\u00a0 <\/span>89 min.<\/p>\nDirector: Salvatore Sciortino<\/p>\n
Two co-workers facing terrible life choices get trapped on the roof of a skyscraper during a long, hot holiday weekend. The inconvenience becomes a fight for survival as they attempt increasingly dangerous ways to escape, while forming a unique and unexpected friendship.<\/p>\n
ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURES<\/b><\/p>\n
A SIMPLE MACHINE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 98 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Mark Hoffman<\/p>\n
In order to get out of debt, an indecisive young man makes a series of radically frugal lifestyle choices without telling his girlfriend that he\u2019s going to fix up an old bike and go off the grid.<\/p>\n
ALIENS ARE COMING!! ON MONDAY!!! <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 67.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Geoffrey Davin<\/p>\n
An online group of alien believers meets in person to wait out the invasion which they believe is coming on Monday. In the process, they find the family they didn\u2019t know they were looking for.<\/p>\n
BANANA SPLIT <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 93 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Walter Kim<\/p>\n
When a scheduling mishap forces grieving photographer Peter to share his late sister\u2019s New York apartment with the bold and chaotic Alice, an unexpected weekend unfolds. As the two Asian Americans clash, bond, and explore the city, they confront identity, loss, and the strange intimacy of shared spaces.<\/p>\n
BY THE GRAPE OF GOD <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 96 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Colmcille Donston<\/p>\n
Two priests embark on a madcap wine tasting weekend in Solvang, CA to find the perfect communion wine only to spiral into a full on identity crisis.<\/p>\n
THE CEREAL AISLE EFFECT <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 87 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Peter Odiorne<\/p>\n
Set in a small coastal grocery store during a hurricane that never quite materializes, The Cereal Aisle Effect is a rogue love letter to the American consumer \u2014 a story about strangers, abundance, and the search for meaning in a world that already has everything.<\/p>\n
DAMNED IF YOU DO<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 107 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Evan Metzold, Jake Rubin<\/p>\n
After selling their souls to the devil as teenagers, a rock star, a tech mogul, and a high-profile activist must rely on an old classmate to try and escape Hell’s grasp before the contract’s deadline: their 25th high school reunion.<\/p>\n
FANBOY<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 83 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Bean McKee<\/p>\n
Allen, a socially awkward young man on a personal pilgrimage to Columbus, Ohio, immerses himself in the world of college football in hopes of reconnecting with his estranged father. As the 2014 football season unfolds, Allen becomes lost in a whirlwind of sensory overload and culture shock. With no clear plan, he must decide whether to settle into his new surroundings at his father’s alma mater or take bold, sometimes reckless steps to carve out a place for himself.<\/p>\n
GAZELLE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA\/Turkey; Running Time: 100 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Nadir Saribacak, Samy Pioneer<\/p>\n
After fleeing political turmoil in Turkey, a music teacher starts a new life in New York, determined to bring his family to safety. As he faces an unforgiving immigration system and the isolation of exile, his sense of time and hope begins to blur. Gazelle is a psychological drama about displacement, endurance, and the quiet resilience of those caught between two worlds.<\/p>\n
INFIRMARY <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>85 min.<\/p>\nDirector: Nicholas Pineda<\/p>\n
In 2023, a security guard disappeared during his first night shift at an abandoned psychiatric hospital. The recovered bodycam footage reveals a series of disturbing events investigators still can\u2019t explain.<\/p>\n
KAISHAKU<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 104 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Harry Locke IV<\/p>\n
Amidst financial desperation, a struggling mother reluctantly becomes the “spotter” for her friend’s suicide, but when the unthinkable happens, she finds herself entangled in a nightmarish battle between guilt and the supernatural.<\/p>\n
THE LEGEND OF JUAN JOSE MUNDO<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 94 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Michael Walker<\/p>\n
Set in suburban NY in 1984. Julie Gornick hosts a charismatic, larger than life Spanish exchange student. As he starts hooking up with the girls in her class, Julie falls in love with him. Or what she thinks is love.<\/p>\n
LOAFERS <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 87 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Zach Schnitzer<\/p>\n
