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[ UNUM ]
Dir: Michael Lange & David Gesslbauer, Germany, 9 min, 2017, Experimental
[ UNUM ] (lat.'one') is presented in 9:16 format - flipped vertically - as a metaphor for the singularity of life. Beginning with a carnal prologue between ... more »
A P E X
Dir: Stuart T Birchall, England, 4 min, 2018, Experimental
"Emergence of a hybrid human-alien consciousness from the void" This conceptual film was inspired by a love of the 'Alien' franchise and the work of H.R ... more »
ACT OF TERROR, AN
Dir: Ashley Paige Brim, United States, 16 min, 2017, Narrative Short
The true story of Virginia Christian, a 16-year-old African American girl accused of murder in the Jim Crow South. ... more »
ADAM
Dir: Evelyn Jane Ross, United States, 2 min, 2016, Animation
In the beginning of them She created us. ... more »
AFGHAN CYCLES
Dir: Sarah Menzies, United States, 90 min, 2018, Documentary Feature
A new generation of young women in Afghanistan are breaking deep-seated gender taboos by learning to ride bicycles, normalizing the visibility of women in ... more »
AMORICANIA
Dir: Faiyaz Jafri, United States, 5 min, 2017, Experimental
A postmodern animated depiction of Americana, creating a narrative through a system of neo-archetypes that work together; hyperreality rendered in hyper-un ... more »
ARE YOU GLAD I'M HERE
Dir: Noor Fay Gharzeddine, Lebanon, 85 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
A Lebanese woman and an American girl become friends and accidental partners-in-crime in a story that explores the nature of happiness and self-actualizati ... more »
Full details » | Trailer » | Best Original Score, Audience Award
ASIAN GIRLS
Dir: Hyun Lee, Australia, 6 min, 2017, Narrative Short
CHAN is a Chinese factory worker who lives alone. Every night, she suffers from horrific nightmares involving the woman in the apartment next door, a Japan ... more »
ATLANTIC CITY
Dir: Miguel Alvarez, United States, 15 min, 2018, Narrative Short
Pony and Junior are two south Texas drifters - brothers in spirit, if not blood. The two come at odds when Junior refuses to help Pony find his estranged m ... more »
BABS
Dir: Celine Held, Logan George, United States, 12 min, 2018, Narrative Short
An estranged son discovers an alarming purchase made by his late father. ... more »
BEFORE THE FALL
Dir: Kamelya Alexan, United States, 11 min, 2016, Narrative Short
In the midst of the American Civil War, a young boy named Thomas, determined to cure his dying mother, wanders into the woods motivated by a mythical story ... more »
BIG ADVENTURE OF A LITTLE LINE, THE
Dir: Antoine Robert, France, 7 min, 2017, Animation
A small boy taking a walk picks up a little line he finds lying on the sidewalk. Putting it in his pocket, he forgets about it entirely. Then the line star ... more »
BIOPHILIA
Dir: Marina Michelson, United States, 11 min, 2017, Narrative Short
When an animal dies under her watch, an isolated new farmer is pushed to prove her worth. ... more »
BIRDS WITHOUT FEATHERS
Dir: Wendy McColm, United States, 92 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
Desperate for human interaction, six emotionally damaged individuals risk self respect, shedding their disillusionment in a last grasp for happiness. A cru ... more »
BONOBO
Dir: Zoel Aeschbacher, Switzerland, 16 min, 2018, Narrative Short
When the elevator of their public housing breaks down, the fates of Felix, a disabled pensioner, Ana, a single mother struggling with her move and Seydou, ... more »
BREACH
Dir: Lorenzo Monti, Monaco, 6 min, 2018, Experimental
After going through a breakup, experimental musician Isra struggles to compose. Her inner emotional chaos seems to be taking over her creativity. In order ... more »
BROTHERS
Dir: Bram Schouw, Netherlands, 106 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
Lukas and Alexander, brothers, are opposites, but they have a very strong bond. Lukas is quite shy and looks up to his high-spirited older brother, and fol ... more »
CAN HITLER HAPPEN HERE?
