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2014, Georgia, Director: Beka Sikharulidze, Producers: Maia Gusharashvili and Beka Sikharulidze; 17 min. A family of swindlers makes its living conning relatives of the dead. After searching local newspapers for the funeral services of rich people, the family pays a Read more…

2015, United Kingdom, Director: Conan McIvor, Producer: John McIlDuff; 15 min. Faced with imminent death, librarian Alice decides to search for the son she gave up for adoption years before. Meanwhile, Mark, A divorced doctor, married to his job, is Read more…

2014, USA, Director: Susan Rockefeller, Producers: Beth Poague and Jackie French; 21 min. In an era of factory farms and agribusiness, Americans want food that is fast, cheap, and convenient. Food for Thought, Food for Life examines the hidden costs Read more…

2014, USA, Directors/Producers: David Collier and Suzanne LaFetra; 73 min. Capturing the raw beauty and powerful grace of a dance company for at-risk youth, Free spotlights the intimate stories of five teenagers in Oakland, California. Behind the smiles, sweat, and Read more…

2015, Germany, Director/Producer: Till Nowak, 15 min. A genius musician lives a lonely life in a surreal, floating world, playing piano in a deserted concert hall. The musician only has one wish: to play for his daughter, whom he is Read more…

2015, USA, Director: Mykyta Samusiev, Producer: Alex Lampsos; 19 min. Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov, The Death of a Government Clerk is the story of a common man who finds himself embroiled in his insecurities and paranoia. Read more…

2014, USA, Director: Tim Bartell, Producers: Tim Bartell, Justin Hogan, and Cameron McIntyre; 95 min. David is a lonely, struggling writer. Kat is a lost soul left homeless by her ex. Both survive on the fringes of life. When Kat Read more…

2014, Ireland, Director: Aidan McAteer, Producer: Shannon George; 9 min. Boney, a working stiff, has the ultimate dead-end job collecting the souls of the recently deceased. While making his weekly rounds at a local nursing home, Boney befriends Bridie, a Read more…

2015, Germany, Director: David Jansen, Producer: Fabian Driehorst; 15 min. Animated in woodcut style, Daewit tells the story of a man who is rescued from his violent father and grows up among wolves. As an adult, Daewit drifts from a Read more…

2014, USA, Director: Adria Tennor, Producer: Wade Danielson; 14 min. When a little girl breaks a hand mirror during an impromptu game of hide and seek with her Uncle Sam, a withdrawn boy close to her own age, she exposes Read more…

2014, Switzerland, Director: Nick Brandestini, Producer: Vesna Eckert; 93 min. Reachable only by plane and inhabited primarily by Native Alaskans, Barrow is a place where temperatures reach far below 30 degrees Celsius and the sun doesn’t shine for months at Read more…

2015, USA, Director/Producer: Bill Wisneski The worst ecological disaster in US history is quickly approaching, yet very little is being done to stop it. A casualty of Southwest “water wars”, the Salton Sea is disappearing, revealing a toxic mix of Read more…

2014, Austria and Israel, Director: Guy Lichtenstein, Producers: Simon Baumgartner, Guy Lichtenstein, Uli Mueller-Uri, Paul Stren; 26 min. On their last night together, Clara, an Austrian tourist, and Tomer, an Israeli student, embark on a desperate quest for the “morning Read more…

2015, USA, Director: Matt Fuller, Producers: Matt Fuller, Ira Heilveil; 76 min. Autism in Love follows four adults with autism spectrum disorders as they search for and manage romantic relationships. Characterized by difficulties with communication and social interactions, autism spectrum Read more…

2014, Ireland, Director: Matthew Darragh, Producer: Danielle Considine; 7 min. A man on a desert island battles loneliness and monotony until a mysterious companion washes ashore. Soon the man is experiencing the highs and lows of romantic love, taking long Read more…

2015, USA, Director: Trent Dion Soto, Producers: Christian Cisneros, Joshua Dragge, and Trent Dion Soto; 49 min. Armed with just a toothbrush and a GoPro camera, artist Trent Dion Soto spends 30 days living on LA’s notorious Skid Row. By Read more…