Amid a post-grad haze, best friends Isaac and Cameron navigate the shifting terrain of their relationships, grappling with the deeper question of whether their once unbreakable friendship can survive the weight of change.<\/p>\n
NO CHOICE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 95 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Nate Hilgartner<\/p>\n
A young woman becomes unexpectedly pregnant and starts having harrowing, prophetic dreams that she will die if she can’t get an abortion.<\/p>\n
SMILE\u2026 THE WORST IS YET TO COME <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 84 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Chloe Lenihan<\/p>\n
An LA-based couple grappling with a series of personal and professional losses retreats to Big Bear Lake for a weekend hoping to rekindle their dwindling romantic flame.<\/p>\n
STOP TIME <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 78 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Paul Schwartz<\/p>\n
The intertwined stories of Peter de Vries, a photographer, and Adrianna Maier, a theatrical lighting designer. Both are carrying heavy burdens of sadness: burdens that mutual friends of theirs believe each could lighten for the other. Over the course of 24 hours in New York City their lives circle, until they meet at the opening of Peter’s gallery show, with unexpected consequences for both of them.<\/p>\n
THEATER IS DEAD<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 88 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Katherine Dudas<\/p>\n
A bright-eyed engineering student ditches circuits for the stage, landing the lead in a prestigious play, but when the drama turns demonic and the theater director starts demanding blood, she realizes this dream role might just be her final act.<\/p>\n
WHERE SWEET DREAMS DIE <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 90 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Mirza Esho<\/p>\n
From the creators of Taxi Driver and American History X comes a raw portrait of obsession and rage in modern America. Luca Brunello, an Italian-American restaurateur reeling from the loss of his New York landmark, becomes fixated on a Middle Eastern refugee cab driver whom he believes has taken the life he deserved. As Luca\u2019s American Dream crumbles, paranoia takes hold, and he spirals into a dangerous delusion\u2014blaming the government and the president for his failures. What begins as quiet resentment erupts into a volatile collision of identity, fear, and desperation on the streets of a divided city.<\/p>\n
ZOE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Countries: Italy\/Spain\/France\/UK; Running Time: 101 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Emanuela Galliussi. Dean Ronalds<\/p>\n
Zoe, an Italian woman, has all the things that should make a person happy, but she\u2019s not. On Mardi Gras a boy dressed as a wizard grants her a wish at three chances to live the life she\u2019s always yearned for. Zoe discovers herself living in Ibiza, London and Paris experiencing three new lives of \u201cwhat if\u201d. On this magical journey she\u2019ll reconnect with her inner child finding a balance between body, mind and spirit. On returning home from her adventure, Zoe meets the little wizard only to discover his magic was much more than she could have ever imagined.<\/p>\n
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES<\/b><\/p>\n
DAD GENES \u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\nCountry: USA; Running Time: 62 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Craig Downing<\/p>\n
A former sperm donor’s discovery that he’s fathered dozens of children thrusts him into the global spotlight and transforms him from anonymous donor to unconventional family man.<\/p>\n
GLENDORA \u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\nCountry: USA; Running Time: 74 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Isabelle Armand, Glendora Collaborative<\/p>\n
Set in a remote corner of the Deep South, Glendora<\/i> reveals a stirring tale of identity, heritage, and community.<\/p>\n
HOLY GHETTO \u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\nCountry: USA; Running Time: 83 min.<\/p>\n
Director: ILan Azoulai<\/p>\n
Four souls trapped in Tel Aviv\u2019s red-light district are intertwined in sex trafficking and addiction. Bound by hope, they embark on a spiritual journey to transcend their personal ghettos.<\/p>\n
KRATOM: SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\nCountry: USA; Running Time: 78 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Jamie Neese, Jason Neese<\/p>\n
Kratom: Side Effects May Include<\/i> investigates the lethal consequences and regulatory gaps surrounding a plant-based extract found in everyday locations such as gas stations. With gripping stories of victims and the sometimes controversial advocates who argue its benefits, this groundbreaking feature documentary explores the complex narrative of Kratom\u2014an unregulated substance that some claim has cost thousands of lives.<\/p>\n
OUR BODY ELECTRIC <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 91 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Dana Reilly<\/p>\n
