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BLOCK 1 @ 1 PM

Cat Got Your Tongue

Director: Georgina Hellier

Country: UK

RT: 12min

Synopsis: Cat Got Your Tongue is a heartfelt comedy about not being able to carry on living until you’ve buried what’s already dead. Hazel is trying to track down the man she thought she had a connection with. At her friend Nick’s store, she assists the elderly Brian and consequently learns more about love and relationships....

I, Lina

Director: Luana Fanelli

Country: Italy

RT: 12min

Synopsis: Lina spends her 14th birthday just like every other day, stuck on the farm working and not in education like her more affluent teenage neighbour Clara, who attends a school for the deaf. Overhearing her older brother wanting to attend a party but needing female accompaniment to get in, Lina shares this knowledge with Clara. This news is the perfect excuse for the two girlfriends to make up a plan and escape their sad reality, for just one night....

Gift

Director: Xiaotong Jiang

Country: China

RT: 22min

Synopsis: Two desperate men, Shui and Jin, plan a gold shop robbery. As they wait, Shui shares his dream of taking his loved one to the Maldives, sparking a transformation in both men towards justice. A leaflet of beaches serves as a symbol of hope, guiding them away from crime and towards a brighter future....

Block 2 @ 1:15 PM

Pendulum

Director: Britt Falardeau

Country: United States

RT: 15min

Synopsis: Spiritual Stomach Flu: A period when one experiences unexpected anxiety or overwhelming feelings of being lost. Like a stomach flu, the harder one fights against it, the longer it lasts. This is a story about Cal and his Spiritual Stomach Flu....

When I Close My Eyes

Director: Lily Gavin

Country: United States

RT: 5min

Synopsis: A young girl in New York City, witnesses the growing disconnect of the world around her, including her family. She turns to the outside world and uses her sensitivity and imagination to connect to the spiritual and physical world; through voices and visions, she finds freedom from a world that is collapsing onto itself....

How I Sound

Director: Zuzana Martinkova

Country: United States

RT: 7min

Synopsis: Overwhelming circumstances push Faith to make a decision of ending her life by jumping from the rooftop. However, her death sentence is thwarted by a random girl in a hoodie who somehow knows more than she should....

Fiona

Director: Makeda Diggs

Country: United States

RT: 12min

Synopsis: For most of her life, Fiona was a pre-professional violinist training to become a soloist. After experiencing a great loss, she grapples with what it means for her that she no longer plays. Amidst the identity crisis that ensues, Fiona finds new meaning in music, friendship, and her interpretation of joy....

Run Away to Mars

Director: Courtney Paige

Country: United States

RT: 14min

Synopsis: A man goes on a mission to preach the gospel only to find he’s put his family in a life or death situation with a cult...

American Oxygen

Director: Adam Hazelton, Emily Hazelton

Country: United States

RT: 20min

Synopsis: A young woman living on permanent supplemental oxygen rushes to catch the last bus to L.A. and be healed by a miracle-working televangelist....

Block 3 @ 1:30 PM

Lace and Fog

Director: Ally May

Country: United States

RT: 3min

Synopsis: Alan Zeichner, Johnny Rosales, Alicia Dawn Hampton, Sherill Quinn...

Glimpse of Childhood

Director: Nizami Murtuzayev

Country: United States

RT: 7min

Synopsis: On her birthday, a young girl finds herself in the company of a guilt-ridden and emotionally detached family, where each member grapples with personal challenges in an attempt to rise above their troubles....

X AE A-12

Director: Chris Collins

Country: United States

RT: 10min

Synopsis: X wakes up from a haunting nightmare in which the Tesla Roadster his father gave him explodes in front of his eyes, setting off a series of reflections and insights that will change his life forever...

Two Cents & A Footlong

Director: Kanin Guntzelman

Country: United States

RT: 11min

Synopsis: When a depressed insomniac walks into a sandwich shop at 4 in the morning, he’s forced to assess every decision he’s ever made in his life—all because the sandwich guy asks him, “How’s it going?”...

Director: Chelsea Alden

Country: United States

RT: 18min

Synopsis: What if dying was a little like going to the DMV? Sara Clayborne is about to find out....

A Shattering

Director: Jan Jalenak

Country: United States

RT: 20min

Synopsis: A carefully constructed marriage implodes when an unexpected call unleashes the fragility and wounds that have been simmering for years....

The Lost Weekend

Director: Charlie Norton

Country: United States

RT: 21min

Synopsis: In the Summer of 2004, James, a teenage boy grappling with his masculinity, embarks on a weekend trip to Cape Cod. As he confronts toxic expectations about what it means to be a man, James must make a life-changing decision that will shape his future....

