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A Japanese Boy Who Draws

A Japanese Boy Who Draws

Directed By:
Masanao Kawajiri
Country:
Japan
Genre:
Animated
Minutes:
21
The experimental animation/mocumentary depicting a life of a man who dreams to be a comic writer, told along with the quality of the imagery growing up with him.
A Little Hornless Goat

A Little Hornless Goat

Directed By:
Country:
Argentina
Genre:
Short
Minutes:
14
Screening:
20535
Based on a true story that happened during the last Argentine military dictatorship. The local commissioner of a little town must investigate a children's book that was confiscated from a 7-year-old girl. The author of the book is Soviet. Why does a girl have a possibly communist book? Who gave it to her? All this will have to be investigated by the Commissioner, regardless of the consequences ...
A Path Where No Man Goes

A Path Where No Man Goes

Directed By:
Viet Tran
Country:
Vietnam
Genre:
Short
Minutes:
34
"A Path Where No Man Goes" is a character-driven philosophical thriller about an unusual interview between a journalist and a young successful entrepreneur on the subject “How to become successful?”, which later reveals some deep secrets about their lives and ultimately their connection.
Alex's Strip

Alex’s Strip

Directed By:
Country:
Spain / India / United States
Genre:
Feature
Minutes:
109
Alexandra, a 12-year-old teenager is reunited with her father, Alex, a Spanish merchant who has spent a long time in jail after being wrongly accused of terrorism. She accompanies him on a business trip to India, where an explosion threatens to separate them again when Alex is again accused of terrorism. Only the girl might be able to save her father.
Analysis Paralysis

Analysis Paralysis

Directed By:
Van Doan
Country:
United States
Genre:
Web Series
Minutes:
11
Lauren, a lonely and awkward freshman, struggles to master adulthood due to his habit of overthinking every situation. After moving into a new apartment, he befriends his four peculiar neighbors who teach him simple but valuable life lessons.
Bells

Bells

Directed By:
Country:
United States
Genre:
Horror
Minutes:
6
Screening:
20529, 20534
A father learns the secret behind his son's strange nightly ritual.
Bozkir Look at the Birds

Bozkir Look at the Birds

Directed By:
Mehmet Tanrisever
Country:
Turkey
Genre:
Feature
Minutes:
111
Screening:
20523
Abdullah and Cripple Ziya are gun dealers in the Bozkir district of Konya. They put honesty, honor, and dignity before anything else. Even though Abdullah and Ziya have opposite personalities, their friendship and partnership go back many years. Abdullah has worked hard and finally bought the horse he has been dreaming of. Now, all he wants to do is to marry his beloved Emine and build a happy life. Ziya lives one day at a time. He has no intention of settling down, he only cares about spending his money for his own happiness. One day, Abdullah and Ziya visit Abdullah’s friend Bekir the Potter whom Abdullah has known from his time in military service.
Burqa City

Burqa City

Directed By:
Fabrice Bracq
Country:
France
Genre:
Short
Minutes:
20
Screening:
20535
Souleymane and Leila just got married, for better or for worse. The better is that they love each other very much. The worse is that they live in an absurd and kafkaesque country.
Busy As Usual: The Web Series

Busy As Usual: The Web Series

Country:
Australia
Genre:
Web Series
Minutes:
9
"Busy As Usual: The Web Series" is a fly-on-the-wall look at what goes on inside a talent agent's office. You will find our Talent Agent convincing potential clients the casting couch doesn't exist;,guiding his clients towards self awareness - and sometimes guiding them right off the books. Giving his actors the tools they need to succeed is always the Talent Agent's first priority, however in the hands of an overzealous actor or a client with the self awareness of a clog, these tools don't always lead to the results the Talent Agent was hoping for.
Chronicles Of-The Good Reverend

Chronicles Of-The Good Reverend

Directed By:
Country:
United States
Genre:
Web Series
Minutes:
13
Residing on opposite sides of the Delaware River, Capital City and Pottersfield are political and socioeconomic enemies dividing people of the same class. An upsurge of bizarre homicides baffles authorities as a disturbing new drug leads to a multitude of overdose victims mysteriously washing ashore on the river banks of both towns.
Comforter

Comforter

Directed By:
Hiroho Mieno
Country:
Japan
Genre:
Horror
Minutes:
3
Deep in the night, a woman comes back to her apartment. In the dark room, on her bed, she sees somebody who’s not supposed to be there.
Crimson Cuffs

Crimson Cuffs

Directed By:
Country:
United States
Genre:
Short
Minutes:
7
Screening:
20521
Laurena goes on a blind date at the behest of her pushy mother and learns that its always best to trust your instincts over advice.
Daddy Issues