Following three elite women bodybuilders competing to be Ms. Olympia, the most coveted muscle show title. Offering a behind-the-scenes look at women sculpting themselves into anatomical works of art, this feature-length film is both a testament to the power of athletics and an intimate portrait of women defying societal expectations.<\/p>\n
UNTOUCHABLES: THE STORY OF ST. BENEDICT\u2019S FENCING <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 94 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Sabbuur Ikhlas<\/p>\n
A film about the sport of Fencing that isn\u2019t about the sport of fencing at all.<\/p>\n
VELVET VISION<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 138 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Bart Everly<\/p>\n
Filmmaker Bart Everly follows James Bidgood of Pink Narcissus fame as he attempts to shoot again, featuring John Waters, Christian Louboutin and many others.<\/p>\n
THE WORK\u2026 A CONVERSATION<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 89 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Eve Annenberg<\/p>\n
Three friends, 82, 86 and 90 enjoy a possibly last lunch. As it turns out these seemingly staid, tea-drinking Brits were the irrepressible triumvirate who formed a backbone of the formidable Juilliard Drama Division, auditioning, training, hiring, sometimes expelling cultural icons from Kevin Kline and Robin Williams to Wendell Pierce, Laura Linney, Adam Driver, etc. Eve Shapiro, Margot Harley and Elizabeth Smith\u00a0 <\/span>are BFF’s, lesbians, indomitable,…slightly unfathomable.<\/p>\nZZASLOW K-427<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Countries: USA\/Afghanistan; Running Time: 78 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Robert Ham<\/p>\n
A black Labrador named Zzaslow K-427, the longest-serving mine dog of the post-9\/11 era, guides a soldier and a son toward healing. Paired with handler Juan Col\u00f3n-Estrada through three Afghanistan deployments, Zzaslow\u2019s nose saves lives; years later, he connects Juan with Adam Zaslow, who lost his father on 9\/11, forging an intimate story about duty, grief, and an unbreakable bond.<\/p>\n
MIDNIGHT FEATURES<\/b><\/p>\n
ACOLYTE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>93 min.<\/p>\nDirector: Cameron A. Tubbs<\/p>\n
After a mysterious incident, Kai fled his home in rural Appalachia thinking he would never look back. But seven years later, after his mother’s death, he returns hoping to repair his relationship with his estranged brother Russ. As they try to put the past behind them, strange and disturbing things begin happening around their home in the mountains: locals going missing, break-ins, and strange sounds coming from the basement. Soon Kai is forced to confront the dark legacy of their family \u2014 and how you can never really escape your past.<\/p>\n
THE GIRL INSIDE THE PHOTOGRAPH <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: Canada; Running Time: 108 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: David Mich\u00e1n, Ed Alexander<\/p>\n
During an investigation into the disappearance of her cat, lonely teenage Freya Lundstrum begins to uncover the gruesome history of her house. Each new piece of information points to one conclusion -inhuman precedence lurking within the walls of 230 Briar Rd. realizing that she cannot defeat the enemy alone, Freya seeks the help of two former occupants. But, time is running out for Freya to save herself and her mother from becoming the house’s latest victims.<\/p>\n
I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU DIE \u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\nCountry: USA; Running Time: 87 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Alexandra Spieth<\/p>\n
When his slasher-fiction novel manifests in real life, hack writer Rian Burman has to finish his story without getting his protagonist murdered by a seriously sadistic Stalker who will stop at nothing to have her.<\/p>\n
SATURNALIA\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\nCountry: USA; Running Time: 85 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Daniel Lerch<\/p>\n
The year is 1979, and Miriam Basconi has been shipped off to the prestigious Alstroemerias Academy, a preparatory school for America\u2019s elite orphaned children. Miriam must survive the cruel and sadistic behavior of Headmistress Ms. Hemlock. From day one, Miriam can tell something is off with her new home. Now she must discover the truth of what\u2019s happening to her fellow students behind closed doors. But instead, she uncovers the surreal world living and breathing inside of Alstroemerias Academy.<\/p>\n
PILOTS – TV & WEB<\/b><\/p>\n
BIGG COUNTY RESTORATIONS \u2013 PILOT <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 17 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Dan Angelucci<\/p>\n
Bigg County Restorations<\/i> is a long running fictional reality show that takes place at Bigg County Restorations, an antique restoration shop located in scenic Bigg County, USA. Each week, Pops Bigg tries to restore an antique for a celebrity guest, while his kids Britney and Junior go on a fantastical adventure.<\/p>\n
