2025 Film Details
Narrative Features
A Garden Variety Mystery (85min)
D.R. Hudson | USA | 2025 | Narrative Feature
A Garden Variety Mystery follows Ivy, an average college student who if it was up to her she would just go to class and smoke weed, while working her side hustle as an amateur private investigator catching cheating boyfriends for extra cash. Unfortunately, she is pushed out of her comfort zone when a freshman student Delilah shows up at her door begging Ivy to find out who framed her for plagiarism. Now Ivy with the help of her trusty best friend and roommate, Paul, is on the case.
Jamary (94min)
Begê Muniz | Brazil | 2025 | Narrative Feature
Ane, a 12-year-old influencer, spends her afternoons playing in the Jamary village, located in the Amazon region. One day, after being challenged by her cousins, Ane ventures into the forest
and encounters the Anhangá, a mystical indigenous spirit devoted to protecting the rainforest.
Piggy Duster (91min)
Jesse Stewart | USA | 2024 | Narrative Feature
On a rocky camping trip at 10,000 feet, a teenage girl and her step-father struggle to repair their fractured relationship when they're interrupted by a curious grizzly bear.
The House That Stood (60min)
Antonella Spirito | Italy | 2023 | Narrative Feature
San Pietro Avellana, southern Italy, 1943. Camillo, a teenager, sees his life being turned upside down when, one day, some retreating German soldiers begin using his family's inn as a base of operation. Amid a war that seems never-ending, Camillo has much more in mind; and first things first, to ask Bianca, his longtime crush, on a first date. The world seems a little less ugly, even for a moment, until something changes their lives forever.
The Solution (96min)
Andrew J. Bullard IV | USA | 2024 | Narrative Feature
Allen returns home to help his father, Oscar, recover from a stroke, all while mending their strained relationship and reviving the family dry cleaning business.
The Therapy (113min)
Stanislav Hristov | Bulgaria | 2024 | Narrative Feature
Eccentric psychologist, Elisaveta Petrova, has hidden love of painting but her childhood trauma inhibits her from pursuing a career in the arts. Resentful to turning her back on her dream she tries to cure her own fears by devising experimental therapy sessions with other blocked artists but her life takes an unexpected turn when former child-prodigy painter, Oliver, joins her therapy group.
Violent Butterflies (101min)
Adolfo Davila | Mexico | 2024 | Narrative Feature
A graffiti artist and the singer of a punk band, meet in an atmosphere of profound social crisis and discontent. Their idealist and revolutionary minds seek a world of justice and they are willing to fight for it.
Music and street art, unite them and serve as their weapons. Naive and innocent, they are unaware of the power of impunity and injustice until they fall victims to police brutality. When justice is absent, revenge is an act of faith.
Documentary Features
Breathe (65min)
Eduardo Muñoz, José del Corral | Spain | 2025 | Documentary Feature
"Breathe" follows the story of David, a Paralympic swimmer who was on the verge of giving up, until his coach Alberto believed in him and changed everything.
Bunka Means Culture (60min)
Omar Young | USA | 2025 | Documentary Feature
Peruvian-Japanese cuisine has transcended fusion to become culture. This is the story of those who today push it forward, serving their identities on every plate.
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution (98min)
Bill Haney | USA | 2025 | Documentary Feature
Cracking the Code, narrated by Mark Ruffalo, is an inspiring story of vision, perseverance, and the power of science to change the world. Phil Sharp’s journey from a Kentucky farm boy to Nobel laureate embodies the American Dream and the triumph of entrepreneurial spirit. His 1977 groundbreaking discovery of RNA splicing rewrote the rules of molecular biology and ignited a life-saving scientific revolution, laying the foundation for an industry that has become a cornerstone of global innovation and economic growth – and transformed the health of billions of patients worldwide.
Dancing with Muni: A San Francisco Public Art Success Story (51min)
Kim Susan Epifano | USA | 2025 | Documentary Feature
Dancing with Muni is a documentary that tells a public art success story of an unlikely 20 year collaboration between Epiphany Dance Theater, an arts non-profit and the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni). An annual free dance theater event which spanned two decades from 2004—2024, San Francisco Trolley Dances (SFTD) was a curation of diverse performing genres amplified by large scale, site-specific public or private spaces. The film explores the powerful impact of this steadfast collaboration upon a city, a community, its artists, and audiences consisting of all ages, social-economic and cultural backgrounds. Dancing with Muni celebrates the journey of a cherished event, showcasing a record of a changing city in which we love, live and dance, while also acknowledging the abiding power of public art in an age of increasing privatization.
Flamingos: Life After The Meteorite (83min)
Lorenzo Hagerman | Mexico | 2024 | Documentary Feature
Finding the right mate, the right place and the right time to create a family is the most critical quest in nature. This miraculous tale follows the Caribbean Flamingos through the most delicate period of their existence. Over nine years in the making, this film breaks new ground in natural history storytelling, blending unique narration with humor and breathtaking imagery. Narrated by Julieta Venegas and featuring a soundtrack by Bryce Dessner, it promises a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience.
