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BLOCK 1 @ 1:30PM

To-Do

To-Do

Director: Juan-Arturo Maldonado
Country: United States
RT: 3min

Synopsis: As a young girl tries to stay on top of her schedule, her routine slowly twists into an obsessive distraction from her problems....

In The Spotlight

In the Spotlight

Director: Jessica Qinyue Luo
Country: United States
RT: 6min

Synopsis: Haunted by a failed audition and her imperfect appearance, a young Asian actress goes down a dangerous path of no return…...

Plutos gender

Pluto’s Gender

Director: Hsiao-Hsia Huang
Country: United States
RT: 6min

Synopsis: Sophie, A law student visits her brother Gavin as he wraps up his astronomy class. Engaging his sister in the playful arguments that define their relationship, Gavin turns the conversation to Pluto’s Gender. In this, the astronomer reveals that while useful, definitions can be imperfect, whether they refer to planets or people, and when they break down, it’s best to listen to your heart. As Sophie realizes her sibling isn’t talking about planets, Gavin comes out as Gabrielle. Understanding, Sophie embraces her sister’s identity....

Super Powers

Super Powers

Director: Chase Fritz
Country: United States
RT: 8min

Synopsis: Emily, a grocery store manager and law student hopeful, has just been told by her younger sister with Down Syndrome that she’s leaving home for good. After working the graveyard shift at her local grocery store, Kate informs her that she’s aware their parents are in prison and can’t trust Emily anymore after keeping this from her. Despite trying to protect Kate from the harsh realities of life, Emily knows now is the time to open up to Kate about why their parents are in prison and how things will change moving forward....

Avalanches

Avalanches

Director: Liz Lian
Country: United States
RT: 14min

Synopsis: When his younger brother joins the team, a high school lacrosse player is forced to confront his coach‚ sexual abuse and the institutional pressures stacked against him....

Papito

Papito

Director: Ramiro Vargas
Country: United States
RT: 14min

Synopsis: Danilo, a Puerto Rican man, has been estranged from his family for a long time. After his father's death, he comes home to become his mother's sole caregiver. This story explores cultural expectations and the role reversal that comes with getting older and helping a loved one with Alzheimer's ...

daddy

Daddy

Director: Johanna Steinhart
Country: United States
RT: 20min

Synopsis: An aspiring porn star spends the summer of 1980 sleeping with men who pass through her family’s dilapidated desert motel until one fateful summer night, when she’s forced to contend with her father’s darkest secret....

Block 2 @ 2 PM

Chainsaw Artist

Chainsaw Artist

Director: Marco Bottiglieri
Country: United States
RT: 83min

Synopsis: After leaving home To pursue his dream of becoming the world’s best chainsaw artist and possibly vying for, not only his father’s approval, but the acknowledgment from the rest of the world, that he actually exists. Stacy ends up being a very successful artist and marries his muse Alison. And when he decides to sculpt the seven deadly sins changes him in profound ways....

Block 3 @ 3:30 PM

queenbird

Queenbird

Director: Roxanna Dunlop
Country: United States
RT: 8min

Synopsis: Desperate for work, a young graduate interviews at a women-led production company, where her ideas of boundaries between women are challenged....

In Search Of

In search of

Director: Leanne Melissa Bishop, Leigh Rachel Faith
Country: Canada
RT: 9min

Synopsis: Detective Angelica Lang questions Tina Burnett, a suburban Mom, after her daughter goes missing only to discover she has become a victim of one of the largest child trafficking rings....

The Recruit

The Recruit

Director: Bao Truong
Country: United States
RT: 10min

Synopsis: A chronically ill people-pleaser interviews for a life changing job at a recruiting agency, only to unravel the sinister cult that lies within....

Tidal

Tidal

Director: Chloe Van Landschoot and Niamh Wilson
Country: Canada
RT: 10min

Synopsis: Tidal examines the cyclical nature of workplace trauma and the relentlessness of the nursing profession.With the use of movement and dance, waves of deep-seated expression move through her as she tries to find home. Disjointed and overwhelmed, she is increasingly unable to connect to her outside world and no longer able to separate hospital life from herself....

EDEN

Eden

Director: Olivier Perrier
Country: France
RT: 13min

Synopsis: Antoine is moving with his mother and little brother in a vegetated tower of sustainable and self-sufficient architecture. In full psychological distress, he feels like a stranger to this new environment....

Promises

Promises

Director: Faye Brenner
Country: United States
RT: 14min

Synopsis: A Latina single mother of two is struggling to keep her head above water and regain custody of her kids while keeping the needle out of her arm....