2015, USA, Director: Stefan Kubicki, Producer: Saba Zerehi; 28 min. A cosmonaut searches for help after his spacecraft crashes in the frozen steppes of Mongolia. When he finds shelter with a shaman, the cosmonaut must confront the loss of his Read more…

2014, Netherlands, Directors/Producers: Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw; 2 min. Mia sits down to enjoy a pizza when a fateful knock at the door brings her a mysterious package. Mia unwraps the brown paper and finds a record of Read more…

2013, United Kingdom, Director: Gerard Roxburgh, Producer: John Mawson; 15 min. A middle-aged widower wakes up after a night out to discover that he’s had a one-night stand—with one of his daughter’s friends. Despite their age difference, Dave and free-spirited Read more…

2015, USA, Director and Producer: Alice Bouvrie; 39 min. Meet Dr. John Southard, world-renowned geologist, husband, father, and avowed cross-dresser. A Chance to Dress follows Southard as he negotiates a complex web of social, familial, and professional expectations about gender Read more…

2015, USA, Director and Producer: Catherine Dudley-Rose; 14 min. Subjected to intense pressure by her pianist father and the formidable weight of her own musical ability, a young girl retreats into her herself. As surreal images fill her mind, she Read more…

2014, Ireland, Directors: Steven Benedict , Lorna Fitzsimons, and Jennifer Shortall, Producers: Áine Coady and Sharon Cronin; 95 min. Booker-prizing winning author, P.C. Molloy never dreamed he would end up writing for a tabloid magazine. Making matters worse is Molloy’s Read more…

2015, USA, Director: Nicholas Coles, Producers: Nicolas Coles, Alexis Spraic, and Max Velez; 12 min. Who knowingly purchases the former residence of a notorious serial killer? Meet Tom and Barbara, proud new owners of the most infamous house in Sacramento, Read more…

2015, Iran, Director: Tiyam Yabandeh Jahroumi, Producer: Rohollah Sohrabi; 14 min. During the Iraq-Iran war (1980-1988), two soldiers on opposite sides are thrown together. Over the course of a few hours, the two men share the horrors of the conflict, Read more…

2014, USA, Director/Producer: Wei lu; 6 min. After her husband is turned into dinner, a mother crab vows to save her son. If they can just make it to the prow of the ship, they will find safety in the Read more…

2014, USA, Director: Rosemary Rodriguez, Producers: Enrico Natale and Rosemary Rodriguez; 96 min. A group of eccentric retirees have their lives turned upside down when their beloved apartment complex is sold out from under them. Facing an uncertain future, the Read more…

2015, USA, Director: Michael Molina Minard, Producer: Ophelia Harutyunyan; 15 min. Abdul is journeyman boxer who was raised to fight and win. Bitter after years without success, Abdul is determined to win the title that has eluded him. When Abdul Read more…

2014, USA, Director: Tegan Shohet, Producers: Christina Dow and Anne Sawyier; 18 min. After his pregnant wife kicks him out over gambling debts, Jack stays with his best friend, Dave. When Dave offers to split the proceeds of a stolen Read more…

2014, USA, Director: Lisa F. Jackson Producer: Marjorie Schwartz Nielson; 76 min. Through the intimate portraits of five student survivors, It Happened Here exposes the alarming pervasiveness of sexual assault on college campuses, the institutional cover-ups, and the failure to Read more…

2015, Ireland, Director: Hannah Quinn, Cinematographer: Tim Fleming; 13 min. When high tide traps a man and a woman on a barren rock off the coast of Ireland, the couple is forced to confront the reality of their damaged relationship. Read more…

2014, USA, Director: Terry Lamb, Producers: Terry Lamb and David Usner; 8 min. All Faraz wants to do is see his family. Then he is detained at an airport en route to Washington D.C. Based on his name, Middle Eastern Read more…

2014, USA, Directors/Producers: Jilann Spitzmiller and Hank Rogerson; 93 min. A group of retired entertainers live out their days at the Lillian Booth Actors Home. When the Home’s administrators urge residents to mount a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Read more…

2014, USA, Director: Moon Molson, Producer: Pelin Uzay; 17 min. When two uniformed soldiers show up on her doorstep, Sayeeda Porter is faced with news she can’t bring herself to accept. Soon, life in the Harlem housing project she calls Read more…