Block 4 @ 2:45 PM

The Sadness in Freedom

Director: Aylya Marzolf

Country: United States

RT: 7min

Synopsis: Leah, grappling with the weight of death and the ache of solitude, finds herself entangled in a web of conflicting emotions. Amidst the echoes of happier times and haunting memories of abuse, she mourns the loss of her beloved and wrestles with self-blame for his outbursts...

The Noise

Director: Bryce Gheisar

Country: United States

RT: 10min

Synopsis: Ella secretly struggles with an eating disorder. On her birthday, her family makes her a rich, mouth-watering meal that causes the negative thoughts in her head to become incessant. The personified version of these thoughts takes an intimidating physical form—The Noise—who continuously pulls Ella into a liminal space to discipline her for her actions. Ella does her best to engage in everyday life, but the harder she fights against The Noise, the more monstrous it becomes....

The Jukebox

Director: Jon Housholder, Jeff Schafer

Country: United States

RT: 18min

Synopsis: In The Jukebox, memories of the past swirl in the mind of a young man who must watch as his father succumbs to a terminal illness. Years after, while still seeking closure, this same man is unexpectedly reunited with an heirloom from his youth....

Seul

Director: Timothy Arielli

Country: United States

RT: 20min

Synopsis: After completing his second tour in Afghanistan, Jason (Blake Leon) did not come home the same man he was when he left. Struggling with PTSD, alcoholism, and hallucinations, finding his way back into society may not be possible....

Lines

Director: Sara Werner

Country: United States

RT: 24min

Synopsis: An 80s Ivy League college student grapples with confusion and shame after a visit to an older painter’s studio off campus....

Sam

Director: Luka Bursac

Country: United States

RT: 26min

Synopsis: After receiving a phone call from his ex-girlfriend, Z goes through a spiral of emotions and memories in the final attempt to get his lover back....

Block 5 @ 3:30 PM

Betty Bites Back

Director: Jessica Michael Davis

Country: United States

RT: 3min

Synopsis: Adapted from the short story “Vagina Dentata” by Mindy McGinnis featured in “Betty Bites Back: Stories to Scare the Patriarchy” and follows a young woman who is requesting to have retractable teeth surgically installed in her vagina....

Catch Him

Director: Leah Bleich

Country: United States

RT: 10min

Synopsis: With just a few minutes to spare before his daughter arrives, a young dad must catch the guinea pig roaming free in his house....

Far Out

Director: Mackenzie Lauren Taylor

Country: United States

RT: 10min

Synopsis: Two young, runaway hitchhikers encounter a mystery man on their way to Los Angeles in the year 1969....

#Cringe

Director: Alexandra Madison

Country: United States

RT: 14min

Synopsis: A famous influencer couple goes on a luxury weekend brand trip to the desert, where they uncover secrets about their marriage....

The Purple Glasses

Director: Susan Sullivan

Country: United States

RT: 15min

Synopsis: Set in the late 80’s during middle school, The Purple Glasses explores the fun and new found freedom that this age brings along with the emotions of it all. Emily, a precocious young student, loses her glasses shortly after a fight with her cool-girl classmate Sara. Sara is left with a decision that brings her to a new realization. The story involves a twist of fate that brings the two middle school girls together....

Pepperoni

Director: Jacob Staudenmaier

Country: United States

RT: 17min

Synopsis: Sam, an awkward middle schooler, seeks the help of his favorite wrestler after a school bully threatens to reveal his darkest secret: his pepperoni nipples....

Chakras For Sale

Director: Punya Chatterjee

Country: United States

RT: 19min

Synopsis: After failing to make it big as a rock band, four Indian Americans in 1960s San Francisco attempt one last rebrand to ride the hippie wave and finally get their big break....

Barely Breathing

Director: Derek Evans

Country: United States

RT: 20min

Synopsis: Barely Breathing is a dark comedy about Sai, who is guilted into moving in with his Father and Step Mother after nearly dying in an embarrassing autoerotic asphyxiation (AEA) accident. In order to get his dad off his back, Sai begins “hanging” with an AEA support group filled with loveable misfits but humor can only hide so much. As Sai begins to get comfortable, the distance between him and his father grows deeper in the lingering chasm left behind by the death of Sai’s mother ten years prior....

Block 6 @ 3:45 PM

Guy Meets Girl

Director: Alex Forstenhausler

Country: United States

RT: 8min

Synopsis: More than just your average romantic comedy, “Guy Meets Girl” explores modern romance by showing different versions of a chance encounter. Who is right? Who is wrong? Or does the truth lie somewhere in between?...