Giado (60min)
Sharon Yaish | Israel | 2023 | Documentary Feature
At the young age of 20, Yosef Dadosh was among 3,000 Jews sent from their homes in Benghazi to the Giado concentration camp nestled in the heart of the Libyan desert. Amidst extreme conditions, he bravely chronicled life within the camp through a secret diary. For seven decades, his diary remained locked away in a closet, concealed from the world, until after his passing. Yosef's diary provides an extraordinary and rare window into the harrowing routine at Giado. It captures the atrocities endured by its inhabitants in real time, offering an intimate and chilling account of their suffering. Despite his dedication to raising awareness about the Holocaust of Libyan Jews and fighting for its recognition by the State of Israel, Yosef chose to keep his personal ordeal hidden from his own children. In an endeavor to bring this compelling story to life on the screen, a unique model of the camp was constructed and photographed. Through the use of animations, this model serves as a visual bridge, connecting the haunting texts of the diary with the stark reality of the camp. The resulting film merges historical accuracy with a distinctive cinematic language, offering a powerful and immersive exploration of Yosef's profound journey and the dark legacy he left behind.
Gone Guys (46min)
Chad Ervin | USA | 2025 | Documentary Feature
Over the past fifty years, boys and young men have steadily disengaged from school, work, and broader society. They’re falling behind academically, struggling with loneliness and isolation, and facing rising rates of substance abuse and suicide. This 46-minute documentary draws on the influential work of Richard V. Reeves’ Of Boys and Men, illuminating these challenges through powerful data and compelling personal stories. Many of us have experienced these issues first-hand, but it can be difficult to talk about them. It’s not zero-sum: caring more about men and boys does not mean caring less about women and girls. Set in rural Vermont, the film brings national data to life with engaging animation accompanying lived experience featuring young men, educators, mentors, and trailblazing programs that are working to re-engage boys and young men in their communities and reshape their futures.
Light Memories (80min)
Misha Vallejo | Ecuador | 2024 | Documentary Feature
Misha, a young photographer, inherits his grandfather’s camera and sets out to recreate his family’s missing photographs, exploring a legacy marked by absence, discrimination, and resilience. Inspired by the director’s discovery of a troubling lack of images from his own family’s past, this film examines how photography—or its absence—shapes family memory and identity. Through quiet, shared moments with his grandmother, Misha finds that memory, fragile as it is, offers a chance for connection and healing. Light Memories is a meditation on the power of photography, the persistence of family, and the resilience needed to reclaim what was lost.
NADO (68min)
Daniele Farina | Italy | 2025 | Documentary Feature
NADO is an intimate and powerful journey through the life and work of one of the greatest Italian sculptors of the twentieth century. A story of resistance and courage, a human parable of will and joy that spans a whole century. Nado Canuti has faced the difficulties of life since he was young with tenacity and vision, transforming every obstacle into material to be sculpted. The story of a man who with three fingers shaped his destiny.
Third Degree Burnout (101min)
Nivi Jaswal, Darren Suffolk | USA | 2025 | Documentary Feature
Narrated by renowned meteorologist John Morales, Third Degree Burnout uncovers the hidden connections between personal burnout and the climate crisis, revealing them as symptoms of a larger socio-economic metacrisis. With world-class animation, engaging interviews with over 20 experts, and playful humor woven into thought-provoking skits, the film breaks down complex ideas into something accessible, relatable, and impactful. From the history of our food systems to the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the intersections of healthcare, politics, and society, this documentary offers a fresh lens on the systemic forces shaping burnout. More than a film, it’s a call to action—delivering urgency, hope, and solutions for those seeking justice in nutrition, climate, and health equity.
Tourist (88min)
Angela Bedekovic, Matthias Grunsky | Germany | 2025 | Documentary Feature
The documentary follows the path of tourists to cities, vacation resorts, and events in Europe. The filmmakers observe from a certain distance with a deliberate abstinence of words or comment, reflecting on personal longings and the touristic machinery.
Transformation (52min)
Saeed Mayahy, Miriam Carlsen | Turkey | 2023 | Documentary Feature
In the following months after the USA withdrew its troops from Afghanistan, a young Kabul couple, have found their way to the dark and dodgy Afghan neighborhood, Zeytinburnu,in Istanbul. Malika - a transgender woman who together with Mohamed, the love of her life, have fled their families honor killing plan and Taliban's fatal punishments to be able to cultivate their forbidden love for each other, in the hope of achieving a new and better life in Turkey. One day they pass by the young and homeless ”Ilham,” who is sitting on the pavement with nowhere to go, and decide to bring an extra person into their self-made family. Together the three of them are facing poverty, fear of deportation, daily harassment, sexual violence and gender identity crisis. But their self-claimed support towards each other, keeps them fighting for their dreams, whatever it takes. On their tumultuous and challenging journey and transformation through registration for Turkish residency, seeking help in NGOs. As they obtain residency and move into their own place, their circumstances seem to improve from the outside. But unexpected and darker perspectives surface, revealing a surprising twist of perception, when Ilham runs away and claims they have prostituted him out to other men.
Narrative Shorts
2054 Seele (12min)
Edoardo Maione, Alice Gnech | Italy | 2024 | Narrative Short
Situated in the future, 2054 Seele reveals a scene in which the economic violence seems to have changed gender. A world in which artificial intelligence and social control become human rights threats.