BUNKER TIME!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: Canada; Running Time: 20 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Justin Miller<\/p>\n
In the early 60s – the height of the Cold War – TV host Auntie Pearle wrote, directed and starred in a public-access kids’ show that aimed to prepare children for life underground. Deemed too disturbing to air, the show was buried for years; only now, in even more disturbing times, is Bunker Time!<\/i> fit to be unleashed on the public. Co-starring comedy icon Colin Mochrie, and puppets!<\/p>\n
CHASERS<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>31 min.<\/p>\nDirector: Erin Brown Thomas<\/p>\n
A starry-eyed musician chases her crush through an L.A. party while desperately dodging the heartbreaking secret that could shatter her pursuit.<\/p>\n
CHET BOND: LICENSE TO CHILL <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 25 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Blake Sherwyn<\/p>\n
After graduating college, Chet Bond leverages his professional network (his dad\u2019s boy) to gain employment at American intelligence agency, MI7. A surveillance team posing as a documentary camera crew is deployed to make sure his antics don\u2019t compromise the safety of our nation.<\/p>\n
CLEAR & FAR <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 19 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Ron L. Wilson<\/p>\n
Two spoiled step-sisters (Skye and Megan) turn to selling marijuana to make ends meet when their rich parents cut them off. But before their criminal contact agrees to supply them, they must prove their intelligence and resourcefulness.<\/p>\n
COMMITTEE ANIMAL<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 13 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Robert Redfield<\/p>\n
An overworked and under-appreciated team of misfit designers race the clock to overcome a supply chain crisis and out-of-touch management to meet an impossible deadline. The animal kingdom will never be the same again.<\/p>\n
ENNEAGRAM IN MOVEMENT – \u201cTHE ACHIEVER\u201d <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 37 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Lauren Reins<\/p>\n
Enneagram in Movement<\/i> blends documentary, dance, and psychology in an innovative exploration of identity, featuring dancers who embody each of the nine Enneagram personality types. The Enneagram is a profound and ancient framework that maps nine core personality patterns and the motivations behind them. The pilot follows Haley, a rising New York dancer and type three \u201cThe Achiever,\u201d whose identity is built on performance and success. Burned out, injured, and struggling with mounting anxiety and a fear of failure, she stands on the edge of losing everything she\u2019s worked for. When an unexpected creative opportunity challenges her to trade achievement for truth, Haley begins a powerful journey toward vulnerability, authenticity, and self-remembering.<\/p>\n
FARTHER ALONG <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 14 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: MJ Bernier, Emily Draper<\/p>\n
After his mother’s death and being dumped by his boyfriend, an uptight perfectionist allows his devil-may-care father, a minister, to move in.<\/p>\n
FORKED<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>17 min.<\/p>\nDirectors: Julia Sears, Carolyn Braver<\/p>\n
Forked<\/i> is a six-episode dramedy web series about a woman navigating sobriety while living at home in the Bible Belt with her religious parents and narrating dragon fantasy erotica audio books in her childhood closet. Until she gets caught.<\/p>\n
GOD DAM<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 3 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Abigail Hill<\/p>\n
A mockumentary about two beavers that work in a post office.<\/p>\n
HENRY BY THE HOUR – EPISODE 5 <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:24.5 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Henry Parker-Elder, Shaun Wu<\/p>\n
A 30-something Asian man rents himself out to five people looking for friendship and connection.<\/p>\n
INCHARACTER – Episode 1: The Birthday <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b> <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>18.5 min.<\/p>\nDirectors: Joanna Harmon, Noah Bremer, Nic Murphy<\/p>\n
Each episode of inCharacter<\/i> features ordinary people in stand-alone stories of extraordinary proportions. All characters are played by actors… except for one. The protagonist. In Episode 1 – The Birthday, we follow four participants as they individually meet their “father” for his birthday, and he has some upsetting news to share.<\/p>\n
IMMIGREAT<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA, Mexico; Running Time: 55 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Brandon Widener<\/p>\n
An immigrant from Mexico who once risked everything for a better life in the U.S. now uses his success to uplift others \u2014 a story of resilience, regeneration, and the perpetual power of giving back.<\/p>\n
KENJI (THE DEDICATION) <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: Japan; Running Time: 38 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Adrienne Lunson<\/p>\n
