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CRAVE, 5min., UK Directed by Lois Norman Late at night, her bed still warm from her lover leaving, a painter dips her brush into her own imperfect past & parts of her: a lost truth drips through…
12 ANGRY LESBIANS, 22min,. Canada Directed by Patrice Leung A comedic riff on ’12 Angry Men’ set in the early 1990s, featuring a group of lesbians stuck in their team’s annual softball meeting. This short film explores the diversity within ‘diversity’, and its tortuous need for democracy to triumph at all costs.
WHAT ARE WE?, 15min., USA Directed by Eileen Hanley Jess and Kayley, two platonic queer bffs with benefits and unfortunately both bottoms, have a threesome with the top of their dreams and define their unorthodox relationship.
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PERFORMING LAND, 24min., France Directed by Marielle Gonier Performing Land aims to bear witness to a human experience, deeply nourished and influenced by the energy of Nature. Through processes of exploration and experimentation, the performer will be taken on a sensory and reflexive journey.
REVENGE OF THE BLACK WIDOW, 4min., USA Directed by Joseph Le A maidservant turned psycho leads a bloody rebellion against Tong gangsters in 1950s Chinatown, San Francisco ????
NEW WORLD, 3min,. USA Directed by Kevin Brayant Osorio New World is a chaotic and bizarre song, featuring a stop motion music video just as chaotic and just as bizarre. New World has an angular dark burn and a certain obliqueness. New World is the kind of chaos we all get
TAINTED, 11min,. Singapore Directed by Ian Wee In a world driven by corporate greed and unethical genetic experimentation, Darien, the pioneering human clone, finds himself obsolete against a superior 2nd Generation Clone, leading to his and his mentor’s targeting. Following his mentor’s death, Darien’s hidden hybrid nature—combining human and vampire DNA—surfaces during a critical confrontation, granting him unexpected survival. Marked as a “Tainted” failure yet possessing newfound powers, Darien faces an ambiguous future, embodying the narrative’s critique of ambition’s perils and the poignant fallout of manipulative sciences.
STRING HEAD, 7min., USA Directed by Matthew Vargas A man in bed, after failing to fall asleep, is forcefully kept awake by String Head – an entity made of string that psychologically tortures him by wrapping him in a cocoon made from the deepest, darkest thoughts of his mind.
PART ONE OF THE COWBOY TRILOGY, 3min., Mexico Directed by Baruq Gibran In the old west, a cowboy and a cowgirl are intertwined in a love/hate relationship, where one can´t live without the other in life and in death.
JEFF HILLIARD – MY FACE, 4min., USA Directd by Jeff Hilliard Powerful executive who has an interesting way to relieve stress through creative role-play.
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DOLLARS THAT MAKE SENSE, 3min., USA Directed by Richard Power Hoffmann A fun, stop-motion animated film about how foundations need to align their endowments with their missions.
WHEN THE DEVIL SMOKED IN PARADISE, 10min., USA Directed by Katherine Liao In a city where the median home price is $1.8M and land costs $6M per acre because it is “The Safest City in America,” few know that tucked away in a hillock, a secret “All American Asphalt” plant is quietly belching 221 pounds of benzene and 1,800 pounds of formaldehyde every year. This is the tale of how a humble group of citizens (including normally quiet Asian Americans) found their voices to fight a Goliath corporation and its corrupt pocketed politicians for five years.
GHOSTS OF THE PACIFIC: A WHITE SEA BASS STORY, 63min., USA Directed by Michael Raabe Ghosts of the Pacific, a captivating and visually stunning documentary that delves into the mysterious world of the white sea bass, a prized and elusive species that has captured the imagination of spearfishermen along the Pacific coast. Through breathtaking underwater cinematography and intimate storytelling, the film explores the challenges and rewards of pursuing these “ghosts” of the deep.
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THE FATHER, 12min., UK Directed by Doug Rollins After 18 years, an estranged father returns to Wales to confront the sudden death of his son. Reuniting with his ex-partner, they grapple with a shocking discovery that challenges their past and present.
ARITHAARAM (Facial Makeover), 13min., India Directed by B Suresh Kumar Due to the advanced technological developments in Social media, the future of Therukoothu (Therukoothu in Tamil, is an ancient art, where artists play songs with dance and music in storytelling the epics. It is a folk art originated from the early Tamil country.) slowly started diminishing and the survival of the Therukoothu artists became a question mark? This film captures one such artiste and his mental agony.
