Different Worlds Summer Heat, 52min., USA
Directed by Patricia Lynn Hicks, Cheri Amor, Ryanne Tracey
From 1985 to 1990, American faced a duel crisis: The rising AIDS epidemic, and a wave of hidden violence. Detroit already strained by poverty and stigma was amongst the hardest hit.

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TRUTH IS DEAD, 4min., Australia
Directed by Martin Ryan
Messengers from the future try to give a warning.

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JUMPING AT SHADOWS: FORSAKEN FATHER, 40min., Australia
Directed by Locky Boaretto
Charlotte’s 18th birthday takes a dark ...

BODY OF WORK, 24min., USA
Directed by Cassidy Rast, Odin Wadleigh
Introducing artist Eric Anfinson, who was critically injured at 16 and went on to achieve success as an artist, creating a body of work of over 700 paintings. Told through 8mm, cinematic recreations, intimate interviews, and archiv...

Getting Off The Wheel, 49min., Singapore
Directed by Ming Kwang Hun, Jeremy Ho, Gary Thong
Ten Days. Ten Lives. One Take. In search of Freedom.

Getting Off The Wheel is an intimate, vérité-driven documentary following 10 individuals from Singapore at a 10-day Innerwork Retreat set in the spiritu...

HAUNTED HERITAGE, 14min., India
Directed by Surina Narula
"Haunted Heritage" reframes the haunted-house narrative as a power play between past and present, exposing how inherited privilege and unexamined racism persist across cultures and how the ghosts we fight often mirror the ones we carry.

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SAFE ZONE, 8min., Egypt/Italy/USA
Directed by Ahmad Alameldeen
Hidden in a dark sewer pipe beneath a ruined besieged city, a mother and her eight-year-old daughter are starving. They survive by staying dead silent, terrified of the soldiers patrolling the streets above them.

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Don't feel sorry for me!, 9min., Faroe Islands
Directed by Eir í Ólavsstovu
After ten years of marriage, Birgit is confronted with the ultimate betrayal. Her younger husband, Hanus, has left her and moved in with a new and younger woman, Maria. Hanus is the kind of man everyone falls for – charmi...

THAT NIGHT, 15min., USA
Directed by Sina Mahdavi
An undocumented worker in a small restaurant tries to support her family back home. When a stranger arrives and the police get involved, her life takes an unexpected turn.

https://www.instagram.com/sinamhdvii/

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Wildflowers, 11min.
Directed by Arda Wuyts
While running away from her small, rural Pennsylvanian town with her boyfriend, Emily, a high school senior, discovers what it means to be truly free.

Trash, 4min.
Directed by 9 young people aged 11 to 14
Producer Atelier Caméléon
Out of laziness, a c...

When the snow begins to melt, 11min.
Directed by Marie Luise Lehner, Emil Huppenkothen
In their spectacular outfits, Lehner and Schmitz make not only fashion statements but also political ones. Here, characters wander into and out of their roles. The means by which the film is made become visible...

THE MIRROR, 40 seconds
Directed by Shaghayegh Behzadmehr
Mirror tells the story of a young man who, gazing into his reflection, sees himself as old and weary. In his mind, the wrinkles and gray hair mark the passage of time, yet in reality he is still young. This contrast between inner perception...

CRYING BABY, DANCING BEE. 12min., Canada
Directed by Another 13 Moon Woman
A spoke hand drawn journey through Fiatlandia with Buzzbee, a creature half bee, half human. They call her the African Bitcoin Queen and in this first episode we find out why...

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CHATON - WE ARE INVINCIBLE, 3min., USA
Directed by Marcus CB Soori
The multi-award-winning melodic techno artist Chaton returns with his second-ever single, We Are Invincible.

https://www.instagram.com/chaton_music/

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BEYOND THE BLACKOUT, 9min., Australia
Directed by Setareh Mehrdad
As an Iranian choreographer living away from my homeland, I created this dance film in response to the theme of “home.” For me, home is Iran: a place of memory, love, grief, and resistance.

https://www.instagram.com/setareh_mehrd...

The one that will warm you, 18min.
Directed by Vladyslav Oriekhov
Two soldiers, a man and a woman, who met virtually, come together to spend the night. However, psychological traumas from the war stand in their way.

AGAINST, 18min.
Directed by Oryna Nyzhnyk
Seven-year-old Nastusya, who lost h...

EVERYTHING PASSES, 3min.
Directed by Alena Straková
Animated story about finding our spark, motivation and hope. Will we make it, despite all the obstacles? And why we declaim help from the close ones?

EMBRACE, 8min.
Directed by Sanoe Wildgrube, Shaquana Tucker
A dancer is trying to get into ...

Child of the Rubble, 2min.
Directed by Anar Şah
Animated short film assembled using artificial intelligence tools.

The Voice Inside Me, 7min.
Directed by MAHAMMADALI NAMAZOV
A cruel father struggles with Alzheimer, and his relationship with his son changes as his memory fades. As the father f...

TREE OF LIFE, 6min.
Directed by Jana Bedić
The Tree of Life is a poetic experimental short film that explores the relationship between memory, existence, and time. Narrated by a spectral voice drifting through the misty landscapes of a swamp, the film blends voice-over, rhythmic music, and cinema...

Kalapathor ( The Pearl of Greed), 15min.,
Directed by Saiadus Salahin Jayeem
Kalapathor is a dark, gritty tale set deep within a shadowed forest, following Afzal, a weary woodcutter haunted by illness and poverty. One night, while covertly chopping wood with his closest friend, Afzal discovers a...

UNDER THE TABLE, 20min.,
Directed by BRANDEN JOSH City National High School Special Program in the DOMINGO
Jules, a troubled student on the brink of failure, is given a final chance to graduate through a documentary project on government transparency. He is paired with Aedan, a media-savvy honor...

When Idols Rust, 9min.,
Directed by Momin Shehzad
A solitary pilgrim drifts into a forgotten temple, where twisted entities embody humanity’s most primal fears. As he moves deeper into the ruins, each confrontation becomes a descent into the darkest corners of the human psyche.

The Reminders, ...

Directed by Avi Setton

Charlie, a struggling voice actor living with his AI husband Alan and their roommate Doug, finds his life disrupted when Doug's social media-addicted friend Travis comes to stay with them.

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SEEK II: The Unsung Scars, 108min., Japan
Directed by Shane Kosugi
This is the second installment of the SEEK Ninja Action Series. The world is now on the brink of collapse. When a ruthless terrorist group orchestrates World War III by posing as Russian extremists to destroy Japan.

https://seek...