A Beautiful Day (9min)
Ryan Nunes | USA | 2024 | Narrative Short
Two Strangers share a park bench and reminisce about their mistakes and losses in life.
Adágio (11min)
Johanna Unden | USA | 2024 | Narrative Short
Sylvia, a middle-age ballerina, navigates the simplicity of her day in the city as she considers her place amongst a profession and society that view her as an outlier.
Amarela (15min)
André Hayato Saito | Brazil | 2024 | Narrative Short
On the day of the World Cup final between Brazil and France, Erika Oguihara, a Japanese-Brazilian teenager who rejects her family traditions, experiences a violence that seems invisible and plunges into a painful sea of emotions.
Antigone (19min)
Peyman Rajabi | Iran | 2025 | Narrative Short
A group of young actors face problems when they are about to perform their play on stage
Arca (19min)
Antonina Obrador | Spain | 2024 | Narrative Short
Earth is an uninhabitable planet, and the ship Ark is the only place where human life remains the universe Young Valentina, raised aboard Arca since she was a baby, is destined to be fertilized as part of efforts to ensure the survival of the human species. Valentina will desperately search for answers and a way to escape her fate.
Aura (15min)
Stefania Accettulli | Italy | 2024 | Narrative Short
Aura, a judoka who refuses any kind of emotional connection, tries to teach the art of judo to Miriam, a girl traumatized with haphephobia and afraid of being touched.
Bailando (15min)
Michael .T | USA | 2024 | Narrative Short
A self-proclaimed ladies' man falls for his sister's dance instructor and must develop the confidence to dance bachata and humble his ego to win her heart.
Blue Land (19min)
Marine Auclair March | Spain | 2024 | Narrative Short
Elionor discovers the intricacies of adulthood in 1940's Mallorca. She lives in a remote farmhouse, from which the inhabitants have never ventured out. Everything will change with the arrival of a movie.
Casting (7min)
Victor Devesa | Spain | 2024 | Narrative Short
An actress auditions for a leading role
Choice (17min)
Marko Crnogorski | North Macedonia | 2025 | Narrative Short
A young mother and her toddler face a devastating reality when a new law bans her scheduled abortion. Desperate to avoid the lengthy process of obtaining a special license, she opts for an illegal procedure. As she delves into the underground world, the story takes a tragic turn, underscoring the harsh consequences of restrictive legislation on women's reproductive rights.
Collage (10min)
Marius Conrotto | Spain | 2024 | Narrative Short
A girl who works in a museum tries to convince another co-worker that two visitors are flirting. And how does she know? Scientific studies say that there are six signs that show one person's attraction to another.
Countdown To Extinction (14min)
Santino DeFilippo | USA | 2025 | Narrative Short
In 1955, the world is on the verge of destruction... Select men are chosen to compete in a game show, Countdown to Extinction, for a chance at survival. When her husband perishes, a housewife named Vera must take his place in order to save her life.
Cura Sana (18min)
Lucía G. Romero | Spain | 2024 | Narrative Short
Jessica and Alma, two sisters in a situation of domestic violence, will begin to treat each other with love instead of violence through one of their routine trips to the food stamp office on the night of San Juan, a Spanish holiday.
Deliver Us From Evil (20min)
Andrea Casaseca | Spain | 2024 | Narrative Short
For days, Eloísa, a woman focused on her routines, has been troubled by unsettling dreams. Despite trying to ignore them, deep down she knows those visions are trying to reveal something to her.
Don’t You Dare Film Me Now (12min)
Cade Featherstone | USA | 2024 | Narrative Short
While roaming round the neighbourhood, a drone stumbles upon a woman standing too close to the edge of a pool, a weight tied round her. Startled to see the drone’s camera aimed at her, the woman refuses to take her life on film. But as she waits and the drone watches, an odd companionship is formed.
Dreams, Hopes and Rotating Dolphins (11min)
Adil Burak Aydin | Turkey | 2024 | Narrative Short
A new technology pops up, now everyone can see who they were reincarnated from. Erdi (Ozan Kaya Oktu) tries to find out who he was in his past life while going through an existential crisis.
Everything You Want (20min)
Mariana Machado | Belgium | 2025 | Narrative Short
Magic is people, illusionism is what traps them.
Five Questions (11min)
David Arrow | USA | 2023 | Narrative Short
In Five Questions, Jill, a young woman played by Amber Paul, comes to terms with an early trauma in her life. In each of the film's five scenes, a question is asked that propels Jill forward and toward an answer that opens a path to resolution. Written and directed by David Arrow, the film stars Amber Paul as Jill and features a diverse supporting cast that includes Donna Lynne Champlin, Kiera Allen, Joyia D. Bradley and Elijah Guo. The film was produced by Leon Derriey.
Grandma Went To Heaven (16min)
Hilda Lopes Pontes, Klaus Hastenreiter | Brazil | 2025 | Narrative Short
Following her grandmother's passing, 7-year-old Gabriela grapples with the concept of death while comforting her mother. With resolve, she embarks on a mission to bake her grandmother's favorite cake, yearning for her return from heaven.
