THE SEA, 10min., Canada
Directed by Son Roberts
This experimental short film is a "Jazz Monologue" presented by an elusive oracle. Through rage and reflection, incendiary prose and inspirational poetry, he reminds us of the legacy of lies that define our human journey. And he insists that we embr...

JAGUAR SONG, 16min., Ecuador
Directed by AnAkA
“We know that indigenous people have the same goals: to protect the earth and ancestral lifeways. We know that strengthening intertribal relationships will support the regional communities in cultural revitalization and defense of the natural world.
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APOLLO AND DAPHNE, 3min., USA
Directed by Minglu DU
Apollo and Daphne is a clay-and-paper stop-motion animation that re-examines a canonical myth by attending to what is often obscured within its familiar telling. Instead of framing Apollo’s pursuit as an emblem of divine love, the work foregroun...

WISHFEATHER, 3min., Australia
Directed by Ying Lei Zhang
A dancer wishes to soar beyond her eternal cage. But the key can only be found from deep within herself.

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KIN, 5min., Mexico
Directed by Ana Baer, Rocio Luna
Relating in times of crisis. A site-specific screendance that explores the relationship between humanity and nature, raising awareness of ecological challenges and seeking—if only partially—to remediate damaged environments. Drawing on environme...

Dance from the Angel and Faerie Operettas by Terry Ulick, 27min., USA
Directed by Terry Ulick
Ballet and modern dance numbers from the Operettas “An Angel’s Love” and “Shameless Faeries” by Terry Ulick from Wherever Music and Wherever Movies. All rights reserved and not for use without express wr...

DEEP CLEAN, 6min., USA
Directed by Lisa Frank
A woman deep cleans her house, no mess left unclean.

THE SILENCE OF MY SOUL, 4min., Armenia
Directed by Hasmik Chakhmakhchyan
The Silence of My Soul is an intimate piano-vocal ballad shaped by jazz and R&B sensitivity and approached with cinematic restraint. Minimalist piano textures and a nuanced vocal performance create a quiet emotional tension ...

FȲR, 22min., UK
Directed by Mackenzie Fuller
A young warrior and his aging mentor confront the Mother, a primordial being of nature who blurs the line between creation and control.

Samaná: The Last Free Flowing River of Antioquia, 11min., USA
Directed by Cameron Atlas
The Samaná River is the only major river in Antioquia, Colombia, that remains free flowing. While the rest of the region’s waterways have been dammed, the Samaná’s ecosystem remains intact, supporting a critic...

THE PORNOGRAPHER, 3min., Canada
Directed by Milla Cummings, Marie-Josee Saint-Pierre
The Pornographer traces a woman’s sexual sensations through a poetic, fragmentary sensory arc: from the awakening of desire via an abstract nature that comes alive, through geode-like vulvas that glow and swell, ...

THE LAST RECKONING, 102min., Canada
Directed by Garnet Campbell
A prestigious attorney colludes with his impulsive brother to hide a manslaughter, but when an innocent is charged, their plans spiral out of control, leading to moral reckoning and inevitable judgment.

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PORTRAIT OF TRACES, 9min., South Korea
Directed by Hansol Jeong
is a four-chapter XR-based dance film tracing the journey from constricted breath to embodied self-return. Through performative movement that merges dance and acting, and immersive digital environments that externalize inner states,...

WHAT KIND OF WORLD IS THIS?, 50min., USA
Directed by Jacob N Rudin

RED CLOUD: A NEW DAY, 80min., USA
Directed by Alex Kruz
Based on Red Cloud Comic Book Issues 1-6. Vigilante contractor Jake Red Cloud wages a covert war against the Yakuza sponsored human trafficking in the golden triangle. Retaliation by the criminal organization strips Jake of his family, forci...

THE PAUSE, 17min., UK
Directed by Samantha Grierson
After losing her job and her sense of identity, Charlie begins to feel as though her life has turned into a horror film she never auditioned for.

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LILITH, 22min., Mexico
Directed by Camila Barragán, Patricio Méndez
A silent presence leads a group of women to a cathartic experience in which they merge in a collective entity, embodying the cyclical and synchronic stages of the feminine being.

https://www.instagram.com/lilith_shortfilm/

Project Hazmatic: Dangerous Goods, 13min., USA
Directed by Willa Carroll
Hazarding a guess at our planet’s imperiled future, Project Hazmatic: Dangerous Goods, hovers between cataclysmic hymn, ecstatic elegy, and absurd ritual. Clad in bespoke hazmat suits, eco-voyagers cavort through industrial ...

CONTROLLER, 7min., USA
Directed by Clint Younkin
In this dark and unknown universe, an age of consumption has enslaved society and almost all are bound by their obsessions. A particular man desires new levels to his relationship with his own obsession: technology.

Cheap$kate, 6min., USA
Directed by Calvin Catania
While a crafty detective teaches you his unique style of catching criminals, another criminal is on the run and heading down a dark alley he shouldn't be going down. In the end, someone has to pay for their crimes

Les Memes Yeux Que Toi, 11min., Canada
Directed by Derek Branscombe
Adapted from Anne Plamondon’s award-winning dance work, the film captures her return to her. late father’s apartment, opening a fragile dialogue with memory, loss, and the unseen, where movement leads toward release.

Sanctuary of the Leatherback, 10min., Thailand
Directed by Alongkot Chukaew
The Sanctuary of the Leatherback is the continuing stories, following the first documentary, The Story of the Leatherback. This documentary will raise an important issue, relating to the recent death of mother Tai Meaung,...

LET'S GO, 10min., USA
Directed by Siggi Jung
Depressed divorcee who also lost her furry best friend unexpectedly finds strength and purpose in an impulsive rescue.

Desert Reforestation: Rivals and the Dropped Camera, 5min., Czechia
Directed by Stanislav Skricka
The film captures real, unplanned moments in which divided communities — rivals in politics, work, and sport — come together in a desert reforestation project. In a place where conflict might be expe...