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2024 / United States / Mack Hastings, Shane Sleger

A young boy's life is thrown into new light after discovering a mysterious sound on a synthesizer.

6 AM

2024 / Iran / Mehran Modiri

She is going to leave the country to continue on to higher education in Canada. Her family members are worried and act as if they have been already missing her.…

A Clean Slate

2023 / Trần Hoàng Calvin

In 2007 Shanyeill McCloud was convicted of misdemeanor battery protecting herself and her daughter from her abusive husband, a record that upturned her life, making it nearly impossible to find…

A Field Guide to Sasquatch Structures (and other serious signs)

2024 / United States / Joe Van Auken

Twoops has dedicated his life to "Squatching," - searching the woods for evidence of the Sasquatch. When two young women hire him as a tour guide with the intent to…

A Light That Doesn’t Dim

2024 / Not Specified / Colby Barrios

Sister Jones has a life-changing decision: to go home and disappoint her family or to continue as a Mormon missionary in Mexico and betray herself amidst various familial and cultural…

A Summer’s End Poem

2024 / China, Switzerland / Lam Can-zhao

Shortly before the end of the summer holidays, a country boy spends his savings on his dream of a city hairstyle – with surprising results. A story about bidding farewell…

Afterthought

2024 / United States / Joslyn Jude Yabut

Bun crashes Cat and Dog's wedding!? Prepare yourself for JUICY DRAMA, NON-STOP ACTION, AND HEARTCLENCHING ROMANCE; surely the makings of what could possibly be the PERFECT WEDDING!

All-American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel

2023 / United States / Angel Gates

The Nevele Grand Resort in Ellenville, NY sits abandoned on 500+ acres near the foot of the Catskill Mountains of New York. What used to be a point of pride…

Alleyways

2024 / United States / Beck Espiritu

A teenage boy (Espiritu) is facing transphobia toward his best friend (Wohlwend Zegri) and has no idea how to come face-to-face with the situation.

Amplified

2024 / Jordan / Dina Naser

*CONTENT WARNING: Sexual Abuse* Hind is a charming young Karate athlete with a hearing disability. After she’s subjected to a violating incident at the Karate center, Hind’s world gets distorted.…

An Old Friend

2025 / United States / Nuk Suwanchote

An imaginary friend (Jason Faunt) finds out his sole purpose is to bring happiness to his child, only to discover his child is a 90 year old man (Tom Skerritt)…

Arcturus Beaming

2024 / United States / Jackson Ezinga

Sam takes a road trip and discovers the beauty and the spectacle of virtual connections crossing into the real world. Set to the song Arcturus Beaming by The Crane Wives.

Around U

2024 / Taiwan / Li-Wei Chou, Yong-Qing Zhang

In the Candy Kingdom, many candy residents live, but there are rumors of residents disappearing at night. Among them, three close friends decide to find their missing friend. However, on…

Aspiration

2024 / France / Stéphane Mandelkern

A young girl walks quickly along a fast lane. She has a sports bag on her shoulder. In voice-over, we hear her speak about the questions asked by a psychologist…

Bear

2023 / UK / Kate Hammer

Jude, a neurodivergent creative, tries her best to fit into a typical world. While desperately in need of a job, an already tense interview is made even worse by the…

Black Metropolis

Jim Fielder

Black Metropolis is a feature length Documentary about the 30+ year career of pioneering Visual-Afrofuturist and graphic novelist, Tim Fielder. Fielder blazed a path as he worked the margins of…

Bloomed in the Water

2024 / United States / Joanne Mony Park

Bloomed in the Water is a portrait of a young Korean- American woman finding self-worth through the moments of difficulty, shame, and humor that inform the first-generation immigrant experience.

Boys Go to Jupiter

2023 / United States / Julian Glander

A teenager in suburban Florida desperately hustles to make $5,000 in this dreamy and surreal animated coming-of-age story.

Breasts Not Included

2024 / United States / Seth Thompson, Hannah Sullivan

An autobiographical short film about a mastectomy journey. And the questions that follow about how to define beauty, femininity, and strength.

