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Dir: Ed Hancox, United States, 16 min, 2015, Documentary Short
A chilling portrait of the inner workings of the death penalty in America, told by the man once known as "the face of executions". ... more »
ACCORDING TO HER
Dir: Estelle Artus, United States, 89 min, 2016, Narrative Feature
Love, motherhood and a musical career strike dissonant chords in this dark tale of a young Russian woman who tries to keep her balance among wealthy French ... more »
Full details » | Trailer » | Best Producer, Best Original Score
AEON
Dir: Derek O'Dell, United States, 4 min, 2016, Experimental
An abstract immersive audio-visual experience. A study on the behavior of energy over a period of time. Experimental 2D/3D animation techniques. ... more »
AERIS
Dir: Lukas Huffman, United States, 18 min, 2016, Narrative Short
Terra Madley is living her childhood dream. She is a breakout professional snowboard star on the competition tour. When she suffers a debilitating injury s ... more »
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE
Dir: Hannes Rall, Germany, 1 min, 2016, Animation
An animated adaptation of the famous Shakespeare poem "All The World's A Stage" narrated by the renowned Shakespeare actor and director Samuel West. The Ge ... more »
AND THE MOON STANDS STILL
Dir: Yulia Ruditskaya, Germany, 11 min, 2017, Animation
The presence of the moon affects all under its glow. The film explores the lunar cycle and the energies invoked by its radiance. ... more »
APP, THE
Dir: Julián Merino, Spain, 16 min, 2016, Narrative Short
'THE APP' is an application that gives to its customers the steps to achieve happiness. One day, Benito a fat and not very bright man, wakes up in his luxu ... more »
ARCHER, THE
Dir: Valerie Weiss, United States, 86 min, 2016, Narrative Feature
Archery champion Lauren Pierce has just landed in Paradise Trails, a brutal juvenile correctional facility in the wilderness. When Lauren learns how deep c ... more »
ASCENT, THE
Dir: Sorrel Brae, United States, 9 min, 2016, Narrative Short
A young woman returns to a centuries-old redwood grove -- the site of a long-ago environmental protest -- to face her past, 250 feet in the air. ... more »
ASHLEY ASHLEY
Dir: Ted Sananman, United States, 11 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Ashley Ashley is a documentary short about siblings, competitive spirit, drive and the ability to succeed in America. Motivated by an unorthodox and accomp ... more »
AUDITION FOR DEATH
Dir: Brian Zahm, United States, 11 min, 2016, Experimental
Audition for Death is an experimental documentary that explores the subject of death as portrayed on screen. Featuring ten Chicago-based actors, portions ... more »
AUTOBIOGRAPHY, AN
Dir: Mari Mantela, Finland, 36 min, 2016, Narrative Short
Anja is a woman who knows everything about cars but nothing of herself. ... more »
B R E A T H L E S S
Dir: Simon Williams, Australia, 14 min, 2017, Experimental
An inspiring journey that dives deep into the reflection of one man coming to terms with the breathtaking nature of time. ... more »
BEAUTIFUL, I AM
Dir: Ora DeKornfeld, United States, 14 min, 2017, Documentary Short
A young traditional Sufi vocalist from Northern rural Pakistan has dreams of what it means to be a professional musician, making it big in America. When ... more »
BLONDES, THE
Dir: Carlota Martínez Pereda, Spain, 17 min, 2016, Narrative Short
Blonde, stunning, criminals, nothing gets between Marta and Pepa and their goal... Except another blonde. Based on a true story. ... more »
BLUE BUTTERFLY, THE
Dir: Mei Li, United States, 6 min, 2016, Animation
The Blue Butterfly is a story about an old man that travels around the world capturing butterflies in order to relive the moments spent with his wife. ... more »
BORN WRONG
Dir: Kaisa El Ramly, Finland, 19 min, 2016, Narrative Short
