Two thieves, more clumsy than dangerous, wander through neighborhoods in search of easy money. Their attempts at breaking into houses consistently end in failure — from nosy neighbors to relentless dogs, nothing seems to go their way. But when they come up with a plan to get their hands on a winn...

"Theft in the Shadows"- is an animated film created using a frame-by-frame drawing technique that combines traditional methods with modern computer animation. The plot focuses on the mysterious disappearance of the "Mona Lisa" paintings, from an exhibition four hours before its opening. The curat...

Director Statement
In this short film, I highlight the nonprofit organization, Clean Up-Give Back, and how Donna Adam and the rest of the employees are working hard to reduce pliable plastic in the Chicagoland area.

Director Biography - Katy Coakley

Katy Coakley is a Chicago-based documentary f...

In a shifting, unstable world, a woman is led forward by a shadow. Bound and freezing, she stumbles, resists, and is repeatedly struck down. When the shadow fractures into countless gazes, she tears the ice from her own body, revealing the fire beneath. Each fall leaves behind red traces that gat...

This film explores the profound concepts of connection and disconnection. It reflects on how, as individuals, we've become disconnected from the natural world and our origins. We often forget where we came from and the essential bond we once had with nature.

"THIS FEELING" is a visual and emotio...

Agu, a very imaginative kid, enjoys playing in his room when suddenly a bunch of monstrous hands invade it, threatening to take not only his belongings but also his most valuable possession, his inseparable stuffed animal, Pochi.

https://www.instagram.com/arrebato_shortfilm/

Director Statement...

When Ahmed, also known as Ashry, moves from Port Said to Cairo for university, he finds himself in a city where he can finally pursue his childhood dream of acting. Ashry, who’s a physiotherapy student at Cairo University, finds himself spending time in the university’s theater more than in its c...

Running Snake is a hand-drawn, frame-by-frame 2D animation tracing desire, shame, and loneliness from a young woman’s perspective. In a world where female self-expression is silenced, it transforms secrecy into a delicate visual meditation on liberation, intimacy, and the courage to be seen.

“Alone, Yet Not” is a film about family, expectations, and failure. Through the story of a young woman at her breaking point, it explores these pressures and shows that, even in silence, we are never truly alone.

Directed by - Sean Kalinaki

https://www.instagram.com/seankalinaki

UnBeing: ceci n'est pas une fiction, 13min., Morocco
Directed by Sami Nait Bachir
A young man undergoes a lobotomy. As anesthesia takes hold, reality fractures into hallucinations exposing an intimate struggle between institutional control and the inner identity.

https://www.instagram.com/el.mag...

Behind the Behind the Scenes, 8min., Kenya
Directed by James Ongige
Behind the Behind the Scenes is a 2025 mockumentary film written and directed by James Ongige. The film pulls back the curtain on the hilarious disasters of student filmmaking. The story follows The Director, a delusional perfect...

Directed by Cindy Sophie Solombrino

Sound & Music: Tom Paley-Menzines

A Young girl travels down into the underground, where lack of caution may not be warranted...

Director Statement
As a director, I strive to have as much fun as I can with my work and to show emotion and vision within the act...

After a traumatic event, Hanna begins therapy to make sense of what happened. When her therapist introduces an alternative treatment, she’s plunged into a hypnotic journey through the memories that shaped her—each more unsettling than the last. As the boundaries between healing and influence begi...

Rat Trap follows Sarah, who wakes after a drunken night out to find herself abducted and imprisoned in a grim, windowless dungeon, watched constantly through a security camera. Disoriented and terrified, she soon discovers she is not alone. Sharing the space with her is another captive, an eerily...

Ring A Bell has been officially selected for 5 international Film Festivals.

Jon has devoted his life to battling landfills, reducing carbon footprints, and combating greenhouse gases. He champions healthy lifestyles and re-mobilizes substance abusers, prisoners, and asylum seekers with the help...

A weekend getaway takes a terrifying turn when four friends Olivia, Daniel, Maya, and Ethan discover an old Ouija board in the attic of their rental cabin. What starts as an amusing game soon spirals into a waking nightmare as the board unlocks a sinister force that preys on their fears and hidde...

The spirit of a recently deceased pet must get his owner's attention before she throws away all the memories of the life they had together.

Directed by Samantha Lauren Reyna

Produced by Wen Tong Everitt, Samantha Lauren Reyna

Lead Animators: Katia Antablian, Fiji Simon, Tsolin Kadian

A clumsy cat dreams of being a great chef, causing hilarious cooking disasters—until it wakes up and realizes it was all just a dream.

Directed by Xinyi Nie

Voice actor: Joey Liu

https://www.instagram.com/xinyinieok

An astronaut lives on an unspecified planet. She lives her same, repetitive life before seeing a flashing red light in the distance. She looks at this light for many days, before realizing that someone or something is out there. Desiring to not be alone anymore, she finds a way to leave her plane...

The Road Between Us is a documentary about fifteen runners journeying 200 kilometers across Tasmania, capturing their endurance, brotherhood, and the power of unity that connects people beyond distance.

Directed by Manish Prasai

https://www.instagram.com/whitebalance.pdn

Director Statement
The...

Our Monsters was part of the Crazy8s Film Society's 2024 mentorship program and 8 day film challenge. This film was made completely in 8 days; 3 days principle photography and 5 days post production.

Our Monsters is a short film about two kids, Daniel and Peter, who team up to defeat the monster...

Being of East Asian heritage during the Pandemic exposed the ingrained racism, bigatory and hate still felt by many towards people from East and Southeast Asia this is visual monologue of how that felt and still feels

https://lucysheen.com/foundling-productions/murmurations-from-the-heart

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This Is How I Felt was filmed in a twenty-four period while the filmmaker was wearing a heart monitor to investigate possible arrhythmias.

https://www.instagram.com/jweissbach/

Directed by Josh Weissbach

A visual fashion documentary set aboard a luxury cruise ship.

The film follows the finalists of the Miss Princess of the World pageant during their journey aboard the massive cruise liner MSC Europa. Rather than focusing on the staged glamour of the competition itself, the documentary observes t...