Bring Them Home

United States / Ivan MacDonald, Ivy MacDonald, Daniel Glick

Bring Them Home tells the story of a small group of Blackfoot people and their mission to establish the first wild buffalo herd on their ancestral territory since the species’…

Can I Get A Witness

2024 / Canada / Anne Marie Fleming

In the not-too-distant future, we've solved all the world's problems: mitigated climate change, eradicated poverty, achieved true trans-species equality. There's just one catch... humans have to end life at 50…

Castling

2024 / Italy / Federico Yang

A young man, disappointed in human relations, moves into a tower in the middle of nowhere. However the pleasant solitude gives in to dreams of intimacy, but perhaps for the…

Cat Custody

2024 / United States / Kyle Dubiel

After his partner breaks up with him, a man fights to retain custody of their cats.

Catfeine

2024 / Taiwan / Yen-Chi Chen

After an exhausting day, the protagonist drags their tired body home, longing for their plump "family member." Ignoring the family member's resistance, the protagonist hugs them tightly, finding comfort in…

Chimera: Phylogenesis

2024 / United States / Okyoung Noh

Can AAPI women in solidarity, as connected foreign debris, evolve into a new creature – a Chimera? The performance film explores these questions through an immersive sound/optics environment.

Chocolate With Sprinkles

2024 / United States / Huriyyah Muhammad

On their 25th wedding anniversary, a bickering married couple is given one day to do something they haven't done in 25 years - work on their marriage.

Circle Circle Circle Circle

2024 / United States / Katherine Skelton, Libby Ewing

Four grieving friends gather to release the past year and their night takes a wildly unexpected turn.

Core

2024 / Taiwan / Yu-Hsiang Chen

"CORE" is a 3D animation that tells the story of a factory robot who, through an unexpected event, seeks to break free and attempt to change its past. However, it…

Cottage Grove

2023 / United States / George Ellzey Jr.

A young man struggles to communicate with his stroke-afflicted father, and at the same time, stay true to himself.

Cow Killer

2024 / Iran, Islamic Republic of / Farhad Mohamadzadeh

Naser's sick cow is about to die, but it lives due to Khazar's (his granddaughter) wish for it to be healed. Naser recognizes this as a miracle and goes after…

Crossing Lake Erie

2024 / Not Specified / Samuel D Nykamp

Local swimmer Bryan Huffman sets out on a journey to raise money to provide kids with swim lessons by swimming across Lake Erie.

Damp

2024 / Taiwan / Xuan Liu, Ru-Sin Chang

The protagonist abandoned their dreams in the past due to an accident, and the trauma made them long afraid to confront the things they once loved. It wasn't until middle…

Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

2023 / Germany / Cyril Aris

In the aftermath of the catastrophic explosion from August 4th 2020 in Beirut, a film crew is facing a serious dilemma: should they defy the chaos and move forward with…

Das Feuilleton: Seemann (Sailor)

2024 / Germany / Thadeusz Tischbein, Robert Amarell

Music video for the song "Seemann (Sailor)" of German band "Das Feuilleton": A strange TV cooking show turns into a battle. No one wants to be cooked, right?

Deaf Giants

2023 / US / Peter Hoffman Kimball

Baseball-loving 10-year-old Bracken and his younger deaf brother investigate the contrast between early 1900s inclusion of deaf players in baseball and the present, seeking to understand why representation has regressed.

Detlev

2024 / Germany / Ferdinand Ehrhardt

A constantly freezing man in his forties drives to a lonely petrol station every evening and orders a microwaved Toast Hawaii. Detlev indulges in this in a bizarre ritual, because…

Devolution

2024 / United States / Mark Broe

A couple fights for survival in a post-apocalyptic world.

Do Not Feed the Pigeons

2024 / United States / Zahm Waters

An orgiastic mutant monster post-modern pop art pigeon-fueled horror apocalypse!!!

Domestic Help

2023 / India / Raveesh Jaiswal

Thomas, a timid clown who wasn't funny enough to make it in entertainment, gets placed in a domestic help position for Jennifer, a woman who needs assistance managing the day-to-day…

Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens

2024 / United States / Kristal Sotomayor

"Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens" pays homage to the legendary Mother Cavallucci by weaving together the present and past to provide a striking portrait of belonging and…

Donald

2023 / US / Dylan S. Tuccillo

A dancer moves with his wheelchair in surprising ways, pushing the art form's boundaries, as he prepares for a live performance.

Dream Now Revolution Tomorrow

2024 / Italy / Francesco Manzato

A punk angel appears to the maid of a luxury hotel, and for a moment a small revolution seems possible. But how long can a dream last?