Dir: Saskia Rifkin, United States, 74 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
In a cinematic landscape in which there are few leading roles for women over 50, let alone 60, Saskia Rifkin's directorial debut "Can Hitler Happen Here?" ... more »
CANNONBALL WOMAN, THE
Dir: Albertine Zullo, David Toutevoix, Switzerland, 14 min, 2017, Animation
Madeleine the Human Cannonball and her husband are carnies. Their lives, like their show, seem to be perfectly under control. But in reality, Madeleine is ... more »
CASTING IN JAGUEY GRANDE
Dir: Thomas Winston, Cuba, 15 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Just a few clicks north of Bay of Pigs' pristine mangrove flats - some of the best bonefish habitat in the world - lies Jaguey Grand, Cuba. A surprising sc ... more »
CASUALTIES
Dir: Holly Voges, United States, 11 min, 2018, Narrative Short
CASUALTIES is the story of James, a Vietnam veteran suffering from PTSD. Haunted by the trauma of the past, he struggles to know what is real in the presen ... more »
CHRISTMAS RABBIT, THE
Dir: Christophe Lopez-Huici, France, 11 min, 2018, Animation
On Christmas eve, an old lady finds her beloved cat dead. All day long, she'll try to find him a fitting final resting place, but will remain unsuccessful ... more »
CLOUD OF PETALS
Dir: Sarah Meyohas, United States, 30 min, 2017, Experimental
At the site of the former Bell Labs, sixteen workers work tirelessly to photograph 100,000 individual rose petals. This massive dataset they compile is use ... more »
COLLECTION
Dir: Marcin Polar, Poland, 19 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Mieczyslaw lives with his wife, Wladzia, in a small, lost village. Being on the edge of life he lives a simple life, taking care of his disabled wife. In h ... more »
COME DOWNSTAIRS
Dir: Haisi Hu, United States, 5 min, 2017, Animation
An animated musical journey that explores the moment before death - examining the main character's longing, fear, and numbness. ... more »
CONTACT
Dir: Alessandro Novelli, Spain, 8 min, 2017, Animation
Between reality and fantasy, a woman's inner journey awakens her consciousness. ... more »
COUNTERFEIT KUNKOO
Dir: Reema Sengupta, India, 15 min, 2017, Narrative Short
In a country where marital rape is not a legal crime, it took a lot for Smita to escape an abusive marriage. She lives in a one room apartment in Mumbai, e ... more »
CRISANTO STREET
Dir: Paloma Martinez, United States, 12 min, 2017, Documentary Short
In the shadow of Silicon Valley, a hidden community thrives despite difficult circumstances. For one resident, eight-year-old Geovany Cesario, impending ch ... more »
DADDY
Dir: John Gallen, Alex Faoro, United States, 30 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Daddy tells the story of youth basketball coach and drug trafficker Curtis Malone. In 1993 Curtis founded the DC Assault, an AAU basketball team whose miss ... more »
DAVID'S VOICE
Dir: Graham Hill, United States, 14 min, 2018, Documentary Short
David Worobec is a classically trained vocalist who performs musical theater on miniature stages. Not content to play merely one character, he sings and pe ... more »
DECORADO
Dir: Alberto Vazquez, Spain, 12 min, 2016, Animation
The world is a wonderful stage, but its characters are disgraceful. ... more »
DISTRUST
Dir: Sam Rolfes, England, 3 min, 2017, Experimental
Choked and pinned with glowing scraps of regressive netscum, a body thrashes and steps through the digital visual violence as a familiar green figure hangs ... more »
DIVING INTO YOUR ABSENCE
Dir: Concha Vidal, Spain, 4 min, 2014, Experimental
An elegant combination of rich, provocative imagery and economical design. Just as the movement in the film evokes ideas of things un-forming as you reach ... more »
DUPPY
Dir: Justin Morris, United States, 10 min, 2018, Experimental
Left to his own devices, a teenager confronts the formidable adversary plaguing his reality. ... more »
DUVALL ET AL.
