| A young woman undergoing training to become a suicide bomber is forced to choose between her love for her son and her mission to carry out a deadly attack. |
Country
USA
Category
Student Film
Runtime 00:18:11
Directed by
Adva Reichman
| A teen girl accidentally sends a text to a stranger — a man in his 30s. This mistake sets into motion a series of misunderstandings that ends up ruining his relationship while, simultaneously, begins a first romance for the girl. |
Country
USA
Category
Non-European Dramatic Short
Runtime 00:16:43
Directed by
D. Jeremy Bolton
| A lonely boy is taught by a passing Cosmonaut how to plant a “star”. |
Country
United States
Category
Non-European Dramatic Short.
Runtime 00:13:35
Directed by
Gleb Osatinski
Director’s website
https://www.glebosatinskifilms.com/
| Fresh out of prison, Dane believes he has left his addiction and the demons of his past behind. But on his first day of freedom, mounting debts, fractured relationships, and the relentless pull of old habits force him into a desperate fight for survival. Exit Road is a tense and emotionally raw portrait of a man teetering between redemption and self-destruction. |
Country
Portugal-United States
Category
Non-European Dramatic Shorts
Runtime 00:13:10
Directed by
Yuri Alves
| Barry is a used car salesman having a bad day, and it only gets worse. After several suicide attempts that seem to fail from divine intervention, he has an epiphany and chooses life… but the universe has other plans. A pitch-black comedy by Cameron McHarg. |
Country
United States
Category
dark comedy
Runtime 00:10:00
Directed by
Cam McHarg
| Filmed in the most densely militarized land on earth, Here Still is one of the only international documentaries that captures the complexity and vibrancy of the Kashmiri resistance movement. Shot during Ramadan in 2018 during a temporary ceasefire, Here Still provides a glimpse into the reality of Indian Administered Kashmir with exclusive footage from torture survivors and human rights activists – the film sheds light on one of the greatest atrocities of our times. |
Country
United States
Category
Documetary
Runtime 00:06:20
Directed by
Tara Dorabji and Jamie DeWolf
| “Won’t Figure It Out Tonight” explores the continuous journey of an artist to turn the lonely and sometimes dark moments of life into flashpoints for growth and creation. The Hauntingly beautiful yet dangerous Alaskan Winter wilderness conveys the juxtaposition of beauty and loneliness within the artist’s soul. It explores the beautiful fear we experience once we take off our masks and explore the unknown in ourselves and our world through art. Filmmaker Emily takes us on a journey as she explores her passion in music and simultaneously conveying these themes in words song and cinematography. |
Country
United States
Category
Non-European Dramatic Short
Runtime 00:02:54
Directed by
Emily Niebuhr
| From erosion to overgrazing to enduring poverty, the people of Lesotho—a highland country surrounded by South Africa—face a variety of difficult challenges. Yet grassroots communities in the country also exhibit tremendous resourcefulness and creativity. In particular, a wealth of artists have mastered a talent for resurrection, developing the skill to creatively turn negatives into positives: Designers who turn discarded trash into beautiful jewelry, clothes, rugs. Filmmakers who turn tragedy into artistic expressions of resilience and compassion. Musicians who write songs to save the environment. In this short, Cultures of Resistance Films profiles a variety of these inventive creators, introducing viewers to a fascinating cast of local residents who are using art as a means of communicating a communal desire for positive change. |
Country
United States
Category
Non-European Documentary
Runtime 00:24:34
Directed by
Iara Lee
| At a bus stop near Beirut, a veiled Lebanese woman and a migrant Syrian worker get in a tumultuous moment and are arrested. They must argue their innocence in the face of the only witnesses: a bus full of women on their way to Koran school, each with her version of the truth. |
Country
United States
Category
Student Film
Runtime 00:21:24
Directed by
Meedo Taha
| The visuals of the video are generated algorithmically. Inspired by nature and the behavior of slime mold, a set of artificial agents react to the performance of the singer in an attempt to reconstruct the image and motion of the live action footage. Taking the lead from the lyrics, patterns emerge, evolve and shift between ambiguous shapes to the recognizable form of the two faces, an elegant interplay between synthesis, metamorphosis and decomposition of organic patterns and the human figure. |
Country
United States
Category
Music Video
Runtime 00:04:40
Directed by
Georgios Cherouvim
Director website
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