Dreaming

2024 / Taiwan / Pei-Wen Lin, Ai-Li Tian

Our project, "Dreaming", is a 2D animation inspired by the whimsical imagination of middle school years. Through vibrant scenes and characters, it presents a fantastical and fun world. We hope…

Droplets Dance

2024 / Taiwan / Tsai-Yeah Liu, Yu-Tong Lee

After the rain, puddles form on the ground. The puddles, like mirrors, gradually take shape. A group of water spirits dances joyfully, flowing down the stairs, through every corner of…

Dropped

2024 / United States / Lucy Hirschfeld

DROPPED is a comedy that follows Andrew Wallace, a struggling actor who gets dropped by his agent in the middle of teaching a master class to a group of children…

Drunk Skunk

2024 / United States / Jack Boyle

A skunk enjoys the college experience.

Dungeons, Goblins and Broccoli

2022 / Australia / Dan Sanguineti

A group of avid Dungeons and Dragons players embarks on their next quest, but their game takes a turn when a newcomer arrives. Distracted by her presence, the players become…

EITR

2022 / Canada / Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller

Grinding away at the inherited family business, Mohamed works tirelessly making sales of knock-off perfume, while living as a knock-off version of his true self. His doting mother Marwa brings…

Eraserhead

1977 / David Lynch

Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newborn mutant child.

Evil, I

2024 / United States / Vanessa Beletic

A gifted haitian girl has one day to discover the key to her dangerous psychic power and decide once and for all who she really is: good or evil.

Face Value

2024 / United States / Ariel Elmann, Jack Terzi

Avi, a fledgling ticket scalper, juggles his strained relationships, a special date, and floor seats to the hottest Knicks game.

Faith

2024 / Not Specified / Zachary A Clark

Father’s Son

2023 / Israel / Nadan Pines

*CONTENT WARNING: Sexual Abuse* Yotam Regev, a teenage boy and the son of the town’s successful Mayor, has to choose: to tell the truth about his father, or lie and…

Firebreak

2024 / United States / Kenzie Bruce

Brandon and Royal are among a small group of firefighters in California who were trained while incarcerated and managed to break through and become professional firefighters post-release, but that’s not…

For Isaiah

2024 / United States / Jack Fauser

After a tragic accident, an amateur MMA fighter continues his brother’s legacy both in and out of the cage.

Geezers

2023 / United States / Jason Cooper

The “Geezer Happy Hour” is Ann Arbor’s hottest event - especially for the over 70 crowd. Every Friday, from 6p to 9p, a graying generation pull on their dance shoes…

Glitter Kiss

2025 / Lithuania / Augustė Gerikaitė

After discovering a brutally beaten drag queen Klaudijus, in his apartment building, homophobe Rolandas reluctantly takes him to the hospital and becomes his first response. As the police investigate and…

Goodbye Julia

2023 / Sudan / Mohamed Kordofani

In 2005 the government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) signed the Naivasha peace treaty, bringing to an end Africa’s longest civil war. A war that the…

HOLY HEAVÊNESS

2025 / Iran, Islamic Republic of / Farnoosh Abedi Renani, Negah Khezre Fardyardad

The unbearable lightness of the death of loved ones… There are wounds in life that eat away at you like leprosy… The weight of the death of loved ones sometimes…

Hag.

2024 / United States / Jay Najeeah

This story follows Reesa Crawford, a queer black woman from South Carolina who is having her first child with her wife, Khari. During this pregnancy, remnants of her past begin…

Hearts Of Stone

2024 / Belgium, Croatia / Tom Van Avermaet

*CONTENT WARNING: Self-Harm* In the heart of a bustling metropolis, Paula, a lonely street artist, entertains people as a living statue. She longs with an impossible love for Agatha, a…

High Diver

2024 / Germany / Oscar Bittner

Since early childhood, Tuan and Felix have been inseparable. As they train to become Olympic high divers, however, their budding love for each other suffers under the weight of the…

IWYTK (I Want You To Know)

2024 / Canada / Joshua Alexander

A film about friendship, road trips and the time we will never get back.

In Exile

Marshall Islands / Nathan Fitch

A short film exploring the US nuclear legacy in the Pacific through the lens of members of the Marshallese community in Arkansas. Moved from their islands by the US for…

Interloper

2024 / United States / Kerry O’Neill

A troubled 16 year old girl disrupts the harmony in her new foster home.