The First Time

Director: Michael Chi Peer

Country: United States

RT: 8min

Synopsis: A modern couple comes to an uncomfortable crossroads in their relationship, and it doesn’t smell good....

Missing Her

Director: Karl Shefelman

Country: United States

RT: 14min

Synopsis: When a middle-aged man, coping in a dystopian world, is forced to spread his dead wife’s ashes by a government mandated deadline, a stranger’s kindness is the only lifeline to help him through the sacred ritual before time runs out....

3.2.1

Director: Aleksa Palladino

Country: United States

RT: 15min

Synopsis: A night designed for an anonymous hookup devolves (evolves) into a night of emotional intimacy when a failed attempt at role-play exposes a personal struggle....

Hold You So Tight

Director: Eric Rudnick

Country: United States

Synopsis: A woman on the verge of a mental breakdown meets two men in a motel room who run a business that clients claim “Frees you from the burdens of this world” – only to discover that the procedure involves a hug from a homemade robot....

Lock it Up

Director: Laura Colella

Country: United States

RT: 20min

Synopsis: On a film set with a troubled director, ripples become waves that throw the whole crew off course. Will they find their way or is individualism the enemy of collective action? Witness action-packed inaction in action!...

Block 7 @ 5:30 PM

Bau, Artist at War

Director: Sean McNamara

Country: United States

RT: 130min

Synopsis: Bau, Artist at War” is based on the true story of Joseph and Rebecca Bau, whose wedding took place in the Plaszow concentration camp during WWII, an event immortalized in Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List. This film is a war drama, love story, and espionage tale that needs to be told in this era where survivors are dying, and the Holocaust is slipping from memory. Using his artistic skills and his sense of humor in the camps, Joseph stays alive and helps hundreds to escape. Miraculously, he finds love in the midst of despair—a love that will last a lifetime. Years later, when called to be a key witness in the trial of the brutal Nazi officer who tortured him and killed his father, he is thrust back into vivid memories of the Holocaust and calls upon this love and resilience of spirit to face the ultimate demon of his past....

Block 8 @ 5:45 PM

Murder at Hollow Creek

Director: David Lipper

Country: United States

RT: 94min

Synopsis: A cursed necklace results in three kids losing their parents at a young age, at the hands of a Serbian mob boss (Mickey Rourke). Detective Harris (Jason Patric) makes it his life’s mission to solve these murders and give closure to these kids....

Block 9 @ 6 PM

The Kindness Within

Director: Steven Priovolos

Country: United States

RT: 90min

Synopsis: Former broker Leon Logothetis transforms from suicidal to spiritual seeker, traveling through India to find life's meaning. He meets spiritual leaders and serves others while discovering inner truth....

Block 10 @ 7:45 PM

Chuck Zito: An American Story

Director: Dominique Milano

Country: United States

RT: 87min

Synopsis: Follows multi-talented and versatile Chuck Zito: Boxer, martial arts expert, bodyguard, stunt man, actor, and ex-president of the New York Hells Angels club....

Block 11 @ 8 PM

And You Are…?

Director: Alicia Coppola

Country: United States

RT: 18min

Synopsis: And You Are? is the most unlikely of buddy films: Lynn, a grandmother suffering from Alzheimer’s only has the past to prove she exists. Her transgender grandson Max, desperately wants to erase his past as it never proved his true existence....

Me

Director: Jefery Levy

Country: United States

RT: 90min

Synopsis: A film about a crazy person who believes he is living in his own reality show....

Block 12 @ 8:15 PM

My Divorce Party

Director: Heidi Weitzer

Country: United States

RT: 91min

Synopsis: Divorcee Xan gathers her close friends to celebrate her impending split, only to reveal she intends to burn her divorce settlement money to start fresh. Chaos ensues as each friend has a wildly different opinion on what Xan should do....

Finding Serenity

Director: Kim Richards

Country: United States

RT: 5min

Synopsis: Becca (Emily Swallow) is a strong willed woman who has her life together, except for her feelings. One afternoon, when faced with a memory of her lost brother, Becca battles her emotions leading her into a journey of what was. Along this ride, Becca realizes to get the closure she needs she’ll have to tap into the good moments of grief....

The Flip Side

Director: Sophie Worm

Country: United States

RT: 6min

Synopsis: In a 1973 hospital nursery, a new mother has second thoughts about a done-deal adoption, while a strange woman tries to convince her to take the baby and run....

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