Upon receiving her son\u2019s published book, Kiko decides to tell her life-long best friend Midori about a shameful secret, who her son\u2019s father really is and making a deal with the devil for her son\u2019s future. How far would you go for your child\u2019s future success?<\/p>\n
LINDY<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 26 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Nick Collette<\/p>\n
A young man’s poor decisions have driven him back to a hometown he has forgotten. Feeling his failures are now behind him, he must confront the life he abandoned as the weight of the world sits just beyond the horizon.<\/p>\n
MISGUIDED <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 5.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Mariah Marasco<\/p>\n
In this mockumentary, a group of misfit guides lead tourists\u2013and us\u2013through the streets of New York City, giving eccentric takes on its history while trying to find direction for themselves in the present.<\/p>\n
NOBODY F*CKING LEAVES <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b> <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 28 min.<\/p>\n
Director: John Mossman<\/p>\n
A woman with a secret so deep even she doesn’t remember it lives a life of comfort with little memory of her past.\u00a0 <\/span>But when she is abducted by the family she ran from years before, it all comes rushing back — along with some badass powers she doesn’t have full control of.<\/p>\nPICK ME UP<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 7.5 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Brian Regal, Nat Anglin<\/p>\n
Two gig workers accept a moving job on an app and find themselves stuck in the middle of a messy divorce.<\/p>\n
ROOTS & RELICS <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 23 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Matthew Avant<\/p>\n
Every family has history. Some have a piece of it.<\/p>\n
THE WAR ON STRAWS<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 19 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Eleanor Vigneault<\/p>\n
A period piece from 2015– a bad year to be a plastic straw. And perhaps a worse year to be in the business of them.<\/p>\n
WINNIE <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 35.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Tyler Rubner<\/p>\n
A former childhood star of a family band, who\u2019s fallen out of the limelight tries to make a comeback 9 years after his last public appearance. Set in the late 1960s at the dawn of the counter-culture revolution, Winnie\u2019s success at making it back into the public eye encounters various road bumps along the way; both culturally and domestically for the times have changed and so has his family.<\/p>\n
FAMILY FILMS<\/b><\/p>\n
DUNGEON OF DECEIT <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 15 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Chris Edgar<\/p>\n
A pre-teen boy who loses himself in video games to escape his parents\u2019 conflict is unexpectedly thrust into the world of an adventure game he\u2019s playing.<\/p>\n
ESCAPE: THE TRUE STORY OF MORRIS SCHNITZER<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: Canada; Running Time: 21 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Hector Herrera<\/p>\n
In 1941, a teenage Jewish boy, Morris Schnizter, loses his true identity when he flees the Nazis. Escape:<\/i> The True Story of Morris Schnitzer is the incredible account of how he gets it back.<\/p>\n
MACHINE HEART<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>9 min.<\/p>\nDirector: Hilarion Banks<\/p>\n
A machine built to be a warrior, is at home on the battlefield but its life is threatened when its heart can’t handle falling in love.<\/p>\n
SEE YOU TOMORROW<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: Japan; Running Time: 9 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Keiya Ando<\/p>\n
A five-year-old boy wakes to find his beloved dog has died. As he drifts through the moment in a quiet daze, memories of their time together begin to surface\u2014joyful moments, missed chances, things left unsaid\u2014leading him to feel the quiet ache of regret for the very first time.<\/p>\n
STRAIGHT LACED<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 21 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Cynthia Gibb<\/p>\n
When a conscientious honors student buckles under the academic pressure in her town of overachievers and overearnest parents, she resorts to a desperate choice that leaves everyone in her life rethinking whether getting into the “right” college matters at all.<\/p>\n
WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 6 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Sung Eun (Grace) Park<\/p>\n
In this animated musical, the main character spends another one of her sleepless nights, contemplating what’s been causing her life go off track– or rather, WHO.<\/p>\n
SHORT FILMS<\/b><\/p>\n
NARRATIVE SHORTS<\/b><\/p>\n
A BOY LIKE ME<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: UK; Running Time: 14.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Deana Taheri<\/p>\n