Daddy Issues

Directed By:
Country:
United Kingdom / United States
Genre:
Feature
Minutes:
81
20 something stand-up comedian Henrietta hasn’t been funny since her detached dad died. Distraught, in a quarter life crisis, she leaves her messy London life behind for LA, to re-examine her past relationships with dysfunctional ex-lovers and friends struggling with adulthood. Henri tries comedically and introspectively to find humour in her darkest moments.
Decoyed

Decoyed

Directed By:
Country:
Denmark
Genre:
Horror
Minutes:
10
Screening:
20529
Trapped in a deadly loop, he has to lure another victim to buy his freedom.
Dickie & Bea

Dickie & Bea

Directed By:
Country:
United States
Genre:
Web Series
Minutes:
10
Over-educated and under-employed, Dickie and Bea are a youngish married couple, doing their best to survive in New York. When their massive student loan debt is acquired by a teenager on the dark web, they come to an arrangement and all move in with Bea's father, a baby boomer who's excited to have his family unit back.
Distinguished Feelings

Distinguished Feelings

Directed By:
Koeren Moriano
Country:
France
Genre:
Short
Minutes:
11
Screening:
20522
Elena and Arturo are a couple fully in love until one day, one of their friends sow seeds of doubts in their minds. Elena will organize their break up herself. Hurt, she hires a young “straight” actor to seduce her ex-lover and make him suffer. Elena believes she will be less humiliated if Arturo would accept his “gay predilection” and fell in love with a man, instead of a woman. But the heart has reasons that reasoning doesn’t know…
Elid + Damh

Elid + Damh

Directed By:
Country:
Canada
Genre:
Horror
Minutes:
11
Screening:
20529
In the aftermath of an unspeakable act, two sisters must repair their relationship and find a way to move forward. As they struggle to heal, they are reconnected with the natural world, the power of the elements and, ultimately, the strength of their love for each other. This is a story of survival, of awakening the primordial force that lives within.
Empty Skies

Empty Skies

Country:
United States
Genre:
Short
Minutes:
19
Screening:
20526
A boy and his new friend hunt their village's last sparrow for a reward to save his sick Grandma during Communist China's Great Leap Forward (1958-1961).
Endless Love

Endless Love

Directed By:
Eddie Lin
Country:
Taiwan
Genre:
Documentary
Minutes:
10
Xinqiao is a kind and energetic 8-year-old who always has great smiles. "Endless Love" is a TV series about a pregnant wife and her brain cancer. The cast collaborates with a charity group Dr. Red Nose to sing, read stories, and accompany children with illness. Their efforts hope to bring joy to kids, even though they suffer from physical pains. We made this video in June 2019. Xinqiao could still see everyone’s smile then and laughed with us. By November 2019, her brain tumor had pressured her nerve system and taken her visibility away. She cannot see this beautiful world anymore. We really hope this video can keep some of the great memories in her mind.
F Dream (The Keyboard Story)

F Dream (The Keyboard Story)

Directed By:
Grey Chan
Country:
China
Genre:
Animated
Minutes:
5
Screening:
20521, 20530
A keyboard key called F wants to fly, so he starts a battle with a flying insect.
First Disco

First Disco

Directed By:
Country:
Ireland
Genre:
Short
Minutes:
19
Screening:
20533
Culture Club are no. 1, everyone’s glued to "Knight Rider", and Kelly Harrison is not only experiencing her first crush, she’s going to her first disco. The only problem is that she’s getting train tracks on her teeth before her big night and she's not sure she'll survive!
Floral Friends: Jorro and the Floral Phone

Floral Friends: Jorro and the Floral Phone

Directed By:
Marie Shioda
Country:
Japan
Genre:
Animated
Minutes:
5
White Watering Can and Black Watering Can are friends. One day, White Jorro decides to move to a different town. In order to keep in touch, the two promise to communicate through Floral Phone - a magical phone made from flower threads - and stay friends forever.
Fool's Gold

Fool’s Gold

Directed By:
Country:
United States
Genre:
Music Video
Minutes:
3
Screening:
20524, 20534
A depiction of anxiety shown through four different rooms encompassing a different mental state of the protagonist.
For the Goblins

For the Goblins

Directed By:
Country:
United States
Genre:
Short
Minutes:
16
Screening:
20520
An ordinary college student gets kidnapped by Goblins on his way home from a party. With the desire of getting some Goblin wine, he makes a deal with the Goblins and brings home a young Goblin who does not understand anything about human society.
Fresh

Fresh

Directed By:
Country:
United States
Genre:
Horror
Minutes:
11
After accidentally doing a ritual, Emily, a Philosophy student, has to face the biggest moral dilemma of all: kill or be killed.
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