Dir: Youthana Yuos, United States, 20 min, 2017, Narrative Short
DUVALL hates most people. Wheelchair-bound, he's cared for by his nurse MERCEDES and lives with his sad-sack son, NELSON.When Nelson suddenly commits suici ... more »
EGO
Dir: Kaya Dayan, David-Simon Dayan, United States, 13 min, 2017, Experimental
EGO is a visually shocking, surreal, dali-esque silent short film showcasing the various manifestations of the human ego. ... more »
EL ASTRONAUTA
Dir: Manuel Trotta, Venezuela, 24 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Beto, a sophisticated man, returns to his remote hometown with the goal of bringing his senile father to a care home in the city. But his father, Don Alfre ... more »
ELISA
Dir: Kristina Kean Shtubert, Germany, 15 min, 2016, Narrative Short
'Elisa' portrays the claustrophobic and extremely painful relationship between nine year old Elisa and her mother. At night, Elisa scratches herself raw. T ... more »
ETHOS
Dir: Jay Worsley, United States, 3 min, 2018, Experimental
We easily forget about the incredible beauty that is within arms reach of us. Ethos is a short aerial cinematography film that leaves you feeling in awe th ... more »
FACING MECCA
Dir: Jan-Eric Mack, Switzerland, 25 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Pensioner Roli comes to Fareed's assistance when the Syrian refugee is faced with the burial of his Muslim wife. Together they stumble into a bewildering f ... more »
FAIL STATE
Dir: Alexander Shebanow, United States, 94 min, 2017, Documentary Feature
In an expansive documentary exposé, Fail State investigates the dark side of American higher education, chronicling decades of policy decisions in Washingt ... more »
FAITH
Dir: Tatiana Fedorovskaya, Russia, 15 min, 2017, Narrative Short
An old widower, a former radio operator, perceives the flashing bulb as his late wife's messages. The love of his life will never die, even when the lights ... more »
FIGHTER
Dir: Bugsy Steel, England, 7 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Ten minutes before a boxing match, a teenage boxer with downs syndrome fights for his right to get in the ring. ... more »
GENESIS
Dir: Abtin Mozafari, Iran, 10 min, 2017, Experimental
A fantasy short film with a critical point of view about the horrible situation in Syria. "this is the first episode of my episodic film and I'm going to m ... more »
GENTLE MENTALS
Dir: Veronica Padilla, United States, 2 min, 2017, Animation
One in five people is affected by mental illness, yet it's still considered a taboo topic. And the stigma prevents many people from getting the crucial hel ... more »
GIVE
Dir: David De Rozas, United States, 16 min, 2018, Documentary Short
After decades of building an alternative visual narrative for the black community, a senior Reverend seeks to preserve its monumental legacy before his imp ... more »
GOLNESA
Dir: Sattar Chamani Gol, Iran, 94 min, 2018, Narrative Feature
Golmammad and Golnesa, a young Afghan couple, are illegal immigrants who are working in a traditional brick making kiln. Following the events happening to ... more »
GOODBYE, BROOKLYN
Dir: Daniel Jaffe, United States, 9 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Struggling with New York living, Dana Schapiro decides to move, saying goodbye to a neighborhood that can barely remember who she is.... ... more »
HI-FIVE THE CACTUS
Dir: Christopher Thomas, United States, 9 min, 2018, Animation
A small desert town suffers a devastatingly-disastrous-drought.There only hope is an old-cactus, for whom this story is about.His selfless-sacrifice could ... more »
HIDDEN BLUEPRINTS: THE STORY OF MIKEY
Dir: Jeremy Lee Mackenzie, United States, 15 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Hidden Blueprints, is a hybrid short documentary detailing the history and creation of a collection of wood-scrollwork that was designed and hidden in pris ... more »
HOW TO BECOME A POPE?
Dir: Justyna Mytnik, Poland, 16 min, 2017, Documentary Short
A warm-hearted comedy about a ten year old boy who wants to become a Pope. The protagonist is an alter boy, who finds out about an audition for a part of J ... more »
HURRY UP, HEROLD!