Jedo’s Dead

2023 / United States / Sara Nimeh

When a young middle-eastern girl finds her grandfather dead, she is forced to grapple with the earthly rituals and spiritual loose-ends of loss.

Kalamazoo Gals

2024 / United States / David Massar

When music journalist John Thomas discovers a mysterious archival photo, the ensuing odyssey reveals a shameful chapter in the history of the iconic Gibson guitar company. During World War II,…

Karak

2024 / Canada / Ian Tan

A young couple have a horrifying encounter with a yellow Volkswagen Beetle while driving home on a deserted highway in the middle of the night.

Kiko

2024 / United States / Aaron Peterson

Kiko Silvelet rides elite endurance events on his beloved BMX bike, plays accordion, makes a little trouble and tells truths we all probably need to hear.

Kill Will

2024 / Not Specified / Dave Fairman

When former assassin WILL’s location in the witness protection program is compromised and two hitmen descend on his small new hometown, he and ANNIE are forced on the run. Together,…

Lapse

2023 / United States / Katie Colwell

A star competitive swimmer blacks out alone one night in the pool—the same pool a dead body is found in the next morning.

Le Cosmos

2024 / United States / Natalie Peracchio

A letterbox searches for the meaning of life.

Locations

2024 / United States / Danny Bellini, Gore Abrams

An American locations scout in France is haunted by his surroundings, while vying for approval from his expecting girlfriend's mysterious parents.

Lola

2024 / United States / Grace Hanna

Logline: A thirteen-year-old science prodigy journeys into her grandma's deteriorating mind to save one precious memory they have together. Synopsis: After Tessie's grandmother, Lola, is diagnosed with dementia, Tessie makes…

Lost & Found

2024 / United States / Jaricxel Ramirez-Mata

Two sisters struggle with how to take care of a red giant doll who turns out to be their ill father.

Lost Dreams

2024 / United States / Andrew Wakeman Proctor

The world of consumption vs the world of the artist, which one will be lasting when we wake up? Lost Dreams is about dreams. Scientists have not fully figured out…

Lover

2024 / Taiwan / Ching-Wen Yang, Shao-Hua Wang, Zhi-Kou Zhai

This story tells about the relationship between a companion robot, ALICE, and her owner, Hana. Hana, suffering from depression, often releases her stress on ALICE, causing the robot to frequently…

Lumen

2023 / Canada / Stéphanie Bélanger

Claude, 70 years old, lives alone and compulsively buys lamps online, almost daily. An obsession that leads her to want, at all costs, a small Victorian porcelain lamp, a bit…

Made in USA

2024 / United States / Desdemona Chiang

After getting abruptly fired from her job of over 20 years, a dutiful Chinese-American casino host turns her home into a birth hotel to regain control of her life.

Mahsa – Woman Life Freedom

2024 / United States / Shahrad Fredotti

The persian empire, known for its kindness, tolerance, and respect for women, led for thousands of years by a monarchy, was overthrown by an islamic revolution in 1979. The new…

Make Money

2024 / Taiwan / I-Chieh Teng, Tzu-Chin Chou, Yu-Fen Chen

"Make Money" is a three-minute 2D short animation. The story revolves around a family of three living on a grassland. The playful young boy discovers accidentally that pulling up weeds…

Maraschino Cherries

2023 / Canada / Vincent Paquette

Pending an eviction from their landlord, a brother and a sister have no choice but to take matters into their own hands to come up with the money and stay…

Mawtini (My Homeland)

2023 / Canada / Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller

Together Nawal, a young Palestinian woman, and Tanya, an older Indigenous woman, start a guerrilla garden on the lawn of their apartment building and battle middle management to make it…

Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero

2024 / United States / Anthony Hand

When drag queens start disappearing, a shy young barista must summon his inner super-shero to rescue them ​from an ambitious evil drag queen bent on harvesting their magical anti-aging tears.

Micro Budget

2024 / United States / Morgan Evans

"Epic Ambition. Major Delusion. Micro Budget." When Terry (Patrick Noth) discovers he's about to be a father, he does what any other sane person would do. He moves himself and…

Milly

United States / Hannah Scout Dunaway

*CONTENT WARNING: Self-Harm* Consumed with the monotony of her domestic life, a lonely housewife is forced onto tranquilizers to survive her mundane routines and isolation.