Born Wrong depicts a moment in the lives of two adult sisters in which they have to face one another in a shared taxi ride. The interdependently addictive ... more »
BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER, THE
Dir: Jadwiga Kowalska, Switzerland, 5 min, 2016, Animation
A man on a bridge, separated from the love of his life. Wanting to be with her one last time, he decides to go and seek her in the hereafter. ... more »
CAMBODIAN SPRING, A
Dir: Chris Kelly, England, 121 min, 2017, Documentary Feature
How much would you sacrifice to fight for what you believe in? A Cambodian Spring is a intimate and unique portrait of three people caught up in the chaoti ... more »
CAT KILLER
Dir: Wes Jones, United States, 11 min, 2016, Narrative Short
A dark comedy about a dying cat and a desperate man. When conventional veterinary practice won't help, two old friends venture into the woods on a mission ... more »
CLINCH
Dir: Diane Russo, United States, 6 min, 2016, Experimental
Set in an underground fight club, CLINCH is a visual exploration of the tension between camaraderie and competition among women. ... more »
COIN OPERATED
Dir: Nicholas Arioli, United States, 5 min, 2017, Animation
Becoming a space explorer takes time. ... more »
CONFESSIONS OF A BREASTIMATOR
Dir: Jisu Kim, United States, 4 min, 2016, Animation
“Confessions of a Breastimatorâ€, is a story of a breast aficionado who reflects back on her life as an animator, confessing her longtime passion for car ... more »
COOKING WITH CONNIE
Dir: Stavit Allweis, United States, 20 min, 2017, Experimental
A mail order bride stages a cooking show like no other. ... more »
CREAMERS
Dir: Hilary Moses, Canada, 15 min, 2016, Animation
Ester works all day painting creamers. When an all-nighter threatens her creative spirit her fantasies begin to take over her reality. ... more »
CUCKOLD PICASSO
Dir: Lance Larson, United States, 5 min, 2016, Experimental
In this terrifying short, experiences of love, pain, and fear are melded together in a gripping look at human consciousness. Through unsettling cinematogra ... more »
CUL-DE-SAC
Dir: Nick Flügge, England, 12 min, 2016, Narrative Short
A private detective has a routine stake-out ruined by his sister intent on fixing his life. Official Selection for the London Short Film Festival 2017. ... more »
DISCO'D
Dir: Matthew Siretta, United States, 64 min, 2017, Documentary Feature
Set on the streets of Los Angeles at night, Disco'd explores the lives of the homeless as they struggle with displacement. A couple in an encampment prepar ... more »
DOTS
Dir: Chen-wen Lo, Taiwan, 15 min, 2016, Narrative Short
A teenage girl whose vision is fading for an unknown cause struggles to learn Braille, while her strange behaviors of trying to 'see' things through her se ... more »
DOUBLE TALK
Dir: Jessica Bernstein-Wax, United States, 14 min, 2016, Documentary Short
Joan Pera has dubbed "everyone but Sophia Loren," supporting his family of eight for 30-plus years as the onscreen voice in Spain of celebrities like Woody ... more »
DRY DAYS
Dir: Will Welles, United States, 12 min, 2015, Narrative Short
Alex's upscale co-workers all think she's going on a pleasant vacation. Instead, she descends into New York in search of the vile. ... more »
EEL, THE WEASEL AND THE VULTURE, THE
Dir: Suki, France, 5 min, 2017, Animation
Near an oak and a dried-up river, an eel, a weasel and a vulture meet. They talk to one another, but do not get along... ... more »
EL REVENGE
Dir: Fernando Fraiha, Brazil, 90 min, 2016, Narrative Feature
Caco plans on surprising his girlfriend with a marriage proposal, but instead catches her in the act of cheating on him - worst of all with an Argentinean. ... more »
ENTANGLEMENT
Dir: Jason James, Canada, 85 min, 2016, Narrative Feature
While searching for the meaning of his existence, Ben Layten (Thomas Middleditch) discovers that he very nearly, almost had an adopted sister - and, with t ... more »