Dir: Francie Liebschner, Germany, 8 min, 2017, Animation
Herold is a superhero and a dad, wears a superman-chainmail-unitard, and is a veteran in dealing with dangerous situations. But now he faces a particularly ... more »
I AM NOT PRETTY
Dir: Keung Yin Ni, Sin Man Ting, Hong Kong, 6 min, 2017, Animation
Della always puts on heavy make-up, anecdotes happen because of it. Wanting to appear more confident, wanting to look adorable for loved one, wanting to ge ... more »
I'M NOT SURE
Dir: Gabriel Hensche, Germany, 7 min, 2017, Experimental
Why does he say "swimwear" when he sees René Magritte's painting of a naked woman? Is he too shy to say "boobs", "butt" or "vagina"? Perhaps he has mainly ... more »
ICE CREAM
Dir: Saba Riazi, Iran, 63 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
Maryam, a 30 year old woman in Tehran, having lost her job and apartment, is forced to move in with her grandmother. She is trying hard to make things work ... more »
IMMORTALS
Dir: Erik Morales, India, 7 min, 2017, Documentary Short
'Immortals' is a portrait of the Nihang, the last Sikh warriors, the old vanguard of their armies. Nomadic soldiers with no war to attend to, who wander Pu ... more »
JOHNNO'S DEAD
Dir: Chris Shepherd, France, 8 min, 2016, Experimental
Despite having time to reflect upon his twelve years behind bars, he can't shake off the ghosts of the past. If he could catch up with Johnno, the guy who ... more »
LA MORT, PÈRE & FILS
Dir: Paronnaud Vincent, Waltgenwitz Denis, France, 13 min, 2017, Animation
The Death' son doesn't want to take back the family business. He has the secret dream to become a guardian angel, this will trigger a succession of collaps ... more »
LES ANIMAUX DOMESTIQUES
Dir: Jean Lecointre, France, 22 min, 1970, Animation
Mr and Ms Archibald adopt by turns a dog, a cat, a fly, a toad and a moth... But they do not know anything about animals... ... more »
LIFE IS FARE
Dir: Sephora Woldu, United States, 61 min, 2018, Narrative Feature
Life is Fare is a Tigrinya/ English feature film exploring three wildly different perspectives on the East African nation of Eritrea. The film's premise fo ... more »
MAMA
Dir: Nicholas Brennan, United States, 7 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Sub-Saharan Africa is the most dangerous place in the world to be a pregnant mother. In rural villages, women turn to traditional birth attendants to bring ... more »
MONTANA
Dir: Michael Schwartz, United States, 14 min, 2018, Narrative Short
In the woods surrounding Flathead Lake, Montana, a troubled psychiatrist experiments with unconventional methods while struggling with her own traumatic pa ... more »
MORNING HAS BROKEN
Dir: Olga Chajdas, Poland, 15 min, 2017, Narrative Short
The main character, a woman, stabs her husband dead and drowns the daughter. Quietly, no emotions. She goes to bed only to wake in the morning and discover ... more »
MUST KILL KARL
Dir: Joe Kicak, Canada, 12 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Everyone has "that" friend - the one who shows up uninvited, drinks all your booze, and hits on your girlfriend - who we all secretly hate and wish would j ... more »
MY COUNTRY
Dir: Giancarlo Iannotta, United States, 78 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
Two brothers - one American, one Italian, who've never met - take a road trip from Rome to the unknown but picturesque region of Molise on a journey to spr ... more »
MY NAME IS PEDRO
Dir: Lillian LaSalle, United States, 96 min, 2017, Documentary Feature
This film explores what public education meant to South Bronx Latino maverick educator, Pedro Santana, and what he, in turn, meant to public education. In ... more »
MY YIDDISH PAPI
Dir: Éléonore Goldberg, Canada, 7 min, 2017, Animation
A young woman misses her grandfather's last phone call. After his death, she remembers a promise not kept: her vow to pass on to future generations his sto ... more »
NEMTSOV BRIDGE
Dir: Ivan Makachev, Russia, 11 min, 2018, Documentary Short