Hearts of Stone (30min)
Tom Van Avermaet | Belgium, Croatia | 2024 | Narrative Short
In the heart of a bustling metropolis, Paula, a lonely street artist, entertains people as a living statue. She longs with an impossible love for Agatha, a stone sculpture next to which she can be found every day. One day, when reaching her familiar spot, she finds her stone companion replaced by an abstract, modern sculpture. After a frantic search, she discovers Agatha cast aside amidst a group of discarded, classical statues who have lost their place in the modernising sculpture park. As the sun sets, Paula finds herself trying to wake the lonely statue from her stone slumber.
I Can Smell A Rat (17min)
Antonious George Bassily | Egypt | 2024 | Narrative Short
Maribel, 10, is surprised when her drama teacher tells her that she has to play Hamlet in the school play just 2 days before the show, as she is the only one available after the girl who was playing Hamlet got sick and won’t make it. Maribel faces the biggest decision of her life: what to do when she has never taken a part in a play before, other than being a set decoration. She goes home and spends the scariest night of her life with all her fears coming to life.
Kidney Trial (20min)
Doron Neeman | Israel | 2025 | Narrative Short
Dana, a devout follower of the Breslov Hasidic movement who believes solely in God’s power, struggles with her daughter’s illness at the hospital. An encounter with Marva, the nurse caring for her, challenges her beliefs and opens new horizons of faith, understanding, and hope.
Hof International Film Festival, Germany, 2025
Launch at Paradise (15min)
Carrie Ann Quinn | USA | 2025 | Narrative Short
The lines between life and death become blurred for John as he takes the risk to live forever.
Le Fardeau de la Memoire [The Burden of Memory] (5min)
Aline Smithson | USA | 2023 | Narrative Short
It is a universal truth that we abandon, only to learn that what we abandoned has value.
Low Tide (12min)
César Ríos Aguilar | Spain | 2024 | Narrative Short
Every sailor carries his own storm. Life begins with an oar sinking into the water.
Mango (11min)
Joan Iyiola | France, United Kingdom | 2025 | Narrative Short
Zadie is an independent florist who is privately suffering from fibroids but is determined to take her career to the next level. When a dream job arrives, Zadie searches for help in order to control her morphing body but the unwanted growths threaten to take over.
Maruja (9min)
Álvaro G. Company | Spain | 2024 | Narrative Short
Maruja, 80 years old, her husband has recently died. She spends his days without human contact, but, from time to time, she receives a call from a teleoperator...
Nhandê (13min)
Begê Muniz, Elisa Telles | Brazil | 2025 | Narrative Short
Sara, a 12-year-old girl from the Amazon, assists her grandmother Ivete, a traditional healer, in her work. Encouraged by her best friend Carla, she begins to explore new emotional connections with other young people. However, as she struggles to navigate this new phase of her life, recurring supernatural visions of Indigenous rituals begin to haunt her thoughts, leading her toward a profound awakening and a deeper understanding of her own identity.
Our Little Trip (19min)
Martín Durán Sacristán | Spain | 2024 | Narrative Short
Sonia and Ivan, mother and son, decide to spend the day next to a river. Accompanied by his camera, Ivan records Sonia's casual encounter with an old love from her youth, Manuel, who now has his own family. They all spend the day together and through the images, Ivan discovers a part of his mother's past that he didn't know about.
Punter (14min)
Jason Adam Maselle | USA | 2024 | Narrative Short
Young Brett must navigate the underbelly of the Johannesburg gambling world as a seemingly harmless horse racing bet jeopardizes the surprise he’s prepared for his Father’s birthday.
Rock, Paper, Scissors (19min)
Miguel Ángel Olivares | Spain | 2025 | Narrative Short
Mateo, a writer, invites his friends for a weekend and proposes a game: share their best memory of him, and he’ll choose a winner. Secrets emerge—why does Carmen refuse? “Rock, Paper, Scissors” is a journey through the shared memories that bind us.
Saline Water (17min)
Abraham Delgado, Ivet Moreno | Spain | 2025 | Narrative Short
Montse, a woman who takes care of a hyper-realistic doll as her own son, is avoiding meeting her newborn niece because she doesn't know how to deal with her past.
Self Portrait (10min)
Daniela Goto Uehara | Peru; Spain | 2024 | Narrative Short
An art museum security guard encounters the photographic self-portrait for the first time, a task that will prove more challenging than anticipated and will lead her to see herself in a different light.
She Is Called Aurora (12min)
Ana de Alva | Spain | 2024 | Narrative Short
Aurora, a very young mother, raises her daughter Alma in a village environment. In this story Aurora reflects her questions, her uncertainty and her fears accompanied by Lucía her best friend who is also a mother.
Silent Night (11min)
Michał Cygan | United Kingdom | 2024 | Narrative Short
Grace, who is deaf, gets her first job as a graphic designer at travel agency. Since her new friends don't know sign language, Grace feels isolated. However, at the office Christmas party, she will receive a gift beyond her wildest dreams.
Something Beautiful in the Daylight (13min)
Dylan Ricci | USA | 2025 | Narrative Short
Tanya goes on an ethereal journey, confronting her anxieties through a series of vignettes.
