Film Guide

Browse all of our festival selections from around the world and watch their trailers here.
A Pause In Time 2023

In the gripping chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rose and Beau's world grinds to a halt with their new romance thrown into turmoil, testing their love in ways they never imagined.

Student Film Narrative Short
Runtime: 10 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Natalia Sophia Gonzalez
A Terrible Place 2023

A girl and her imaginary friend, a girl dressed as a rabbit, argue in front of a sinister module. Inside the module is a mysterious man who wants to harm the girl

Narrative Short Foreign Short
Runtime: 8 Minutes | Country: Spain | Language: Spanish | Director: Victor Sanchez-beato, Simarro Lozano
After Midnight 2024

On a late night date, a young man who just dashed from settling a bar tab, finds himself trying to win over a woman with his feigned charm.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 13 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Eli Brown
Anathofagia 2023

Gabi accepts an invitation from her girlfriend to be a model for the first time. Between the chaos of the studio environment, sorrows from a melodramatic photographer and pressure from an egocentric agent, Gabi suffers to find out there ain’t her place.

Narrative Short Foreign Short
Runtime: 18 Minutes | Country: Brazil | Language: Portuguese | Director: Guilherme Pacheco
Are You Awake? 2022

Dale (Ellyn Jameson) is a detached woman who earns a living by waking strangers up in the morning.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 11 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Gabriel Caste
Au Revoir Mon Monde 2023

The world is about to end, and a man stuck in a fish costum attempts to cross the chaos of the city to reach a mysterious tower.

Student Film Narrative Short Animation
Runtime: 5 Minutes | Country: France | Language: English | Director: Estelle Bonnardel
Autographed By God 2023

Two missionaries meet a man claiming to be God. What should have been a great encounter turns into a fatal ending.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 10 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Bill Doty
Blind Spot 2023

What if, like Antoine, you had to pass your driving license on Friday the 13th at 1 p.m.?

Narrative Short
Runtime: 2 Minutes | Country: France | Language: French | Director: Paul Parent, Maxime Flourac
Bon Appetit 2023

In a huge, lively restaurant, a tiny spider spots his next meal. What could go wrong?

Student Film Narrative Short Foreign Short Animation
Runtime: 2 Minutes | Country: France | Language: No Dialogue | Director: Sasha Kobrina
BOYS ABOUT TOWN #1 2024

Bobby and Calvin are two music-obsessed friends in their early twenties. Bobby is introverted and inexperienced. Calvin is outgoing and pre-occupied with sex. Their story is told in a series of four films over the course of six years.

Narrative Feature
Runtime: 81 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Mike Cuenca
Chessboxer 2024

After a debilitating cheating scandal, a hotheaded chess player turns to the underground scene of Chessboxing for one last shot at redemption.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 21 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Albin R Pepe
Chipper 2023

After receiving a mysterious letter, a wayward son returns to his childhood home to wrestle with a dark family secret.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 21 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Shaun MacLean
Cold Blooded 2023

Cold Blooded is the story of a man whose holiday relaxation is interrupted when a fish in need asks him for help.

Narrative Short Animation
Runtime: 2 Minutes | Country: United Kingdom | Language: No Dialogue | Director: Anna Argiros
Craftwork 2023

The humorous misadventures of a gas station attendant attempting to paint a mural to memorialize his friend.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 20 Minutes | Country: Spain | Language: Spanish | Director: David Pérez Sañudo
Ctrl Alt Defeat 2023

Tara discovers an AI program that can lighten her heavy todo list.

Student Film Narrative Short
Runtime: 6 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Taylor Shults, Katie Ree
Devour 2024

A man and his girlfriend are invited to an elegant dinner as special guests. They don’t know any of the other guests who act strangely towards them. What’s the secret purpose behind this dinner?

Narrative Short
Runtime: 7 Minutes | Country: Argentina | Language: No Dialogue | Director: Andrés Borghi, Ivan Rojas
Dots & Dashes 2023

While visiting his deathbed, a young woman and her estranged grandfather learn to communicate what they never could during life.

