reality.

Directed by Loken Charon

Cast: Gareth Rees, Raresh DiMofte, Soleil Kovács

https://www.loganjfilms.com/
https://www.instagram.com/logan.charron/

A young adult (Brian) is visited by his brother, Jeremy, who needs a place to stay as he settles into his new city. The two polar opposite personalities begin to clash as Jeremy's presence poses a threat to Brian's way of life. Brian's uptight personality and unreasonable living standards rub off...