Sweet Tooth (7min)
Isabela Paião | Czech Republic | 2024 | Narrative Short
In her hotel room, Steph, a 50-year-old married woman at a lawyer conference, is torn between two lipstick shades.
The Clock Painter (16min)
Dylan Levine | USA | 2024 | Narrative Short
Teenager Clara's life takes a surprising turn for the better when she lands a lucrative job at a watch factory. There she and her fellow coworkers paint watch dials using a luminous paint, but a startling discovery soon changes everything.
The Heart Smiles (26min)
Aftab Abbasi | Canada | 2024 | Narrative Short
The Heart Smiles is a romantic comedy about grandparents acting like teenagers who embark on an impromptu journey of self-discovery, love and companionship.
The Livid Roof (2min)
Meysam Saberian | Iran | 2024 | Narrative Short
A 6-year-old girl who lives in a poor family decides to cut her hair and use it to make a brush for herself due to her interest in painting and her father's inability to buy paint brushes.
The Lost Helm (6min)
Henry Austwick | United Kingdom | 2025 | Narrative Short
Two peasants on their way to market and discover a knights helmet, but how did it get there?
The Man Who Collected Scents of Women’s Necks (6min)
Natalia Damião, Ana Clara Vidal de Negreiros | Brazil | 2024 | Narrative Short
A solitary man is devoted to his unconventional collection, which makes people criticize and question whether his behavior is adjusted or not.
The Softest Skin (20min)
Maite Guilera | Spain | 2025 | Narrative Short
Elena has been longing for summer to meet Sergi again. This time she is determined: she wants to take the next step.
The Ugly Chickens (29min)
Mark Raso | Canada, Switzerland, United States | 2024 | Narrative Short
Upon learning that the supposedly extinct dodo bird might still exist, ornithology professor Paula Linberl sets out on a cross-country expedition to unravel the mystery.
The Wayfarer (20min)
Veronika Jelšíková | Czech Republic, Slovakia | 2025 | Narrative Short
Albert, an old enamel factory worker, always wanted to travel but hadn’t yet. Today he decided to retire. Today is the day when everything is supposed to happen. He will finally see the WORLD. But things start going wrong and taking unexpected turns.
Two Knights (17min)
Piotr Szkopiak | United Kingdom | 2022 | Narrative Short
After being separated for millennia, Lucifer invites Archangel Michael to a seemingly innocent game of chess, which becomes a deeply personal meditation on the nature of good and evil, the love they once shared and their ultimate place in the world.
Vasomotor Rhinitis (15min)
Mikheil Gabaidze | Georgia | 2024 | Narrative Short
The film's central theme is the condescending attitude of a simple civil servant towards high-ranking government officials. The short film was based on Anton Chekhov's "Death of a Civil Servant" story.
The film's main character, a man, sneezes in a concert hall and puts a high-ranking official in an embarrassing situation. Despite apologizing, the main character feels a slavish fear that ultimately proves fatal to the man's life.
Where The Heart Lies (15min)
Brianna Chapman | USA | 2024 | Narrative Short
When a cautious city girl’s adventurous boyfriend disappears in the midst of a treasure hunt he made for her, she must face her fears and follow the clues he left behind to find him before it’s too late.
Horror Shorts
7 Minutes In Paradise (14min)
Victoria Avinyó | Spain | 2024 | Horror Short
Game night. Alicia and Álvaro have to spend 7 minutes alone in a garden shed. Isolated. Everything seems idyllic until Candela abruptly arrives.
Lavenza (11min)
Lauren Eden | Canada | 2024 | Horror Short
When Lavenza, a 19th-century noblewoman, overhears her husband complaining about her looks, she turns herself into his ideal wife by thrifting the body parts from all the women he desires.
Mia Has a Secret (14min)
Dmytro Koturanov | Ukraine | 2023 | Horror Short
After a painful breakup with boyfriend, attractive girl Mia moves to a quiet town to start a new life. The girl does not even know that two thieves have learned about her move, and plan to use this opportunity and make money. While planning the robbery, neither the robbers nor Mia even suspect that a stranger is secretly watching their every move... "Mia Has A Secret" - is a tense thriller that walks a fine line between vulnerability and strength.
Spooky Society (14min)
Bryson Lima | USA | 2023 | Horror Short
In the historic city of Savannah, Georgia a group of teens form a powerful bond while creating a ghost-hunting vlog for social media. The friends go on adventures to the city's most haunted sites, while uncovering the truth behind their supernatural legends.
The Call of Water (19min)
Kaya Tone | USA | 2022 | Horror Short
Flung into the astral-plane, Nadia must face ancient forces in order to realize her responsibility to her homeland.
We Regret To Inform You (14min)
Michelle Bossy | Greece; USA | 2025 | Horror Short
Set in a dystopian near future where everyone is provided with a 24-hour warning before their death by the government, Mariam receives such a call from Bob, a real-life operator that is on his first day on the job, informing her of her final day.
Memories For Sale (12min)
Lilly Maldonado | Mexico | 2025 | Horror Short
Year 2050. The story follows Emi, a man in his forties, who, in his desperate desire to be with his ex-wife Mía again, decides to use a platform that allows him to be with her again. Love, memory and nostalgia in a constantly changing world.