CYPRESS SLEEP, 15min., Turkey Directed by Leila Norouzi Hasanbarough, Eren Uğur PhD student Zechariah sets off to a historical cemetery in the countryside with his lover Seda for his thesis research. On the way, they bump into something they are not aware of. This creates an enigma between the two characters. Seda will make an important decision on this journey
I WOULD BE WITH YOU, 15min., Spain Directed by Miguel Ángel Mengó Ana, an aging drag queen, spends her nights performing in the same old cabaret, navigating between lost, sordid and violent loves.
HOLESTEPPER, 17min., Peru Directed by Sergio Fernández Muñoz Angel (Oswaldo Salas), an enthusiastic high school teacher, discovers a website where his students make fun of him and his disability through some strange videos. Mixing the reality and the digital universe adolescent, Angel will be involved in a world hitherto unknown.
ZAFI, 24min., Nigeria Directed by Chloe Coko Two childhood friends Sakinah (14years) and Binta (15years) were married off to older men (45years and 64years respectively) to settle debts owed by their fathers.
MONKEY ENTERS LANKA, 30min., China Directed by Sale Surendra The ancient city of Lanka suffers under a tyrant. Concubines are being abducted from all over the world. One special princess disappears and that’s when a legendary folk hero is called for once again, his name, feared throughout the heavens and hells.. the Monkey King.
AGOGO, 30min., Nigeria Directed by Chloe Coko In an era, where having only girl children or educating girl children was frowned upon by the community, a father defiles culture and religious doctrines to home school his daughters.
SUNA, 9min., Turkey Directed by Irfan Kayas While Ali is returning home after releasing his cows to the pasture, he hears that foreigners have come to the village for hunting and feels disturbed by this situation.
LISA THE GYPSY, 9min., Turkey Directed by Irfan Kayas Ercan is a twenty-two-year-old person who earns his living collecting rubbish to be recycled, sorting them out in the garbage bins.One day, when he’s out working with his handcart, he comes across a reproduction of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. He brings it home and hangs it on the wall. However, her mother doesn’t like it at all and angry.
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DE NADA, 14min., USA Directed by Sheridan Philipp “De Nada” is a short film that explores how important a strong family dynamic and bond can be. A poor single Latina mother and her daughter test the limits of their bond with each other ultimately proving that regardless of how difficult life can be, they will always support each other.
NICE TO MEET YOU, MOM!, 10min., USA Directed by Isaul Beltran An imaginative eleven year old boy travels from Mexico to the U.S. to meet his mom for the first time. However, he starts to wonder what kind of a person she is, and becomes reluctant to meet her.
CHEMSEX, 7min., Brazil Directed by Daniel Porto A group of unknown gay men connect via a dating app for casual encounters. The starting point is a chemsex party, where drug use intensifies sexual experiences, but also reveals the depths of human emotions. The film explores both the fascination and liberating energy of these encounters and the emptiness and loneliness that can haunt a gay man’s life.
GOOD BEHAVIOR, 19min., Brazil Directed by Mathews Silva Ana, a woman whose life was marked by the tragedy of losing her sister to an unknown killer, decides to introduce her girlfriend, Julia, to her family during a dinner. As the night progresses, dark secrets about her sister’s murder come to light. Confronted with the shocking truth, Ana and Julia must find strength in each other to face the past.
THE ARTIST’S HAPPINESS, 22min., Argentina Directed by Blas Zanella Farah, a young artist who aims for motivation in sadness, looks for dreadful situations in order to attain inspired works. Her obsession will turn into a nightmare and a family tragedy, though it may not bring the expected results.
THE VISIT, 22min., Brazil Directed by Mathews Silva Mabel is a cheerful elderly woman who waits in her remote home for the arrival of her son, who is coming to take her to live in the city. However, it’s Teresa, a photographer, who ends up appearing and becomes Mabel’s guest. As they spend time together, the two women get to know each other, unexpectedly growing closer.
I’M DEAD, YOU’RE WELCOME, 15min., USA Directed by Roderick Fenske Four friends reminisce about their legacy after the wake of their friend’s passing. Revelatory private affairs force them to deal with life choices that tangle them closer together in a way they never expected.
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THE PEACE GIRL, 4min., Portugal Directed by Patrícia Matos/Rui Duque A GIRL LIVES HAPPY IN HER SMALL HOUSE. ONE DAY, WHEN WATCHING TELEVISION, SHE REALIZES THE SUFFERING CAUSED BY THE WAR AND DECIDES TO GO HELP!
I Am a Very Special Being, 4min., Denmark Directed by Marcus Mandal 40-year-old Christian is diagnosed with autism. He wrote the lyrics for this song about who he is – and he sings it himself.