Moments of Stillness

2023 / Not Specified / Jasdeep Kang

Through stunning visuals and evocative soundscapes, “Moments of Stillness" transports you to a place of serenity, inviting you to embrace stillness and find solace in the present moment. It is…

Move Ya Body: The Birth of House

2025 / United States / Elegance Bratton

In the chaos of Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park, a teenage usher named Vince Lawrence witnessed the fiery backlash against disco—a sound that defined freedom and pride. Undeterred by…

My So-Called Iraqi Wedding

2024 / United States / Ayser Salman

As a child, Iraqi-American SAMIRA “SAMI” RAMSEY learned to be an incurable romantic thanks to her rom-com loving, mystical aunt. Now, on the verge of 40, Sami has finally met…

Myself Two Seconds to Cry

2025 / United States / Erik Sutch

The digital presence left by people I knew who died young has vanished. Songs they uploaded, photo albums, public diary entries, all deleted and all that’s left is generic obituaries.…

Mélange

2024 / United States / Deshon Leek

Two estranged men reconnect in a jazz bar where they embark on a forbidden dance.

Nani

2024 / United States / Mainak Dhar

On the last day of Ramadan, a disowned daughter takes matters into her own hands, kidnapping her bedridden grandmother from her parents' house for one final trip to the beach.

Nono

2024 / United States / Aerin Wu

After the birthday party, Nono waves goodbye to his friends. He suddenly feels very empty and disoriented. Growing up is a weird, bittersweet thing. It’s worth celebrating, but it also…

OBEX

2025 / United States / Albert Birney

Conor Marsh lives a secluded life with his dog, Sandy, until one day he begins playing OBEX, a new, state-of-the-art computer game. When Sandy goes missing, the line between reality…

Odyssey express

2024 / Taiwan / Wei-Hsiang Hsieh, Chia-Tzu Sun

Lei, who was about to transfer to a new school, felt lost about the future. By a stroke of fate, he boarded the Odyssey Express, a symbol of the unknown,…

PHLO

Jim Fielder

PHLO is a feature length horror story blended with a poignant coming-of-age tale the chronicles the of a young child, Ezekiel, who is taken and raised by the Father figure,…

Pentaclub (The Club of Five)

2023 / Italy / Roberto Strazzarino

The year is 1968. Five teenage boys dream of running a movie theater in which they will not show pro-war films. One summer afternoon Giò, Delfo, Max, Ricky and Paolo…

Planet Pleasure

2022 / United States / Nicole Lipp

A popstar performs on a distant watery planet, or is it all just moistbreezy's fantasy?

Ponce de Leon

2024 / United States / Sammie Hottel

Exiled to a remote villa to spend the summer with her great aunt, a disconnected teen girl uncovers a dark secret surrounding the mysterious fountain flowing in the property’s gardens.

Portraits of Poppy

2025 / United States / Thomas Streed

A young woman named Poppy struggles with her crippling ADHD, her unrealized dreams of becoming a robot inventor, and the heartache of a recent breakup– but don’t worry, it’s funny!

Power Lines

2024 / United States / Rick Flynn

Redistricting isn't about lines. Redistricting is about power. Who controls that power? That's up to you. “Power Lines,” created with the support of The Carter Center, is a non-partisan blueprint…

Proteus

2024 / United States / Tanner Hamilton

Two stranded astronauts descend into paranoia and madness after a mysterious deep-space accident.

Radiance

2024 / Taiwan / Tzu-Han Wanh

Awakening at dawn, a sunflower is attracted by the sparkling dewdrops before it. On its journey to collect the dewdrops, it encounters the sun. Mesmerized by the sunlight, the sunflower…

Rainbbit

2024 / Taiwan / Yi-Shiuan Wang

"Noise is life, and so is silence" is the theme. The protagonist, Rebi, is a rabbit boy with social anxiety. Various accidents disrupt his life rhythm, and he ultimately chooses…

Reincarnate

2024 / United States / Tabitha Blanski

A short documentary about a woman who loses her mother to cancer weeks before giving birth to her first child.

Rerun

2024 / United States / Meredith Dobbs

Struggling after a breakup, a young woman crafts elaborate fantasies of running into her ex, which her best friend helpfully shatters with doses of reality.