Music Shorts
Seal Lullaby (5min)
Xin Li | China; USA | 2025 | Music Short
This hand-painted animated music video depicts the journey of a baby seal on his own after leaving his mother, featuring Anne Akiko Meyers who performs Eric Whitacre’s Seal Lullaby with Grant Gershon leading the Los Angeles Master Chorale.
Why The Blues? (4min)
Hornschuch Dirk | Germany | 2025 | Music Short
Despite all, our existence is in constant change, and we don’t like that. We can only trudge through the landscape and let everything happen to us. Why the Blues?
Shorts: High School Filmmakers
35,567 Yup'ik Stories (5min)
Magnus Shipe | USA | 2025 | Short: High School Filmmakers
Middle School student creates his second film about his Yup'ik heritage by visiting a music band from his tribe that has reached global success, and like him, share their passion about their culture through the arts.
Cake For Breakfast (2min)
Owen McCourt | USA | 2024 | Short: High School Filmmakers
In Cake For Breakfast, we focus on the human reaction to a nuclear attack. How would you handle it? How would you break the news to someone? What if that someone was your own child?
Corrupted (9min)
Tanner Lee Mawhirter | USA | 2024 | Short: High School Filmmakers
Flowers Beyond My Window (5min)
Maiya Leung | USA | 2024 | Short: High School Filmmakers
Compiled interviews of teenagers and ex-teenagers describing their experiences during one of the most care-free and awkward stages of one's life.
Happy Fish (2min)
Madeline Yutong Wong | USA | 2024 | Short: High School Filmmakers
A happy fish family, broken apart by pollution.
Heat Wave (2min)
Owen McCourt, Dominic Witham, Lurissa Chaffee-Landini | USA | 2023 | Short: High School Filmmakers
Everything is rising
Just One More (4min)
Bingqing Liu | China; Singapore | 2025 | Short: High School Filmmakers
Just One More follows the life of a young boy caught in the grip of an unusual addiction—potato chips. What begins as a harmless craving slowly spirals into something more insidious, mirroring the cycle of substance abuse. By substituting chips for drugs, the film offers a disarming yet poignant metaphor that allows viewers to explore the complexities of addiction—especially ones that start from adolescence—through a lens unclouded by the usual stigma around substance abuse. This unconventional framing invites the audience to confront the emotional, psychological, and behavioral impacts of dependency in a way that is both accessible and thought-provoking, encouraging empathy over judgment.
Life Of The Party (8min)
Charlotte Coffey | USA | 2025 | Short: High School Filmmakers
On their seventeenth birthday, a young teen stands at the threshold of time, grappling with the bittersweet realization that their childhood and the world they once knew are slipping away.
Motion (3min)
Anastasia Turishcheva | Russian Federation | 2025 | Short: High School Filmmakers
This is a music video about making of an animation movie. You can see every step of production- from the idea to the final cut.
Purgatory (10min)
Owen McCourt | USA | 2024 | Short: High School Filmmakers
Unscrupulous business executive Connor Easton-Osuna meets a beauracratic hellscape upon his untimely death, weaving through departments he tries to make sense of his demise.
Starting From Scratch (5min)
Levi Walker Marsh | USA | 2025 | Short: High School Filmmakers
Baking a pie for the first time, a lonely widower with quiet determination, rediscovers hope and the sweetness of starting over.
Sunday (2min)
Eva Weitzman-Stangel | USA | 2024 | Short: High School Filmmakers
A disinterested girl chooses her phone over the beautiful nature around her.
The Grandmaster (2min)
Anthony Hong-Fu Wang | Taiwan | 2025 | Short: High School Filmmakers
Buried under late-night study stress, a burned-out student googles a quick fix for brain power. She discovers: playing chess can increase brain activity…
The Language Of The Universe (4min)
Alex Brown | Malaysia | 2025 | Short: High School Filmmakers
In the dirt it shall be found
The Photographer (4min)
Gracen Matai Meyers, Jacob Kautzky | USA | 2024 | Short: High School Filmmakers
The Photographer is a moving piece about a young artist mourning the loss of a loved one, struggling between inspiration and despair as she searches for how best to honor him. It’s a beautiful poetic work about grief and the transformative power of art.
To My Valentine (1min)
Samantha Pinder | USA | 2024 | Short: High School Filmmakers
Animation by Samantha Pinder
Based on a poem by Ogden Nash
Wetsitales : The Sun and The Moon (Visayas) (3min)
Jade Dandan Evangelista | Philippines | 2023 | Short: High School Filmmakers
The newly married couple started their relationship right, however, a promise was broken and the marriage fell apart. A version of the Sun and the Moon folk tale from the Visayas of the Philippines.
Climate Solutions! (4min)
Will Moffett | USA | 2024 | Short: High School Filmmakers
Will Moffett, a 6th generation Florida teen, sets out to restore dead coral reefs in Florida and globally.
Sand Forest (4min)
Nathalia Rangel, Keila Mora | Chile | 2025 | Short: High School Filmmakers
An immigrant fox from the desert arrives in an American forest in search of opportunities, but his mission will be affected by discrimination from the local foxes.