ETERNAL JOURNEY, THE
Dir: Sunil Pandey, Nepal, 15 min, 2016, Narrative Short
An old woman in her 70s is stroke by an earthquake resulting her journey towards eternity. She arrives near a meadow by a riverbank. She needs a she calf ... more »
EVERY GHOST HAS AN ORCHESTRA
Dir: Shayna Connelly, United States, 7 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Truth hides in the margins and the artist's role is to point to it. The question of what happens after we die is a universal question that paranormal resea ... more »
EXQUISITE CORPS
Dir: Mitchell Rose, United States, 6 min, 2016, Experimental
42 American contemporary choreographers link together on a chain love letter to dance. ... more »
FABRIZIO'S INITIATION
Dir: Mariano Biasin, Argentina, 17 min, 2015, Narrative Short
A small town. Summer in all its splendor. Fabrizio is dating Nadia, they are experiencing the beginnings of adolescence and they're ready to have their fir ... more »
FIRST BLOOM
Dir: Tingting Liu, China, 5 min, 2017, Animation
He is a servant in the royal palace. She is the emperor's daughter.Growing up together, they become friends and soul mates. Naturally their budding feeling ... more »
FOR YOU
Dir: Yajun Shi, United States, 2 min, 2016, Animation
"For you" is about the love from mother. It is a process of a mom prepares and cooks food for her child. The animation is a combination of my consciousness ... more »
FOREIGN BODY
Dir: Marta Magnuska, Poland, 7 min, 2016, Animation
A foreign body lives its own life. You're not able to get rid of it, it's always with you, you need it. Caress that odd part of yours, don't try to shave i ... more »
FOURTH KINGDOM, THE
Dir: Alex Lora & Adan Aliaga, Spain, 14 min, 2017, Documentary Short
The Fourth Kingdom is the kingdom of plastics, a redemption center in NY for immigrants and underdogs where the American Dream becomes possible indeed. ... more »
GOOD MORNING
Dir: Michael Marantz, United States, 2 min, 2017, Experimental
"Good Morning," is a spoken word abstract film created to deliver an important message for all of those hurting from the turmoil across the US and larger w ... more »
GOODBYE DARLING, I'M OFF TO FIGHT
Dir: Simone Manetti, Italy, 73 min, 2016, Documentary Feature
After a painful breaking up with her boyfriend, actress Chantal Ughi found that Thai Boxe fighting was a way to get out her anger, and to fight ghosts from ... more »
HIGH SUMMER
Dir: Josselin Facon, France, 5 min, 2016, Animation
A troubling moment in the balminess of a summer in the countryside. While gardening, a young man sees his mother as a women for the first time. ... more »
HOLY (UN)HOLY RIVER
Dir: Jake Norton & Pete McBride, United States, 59 min, 2016, Documentary Feature
Holy (un)Holy River follows the world's most revered and reviled rivers, the great Ganges River of India. The film's directors, Jake Norton and Pete McBrid ... more »
I LIKE GIRLS
Dir: Diane Obomsawin, Canada, 8 min, 2016, Animation
First love is an intoxicating experience, but with it can come excruciating awkwardness, unrequited emotions, and confusing issues of identity. In her trad ... more »
INSIGNIFICANT MAN, AN
Dir: Khushboo Ranka & Vinay Shukla, India, 96 min, 2016, Documentary Feature
A non-fiction drama chronicling the most outrageous political debut in the largest democracy in the world, "An Insignificant Man" follows Arvind Kejriwal a ... more »
IT'S BEEN LIKE A YEAR
Dir: Cameron Fay, United States, 8 min, 2016, Narrative Short
A sexually stifled young man grows increasingly distracted during a rendezvous with an attractive young woman. ... more »
JIMBO
Dir: Rodrigo Zanforlin, United States, 15 min, 2016, Narrative Short
Jimbo, an young quiet and shy boy suffering for many years with his obsessive ruler dad, and his crazy girlfriend Loli. Realizes that actually his anarchis ... more »
JUST GO!