Revolutionary Chic

2024 / United States / Aaron Johnson

A Fashion Student finds new direction, in the aftermath of the Murder of George Floyd

Road of Lux

2024 / Taiwan / Chia-Hsun Wu

Inspired by the concept of "the road," we have created a protagonist who is a personified coal spirit. The coal spirit is motivated by the "shining light," which serves as…

Sacred Waters: Anishinaabeg Naagdawenmaanaanig Giigoonhkewin (The First People Taking Care of the Fishery)

2024 / United States / Finn Ryan, Aaron Peterson

The Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians is the largest indigenous tribe east of the Mississippi and has been stewarding the fisheries of their Great Lakes territory for generations. This project…

Sandra

2025 / United States / Hannah Levy, Jen Chuck

"SANDRA" is a surreal comedy that follows Jane (Alison Banowsky) whose banal and predictable life with her boyfriend (Andrew Knox) is upended when she finds out that a mysterious and…

Shadow Dancer

2024 / United States / Nikki Groton

An underestimated tap choreographer must fight her surreal and violent hallucinations in order to keep her grip on reality before she loses the biggest opportunity of her life.

Shadows

2024 / German / Rand Beiruty

At an over crowded airport, Ahlam, a 14-year old runaway mother, fights the lurking shadows that attempt to steal the only dream that will set her free.

Shaped

2024 / Taiwan / Hsin-Ju Wu

"SHAPED" is an animation about modern life phenomena. The protagonist, Shanshan, enters a glass cup, experiencing various degrees of influence and uncontrollable changes. After a brief escape, he still chooses…

Sixteen

2024 / United States / Naomi Iwamoto

A sixteen year old girl is outed at church one Sunday morning.

Something in the Water

2024 / United States / Nateya Taylor

Five water justice advocates discuss how Milwaukee’s Black communities are disproportionately being lead poisoned, and the debilitating effects it has on residents' health, with hopes to see equitable change that…

Stargazing. A dialogue on creation between serial silence-killers

2023 / Italy / Niccolò Buttigliero

Lying in total darkness, two young immortals discuss whether it is time to create the World once again. A cosmogonic screwball comedy.

Strangers Like Us

2024 / Austria / Pipi Frostl, Felix Krisai

In their early 30s, Laura and Elias settle into a new suburbian life by inviting another couple over for dinner. When the night gradually turns into an evening full of…

Strings

2024 / United Kingdom / Ava Pearson, Eleanor Smith, Nina Zandvliet

Sally joins a dream summer trip to Sicily with her childhood bestie Poppy, hoping to re-connect before they start university. Confronted with Poppy’s volatile new friend Alex, Sally is strangely…

Sweetsamsara

2024 / Taiwan / Pei-Chi Tsai

Every little piece of dough has the mission of becoming a donut from the moment it is born. Only donuts are good adults and a symbol of greatness! Under the…

Telekinetik

2024 / United States / George Cederquist

A would-be vigilante, tortured by a telepathic shaman, learns a difficult lesson about justice versus bloodlust, as told through the intersection of hip-hop and opera.

Tell Them About Us

2024 / Germany, Jordan / Rand Beiruty

Tell Them About Us is a coming of age story following seven teenage girls adjusting to their new life in Eberswalde, an East German provincial city. Over the period of…

The Accidental Spy

2024 / United States / Anthony Wonke

Days after 9/11, Blerim Skoro was recruited from a Manhattan prison by the CIA. For over a decade, he was America’s infidel mole, roaming the Middle East as a spy…

The Brother from Another Planet

1982 / John Sayles

A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.

The Chronocular Device

2024 / United States / Edward Loupe

A shadowy figure, upon breaking into an abandoned home, finds a strange device which allows him a glimpse into the home's past.

The Compatriots

2024 / United States / Spencer Cohen

Javi, an undocumented immigrant facing imminent deportation, unexpectedly reunites with his long-lost best friend, Hunter, a vivacious bachelor seeking deeper connections. Together, they embark on a heartfelt journey to prevent…

The Concert

2023 / United States / Elizabeth Bourgeois

*CONTENT WARNING: Domestic Violence* Farrah and Lisa hang out in Angie’s basement, waiting on her dad to give them a ride to their first big rock concert. Safe in their…

The Fish Tank (La Pecera)

2023 / Mexico / Victoria Garza

*CONTENT WARNING: Self-Harm and Sexual Abuse* A mysterious fish woman flees from her exploiters who keep her in a fish tank. Out in the real world she witnesses how society…

The Forgotten: Sustainable Clean Energy for the Brazilian Amazon

2024 / United States / Dave Wasinger, Judy Walgren

"The Forgotten" is a documentary short showcasing the hard work and research of the team behind The Convergence for Innovative Energy Solutions project funded by the National Science Foundation under…