CLARA, 3min., Portugal Directed by CENA Clara was a cheerful and sweet girl. At her school, a group of students teased her all the time. Still, she was not an unhappy child!
The Dream That Sets Us Free, 3min., Portugal Directed by CENA Limited by his health, an elderly man feels trapped and unable to fulfill his dream of traveling the world. Unexpectedly, freedom arrives in a moment of sharing.
An Unexpected Friendship, 3min., Portugal Directed CENA An unexpected friendship between two animals will create a great hustle in the forest. Who knows how this adventure will end!
The Big Change, 3min., Portugal Directed by Andreína Agrela;Eduardo Namora ; Matias Oliveira; Jayden Pereira; João Sousa; Liane Aranjuren; Margarida Sousa; Soraia Santos; Matilde Correia; Nancy Paixão; Santiago Gonçalves; Simon Freitas; Tomás Teles; Vitória Ferreira In a not too distant time, freedom of choice and expression were not acquired rights of a people. A big change needed to happen.
The Cry of the Earth, 3min., Portugal Directed by CENA Two planets meet in space and talk about their concerns. One of them is sick and they don’t know if he will get better.
The ocean belongs to everyone, 3min., Portugal Directed by CENA The normal day of a family turns out to show that many of the actions we take can have serious consequences for the environment.
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LINOLEUM – Alain Chamfort / Cie Niki Noves, 6min., France Directed by Niki Noves In a dark room, we find two men forehead to forehead, sitting on the floor, heads connected by a helmet with an organic look. They are surrounded by silhouettes motionless and tense. In parallel in a sanitized white space, these two men face each other at a distance. They seem to have the power to influence the behavior of the other. Their violent and fierce manipulations quickly blow them to the limit of the knockout. This struggle has the effect of animating the individuals around them in the dark space. Alain Chamfort is the link between these two spaces. He is the witness and the narrator. He walks in the dark towards a ray of light. In the air there are particles that gradually draw a yellow landscape, a chaotic exterior that indicates a post-apocalyptic era. A child appears in the distance through the yellowish fog. He walks in the midst of a group of women and men of all ages walking in the same direction, looking out at the horizon of a new land.
OLD HOUSE, 4min,. Ukraine Directed by Alexander Sparinsky About the depth of the hypocrisy of the Russian invaders and the coming consequences of the grand adventure of the twenty-first century. For in addition to the woes and sorrows the war has brought to Ukraine, the Kremlin’s perfidious madness is destroying Muscovy itself.
A STREET DOG NAMED DESIRE, 4min., USA Directed by Nich Esposito A journey through the streets and sewers with a hot dog dropped by a hapless street vendor.
L’ESCALE, 45min., France Directed by Antoine Sextier The 1960s, Paris, rue Monsieur Le Prince, in the “l’Escale” cabaret, Latin Americans live and share their music throughout the night.
Jorge Peña Hen – The last hours of the Maestro, 14min., Chile Directed by Alvaro Riquelme S. Adaptation of the play by Maria Belen Espinoza Peña, Butoh Artist, and niece of Jorge Peña Hen, Orchesta Director murdered by the Caravana de la Muerte during Dictatorship in Chile
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O, 10min., France Directed by Fabien Legeron Locked in since ever, exiled forever – In the in-between of anywhere, a form wanders aimlessly, cut from any companionship or hope.
MOSQUITO NURSERY, 5min., Spain Directed by Ezequiel Casamada A man has some mosquito larvae as pets, he proudly takes them everywhere. But the larvae grow and become adult mosquitoes and he doesn’t like that anymore…
MIGRAINE, 5min., Belgium Directed by Frédéric Roussel It was a long time ago. A terrible headache. Such a one he could never forget. But let him tell us how it happened…
FLASHBULB MEMORIES, 4min., Portugal Directed by Carlos Trindade The title of the movie refers to a term introduced in scientific literature (1977) by the american psychologists Roger Brown and James Kulik, in a pioneering study about the relationship of memory with the emotions. The term appeared by analogy with photography, and with it the authors referred to the memories concerning the circumstances in which a person became aware for the first time of an very unexpected event, even shocking – both personal as well as fraternal -, with relevant consequences for her, arousing in any case strong emotions. After have been established, “flashbulb memories” would be practically permanent, because of the extremely vivid memories triggered by the occurrence that gave rise to them.