Experimental Shorts
All-American Ruins: Universal Atlas Cement Plant (12min)
Angel Gates Fonseca | USA | 2025 | Short: Experimental
Follow multidisciplinary artist Blake Pfeil as he recounts the bittersweet end of a relationship while exploring the abandoned Universal Atlas Cement Plant that overlooks the banks of the Hudson River.
HUDSY Original All-American Ruins: Universal Atlas Cement Plant explores the healing power of human forgiveness through fantastical, queer storytelling. Using personal journals about his experiences exploring modern ruins, Blake shines a light on the cultural, historical, and spiritual underbelly of America.
This is the third installment of the HUDSY Original Anthology All-American Ruins.
Deliver Me (15min)
Joecar Hanna Zhang | Spain | 2024 | Short: Experimental
Jora’s perfect relationship with his original self becomes the worst prison imaginable.
Documentary Shorts
A Tarea (28min)
Alfonso O'Donnell | Spain | 2025 | Short: Documentary
Poachers and climate change are wiping out the fine clam and the slimy clam in the Galician estuaries. A group of shellfish gatherers on foot fight to remedy this imbalance. A hard work whose tradition is extinguished with each generation.
Anotc ota ickwaparin akosiin (6min)
Catherine Boivin | Canada | 2024 | Short: Documentary
We see a mother doing household chores while her daughter is playing carefree. A voice-over talks to her own mother, sharing happy and painful memories and awakening deep wounds passed down from generation to generation.
Babylonia (23min)
Duda Gambogi | Brazil; Cuba | 2024 | Short: Documentary
On her long-awaited debut night at the best drag show of Artemisa, Elizabeth de Victória will find that shining isn’t as easy as she imagined.
Dafak (30min)
Behnam Beyromvand | Iran | 2025 | Short: Documentary
A family of 8 people who were nomads and currently live in Dezful city, this family is self-taught modern painting in different art styles, Manouchehr is one of the family members trying to get these works seen.
Icebreakers (22min)
Marlo Poras, Jocelyn Glatzer | USA | 2024 | Short: Documentary
For a sport that revolves around expressiveness, romance and a hell of a lot of sequins, the world of figure skating has a startlingly archaic stance on sexuality and gender. Same-sex pairs and gender bending are strictly forbidden in elite competitions – but once every four years, a parallel skating universe appears. ICEBREAKERS profiles an intergenerational group of queer skaters at the Gay Games skating competition in Paris, where they push the boundaries of their sport in the hope that mainstream skating will one day encompass a richer spectrum of the human experience.
Is This Happening To Anyone Else? (9min)
Joe Aidonidis | USA | 2025 | Short: Documentary
Faced with stage four diagnosis, a mother balances the burden of terminal illness with her relationship to her daughter while facing her mortality.
Mayor of Lowell (15min)
Hunter Berube, Kayla Dalton | USA | 2025 | Short: Documentary
This short documentary chronicles the culture and arts of the Cambodian American community through the eyes and influence of the first Cambodian American Mayor in the United States, Mayor Sokary Chau of Lowell, Massachusetts.
Nechir (11min)
Keyvan Shamshirbeigi | Iran | 2024 | Short: Documentary
A narrative about the carved petroglyphs in the historical region of Taq Bostan in the west of Iran
Nuestro Barrio, Our Neighborhood (15min)
Emma Hagert | USA | 2025 | Short: Documentary
In a small town outside the growing Boston metropolitan area, three Latin American women of different generations share their experiences of moving to the United States and the transformative impact of a local literacy program. With the support of its dedicated director, they overcome adversity and inspire others in their community to persevere.
Out Of The Blue (25min)
Mehvish Gulzareen Ali | Bangladesh | 2024 | Short: Documentary
Out of the Blue is an exploration of the history of indigo production in Bengal, it’s exploitative past and it’s gradual revival by local artisans and entrepreneurs in what is now Bangladesh to replace the narrative of colonizing with that of reclaiming heritage by the people of this region. Indigo is now a product of pride and potential as well as the revolutionary spirit of sustainable fashion. It is also a visual representation of the idea of the awakening of the new generation depicted through the magical hues of natural indigo.
Pete’s Castle (19min)
Nate Sheppard | USA | 2024 | Short: Documentary
PETE'S CASTLE is a day-in-the-life examination of Pete Kelley, creator of Kelley Castle in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. The story follows Pete and his brother Pat as they tour around the castle and describe the harrowing and humorous process of putting the castle together, piece by piece. It features an original Gershwin-inspired soundtrack music composed and performed by clarinetist Cynthia Goosby and percussionist Scott Charvet. Enjoy the wonder of this modern marvel, a beautifully strange synthesis of old-world classical sensibilities and folksy American pragmatism and humor.
Story of Bunny, a 21st century story (20min)
Eliana Henrich | USA | 2024 | Short: Documentary
In a charming and raw exploration of female power, determination, and art, a young filmmaker documents a fashion designer’s journey of coming out as a sex worker to her friends and family, through a DIY BDSM fashion show. Through candid conversations and intimate moments, the film reveals the designer’s struggles and triumphs. As the filmmaker grapples with her own feelings of admiration and insecurity, she learns to navigate the delicate balance between art and life, ultimately discovering her own voice in the process.