Dir: Pavel Gumennikov, Latvia, 11 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Inspired by the incredible true story about a young man Just (24), who lost both of his legs in childhood accident and who is in love with the girl next do ... more »
KARMA
Dir: Peter Zhaoyu Zhou, United States, 4 min, 2017, Animation
A boy meets a fish in a mysterious forest. ... more »
KATE CAN'T SWIM
Dir: Josh Helman, United States, 90 min, 2016, Narrative Feature
When her best friend returns from Paris with a new lover, Kate's life is thrown off track. Encountering new personalities, old promises and sexual fluidity ... more »
KILL JAR
Dir: Brian K. Landis, United States, 10 min, 2016, Narrative Short
On a sweltering Summer afternoon while searching for a prize insect, HENRY, an amateur entomologist, comes face to face with his neighbor, WAYLAND, a pathe ... more »
KINGDOM
Dir: Bentley Heyman, United States, 6 min, 2016, Experimental
We enter the Kingdom to discover that the greatest battle occurs within ourselves. This film examines one man's internal struggle to come to terms with who ... more »
LES MISERABLES
Dir: Ladj Ly Ly, France, 15 min, 2017, Narrative Short
With a gun at his belt and a truncheon in his hand, Pento has just joined the Seine-Saint-Denis anti-crime brigade. With his teammates, he develops specifi ... more »
LIFE HACK
Dir: Sloan Copeland, United States, 85 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
White hat hacker Charlie (Derek Wilson, "Preacher") finds out that his best friend Bobby (Dylan Pinter) was caught masturbating on video and is now being b ... more »
LIVE YOUR LIGHT
Dir: Jendra Jarnagin, United States, 5 min, 2016, Experimental
Eight unique and accomplished professional performers from the Bushwick Brooklyn circus arts collaborative called "House of Yes" perform for the camera in ... more »
LUPE UNDER THE SUN
Dir: Rodrigo Reyes, United States, 78 min, 2016, Narrative Feature
After a lifetime working in the California fields, Lupe discovers that he is about to die. Desperate to make amends, he struggles to return to his family i ... more »
Full details » | Trailer » | Grand Chameleon Award, Best Narrative Feature
MAKE THEM BELIEVE
Dir: Taimi Arvidson, United States, 13 min, 2016, Documentary Short
A Russian wrestler enchanted by the United States plays the ultimate villain as the stars and stripes-clad character "American Hope in Moscow's underground ... more »
MAMIE
Dir: Janice Nadeau, Canada, 6 min, 2016, Animation
Mamie lives in Gaspésie in a house that faces away from the sea. Her granddaughter wonders: "Why isn't Mamie interested in me or her other grandchildren? W ... more »
MANIC
Dir: Kalina Bertin, Canada, 84 min, 2017, Documentary Feature
Manic chronicles filmmaker Kalina Bertin's struggle to make sense of the mental illness wreaking havoc over her family's household. Convinced he holds a pi ... more »
MANNERS OF DYING
Dir: Bo-You Niou, United States, 22 min, 2016, Narrative Short
A death row warden, who has emotionally distanced himself from the inmates whose executions he oversees, bonds with an inmate when the burden of his duties ... more »
MEETING MACGUFFIN
Dir: Catya Plate, United States, 10 min, 2017, Animation
In a post-apocalyptic future where humanity has fallen apart, a group of scientists and an animated sign complete the construction of a new human race and ... more »
MILLER FISHER
Dir: Faiyaz Jafri, Hong Kong, 9 min, 2016, Experimental
Miller Fisher amalgamates the distorted visual, physical and existential experience of an autoimmune disorder by the same name, with the aesthetics and ver ... more »
MILWAUKEE 53206