Student Film Narrative Short
Runtime: 5 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Liana Jordan
Edgwick 2023

It was 1972 in Chicago when a child discovers what not giving up looks like. He makes a lifelong friend in the process and learns an unforgettable lesson.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 5 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Merl St James
Egg Chamber 2022

A feminine chicken and a masculine wolf struggling to understand their body as the embodiment of gender and sexuality inside an egg chamber.

Narrative Short Animation
Runtime: 2 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: No Dialogue | Director: Sijia Wang
Electra Wasp 2023

ELECTRA WASP is an experimental animated psychobiography about the death and life of trailblazing pilot Amelia Earhart.

Student Film Narrative Short Animation
Runtime: 6 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Wasan Hayajneh
Finding Purpose: The Brookwood Story 2023

The Brookwood Community is a residential and vocational community that is committed to changing the way the world thinks about people with disabilities.

Documentary
Runtime: 70 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Ariel Levy
For Roy 2022

Inspired by true events, an imaginative Asian-Canadian girl attempts to fold a thousand cranes as she learns to lose her father during his final days in the hospice.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 12 Minutes | Country: Canada | Language: English | Director: Vivian Cheung
Guest With Benefits 2024

In this satirical comedy, a woman who inherits her father's Victorian house has limited time to rent a vacant room to avoid a deeply rooted superstition.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 16 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Jac Roberts
Heebuck 2024

A sheriff named Heebuck navigates the trail & tribulations of a small town while being introduced to his new partner C.H.A.R.L.I.E.

TV/Web Series
Runtime: 30 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Michael Polish
Hostage 2023

A group of friends celebrates their last night together with a friendly game that goes awry, exposing fears of the present and future.

Student Film Narrative Short
Runtime: 15 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Trevor Cebulskie
How About My Lipstick? 2023

Elena's life is at a standstill. After living a traumatic experience, she isolates herself in her own pain.

Narrative Short Foreign Short
Runtime: 20 Minutes | Country: Brazil | Language: Portuguese | Director: Kathia Calil
I Want, I Can´t, I Won´t 2023

A manager who wants to relief the stress dearly asks to waitresses on their lunch time to give her a cigarette.

Narrative Short Foreign Short
Runtime: 8 Minutes | Country: Italy | Language: English | Director: João Victor Montuori
Icepick 2023

In the wildland of Alaska, a lonely Downy Woodpecker hears an unexpected response to his drumming.

Narrative Short Animation
Runtime: 5 Minutes | Country: France | Language: No Dialogue | Director: Nadia Amadou
Imposter 2023

An aspiring actress must decide if her career is worth sacrificing her authenticity.

Student Film Narrative Short
Runtime: 12 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Jordan Faniel
Izzy 2023

Following a series of increasingly catastrophic first dates, Izzy discovers an online dating site with a twist: 100% satisfaction guaranteed.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 14 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Micah Stathis
Leila 2023

After years of absence, Leïla, a young filmmaker in need of inspiration, is back in Beirut. For an entire night, she wanders around the city and tries to reconnect with her past.

Foreign Short
Runtime: 15 Minutes | Country: France, Lebanon | Language: Arabic, English, French | Director: Pamela C. SAADE
Losing It 2023

On Maggie's 30th birthday, she becomes curious to seek out her first sexual encounter. She must navigate her inexperience, her cougar mom, and hot neighbor with the support of her bubbly best friend.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 15 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Christine Grobelny
Lost Child 2023

A young girl wanders off into the land of snow with a rose, to give to someone special. But she gets lost; Something feels off...