The Gold Ones

United States / Wallace Hill V

After weeks of anticipation, the time has finally come for John to go over Jasmines house, but first he has to make a stop to pick something up for their…

The Invisible Mammal

2024 / United States / Kristin Tieche, Matthew Podolsky

Against the backdrop of the sixth mass extinction, an all-woman team of biologists set out to save bats from a deadly fungal disease, but when the COVID-19 pandemic interrupts their…

The Journey of White Sesame

2024 / Taiwan / WEI-ROU HUANG

On the table lies a half-eaten sesame pancake; a sesame seed, shaken loose by chewing, falls to the ground. When it awakens, it finds itself in a space resembling a…

The Last Rhino

2023 / Canada / Guillaume Harvey

The last of the northern white rhinos is dead. Lili, a rather well-off 70 year-old grandmother, led a comfortable retired life until these news have her dive deep into eco-anxiety.…

The Life and Times of G

2024 / Canada / Ian Johnston

The Life and Times of G is a single channel version of an immersive four screen video installation that explores the tension between two opposing modes of technology and cognition.…

The Long Way Home

2024 / United States / Chloe de Carvalho

Even whistle-blowers need childcare.

The Newcomer

2024 / Canada / Zoe Cleland

*CONTENT WARNING: Self-Harm* Amy forges an intense bond with the ghost in her apartment, risking the erosion of her own identity.

The Pact

2024 / United States / Joel Rodgers, Patrick Marsh, Wesley Kersey, Nathan Thompkins, Isaac Maas

The Palestine Exception

2024 / United States / Jan Haaken, Jennifer Ruth

As students across the country organize protests against Israel’s war on Gaza, decades-long taboos in academia around criticism of Israel–the “Palestine exception”–are shattered. This film features professors and students as…

The Prospect

2025 / United States / Robert Schultz, Dana Donnelly

When high school senior Jerry Vanetti gets rejected from every college he applied to, he hatches a scheme to pose as an elite baseball prospect in order to trick a…

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001 / United States / Wes Anderson

Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife, Etheline (Anjelica Huston), had three children—Chas, Margot, and Richie—and then they separated. Chas (Ben Stiller) started buying real estate in his early teens…

The Wind Will Carry Her

2024 / Canada / Renaud Gélinas

Mother of a 6 year-old child, Camille runs away from her daily life, leaving behind her son and her husband Eric. When her car breaks in a small seaside town,…

The Yellow Sponge is the Dish Sponge

2024 / United States / Michele Noble

Do we really need to wash sheets every week? Why would you ever have to clean a shower head? What is the difference between the blue sponge and the yellow…

Thinkle

2024 / Italy / Chiara Amenta, Claudia Antonioli, Enrica Carpentieri, Giorgia D'Aleo, Fabio La Gattuta, Gabriele Minotti, Bianca Santarelli

An ordinary man’s journey in search of his inner well-being.

This is Jan

2024 / United States / Robert Larriviere

Set in the conservative world of the 1950s, Jan checks into a hotel seeking to escape the outside world. Once alone, they are free to shed the identity society has…

Three hundred thousand kilometers per second

2024 / France / Clément Courcier

A woman stands at her window, staring out into the summer night, when a luminous body enters and bursts into the atmosphere. Time is suspended, and the woman takes a…

To My Father

2023 / United States / Sean Schiavolin

In March 2022, Troy Kotsur became the first Deaf man to win the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for CODA. During his emotional acceptance speech, Troy paid tribute to his…

Toxic Art

2023 / United States / Jason Whalen

Acid mine drainage is a pervasive problem, poisoning streams and killing wildlife, in American Appalachia. The technology and funding to remove these pollutants and bring life back to streams just…

Transylvanie

2023 / France / Rodrigue Huart

*CONTENT WARNING: Self-Harm* Ewa is a 10-year-old girl living in a high building in a quiet town. She's an odd, lonely child and for good reason: she's convinced of being…

Treadmill

2024 / Greece / George Kimissis

Dimitra, a nearly 50-year-old woman living with her manipulative elderly mother, Rea, faces a breaking point when she attempts to install a treadmill in her bedroom.