Dir: Keith McQuirter, United States, 54 min, 2016, Documentary Feature
MILWAUKEE 53206 chronicles the lives of those affected by incarceration in America's most incarcerated ZIP code. Through the intimate stories of three 532 ... more »
MOTT HAVEN
Dir: Kyle Morrison, United States, 23 min, 2017, Documentary Short
In the aftermath of a students murder, a social worker utilizes his after school program to help the community cope with grief and reach graduation in the ... more »
MY LIFE ON MARS
Dir: Nölwenn Roberts, France, 2 min, 2017, Animation
Phil was born on Mars in 1949, living there with a part of the Earth population, he talks about their lives on the red planet. But like any society made by ... more »
NIGHT SHADOWS
Dir: Ivan Viaranchyk & Bat-Ami Rivlin, United States, 7 min, 2016, Animation
In a dark, old victorian city, a young doctor is summoned by a mysterious coachman to attend a patient in need. Rushing to meet his client, the Doctor find ... more »
NORTHERN COUSIN, THE
Dir: Andrés Arteaga and Andrea Arízaga, Ecuador, 21 min, 2017, Documentary Short
Twenty years after immigrating to the United States, Pedro Erazo, an Ecuadorian musician living in Brooklyn-New York, reflects on how this event has influe ... more »
NOT ON MY WATCH
Dir: Emmanuelle Cuau, France, 86 min, 2016, Narrative Feature
A single mother struggles to make ends meet and gets tangled in a Web of lies and crimes to protect her two sons. ... more »
NOT YET
Dir: Arian Vazirdaftair, Iran, 14 min, 2016, Narrative Short
It's Hasti (a 21 year old girl)'s Birthday. She studies abroad and her parents in Iran want to congratulate her via Skype. ... more »
NSFWHALE
Dir: Nathan Campbell & Alec Cummings, United States, 2 min, 2017, Animation
A whaling run takes a turn for the worse when a fearless captain and her small crew of whale-hunters encounter a far more ancient and horrible evil. ... more »
OLANCHO
Dir: Christopher Valdes & Ted Griswold, United States, 70 min, 2017, Documentary Feature
Manuel is a farmer from a rural village in the mountains of Eastern Honduras. He aspires to be a musician but quickly realizes his only patrons are the po ... more »
ON THE ROOF
Dir: Amirhossein Kotobzadeh, Iran, 10 min, 2016, Narrative Short
Leila, a beautiful Iranian traditional woman, wants to gather her clothes from a clothes line on the roof of a building in Tehran when an encounter with a ... more »
ONCE ALWAYS
Dir: Susanne Boeing, Germany, 21 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Only when a young mother fears her child is in danger is she able to take the first step away from codependency with her own alcoholic mother. ... more »
ONLY FIVE MINUTES
Dir: Mohammad Mohammadian, Iran, 5 min, 2016, Experimental
Brief Synopsis : A blind girl is walking in the streets and faces multiple obstacles. ... more »
ORANGISH TREE, THE
Dir: Amir Houshang Moeini, Iran, 7 min, 2016, Animation
A small girl lives in an orange tree and wants to help the city. ... more »
OSTOJA WILL MOVE YOUR PIANO
Dir: Sandra Mitrovic, Serbia, 15 min, 2017, Narrative Short
Today is a day when Ostoja, legendary piano mover from Belgrade, gets a special delivery. ... more »
OTHER SIDE, THE
Dir: Griselda San Martin, Spain, 5 min, 2016, Documentary Short
Just like every other weekend at Friendship Park, dozens of people have come to meet and greet one another on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border fence, a ... more »
PALOMA
Dir: Giovanni Autran, United States, 11 min, 2016, Documentary Short
A series of intimate vignettes are woven together by the memories and dreams of people in central Havana. ... more »
PANIC ATTACK!