A tireless caretaker of the Nemtsov bridge visits the improvised site day after day, a memorial set up by volunteers by the Kremlin walls at the place wher ... more »
NEVADA
Dir: Emily Ann Hoffman, United States, 13 min, 2017, Animation
In this stop-motion animated comedy, a young couple's romantic weekend getaway is interrupted by a birth control mishap. ... more »
NEW MAN, THE
Dir: Devorah Baum & Josh Appignanesi, England, 75 min, 2017, Documentary Feature
A married couple (writer Devorah Baum & filmmaker Josh Appignanesi) turn the camera on themselves as they undergo the frequently hilarious ordeal of becomi ... more »
NIGGUN
Dir: Yoni Salmon, Israel, 12 min, 2017, Animation
After a long journey through space the last two believers are about to reach their destination. Ananda, the space archaeologist, hopes to prove that Earth ... more »
NOSOTROS
Dir: Felipe Vara de Rey, Spain, 93 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
A generational portrait of Spain's youth in a time of crisis, "Nosotros" follows a group of five friends during the weekend of the Spanish presidential ele ... more »
NURSE ME
Dir: Kezia Barnett, New Zealand, 11 min, 2016, Experimental
Emerging from the sea's dark folds, three lone figures are reborn into a post-apocalyptic world. The nurses — bearers of solace, fetish and sexual power — ... more »
OBJECTIFY ME
Dir: Annique Delphine, Germany, 3 min, 2017, Experimental
Objectify Me is a short experimental film about the different ways women's bodies are objectified and sexualized. We have been objectified to such an exte ... more »
OH MY DOG!
Dir: Marco Comandini, Italy, 2 min, 2018, Animation
A clumsy airport worker is busy taking out the luggage from a plane. When one of the boxes falls and gets opened by accident, the worker will be startled b ... more »
OKAASAN (MOM)
Dir: Kana Hatakeyama, Japan, 18 min, 2018, Narrative Short
Guilt, old resentment, distance, loss, and love simmer quietly in this story of a mother and a daughter, brought together after the daughter returns to her ... more »
ONE BEDROOM
Dir: Darien Sills-evans, United States, 83 min, 2018, Narrative Feature
Breaking up is easy. Moving out is hard. After five years of ups and downs, an African American 30-something couple in a gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood ... more »
PACK IT UP
Dir: Samuel Flores & Kitjan Lau, Switzerland, 4 min, 2017, Animation
How often have you found yourself looking for your keys, a missing sock or a misplaced rucksack? This film explains the phenomenon of the black hole throug ... more »
PARTHENON
Dir: Frank Mosley, United States, 14 min, 2016, Narrative Short
A naked body moves a stranger to empathy. PARTHENON is a slippery, dizzying provocation on art, control, and perception. A recipient of the 2015 Oak Cliff ... more »
PECULIAR ABILITIES OF MR MAHLER, THE
Dir: Paul Philipp, Germany, 29 min, 2017, Narrative Short
East Germany, 1987: The special investigator Mahler is said to have paranormal abilities. The police assigns him to solve the case of the 6-year-old Henry ... more »
PINK GOLD
Dir: Daniel Anguiano Zúñiga, Mexico, 20 min, 2018, Documentary Short
Looking through the lens of the fishing boat, "Kolsillo," PINK GOLD offers a portrait of shrimp fishing off the coast of Mexico in Sea of Cortez. A stunnin ... more »
PRESCHOOL POETS: AN ANIMATED SERIES
Dir: Nancy Kangas, Josh Kun, United States, 6 min, 2017, Animation
For nearly a decade, resident artist Nancy Kangas led a poetry program for preschool-aged children at Columbus Early Learning Centers on the near east side ... more »
PRISON LOGIC
Dir: Romany Malco, United States, 91 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
Prison Logic is a comedic tale of a stubborn ex-convict with dreams of becoming a world renowned motivational speaker. Two things stand in his way: his no ... more »
RESCATE