A GAME FOR TWO (EN LEK F\u00d6R TV\u00c5)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: Sweden; Running Time: 14.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Theodor Solin<\/p>\n
AFTERLIFE <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA, China; Running Time: 6 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Yimeng Wang<\/p>\n
AFTER WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LIBRARY<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 15 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Syra McCarthy<\/p>\n
AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 14.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Virginia Hepp<\/p>\n
ANIMALS.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 22.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Maya Gray<\/p>\n
THE APPLE PICKER\u2019S SON<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 16.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Yang Zimik<\/p>\n
ARMAN<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 12.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Farzad Kiyafar<\/p>\n
BEING DEAD SHOULD BE EASY<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 13.5 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Claire Harris Matson, Drew Brandon Jones<\/p>\n
BLOOD OR WATER <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: Canada; Running Time: 19 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Kristina Mileska<\/p>\n
BUKRA<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>14.5 min.<\/p>\nDirector: Alex Aljouni<\/p>\n
CAKE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 6.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Caro Ribeiro<\/p>\n
CALL IT FATE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: Netherlands; Running Time: 15 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Jikkie Schelling<\/p>\n
CHOCOLATE CAKE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 13.5 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Jack Craymer, Jesse Suchomel<\/p>\n
COOL ME DOWN<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>14 min.<\/p>\nDirector: Alexandra Weir<\/p>\n
CLEAN GETAWAY <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 11 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Patricia Rigney<\/p>\n
CRY OF THE COYOTE <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 10.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: David Foley<\/p>\n
CURTAINS <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 10 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Oskar Peacock<\/p>\n
DELIBERATE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>14 min.<\/p>\nDirector: Marta Roncada<\/p>\n
DEPENDENT<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: Australia; Running Time: 12 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Joseph Chebatte<\/p>\n
DISSECTION DAY<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 15 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid<\/p>\n
DOG YEARS <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 10.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Rex Provost<\/p>\n
DON\u2019T TELL MAMA<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 10 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Chloe Leigh King<\/p>\n
DRIVING LESSON<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: Canada; Running Time: 17 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Gillian Gordon<\/p>\n
ELVIRA<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: Canada; Running Time: 10 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Sarah Segal-Lazar<\/p>\n
FARSI WITH MAMAN<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 10 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Omid Iranikhah<\/p>\n
FIREFLIES IN THE DUSK<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 18 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Jonathan Hammond<\/p>\n
FIX THE FAUCET<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 10.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Jennifer Gouchoe<\/p>\n
GIFT<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 6.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Annika Chavez<\/p>\n
GOOD NOT GREAT <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 22 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Nick von Gremp<\/p>\n
HOMEBODY <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 21.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Shruti Parekh<\/p>\n
HUMAN RESOURCE <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 19 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Henry Chaisson<\/p>\n
I\u2019M A WINNER<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 12.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Randa Newman<\/p>\n
KANSAS, 1989<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 13 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Clayton Dean Smith<\/p>\n
THE LAST JOB<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 14 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Stuart Valberg<\/p>\n
THE LONG-REIGNING KING OF ROLLERCASTLE SKATELAND<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 13 min.<\/p>\n