Dir: Eileen O'Meara, United States, 4 min, 2016, Animation
You know the nagging thoughts that start with "did I leave the coffee on?" and turn in to "what if I give birth to Satan's baby?" This hand-drawn animation ... more »
PARTNER
Dir: Giorgini Antoine, France, 19 min, 2015, Narrative Short
Today, Tony is supposed to audition for a drama school. But Steven, his best friend and reading partner, doesn't show up. After having failed to find anoth ... more »
PEHELWANI
Dir: Joao Canziani, India, 10 min, 2017, Documentary Short
The fascinating story of a group of young men that practice the ancient art of 'pehelwan,' or mud wrestling, at the Bhuteshwar Akhara in the town of Mathur ... more »
PRIVATES, THE
Dir: Dylan Allen, United States, 12 min, 2016, Narrative Short
A band struggles with a radioactive energy in their music they can't control. ... more »
PUNCHLINE
Dir: Christophe Saber, Switzerland, 8 min, 1970, Narrative Short
Two wannabe gangsters can't decide on the coolest thing to say before shooting Michel. ... more »
RAUF
Dir: Baris Kaya & Soner Caner, Turkey, 94 min, 2016, Narrative Feature
RAUF is the story of searching under the shade of a war and tough nature conditions , at the age of 11, Rauf finds himself in a big platonic love, in an ef ... more »
REFUGEE
Dir: Joyce Chen & Emily Moore, United States, 27 min, 2016, Documentary Short
Every year thousands of people who suffer persecution flee their home countries to seek refuge in the United States. After surviving untold horrors, these ... more »
RHONNA & DONNA
Dir: Daina Oniunas-Pusic, England, 15 min, 2016, Narrative Short
How are you supposed to act when you are conjoined at the hip? ... more »
RICH MAN DAN
Dir: Amy Augustino, United States, 23 min, 2017, Documentary Short
When Dan Augustino contemplates retirement after 35 years of running Metal Strip, a rust and paint removal shop in Worcester, MA, he discovers how difficul ... more »
ROGER
Dir: Brendan Cleaves, England, 8 min, 2016, Narrative Short
Stephen (Seann Walsh) arrives home after six months in Mongolia to discover his best friend Roy (John Bradley) has replaced him with a ventriloquist's dumm ... more »
SAND MEN
Dir: Tal Amiran, England, 13 min, 2016, Documentary Short
Neculai, Aurel and Raj all left their homes in Romania for the same reason - to seek a better life for their family. Now, in Britain, with their loved ones ... more »
SATIE'S PARADE
Dir: Koji Yamamura, Japan, 14 min, 2016, Animation
A Parade for 3 managers & 4 performers. Mixing quotes from French composer Erik Satie's essays with the music Parade, this is an animated re-creation of re ... more »
SCRAP
Dir: Chris Filippone, United States, 6 min, 2017, Documentary Short
In the shadow of the global metal trade, a metal scrapper hunts the streets of Oakland searching for his day's keep. ... more »
SENGATAN
Dir: Frank Magree, Australia, 11 min, 2016, Narrative Short
Based on true events. An Australian traveler cleverly befriends tourists in Indonesia for his own benefit. Through self-narration, Drew takes us on an unfo ... more »
SHUT UP ANTHONY
Dir: Kyle Eaton, United States, 92 min, 2017, Narrative Feature
Anthony talks too much. A neurotic creative grinding out a living at a Portland ad firm, he loses his girlfriend, job and dignity over the course of a few ... more »
SIS, THE
Dir: Marjan Ashrafizadeh, Iran, 94 min, 2016, Narrative Feature
Tala and Ati (Sis) are a mother and daughter who have lived together for many years; almost 50 years, as long as the life of Sis. Their situation, however, ... more »
SLEEPOVER
Dir: Susana Casares, Spain, 14 min, 2016, Narrative Short
Pushed by the fear of losing her friends, Silvia (10) has invited them to a sleepover... but things can be complicated when your home is not exactly what y ... more »
SOLATIUM
Dir: Christina Tynkevych, Ukraine, 11 min, 2016, Narrative Short
Anna, an ambulance doctor, arrives at a night call which brings back her painful past and challenges her moral compass. ... more »
SOMETHING MORE BANAL
Dir: Shalini Adnani, England, 15 min, 2016, Narrative Short
In an unusual working morning, people sit and wait, contemplating life, and the dead man hanging in front of them in a Mexican factory. ... more »
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