2015, USA, Director: Ted Martland, Producers: David Breschel and Ariel Heller; 14 min. Daniel is a young veteran attempting to assimilate to life as a civilian. Hoping to transition from a soldier to an actor, Daniel settles in Los Angeles Read more…

2015, USA, Director: Josh Hope, Producers: Tommy Beardmore, Christopher Hong, Josh Hope, and Mikki Raphael Rosenberg; 95 min. Riley is stuck in a dead-end job and a failing marriage. When he discovers his wife’s infidelity, Riley quits his job and Read more…

2014, USA and Belize, Director/Producer: Lucas Martelli; 10 min. In the not too distant future, all the seas have disappeared. A courageous young female pilot battles vicious sky pirates for control over the last remaining source of water—the clouds. Featuring Read more…

2014, USA, Directors/Producers: Peter Getzels and Harriet Gordon; 67 min. Armed with low tech gear and high-minded notions that penguin populations hold the key to human survival, Ron Naveen lays bare his 30 year love affair with Antarctica, the world’s Read more…

2015, Germany and USA, Director: Jacob Frey, Producer: Anna Matacz; 4 min. Most of the time, Jake is so engrossed in his video games that he pays little attention to the world outside. One day, his mom decides to give Read more…

2011, Australia, Director and Producer: James Francis Khehtie; 14 min. Adapted from a short story by John Boyne, the award-winning author of “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” The Telegram Man explores the impact of World War II on a Read more…

2014, Israel, Director: Inbar Horesh, Producer: Maya Zaydman; 26 min. Hagar makes a reluctant visit to a nursing home in Jerusalem to visit her father. Unable to face him, Hagar flees down the corridor, and through one misstep after another, Read more…

2013, USA, Directors: Richard Barber and Andre Lambertson, Producer: Richard Barber; 89 min. Members of three school marching bands grow up in New Orleans, America’s most musical city, and one of its most dangerous. As their band directors get them Read more…

The Light Thief 2015, Bahrain and Spain, Director and Producer: Eva Daoud; 19 min. What happens when the essence of Love is snatched from somebody and locked away in a vessel with no name? Can these broken-hearted souls overcome dark Read more…

2014, Hungary, Director: Réka Bucsi, Producer: József Fülöp; 10 min. Symphony no. 42 offers a biting satire of humanity’s dependence on and exploitation of animals. In this thought-provoking animation, animals assume human characteristics, while people behave like animals in an Read more…

2014, Moldova, Director/Producer: Dmitri Voloshin; 5 min. A shipwrecked pirate receives an unwelcome visit from the Grim Reaper and uses his wits to cheat death. Then the Grim Reaper begins squandering the pirate’s hard-won treasure, skipping gold doubloons over the Read more…

2015, USA, Director: Vern Moen, Producers: David Price and Jonathon Wang; 40 min. The same miracle material that has enabled us to land on the moon, rebuild a human heart, and curb epidemics is overlooked by humanity and treated as Read more…

2015, USA, Director: Director: Jason Zeldes, Producer: Michael Klein; 93 min. Donte Clark’s poetic voice was honed on the violent street corners of Richmond, CA. Rather than succumbing to the pressures of a struggling city, Clark inspires a group of Read more…

2015, Mexico and USA, Director: Matthew Heineman; Producers: Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin; 100 min. In the drug wars waged along the US-Mexico border, there are no heroes or winners, only an endless cycle of greed and violence. Cartel Land Read more…

2014, USA and Brazil, Director: Dominic Gill, Producer: Nadia Boctor; 24 min. Follow climbing instructor Andrew Lenz in his quest to build a youth outreach program in Brazil’s largest slum, a neighborhood plagued by gang violence and drug addiction. Through Read more…

2013, USA, Director: Robert Enriquez, Producers: Yousseff Amegrane, Drew Brody, Alma Enriquez, Robert Enriquez, Jason Loh, Basil Mangra, Jonathon McClain, and JoBeth Williams; 7 min. When Grace walks into the Queen of Persia Gold Emporium, all she wants is to Read more…

2014, USA, Director: Jimmy Gadd; 26 min. Born with Aspergers, Darren Meadows has spent a lifetime using his fascination with technology to avoid the messiness of human emotions. A solitary walk on a seemingly deserted beach becomes the stage for Read more…