Student Film Narrative Short Animation
Runtime: 3 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Briana Renea Jones
Midnight Run 2024

A devoted wife & mother is trapped in a cycle of unspeakable torment, suffering horrific abuse at the hands of her controlling husband as her beloved daughter is forced to witness the brutal violence.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 5 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Phil Stevens
Moonlight Sonata, with Scissors 2022

A reluctant young woman agrees to help a former criminal associate dispose of a dead body with unexpected results.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 8 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Chris Ethridge
Mum's Spaghetti 2023

MC mastermind Poppy and her beatboxing border terrier Snoop are the new kids in town – and they’re ready to make their reputation known.

Student Film Narrative Short Animation
Runtime: 11 Minutes | Country: United Kingdom | Language: English | Director: Lisa Kenney
Nana Dara Is Gay 2022

Based on characters in the award winning novel SUGAR LAND, "Nana Dara is Gay", zeroes in on the moment Nana Dara has avoided for 40 years.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 8 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Andrea Maxwell
Nobody 2023

@nobody is a young girl who cams on social media through the avatar of an anime doll. But the girl underneath the colorful costumes is scared to leave her apartment and unable to maintain meaningful relationships.

Narrative Short Foreign Short
Runtime: 13 Minutes | Country: Portugal | Language: | Director: Marcela Jacobina
Nocturnal Roar 2023

A man goes to desperate measures to stop his snoring after getting dumped.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 8 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Robert Landau
Offerlamm 2023

A sheep writes a letter to his sister whilst being prepared for a ritual.

Student Film Narrative Short Animation
Runtime: 6 Minutes | Country: United Kingdom | Language: English | Director: Tova Persson
Our Beloved 2022

Some months after Zach has lost his identical twin in a car accident, his friends insist on holding a birthday party.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 12 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Clare Methe
Out and About 2023

Inside the mind of a middle aged man as he tries to come to terms with his life over the course of an afternoon walk through his hometown.

Narrative Feature
Runtime: 83 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Peter Callahan
Parasonnia 2023

Laura experiences sleep paralysis for the first time.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 8 Minutes | Country: Italy | Language: Italian | Director: Angelo Cannella
Pink Lemonade 2023

After a strange man leaves a generous tip at their lemonade stand, two Girl Scouts become determined to stop him from taking his own life.

Student Film Narrative Short
Runtime: 13 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Santiago Lopez
Prelude of a Story 2023

After a mother’s passing, a daughter searches through archival footage to understand who she was, and how it connects to the father's abusive relationship that is shaping her understanding of womanhood.

Documentary Narrative Short
Runtime: 17 Minutes | Country: Chile | Language: English, Spanish | Director: Ashley Salman
Primogeniture 2023

A town must follow a strict curfew imposed by a red mark and a mysterious force. When Claudia's little brother is marked, the whole family must suffer the consequences.

Student Film Narrative Short Animation
Runtime: 3 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Savanna Menzel
Proud 2021

A quiet and obedient boy tries to please his strict and opinionated father as best he can. Now as a young man, he realizes that his sexuality places his relationship with his father in jeopardy.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 10 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Mya-Breyana Morton
Sakas 2024

An ex-street racer, Sanus, resorts to illegal drug running across the Indian border until he's caught by his best friend Girish, who is now a corrupt police officer that wants Sanus out of the picture with his girlfriend Binisha.

Narrative Short Foreign Short
Runtime: 28 Minutes | Country: Nepal | Language: Nepali | Director: Dugan Bridges
Stay 2022

Over the course of a single day, an earnest, but offbeat young man, experiences unconditional love and boundless isolation within the confines of his house.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 11 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Eli Saliba
Sterling 2023

Sterling follows Clancy (Malcolm Goodwin), an amateur late-night radio host, who decides to play his recently deceased jazz hero Sterling Hutch's (Lester Purry) final recorded single on air. However, Clancy comes to find that what exists on the record isn’t music.

Student Film Narrative Short
Runtime: 10 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Gunnar Sizemore
Stick Season 2023

Alex has never left his hometown. He is stuck in the rhythm of a mundane life unwilling to take any risks to feel better.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 14 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Emily Pulcastro Pulcastro
Tent City 2023

Tent City is a poetic, observational look on homelessness and housing insecurity in our community.