The Half You Hate

The Half You Hate

Director: Alexander Igbanoi
Country: UK
RT: 15min

Synopsis: Erica attempts to demonstrate she has what it takes to be an actress as she looks to seek validation from a tough Director...

The flower that never wilts

The flower that never wilts

Director: Chris Shaw
Country: United States
RT: 24min

Synopsis: Simon, a prodigy painter, living the playboy lifestyle of 1970’s Hollywood, finds his career fading as his work isn‚ what it used to be due to the tragic loss of his wife. Not only is Simon’s art suffering, but his outlook on life is slipping into darkness, despite his childhood friend and art dealer remaining by his side. After Simon is broken by the reality of his decisions, a life model walks into his world and challenges his perspective....

Block 4 @ 4 PM

A Feast That Never Comes

A Feast That Never Comes

Director: Maria Juranic
Country: United States
RT: 16min

Synopsis: Four characters inhabit cycles within cycles of contentment, discontentment, inertia, movement, desire, and betrayal. A story emerges—told through the marriage of music (Ex-Fiancée) and dance (Chris Masters Dance)—functioning as a set of nesting dolls, inviting you to uncover as many layers as you wish. By carving pathways for witnesses to investigate their assumptions and reactions, drawing their own conclusions, we craft not a declaration but rather an interrogation. You are encouraged to embrace your unique history and perspective to ask your own questions, and provide your own answers. The work remains fundamentally unfinished without you....

Luna

Luna

Director: Luca Bueno
Country: United States
RT: 19min

Synopsis: Luna, lays in bed gazing at the stars and full moon, she wonders where her father could be amidst the never-ending beauty of space, thinking that he should have returned from his mission by now. As she has an idea on how to get into contact with her father, in a way that only a kid could have come up with, her mother receives some unsettling news....

Vera

Vera

Director: Steffy Argelich
Country: Spain
RT: 78min

Synopsis: A young lawyer arrives on a island in Spain with a weight on his conscience that is about to drive him to suicide. The encounter with a young teenager discovering sexuality will first reveal her vulnerabilities and finally her cynicism....

Block 5 @ 5:30 PM

Trying

Trying

Director: Emily Alpren
Country: United States
RT: 7min

Synopsis: Trying is a modern comedic drama capturing a woman’s determination to conceive a child and the unspoken loneliness of trying to get pregnant....

This Actually Happened

This Actually Happened

Director: Emily Maya Mills
Country: United States
RT: 7min

Synopsis: The remarkable true story of an adult woman accidentally locked in a car by her mother on the hottest day of summer....

Its A Dog

It’s a Dog

Director: Eli Shapiro
Country: United States
RT: 8min

Synopsis: “He’s bald. Well, no, he’s *going* bald. He still has hair. On like, the sides. Does that count? It counts, right? Maybe?...

Drive To Kill

Drive to Kill

Director: Riocam
Country: United States
RT: 8min

Synopsis: A beautiful woman drives the famous RUF yellow bird looking for her next victim....

La Petite Mort

La Petite Mort

Director: Matthew Law, Grasie Mercedes
Country: United States
RT: 10min

Synopsis: Two thirty-year-olds who have never had an orgasm are interviewed after going on a date that went bad. Real bad....

Good Boy

Good Boy

Director: Basile Sampson
Country: United States
RT: 10min

Synopsis: Fritz is miserable in a life he feels trapped by: only feeling fleeting, stolen, moments of happiness when he runs through the park dressed up as his dalmatian alter-ego “Lucky”. Will Fritz ever be able to share his secret dogness with his love, Eleanor, and find happiness?...

Same But Different

Same But Different

Director: Eric Grech
Country: France
RT: 10min

Synopsis: Warning! This is the story of a man who knows what he wants in love.The love journey of a childish man who wants a love story but only on his own term...

Don't Neg Meg

Don’t Neg Meg

Director: Ann Marie Allison
Country: United States
RT: 13min

Synopsis: A recently divorced mom learns a valuable lesson about the modern dating world as she helps her teenage son navigate his first break up....

Fanatic

Fanatic

Director: Taran Killam
Country: United States
RT: 17min

Synopsis: Charlie and Gerald revive their failed 2000’s boyband, 2N1, for a competition with prize money that could remedy all of their financial woes. What could go wrong?...

Yo soy Sally la loca

Yo Soy Sally, La Loca!