Director: David Hull<\/p>\n
MACHO MAN <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 11 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Daniel Cloud Campos<\/p>\n
MASCLOOKING<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 9 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Jonathan Hammond<\/p>\n
MIRIAM <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 12.5 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Lauren Blumenfeld, Jennifer Chambers<\/p>\n
MY FAVORITE MURDERER<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 9 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Tina Carbone<\/p>\n
OBVIOUS ISSUES <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>11.5 min.<\/p>\nDirectors: Patrick Dooley, Allison Flom<\/p>\n
THE OLD MAN AT THE BAR <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 11.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Alexander Jeffery<\/p>\n
PERFORMANCE REVIEW<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 11.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Lain Ewing<\/p>\n
RABBIT RABBIT<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 15 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Jennifer Graves<\/p>\n
READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 11.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Elijah Guo<\/p>\n
RECESSES <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 15.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Dylan Trupiano<\/p>\n
SONG OF SILENCE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 15 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Vasilisa Kuzmina<\/p>\n
THE SPANISH LESSON<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 12 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Simone Stadler<\/p>\n
STATUS: ACTIVE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 9.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Bob Morley<\/p>\n
SUBWAY CRUSH<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: France, USA; Running Time: 3 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Oriana Ng<\/p>\n
SUNFLOWER <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>12 min.<\/p>\nDirector: Fran Mendez<\/p>\n
TURPENTINE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 14 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Rita Konopasky, Luke Konopasky<\/p>\n
WALTZ FOR THREE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: France, USA; Running Time: 18 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Oriana Ng<\/p>\n
WAR<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 7 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Danny Shepherd<\/p>\n
WHERE\u2019S MY PACKAGE?! <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:10.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Jesse Cowell<\/p>\n
YOUR OWN FLAVOR<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>11.5 min.<\/p>\nDirector: Alisha Ketry<\/p>\n
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS<\/b><\/p>\n
BLACK BOYS BEING BEAUTIFUL<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 5.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Kelvin Z. Phillips<\/p>\n
FIR TRADERS<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 20 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Sara Goldblatt<\/p>\n
HER FIGHT, HIS NAME: THE STORY OF GWEN AND ERIC GARNER<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 30 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Brad Bailey<\/p>\n
IN EXCHANGE FOR FLESH<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 15 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Sandro Ramani, Corey Devon Arthur<\/p>\n
I SNUCK INTO THE WORLD SERIES<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>5 min.<\/p>\nDirector: Alec Nguyen<\/p>\n
MAKING AWARENESS<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 8 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Susan Wasserman<\/p>\n
MARIGOLD<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 6 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Dusty Dale Barker<\/p>\n
MIKE & BILLY\u2019S AMERICAN PIE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>20.5 min.<\/p>\nDirector: Erin P.S. Zimmerman<\/p>\n
NAAZ \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\nCountry: USA; Running Time: 14 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Bakhtawar Tagar<\/p>\n
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\nCountry: USA; Running Time: 19.5 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Nancy Peng, Steven Xiuyuan Chen<\/p>\n
REMNANTS<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 22.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Michael Catenacci<\/p>\n
STICKMAN: ART FOR THE REBEL SOUL\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\nCountry: Canada; Running Time: 3 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Kalyn Edworthy, Kimberly Gray<\/p>\n
TALK STRAIGHT, DUDA \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\nCountry: USA; Running Time: 22 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Eduardo Maia<\/p>\n
WE\u2019RE FINE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: Ukraine, USA; Running Time: 25 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Misha Karpenko<\/p>\n