Student Film Narrative Short Animation
Runtime: 2 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: No Dialogue | Director: Camille Angelina Romero
The Countdown 2023

A dark comedy about two best friends staring down the barrel of 40, facing the painful truth that their individual hopes for motherhood have been bested by dead-end careers and unfaithful partners.

TV/Web Series
Runtime: 29 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Melanie Renfroe
The First Two 2023

After an unsuccessful marriage attempt Sasha needs to leave Budapest and her Hungarian boyfriend to continue her studies in the USA. As the day progresses, their special bond makes separating in the morning a difficult choice.

Foreign Feature Narrative Feature
Runtime: 83 Minutes | Country: Hungary | Language: English | Director: Balázs Szövényi-Lux
The Founder Effect 2023

When a young boy goes missing in the town of Hope, his grandfather must grapple with their family history and navigate mysterious phenomena as he sets out on a quest of conscience to save his grandson from the shadows.

Narrative Feature
Runtime: 101 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Justin MacGregor
The Last Paper 2023

In a french hotel, a depressed couple must endure the most hardest hours of their life.

Narrative Short Foreign Short
Runtime: 16 Minutes | Country: Luxembourg | Language: German | Director: Romain Gierenz
The Leak 2023

In the quietness of an apartment the irruption of a water leak leads to the encounter of the protagonist with her younger self and their blurry memories of an early loss.

Student Film Narrative Short Animation
Runtime: 8 Minutes | Country: Belgium | Language: No Dialogue | Director: Paola Cubillos
The Little Death 2023

A woman finds her sexual awakening and her near demise in one fell swoop.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 9 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Autumn Palen
The Magic Ticket 2023

A homeless female veteran, Penny, is camping outside of a fancy restaurant on Christmas Eve when a kind stranger donates a gift card to go inside and get a hot meal.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 15 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Yelena Krivosheyeva
The Old Hag and The Crow 2023

Larisa, a curious girl, enters the house of the old hag, who has a crow as her allied, not imagining the consequences of her decision.

Narrative Short Animation
Runtime: 6 Minutes | Country: Mexico | Language: Spanish | Director: María Lucía Bayardo
The Pageant 2023

After three vain high schoolers enroll in a beauty pageant, their competitiveness and pursuit of beauty turns fatal.

Student Film Narrative Short
Runtime: 5 Minutes | Country: Canada | Language: English | Director: Maia Cassie
The School Mistress 2023

On an average trip to town, a schoolmistress in 1910's Georgia confronts the societal expectations of her life which she becomes desperate to escape.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 13 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Alex Richard Thomas
The Showstopper 2024

A theater performance goes awry when two lovers, Alice and Wyatt, veer off script and argue about their troubled relationship on stage.

Student Film Narrative Short
Runtime: 10 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Alexander Salomon
The Sprayer 2022

In the land occupied with the sprayers army, no one has the right to grow any kind of plants either in public or private.

Narrative Short Animation
Runtime: 9 Minutes | Country: Iran | Language: No Dialogue | Director: Farnoosh Abedi
Ugly Sweater 2023

Determined to study astrophysics at an Ivy League college, high-school senior Ruby faces her anxiety as it appears vividly in her dreams, prompted by a seemingly magical ugly Christmas sweater.

Narrative Feature
Runtime: 80 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Lauren Musgrove
White Gaze 2023

Latine twentysomething, Gema, is forced to confront the looming threat of gentrification head-on—after having no choice but to let an overeager stranger move in or risk being evicted.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 30 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: ETA
Who is She? 2023

Lonely Darla is visited nightly by a mysterious figure who ultimately changes her life forever.

Student Film Narrative Short
Runtime: 7 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Nadia Cox
Wokman 2023

Wokman shares an immigrant Chinese family’s pursuit of the American Dream from inside of their restaurant, China Wok.

Narrative Short
Runtime: 16 Minutes | Country: United States | Language: English | Director: Jeremy Thao