Director: David Aguilar Rodriguez
Country: United States
RT: 18min

Synopsis: A breakup comedy short film inspired by true events that happened in the director’s Mexican-American family, Yo soy Sally, la loca! tells the story of Sally Garcia as she goes to desperate lengths to get her long-term boyfriend back, even as she nearly destroys her own family in the process....

Block 6 @ 6:15 PM

BREAKDOWN

Breakdown

Director: Hon Hoang
Country: United States
RT: 7min

Synopsis: With a broken car, a couple finds themselves lost. BREAKDOWN is a meditation of what is means to have a love lost....

Letters from a Traveler

Letters from a Traveler

Director: Benjamin David Hoffman
Country: United States
RT: 7min

Synopsis: A dreamy artist moves back to NYC after traveling the world and reflects on her constant desire to start anew....

APPRAISAL

Appraisal

Director: Anna Koukouli Born
Country: United States
RT: 8min

Synopsis: The appraisal meeting of a successful Associate Creative Director becomes a battle between her and the male-dominated working environment, but even worse, between her and her inner voice of doubt....

Day Trip

Day Trip

Director: Brian Robau
Country: United States
RT: 13min

Synopsis: The morning that couple Maya and Julian had planned to drive to the desert and drop acid together for the first time, Maya is nervous. She and Julian are talking past each other. But they follow the plan, splitting a gummy and starting a hike. As the acid kicks in, the tension between them grows and comes to a head....

Mysore Magic

Mysore Magic

Director: Abijeet Achar
Country: United States
RT: 14min

Synopsis: The true story of an unlikely romance in 1982 at a disco competition in Mysore, India....

Portrait of a Cowboy

Portrait of a Cowboy

Director: Devon Wycoff
Country: United States
RT: 15min

Synopsis: Alex returns home for the first time since her father’s death in order to prep her family’s farm to be sold at auction. After unearthing a letter she never received, Alex is able to move through the anger she held and find peace with the memory of her father. Alex mistakenly sells an important item in the estate sale which places yet another obstacle in the path of healing. The film is a commentary on the ambiguous nature of sentimental attachment, assigned value and how sometimes in grief, symbology is needed over reality. ...

Cycle Verite

Cycle Verite

Director: Adam J. Graves
Country: United States
RT: 16min

Synopsis: When Don’s beloved vintage bicycle—a gift from his now-estranged father—is stolen off its rack, his carefully managed life is thrown into chaos. As he sets out to recover the bicycle, he is drawn into a cycle of truth and deception, giving and forgiving, and is ultimately forced to confront old familial wounds. Cycle Vérité, which was itself created by a father (writer/director) and son (editor/producer) team, explores the paradoxes of forgiveness, and how a little fiction is sometimes needed in order to reveal deeper truths...

How To Make Shepherds Pie

How to make Shepherd’s Pie

Director: Christen R. Carter
Country: United States
RT: 16min

Synopsis: When Carla prepares her husband’s favorite meal, the family recipe gets a new twist brought on by years of the same old....

PHANTOM SPECTRE

Phantom Spectre

Director: Paul J. Vogel
Country: United States
RT: 16min

Synopsis: Gene, a fading superhero unwilling to let go of his glorious past, struggles to latch onto his nocturnal alter-ego as his day-life plunges into a steep downward spiral. He loses his cover day job at a sad, dessert-only, food truck, and his ex-wife has taken in a younger, better-looking version of Gene!...

Block 7 @ 7:45 PM

Women In Black

Women in Black

Director: Gor Kirakosian
Country: United States
RT: 112min

Synopsis: At a wealthy man’s wake, his mistresses unexpectedly appear and disrupt the peace...

Block 8 @ 5:45 PM

A REAL ADVENTURE

A real Adventure

Director: Ingela Ogard
Country: United States
RT: 17min

Synopsis: “Two Dungeons and Dragons enthusiasts are at the funeral of their best friend and dungeon master, Björn. As they‚re standing by the coffin saying farewell to their friend, a mysterious woman appears from out of nowhere. She is dirty and seems confused, but she claims she knows things about the men. Things they did not tell anyone. She says that their friend is alive and well, living in another dimension. Luckily she is a dimension pirate and is there to bring them across the dimensions to their friend for one last REAL adventure! But can she really do what she is proposing, is she for real…?”...

Phi 1.618

Phi 1.618

Director: Theodore Ushev
Country: Bulgaria
RT: 91min

Synopsis: A darkly animated punk girl bedevils the brutalist world of a new breed of loveless immortal men....

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