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THE PATH OF LIGHT short film, 6min. Brazil, Documentary
The choices of an amateur photographer facing the challenges imposed by Coronavirus and a cruel government in Brazil.
https://coringacomunica.rio/
https://www.facebook.com/marcus.verasdefaria
https://www.twitter.com/marcusveras
https://www.instagram.com/marcusverasDirected by Marcus Veras de F...
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THE PECULIAR ADVENTURES OF WILLOW B. STAR, 11min., Animation/Crime
Gravelsville, USA is a magnet for the most comically twisted villains the world has ever seen. Ancient legends, scientific theories, and even the laws of nature are employed in their diabolically dark plots. Evil lurks around every corner. And only the sarcastic, fourth wall breaking, super-sleut...
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EPHÉMEROS short film, 13min., Lithuania, Dance
EPHÉMEROS - (transitory in Ancient Greek) is a dance film that subtly combines three elements - human, plant and sculpture - to create a unique world of fantasies. The temporality of being experienced in this world is inevitable - everything is temporary in relation to eternity.
Director, Choreo...
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THE RETURN short film, 19min. Turkey, Documentary
The story telling the journey of the 3rd and 5th generation women from a family who had to leave the country because of the population exchange between Turkey and Greece. Will they be able to take their families’ soil from their graves to their homeland, Kavala?
Directed by Nesli Ozalp Tuncer
D...
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THE SECRET LIVES OF TEACHERS, 12min., USA, Romance/Comedy
A romantic story about two eccentric teachers who find love and each other through a shared passion for a very unique hobby.
Directed by Steve Anderson
Written by Judith Tobi Eisenberg & Aaron Seever
Cast: Judith Tobi Eisenberg, Aaron Seever, Harris Kendall, Sean Dillingham
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THE SHIFT short film, 7min,. Sweden, Animation/Sci-Fi
Many years ago tech giants lost control of AI robotic technology.
By kidnapping and monitoring newborns, the Ai robots are now trying to master the one thing they have yet to understand…Creativity.
The film starts with a kidnapped human baby boy. We see two of the AI droids implanting iris sur...
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THE SILENT WILLOW, 15min., USA, Black & White, Documentary
Uterine fibroids affect Black women three times more than any other race. After being diagnosed, the filmmaker sets out to explore health inequities and find out why some Black women are as silent as the growth.
Directed by Taylor-Alexis Gillard
http://tayloralexisgillard.com/
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THE SLEEP OF THE RIGHTEOUS, 17min., Mexico, Thriller/Crime
In Mexico, where only one in every 100 crimes ends in a conviction, a group of men decide to wait no more and take justice on their own hands. Soon they discover that they’ve killed the wrong man, that two police detectives seem to be on their track and that a gang of real criminals want to make ...
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THE SONG OF SONGS, 33min., Belgium, Experimental
The Beloved yearns for her Beloved.
Is he one of King Solomon's valiant or a shepherd went to graze his flock?
Is she one of the king's concubines or a simple shepherdess?
The Song of Songs is a three thousand-year-old biblical poem from one of the Books of the Old Testament.Directed by André G...
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THE WEDDING SONG, 13min., USA, Romance/Drama
When bride-to-be Mae hits a wall writing a song for her future husband, she solicits the guidance of her musician friend Johnnie, who helps her find the inspiration she was lacking.
Written & Directed by Thia Schuessler & Rex New
Produced by Rex New
Cast: Thia Schuessler, Will Dickerson
Cinem...
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THINGS SHE WANTS, 3min., Canada, Poem/Experimental
An interpretation of the prose poem by Paola Ferrante which explodes marriage and explores the lived experience of intimate partner violence.
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Directed by Kevin Andrew Heslop
Writer: Paola Ferrante
Cast: Niki Carr
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TIED, 7min., UK, Thriller, Black & White
When two Brothers double cross each other, can they survive?
Written & Directed by Darren Doherty
Cast: Peter Basham, David Schaal, Jack De Carle
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TOM, 8min., USA, Horror/Experimental
Experimental horror film studying a 'Peeping Tom' as he gathers footage and reviews his findings amidst a storm of psychedelic visuals.
Director - Joshua Nicholas Goodman, Justin William Houghton
Produced by Goody Bags
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TRACE, 4min., China, Dance
Directed by Yuxi Jiang
Performed by Yuxi Jiang
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Tumbling Towards Home, 14min., USA, Animation/Documentary
Tumbling Towards Home is a coming of age story about Malcolm Adams, an Irish immigrant who moves to New York in 1989 to study acting under Alan Langdon. He works through the grief from the loss of his mother and his friend Philip Seymour Hoffman. This leads to his decision of where to put his hat...
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TUMULT short film, 9min., USA, Dance
In a school auditorium, two groups of students move, meet, and part: innocence and experience on seemingly parallel paths.
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Directed by Marta Renzi
Cinematographer: Jennifer Keller
Key Cast: Rhode Island College Dance Company
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UN CHALET AU PLED DES FIZ short film, 36min,. France, Environmental/Documentary
An elderly woman returns to her chalet at the foot of the Chaîne des Fiz and finds the draft of a letter she had written years earlier.
Directed by Godefroy de MAUPEOU
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TUXEDO TERRACE short film, 12min., LGBTQ+ / Comedy / Romance
When the government begins to inspect their marriage, a gay immigrant and his lesbian wife throw a dinner party in an attempt to fool the INS; but soon realize that they aren't the only ones hiding something.
https://www.instagram.com/tuxedo_terrace
Directed by Carmine Bicchetti
Cast: Paul Fox...
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UNBROKEN short film, 2min., USA, Experimental/Music
"Unbroken" is a poem written by Jean-Sebastien Surena and excerpted from his book, "Quarantined Thoughts." The visual takes us through a sunny day in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY. People just living their lives. Try as you might, the white man cannot break us.
Directed by Suswana Chowdhury
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UNWOUND, 5min., UK, Animation/Fantasy
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 disproportionately affected by job losses during the pandem...
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VAINSANITY, 7min., USA, Drama/Experimental/Action
A man attempts to get the best out of himself for himself.
Writer/Director: Pierre Schlumberger
Produced by Danielle Afori
Cast: Josh Hardwick
Cinematographer: Christopher Pilarski
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VIOLET AND JUNE, 7min., Canada, Romance/Comedy
Violet & June is a short film about falling in love, the terror of being alive in a cold heartless universe, and butts.
Written & Directed by Linnea Ritland
Produced by Sean Lai, Mia Miller, Linnea Ritland
Cast: Monica Bowman, Emily Lê
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VISUAL POETRY: SELF LOVE, 2min., USA, Experimental
The personal journey of discovering and internalizing self worth. This project is meant to recognize the importance of body positivity and self-acceptance by portraying visual metaphors that exhibit the internal thoughts of the protagonist as she dives into the profound depths of her inner voice,...
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VIRTUOSO, 15min., Italy, Sci-Fi/Drama
As a father battles with his Parkinson's in order to play the song his son once played so well, he's interrupted by his android servant, intrigued by the piano. Rollo, the servant, masters the tune to please his owner, but instead brings back memories best forgotten.
Directed by Nico Amedeo
Wri...