Spelonk unfolds in a dystopian Cape Town in the year 2044, a world ravaged by climate collapse and social upheaval. At its heart is Dante, a disillusioned bounty hunter, grappling with the moral dilemmas of his task to hunt rebels fighting over scarce water supplies. His fateful encounter with Op...

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ELIZA, 11min., USA
Directed by Bianca Roth
After hitting rock bottom, 23 year old MIA, updates her home AI system to help turn her life around. What start out as small “life improvements” slowly begin to control her.

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Black People Don’t Tango, 14min., USA
Directed by Robert Xavier Clark
An African American man learns to tango after a trip to Argentina.
Based on a true story.

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Pisho, 16min., Pakistan
Directed by Aun Ul Haider
Journey of ...

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Nibbling of the Night, 10min., UK
Directed by Gabi Bania
Suzy and Billy are an unhappy middle-aged couple whose affection has long faded away. Suzy feels used by her careless husband, enslaved by the role of a subordinate housewife. She escapes from her worries and...

Qaqsoss naka Wahantuhsis (Fox & the Tiny Demon), 80min,. Canada
Directed by Tara Audibert
Qaqsoss naka Wahantuhsis is an animated allegory about Qaqsoss, a fox who is haunted by Wahantuhsis, a tiny demon. Set in an enchanted forest, the film explores themes of mental illness, trauma, and generati...

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Fereydouns Sons, 7min, Iran
Directed by Hossein Moradizadeh
Fereydoun divides his lands into three parts and gives each one to one of his sons. Salm is the land of Arabs and Romans, Tur is the land of Turks and China, and Iraj is the land of Iran.

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Parents in the Wild - Mating Games and Birth Days, 52min., Germany
Directed by Moritz Mayerle, Annette Scheurich
In this film, directors Annette Scheurich and Moritz Mayerle offer a captivating glimpse into the love lives of Parents in the Wild worldwide. Highlighting the universal goal of prov...

WATER, 58min., USA
Directed by Gary Beeber
Like most people living in Ohio I never thought much about water because there s so much of it here. All I knew was that Ohio has large aquifers, but had no idea how we get our drinking water. I thought that the aquifer was a huge body of water under...

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Sharon and the Vege Plot, 20min., USA
Directed by John Brooks
A put-upon lady-rabbit called Sharon is left perturbed by a potential plot against her vegetable garden. When Sharon's suspicions put more and more on edge, her obsessions put her own safety and love lif...

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Phantom Heart, 6min., USA
Directed by Josephine Spanier
When a mischievous poltergeist escapes, a shy supernatural researcher must recapture it before it reveals the crush she harbors for her coworker.

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HWANDO, 25min., South Korea
Directed by Will LeForestier
An assassin enhanced with a brain-to-computer interface an controlled by a dark organization, must turn against her creators to protect her family and destroy the AI-driven system that enslaves her.

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Crisis Point, 3min., Romania
Directed by Valentin Raileanu
As a result of resource depletion, a virus outbreak stripping the afflicted of what makes them human and finally, war, humanity's sovereignty has fallen. In dwindling numbers, the survivors have been driven...

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It's Better This Way, 5min., USA
Directed by Chris Davies, Mary Beth Gray
Two sisters are divided at a crossroads the line between end of the world and the beginning of the next.

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Abstract Skies, 4min,. Canada
Directed by Roger Gallant
A short film that reimagines the skies as a gallery of abstract forms, captured in motion through time-lapse.

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THE MOMENT, 7min., Poetry, Canada
Directed by Craig Wrobleski
A poem about resilience and strength as a path to peace. The film follows one woman’s extraordinary j...

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They, 15min., Iran
Directed by Seyed Morteza Sabzeghaba
Group of Dezfoulion people leaving the city so sadly dressed of war to return to their families, at this time jets attack them.

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STATUE, 9min., Iraq
Directed by Brwa Ka...

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THE RAVIN', 6min,. USA
Directed by Ron Ford
A sequel to Poe's The Raven, in verse, in which the narrator grows to question the validity of the bird's symbolic pretensions. Stop motion puppet animation.

Making Emmie Smile, 5min., USA
Directed by Abby Vo, John Vo, K...

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Pondering Potatoes, 1min., UK
Directed by Kessiah Leah Arthur
A rare insight into the lives of potatoes and finally answering that question of what they're really thinking

https://www.kessiahfilmdesign.co.uk/pondering-potatoes
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SOUTH GEORGIA. In the heart of the wild, 30min,. Ukraine
Directed by Andrii Andreiev
As it sometimes happens in this vast Universe, a remarkable coincidence brought together a multitude of talented cinematographers, musicians, and film editors in the making of a documentary about South Georgia. W...

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Bug Eye, 4min., USA
Directed by Clint Green
A marriage is tested by a man's obsession with bugs.

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Pushing Up Daisies, 2...

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longing/belonging, 3min,. Canada
Directed by Rachael Withers, Niamh Wilson
longing/belonging follows a queer femme struggling to break out of the mold of their straight relationship and their journey to discovering identity and community.

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ORANGE BLUES 24, 5min., USA
Directed by Alyssa Dann
One man seeks refuge from the world's crazy in the arms of his muse -- the love of his life! Alyssa Dann has taken this tongue-in-cheek Blues piece and brought it to life in a charming manner.

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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 nascent movement on the Central Asian Steppe.

Directed by Brandt Mi...

Salt tells the story of a group of people who shed their fear of the elemental forces of nature and instead rediscover the power of nature, returning more to their own roots.

Directed by Dominik Hill

Cast: Sophia Friesen, Marika Welling, Rachel Rep, Lotte Kleihaue, Aminata Sanogo, Nicola Müller...