The Signal Beneath, 5min., USA
Directed by Leonard Frank Smith
In a stormy coastal Florida radio station, weary late-night DJ Cameron Deep hosts "Moonlit Waves," a call-in show for wild conspiracy theories. As absurd tales pour in from mind controlling self-driving cars to interdimensional clown ...

COOL BEAN, 1min.
Directed by Furter Holman, Thomas Howe
Watch as the beantastic stuntsman- er, stuntsbean, Buster Bean performs some death-defying stunts while holding two very alive and very insured eggs above his head!

HOT MESS, 3min.
Directed by Tortor Smith
Hot Mess offers an insight into AD...

THE ABSENCE OF EVERYTHING, 12min.
Directed by Gabriel Michael Sideras
In the stillness of a confession box, a suicidal young man opens up to a priest. As their conversation unfolds, the lines between faith, guilt, and responsibility begin to blur. The Absence of Everything is an intimate, minimal...

#FareLife gives us a peak inside the lives of Connecticut strangers from all walks of life as they ride from place to place with everyone's favorite FareRide driver, affectionately called “buddy”. From drag queens to estranged parents to drunk strangers, follow “buddy’s" adventures as he navigate...

WHY WE DANCE, 16min., USA
Directed by Marc Ellison

THE HERO OUTSIDE THE SPOTLIGHT, 37min., Austria
Directed by Konrad Weixelbraun
Wolfgang Hollegha was one of the most famous abstract painters in Europe after the Second World War. When he was awarded the Guggenheim Prize 1958 and the Carnegie Prize 1961, he was celebrated as the new star in the a...

CONFESSIONS OF A SWEDISH MAN, 94min., Sweden
Directed by Hampus Linder
In 2019, a Swedish single father and self-proclaimed feminist travels to an anti- feminist men’s retreat in Denmark. He asks himself why such gatherings are needed as he tries to understand the anger and discovers loneliness a...

RESONANCIA, 38min., USA
Directed by Ted Nash, Cathy Barbash
In the heart of Havana, Grammy-winning composer Ted Nash invites young Cuban musicians to find inspiration in the colors and forms of a museum’s paintings. What begins as a search for melody becomes an awakening, as students uncover hidd...

My Father and Qaddafi, 88min., Libya/USA
Directed by Jihan K
When Jihan was six years old, her father flew to Cairo and never returned. Mansur Rashid Kikhia was the Foreign Minister of Libya, ambassador to the United Nations, and a human rights lawyer. After serving in Qaddafi's increasingly brut...

RAT TRAP, 12min.
Directed by Emilia Stevens
Rat Trap follows Sarah, who wakes after a drunken night out to find herself abducted and imprisoned in a grim, windowless dungeon, watched constantly through a security camera. Disoriented and terrified, she soon discovers she is not alone. Sharing the ...

The Redemption of Faust, 18min., USA

Directed by Genel Mejia

After making a pact with Mephistopheles, Goethe's Faust finds . . . redemption and transcendence in the ideal of the Eternal-Feminine.https://www.instagram.com/genelmejia

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Peace Wilderness Man, 35min., Australia

Directed by Tim Millard

An Australian war veterans journey from trauma to inner peace in Norways remote Arctic Circle.

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MOTHER, 29min., Drama
Directed by Sebastian Kwidziński
Paulina (35 years old) is out on parole after serving a prison sentence for the murder of her husband Andrzej. She returns to her hometown to meet her 11-year-old son Nikodem. Jadwiga (55 years old), Paulina's mother-in-law who takes care of ...

FROM PLUSH AND WIRE, 7min.
Directed by Elliot Adrianna WItkowski
In a world where everything is made from plush and wire, a dinosaur keeps itself entertained while the hand of the creator brings a friend to life.

THEFT IN THE SHADOWS, 3min.
Directed by Anna Oleksandrivna Kovalchuk
"Theft in the ...

Performed by Val Cole

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POEM:

To A Friend Opening a Crematorium Bill

“It turns out, it’s expensive to die,”
You say.
And I picture you,
half in shadow,
reading price lists like hymns,
offering fire as mercy
to your wife,
who can no longer afford
to lie still in peace.

They’ve monetized ...

Performed by Val Cole

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BIG YELLOW TAXI

What you do to me is expensive to my body and
brain, like going on a shopping spree and then
not being able to pay for it Turning and
turning on my pillow until I just can’t
turn anymore and morning comes
too quickly. Are these bags under
my eyes wor...

Adriane P. Reesey

aGREED RuiNATION

contracts signed in clean rooms
ink dries while something else erodes
buildings rise as the footing gives
doors open for some, close on others
numbers climb while something fails

An overwhelmed professional flees her rigid routine for the sanctuary of a park, only to be drawn into a surreal, time-bending world where she must confront her subconscious to reclaim her authentic voice

Performed by Val Cole

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