THE SCREENING, 13min., USA
Directed by Orhun Timur
A tale we know all too well; hopeful actor waits to be called into his commercial audition. However, things are not as they appear. Our hopeful young actor is struck with confusion when he is met with an interrogation from a Sag-Aftra Agent. This...

STAGE MANAGED, 28min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Guy Noland
A suburban community theater must successfully produce a knock-off version of "My Fair Lady" in order to keep their doors open.

http://www.viralentertain.com/

Director Statement
There’s no short answer to “Why this idea and why now?”, so...

VADGEVERTISING, 8min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Kate Peterson
Shortly after the release of his controversial “Healthy Boy Toothpaste” ad, Leo Mann gives Satirical News Magazine, Nitecap, an exclusive behind-the-scenes interview of his new intravaginal advertising agency, and shares his philosophy ...

SPIRITS, 9min., USA, Comedy/Horror
Directed by Matthew Catanzano
Some haunts are haunted.

http://thehappyghostproductions.com/
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Director Statement
I grew up an indoor kid -- obsessed with movies, TV, and pop culture. My family...

SLOPPY JONES, 25min., Canada, Comedy/Web Series
Directed by Emily Cohn
Sloppy Jones is a short form slasher comedy series about three queer Gen-Zillennial servers working at Sloppy Jones Grill: RORY, a free spirited people pleaser; HARPER, a book-smart, bisexual bartender; and THOMAS, a calculati...

MEMORIAM, 2min,. USA
Directed by Lyla Ruth
My dad passed away recently and I’ll be completely honest here, watching him die slowly from cancer is a hell I would not wish on my worst enemy.
Family and friends ask me how I am feeling, or how I am handling it all. In actuality, the emotions are too ...

RAIN TO REIGN, 6min,. USA, Music/Experimental
Directed by Julie M. Wenah, Keturah King
5 women - most of whom have never met each other, are connected through one woman - Julie - who is bringing women of African descent together to explore how we prepare the next generation of women for ‘Rain’, a...

[Aphrodite], 12min., USA
Directed by Jekyns Pelaez
A goddess decides to visit us.

DISCO SAUCE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF PENNA ALLA VODKA, 35min,. USA
Directed by Roberto Serrini
Penne Alla Vodka is America's dirty little secret. You can have it hungover from the diner, or for 40 bucks a plate at the finest restaurants. While it's secret origin might surprise you, it's sordid histor...

FEELING SPECIAL, 5min,. USA, Animation
Directed by Carlos Hoffman
Animated film adaptation of the children's book, Feeling Special, about a Turtle who believes that all his friends are special, but that he is just ordinary, and finally realizes that he is special too.

http://www.jenniferkurani.c...

FIGHT THE FEAR, 6min., USA, Dance
Directed by Shyamala Moorty
In this experimental dance and spoken word short, a Dreamer confronts her fears of deportation. Set in a cemented river bed in Southern California, clusters of dancers push, drag, and carry each other in a dance of survival, while powe...

GPS, 10min., USA, Comedy/Drama
Directed by Nell Dashiell
Kim and Jamie – an upscale, young urban couple – have just arrived home after an evening out with friends when Kim hears a noise. Fearing that a burglar may be prowling around downstairs, Kim dispatches Jamie to investigate. As it happens, ...

Music video for Esprit D'Air.

PARTING OUT, 19min., USA, Drama
Directed by Susan Buster Thomas
Two women search for love and missing pieces in a vintage auto salvage yard.

FREEMAN HOSPITALITY, 20min., USA, Sci-Fi/Action
Directed by Michael Cooke
A black family-run security firm escorts a foreign journalist into the war-torn badlands of South Georgia to interview a local tyrant.

http://www.freemanhospitality.com/
https://www.instagram.com/freemanhospitality/

PIT & PENDULUM, 27min., Canada, Drama/Horror
Directed by J. Aldric Gaudet
It is the terrorizing story of a person sentenced to death who becomes the plaything of their jailers. They are sent walking through a dark room in hopes they will fall into a pit. When that doesn’t happen they are tied dow...

CRACKS IN THE FOUNDATION, 9min., USA, Drama
Directed by Tessie McCoy, Tajianna Okechukwu
Cracks in the Foundation is a short drama that explores generational trauma through the lens of a Black woman as she strives to prevent toxic cycles from happening within in her family.

Director Statement
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QUEER MONGOL, 16min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Brandt Miller
Queer Mongol follows four characters over the course of Mongolia's LGBTQ+ Pride Festival, who embody a diversity of gender and sexual identities. The film is a meditation on queerness in the non-west and a nuanced glimpse into a nas...

MODUS OPERANDI: BRISBANE'S RIPPER SUSPECT, 8min., Australia, Documentary
Directed by David Hodkinson, Alice Walker
A student film that explores a myth of over 130 years. Did 'Jack The Ripper' flee to Australia and lay to rest in Brisbane's Toowong Cemetery?

https://dghfilms.com.au
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RANGERS OF THE ULAAN TAIGA, 14min., Mongolia
Directed by Eric Daft
A short documentary telling the stories of the Rangers who have dedicated their lives to the national parks and protected areas of Mongolia.

http://www.fishercreative.com/

ATARAXIA, 15min., USA, Drama
Directed by Haley Seppa
Ataraxia is a film about 32-year-old female-bodied, queer identified photographer, Mickey, who, due to experiences with trauma and rape as a teenager, has built her adult life around making “safe” choices and hiding behind the lens of her camer...

SANCTUARY OF HER, 26min., USA
Directed by Geoff Poister
Two identical twin sisters from Iran create mesmerizing paintings that reflect a major conflict in their lives. Physically, they are two people. But psychologically they feel they are one. The single persona cannot exist in the real world, s...

THE FULL CATASTROPHE, 4min,. USA, Documentary
Directed by Yolanda Reid Chassiakos
Ethnic Cleansing in Smyrna, 1922: A Family's Odyssey

http://www.amphitritepublishing.com/

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Directed by Mairin O'Hagan

“Why do you make me leave the house
And think for a breath it is you I see”
The Going, Thomas Hardy

It’s been 6 mon...