BUTTERFLY MANEUVERS, 7min., Germany Directed by Gor Margaryan Butterfly Manoeuvres’ is an experimental essay film based on old, private film footage of fighter planes. The film documents the preparations and training for war, recorded as historical evidence. An artful fusion of images and sounds creates a unique cinematic experience. It is interesting to note that the soundtrack does not always correspond exactly with the visual impressions. This deliberate discrepancy between image and sound was chosen to create new associations and perspectives. A central motif of the film is the contrast between the destructive fighter planes and the fragile, seemingly lost images of butterflies. This juxtaposition symbolises the transience and irreversible destruction caused by war. ‘Butterfly Manoeuvres’ is therefore not only a documentary record, but also a profound reflection on war, loss and the fleeting beauty of life.’
ALPHA HOUSE – MICHAEL FRANKLIN: CAUGHT IN A WEB OF LIES, 19min., Canada Directed by Tim Lopers Alpha House has helped a number of men stay clean and learn to live one day at a time. No one knows this better than Michael Franklin who almost didn’t live to tell the tale.
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THE LITTLE GIRL, 10min., USA Directed by Tamara Luisa Hernandez The Little Girl” is a poignant true story of a woman who embraces her identity as a plus-sized woman while navigating the complexities of love. Through her late-night interactions with strangers, she confronts the harsh realities of societal beauty standards, ultimately challenging conventional perceptions of attractiveness.
MY TURN!, 5min., USA Directed by Isabelle Maria Tumboimbela, Daisha Lin Sherman One sunny morning in Jakarta, Indonesia, Beth and her younger sister Liz become fierce rivals in their race to the bathroom. Beth regrets unintentionally hurting her little sister during the scuffle, and they both realize how much they care about each other.
AND VOILA, 13min., Canada Directed by Piero DaCosta An interview granted by Angelo Villa depicts the life and work of the most important artist of his time, Leo Park whom he used to call a friend once. Past and present come together in this game of power and corruption.
REPLICA, 6min., USA Directed by Marta Renzi A house, a replica and its inhabitants, both somewhat removed from reality. Tenderness, delight and quiet companionship. How much is imagined? What does the future hold?
STAY HERE, 12min., Canada Directed by Amelia Mitchell A troubled young man’s infatuation with his coworker spirals out of control after she introduces him to a dangerous coping mechanism.
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Alex LeVesque | Mentoring Gang Members with Classic Cars, 10min., USA Directed by John Snyder Alex LeVesque is the founder of the Automotive Mentoring Group (AMG), a nonprofit that works to counter gang violence in the city of Chicago, Illinois. The organization recruits gang members from across the city and teaches them the skills needed to build careers as auto mechanics, thus giving a chance at reform to those who would otherwise likely fall victim to violence in the streets.
Asim Khan “AK” | PARKOUR – Discover the differences between Parkour and Freerunning, 10min, Pakistan Directed by Ali Imran Ch Pakistan native Asim Khan Yousafzai is more than a freerunner: he is a teacher, a fighter, and above all, a survivor. As a child, he lived through the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Freerunner Asim Khan explains how he rose above limited resources to become a hero.
Yecson Preciado | Fighting For Life, 11min., Ecuador Directed by Hernán Salcedo Life has never been easy for boxing trainer Yecson Preciado. Hailing from Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador, he grew up in a drug-fueled, murderous environment. Suffering abuse at the hands of his father, he left home at 10, spending two months on the streets. In spite of these traumatic circumstances, he persisted, driven only by his dream of becoming a boxer. Never one to just sit and watch injustice occur around him, Yecson was inspired to start Trinibox, a boxing gym that caters to youth facing homelessness.
STAR CAFE, 9min., USA Directed by Robin Hofmann Small town cafe owner, Ruby, opened the inclusive Star Cafe to support her granddaughter with Down syndrome. When money gets tight and the cafe starts to break down, will they find a way to save the cafe?
Natural Light: The Remarkable Transformation of a School on Detroit’s East Eight Mile, 18min., USA Directed by Richard R. Murray When a new leader arrives at one of Michigan’s worst schools, he seeks help from a unique firm known for solving “impossible” school problems. But the challenges are enormous, the project has no funding, and the effort will confront bureaucracy, skepticism, indifference, profiteering, and even a pandemic.
BLEACH BONE, 15min., USA Directed by John D. Nilles Nine years after murdering his friend in cold blood, Dwain returns to dig up the remains. There, in a bleak field, he reckons with Jay’s ghost and struggles to comprehend his own motives.
LIVE FROM THE GENEVA!, 13min,. USA Directed by Nick Leahy Amidst the hysteria of the Red Scare in 1953 Chicago, a nightclub staff becomes entangled in a political scandal when their star performer’s iconic red-and-gold pocket square becomes the focal point of media chaos.
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