YONSEI<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: Japan, USA; Running Time: 37 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Rachel Michiko Whitney. Jeff Mizushima<\/p>\n
<\/ins><\/p>\nMIDNIGHT SHORTS<\/b><\/p>\n
A.W.A.R.E.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\nCountry: USA; Running Time: 11 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Zack Abramowitz<\/p>\n
BLINDSIDED<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 8 min.<\/p>\n
Director: P. Patrick Hogan<\/p>\n
BRICK BOY<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 10 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Scott Vasey<\/p>\n
CRACKED<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Jessica Rizk<\/p>\n
CROWDED OUT<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 8.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Brian Lederman<\/p>\n
THE DEATH OF THERAPY<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 13 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Jared Hirsch<\/p>\n
DOMESTIC BLISS<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>10.5 min.<\/p>\nDirectors: Jennifer Scott, Nicole Townsend<\/p>\n
DRY JANUARY<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 19 min.<\/p>\n
Director: C.J. Arellano<\/p>\n
GIMME<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 14 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Steven Schloss<\/p>\n
GRIZZLY PEAK<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 14 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Jason Ragosta<\/p>\n
HIVEMIND DELUXE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 10 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Chris Alan Evans<\/p>\n
KNIFEMAN<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 14.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: MP Hayes<\/p>\n
LEGEND HAS IT<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: Canada; Running Time: 16.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Thomas Lorber<\/p>\n
MAD ISLAND<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 17 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Nick Peet<\/p>\n
MIMIC<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>6 min.<\/p>\nDirector: Thomas Hindy<\/p>\n
MIRROR<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: China; Running Time: 5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Kathy Hu<\/p>\n
MOTHERFACE <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 11.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Mark Grillo<\/p>\n
MY DEAD DAD\u2019S FUNERAL<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time:\u00a0 <\/span>12.5 min.<\/p>\nDirector: Jamie Manelis<\/p>\n
RADIOCHROME<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 12 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Ryan Alexander Huang<\/p>\n
SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 6.5 min.<\/p>\n
Directors: Allison Fan, Fred Midgley<\/p>\n
SHAE I<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 13.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Ben Fox<\/p>\n
STAY IN <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 11.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Michael Buran<\/p>\n
TICK <\/i><\/b>World Premiere<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 14 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Sam Permar<\/p>\n
TRAD<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 12 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Dave Bekerman<\/p>\n
VIOLET VENDETTA<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 11 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Ted Hayden<\/p>\n
YOU CAN\u2019T TALK TO THE DUDE<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Country: USA; Running Time: 15.5 min.<\/p>\n
Director: Lucas Murphy<\/p>\n
ABOUT DANCES WITH FILMS<\/b><\/p>\n
Now in its 29th<\/sup> year, Dances With Films champions the unflinching spirit at the very core of the independent film scene. With most film festivals relying heavily on celebrity, DWF have relied on innovation, talent, creativity, and sweat equity that revolutionized the entertainment industry. And that reliance continues to prove successful with alumni moving on to write, direct, and produce celebrity-studded vehicles, star in blockbuster movies, and television series, produce multi-million-dollar film and create hot TV shows.<\/p>\n<\/ins>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"4th Annual Dances With Films – NY Announces lineup of 160 narrative, documentary, and Midnight features, family films, pilots, and shorts kicking off the new year (January 15-18) Recently cited as one of MovieMaker\u2019s \u201cCoolest\u201d film festivals, DWF: NY will feature 30 Feature-length films, and television\/web series pilots making World Premieres \u00a0\u00a0 Dominik Sedlar\u2019s VINDICTA…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,20471],"tags":[29259,29260,29261,29263,29265,29266,29267,29268,29269,29270,29271,29258,29272,29273,29262,29264,29274,29275],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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