The Vestibule (10min)
Eser Tokas | Turkey | 2023 | Short: Documentary
Ahmet Akten has been a tombstone craftsman for fifty years. He creates tombstones using his craftsmanship, employing his manual skills. Being on the brink of death has left deep imprints on his thoughts. The tombstones adorned with verses carry the stories of the past into eternity. Tombstone craftsman Ahmet Akten depicts the fragility and value of life. He captures the meaning of life in the silence of graves. He sheds light on the mystery behind life's essence.
Why Not? (20min)
Colin Hodgson | USA | 2024 | Short: Documentary
A man diagnosed with ALS suddenly decides to sing in public and, at the urging of his best friend, record an album.
Comedy Shorts
1 Vida (9min)
Virginia Rodriguez | Spain | 2024 | Short: Comedy
Managing the loss of a mother at such a young age is not easy for the person or those around them. Only certain people can have the key to saying the right words that help. In a dentist's waiting room, Alexandra has a conversation that will change her life forever.
Afters (15min)
Hannah Jane Doyon | USA | 2024 | Short: Comedy
Afters is a dark comedy that follows a twenty something, Chris, on her journey home from a night out with "friends". At 2am on the streets of Bushwick; reality becomes relative, poor decisions are the only decisions, friendships are tested, and everyone should have went home 4 hours ago. A night out that will make you question your life is needed every once in a while right?
Pietra (13min)
Cynthia Levitan | Portugal | 2024 | Short: Comedy
In daydreaming about unlikely relationships, the flower - as delicate as it is revolutionary - represents an act of love amidst the suffocation and embrace of a classic Portuguese neighborhood.
The Chosen (15min)
Sergio Morcillo | Spain | 2024 | Short: Comedy
Carmen, a 35-year-old woman on the verge of suicide, receives a call that chooses her to have dinner with her favorite influencer. During the meeting, she discovers that they both share a deep dissatisfaction with their lives. The influencer proposes exchanging identities so that each can live the life of the other. Carmen immerses herself in the glamour and fame, but is unaware that the influencer had left a plan in place that could complicate everything.
The Swim (8min)
Corrie Legge, Benjamin Algar | USA | 2024 | Short: Comedy
Inspired by their favorite olympic swimmer, two strangers prepare for their first ocean dip... despite not knowing how to swim.
We Had A Plan (16min)
Jorge Pastor | Spain | 2024 | Short: Comedy
A team from the Civil Guard and volunteers from a village are searching for Virgilio, a local resident with early-stage dementia who disappeared with his dog when his daughter wanted to send him to a nursing home. In the village, people say that Juana, who has just sold the bar after the death of her husband, might know his whereabouts.
Children’s Shorts
Back To You (3min)
Martina Díaz Martínez | Chile | 2024 | Short: Children’s
Liten, a young clay being, takes care of Lillet, her ill mother. One day, when he gets home, Liten watches his mother in distress, he rushes to help and that's when, while watching her gem-memory, it cracks and falls. Despite trying to force the memory back, Liten realizes the importance of treasuring their time, even if she can't recall.
Garu & Ponki (11min)
Cristhian Jallier | Colombia | 2024 | Short: Children’s
When their therapist announces a trip to the town of “The Forgotten” to work on their bad behavior, cousins Garu and Ponki laugh and make fun, believing their parents will send them to a luxury resort instead, as usual. What they don't know is that this time their irreverence will lead them to a less glamorous, and possibly perpetual, adventure!
The Giant Red (4min)
Sebastián Villanueva Molano | Colombia | 2024 | Short: Children’s
In a galaxy full of life, a small star yearns to create her own planet. As her larger sisters succeed in forming their celestial bodies, she struggles, consumed by frustration and isolation. Her sadness turns into anger, and she transforms into a dangerous red giant. However, an unexpected act of kindness from the planets and her sisters leads her to realize the power of love and unity, resulting in the birth of her first planet—a symbol of hope and redemption.
Animated Shorts
A Different Goal (4min)
Marco Joubert | Canada | 2024 | Short: Animation
What would happen if intelligent machines started developing their own goals, different from those of humankind?
Flamingo (3min)
Hannah Nangle | USA | 2024 | Short: Animation
While trying to catch a train, a girl loses her precious stuffed flamingo and has to try to get back to save it while it comes to life and wanders Harvard Square.
Gibbous (3min)
Ang Yi Benet | USA | 2024 | Short: Animation
A mother gibbon tries to rescue her baby from a mysterious supernatural light that plagues the jungle during the night.
Tennis, Oranges (11min)
Sean Pecknold | USA | 2024 | Short: Animation
A robotic vacuum suffering from burnout quits its job at a hospital and sets out to find community and a greater purpose on a quiet street where two lonely rabbits are stuck in perpetual loops.
Ursa Minor (4min)
Sophie Schmid | USA | 2024 | Short: Animation
After struggling to be vulnerable with her overextended mother, Hazel's drawings help her express what she isn't able to say out loud.
When War Is Over (5min)
Simone Massi | Italy | 2022 | Short: Animation
A world without war is another utopia that we cannot wait any longer.