Dir: Mark Bone, Canada, 13 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Rescate is a gritty documentary about the heroics of the Rescate Ambar volunteer Paramedics and their leader Reynaldo Ortiz as they rush to provide medical ... more »
ROOM FOR RENT
Dir: Matt Atkinson, Canada, 89 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
In senior year, Mitch Baldwin won the lottery. Three years later, he was flat broke and a laughing stock. He's been holed-up in his family home ever since. ... more »
ROOMS
Dir: Andrew Zimbelman, United States, 2 min, 2017, Animation
A short film about life, death, and mice. Based on the poem by Billy Collins. ... more »
SACRILÈGE
Dir: Christophe Saber, Switzerland, 14 min, 2017, Narrative Short
The money has gone missing in the mosque of Saint-Etienne. Saoud, the gang leader is suspected. ... more »
SCORPION´S TALE, THE
Dir: Jhosimar Vasquez, United States, 22 min, 2017, Narrative Short
The Scorpion's Tale is a story of death, revenge, jealously and greed. The perfect killer sits on death row awaiting his fate. But when someone from his pa ... more »
SCRATCH
Dir: David Valero, Spain, 20 min, 2017, Narrative Short
This is JM's life, a young DJ with a cognitive disability, which makes his live unaware of a marginal world surrounding him. One night he will witness a be ... more »
SERVING JOY
Dir: Martin Sharpe, Australia, 14 min, 2017, Narrative Short
The table is set, the roast is cooked to perfection, and the soufflés are rising as high as Joy's blood pressure for the most important dinner party of her ... more »
SHOE HORN/OFFICE
Dir: Ingrid Nachstern, Ireland, 10 min, 2017, Experimental
This film deals with the restrictive nature of women's clothing throughout the ages and also with sexism in general. ... more »
SILENCE IS A FALLING BODY
Dir: Agustina Comedi, Argentina, 75 min, 2017, Documentary Feature
The film follows Agustina as she finds the videotapes that her father Jaime recorded before the accident that took his life. The family secrets surrounding ... more »
STREET FIGHTING MEN
Dir: Andrew James, United States, 110 min, 2017, Documentary Feature
In a rapidly changing America where mass inequality and dwindling opportunity have devastated the black working class, three Detroit men must fight to buil ... more »
SUNNY SIDE UP
Dir: Marie Karkehabadi, United States, 10 min, 2017, Experimental
Animation and live action are combined along with Persona-esque inserts to create a surreal world all its own. The main character, Simon, exists as a deer ... more »
SWEET MADDIE STONE
Dir: Brady Hood, England, 23 min, 2016, Narrative Short
15-year-old Maddie Stone rules her school yard under the protection of her family name. But after discovering her notorious father has been arrested, she h ... more »
SWIMMER, THE
Dir: Thomas Beug, Ireland, 11 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Stephen Redmond from West Cork was the first person ever to complete the world famous 'Ocean's Seven' challenge. This film looks at the beauty and the poet ... more »
TAKE YOUR TIME
Dir: Max Sachar, Natasha Adorlee, United States, 5 min, 2017, Experimental
Obstacles can sometimes pull us apart, but they can also create a force that binds us. This is the framework behind 'Take Your Time,' a raw and powerful p ... more »
TALE OF ENDURANCE: CELEBRATION OF THE IMPERFECT, A
Dir: Stephanie Bollag, United States, 1 min, 2017, Experimental
A celebration of color, race and women 'A Tale Of Endurance: Celebration of the Imperfect' is meant to send an empowering and disruptive message about pre ... more »
TASTEFUL
Dir: Morr Meroz, United States, 2 min, 2017, Animation
A not-so-friendly competition between two food vendors quickly turns violent, as the dishes they serve get less and less Kosher. ... more »
THAT PART
Dir: Mia Sorensen, Catherine Delaloye, United States, 4 min, 2017, Experimental
That Part, is a spoken word dance piece that shows the power of women in their resilience, and their doggedness in the face of adversity. The film focuses ... more »
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