True Believer

2023 / United States / Kristen Irving

Born in 1981 just as the Religious Right's culture war crashed into visibility, a then evangelical filmmaker discovers the true origins of the pro-life movement. While disbelief initiates her investigation…

Ukrainian Dance Movie

2024 / United States / Roxy Toporowych

A professional dancer, whose career was cut short by war, is urged to take the reins of her spirited fathers folk dance school, after he announces his own life-altering decision.

Universe 25

2023 / United States / David Tappan

*CONTENT WARNING: Self-Harm* A mysterious entity. A bizarre psychological experiment. Imprisoned in “The Room,” a woman can’t know anyone longer than 30 days. It’s difficult to say what’s worse: knowing…

Valensole 1965

2024 / France / Dominique Filhol

France, Valensole, 1965. At dawn, Maurice Masse, a farmer, discovers in his lavender field a UFO that takes off at an astonishing speed, leaving traces on the ground. Based on…

Vampire Zombies…from Space!

2024 / Canada / Michael Stasko

From the depths of space, Dracula has devised his most dastardly plan yet; turning the residents of a small American town into his personal army of vampire zombies! A motley…

Victoria

2024 / United States / Arsenio Salvante

Victoria calls her mom.

Virtual Phases

2024 / Not Specified / Adam Benjamin Fung, Nick Bontrager

Virtual Phases is an experimental exploration of small and fabricated spaces with techniques often reserved for epic landscape studies and drone exploration. Discarded items such as old fabric, scrap metal,…

Volador

2024 / United States / Miguel Angel Hernandez, Tessa Elizabeth Osborne

*CONTENT WARNING: Self-Harm* Volador' explores the power of acceptance. Mateo, an 18 year old from Mexico, fights his way through challenges that arise in a place (Grand Rapids) he would…

Vulcanizadora

2024 / United States / Joel Potrykus

*CONTENT WARNING: Self-Harm* Director's Statement: "One of my biggest concerns about fatherhood is that I’d soften up and start telling stories of hope and inspiration. Five years after the birth…

Wait…what are you?

Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller

Walking on the Moon

2024 / United States / Frank Parkinson

A short documentary about a young man diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. His battle rages on until he is faced with his destiny or what seems to be…

Water Lilies

2024 / Korea, Republic of / Chanho Lee

Hyowon, who dreams of becoming an actress, runs away to Seoul with Eunseo, a high school dropout. The two girls step into the sprawling city with their fragile hopes, clutching…

Weave a dream

2024 / Taiwan / Bing-Han Chen

A human girl lives with a furry doll, enjoying happy and warm times until she accidentally loses a button from the doll's body. Despite her efforts to repair it, the…

When Everything was Blue

2024 / United States / Christina Chironna

A heartfelt drama that unfolds through the intimate lens of a home video camera. It tells the story of Luke, a firefighter, and his family, as they navigate the heartbreaking…

When We Get There

2024 / United States / Ryan Patrick Welsh, Justin Giddings

After their mother passes away, Cal and Ty embark on a cross-country trek to meet their father. Along with Cal's girlfriend, Ellie, and a new guitar named Stevie, they are…

Who am I?

2024 / Taiwan / Wei-Jhen Huang

The protagonist, a popular actress, unexpectedly encounters a strange stray cat in an alley, leading to a magical journey.

Why My Dad Loves

2024 / United States / Nkaujoua Xiong

At the age of 13, my father left his homeland, Laos, seeking a brighter future in the United States. Throughout the years, he devoted himself to supporting his family, seldom…

Working Differently

2023 / UK / Hannah Currie

Through a series of interviews with crew and established industry figures, we are exposed to the importance of accessibility and inclusion within the film and television industry and shown why…

Would You Like To Buy A Landline?

2024 / United States / Shane Hillier

Desperate to move up in the world, two accident prone sheet music store employees quit their jobs to pursue an equally irrelevant career path as door to door landline telephone…

You Can’t Beat the Feeling!

2024 / Iran, Islamic Republic of / Mohammad Hossein Khodabandelou

A former Coca-Cola teaser actor finds himself addicted to Coca-Cola and involved in everyday life and remembers his past, the beginning of his inquietude.

You Don’t Mess with James

2023 / United States / Weston Auburn, Myles Hi

A young production assistant has a confusing day while on set.

Your Tomorrow

2024 / Canada / Ali Weinstein

With an historic public park set to close for redevelopment, an eccentric yet lovable group of park regulars and staff members live out its final year open to the public…