FINE – dir. Channing Powell

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Original Film Title: FINE

Director’s Name: Channing Powell

Writer’s Name: Channing Powell

Producer: Channing Powell

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 3 minutes 35 seconds

Film Description:

A new mother with postpartum depression struggles to get through the day.

Hybrid – dir. Chris Romrell

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Original Film Title: Hybrid

Director’s Name: Chris Romrell

Writer’s Name: Chris Romrell

Producer: Jason Edwards

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 13 minutes 37 seconds

Film Description:

A story of a family’s internal struggle during a global crisis. While trying to navigate unknow fears and events they have to learn how to draw closer to each other and work together.

Under their gaze – dir. Florian Aubray

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Original Film Title: Under their gaze

Director’s Name: Florian Aubray

Writer’s Name: Florian Aubray, Cléo Dargent

Producer: Florian Aubray

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming : France

Language: French

Runtime: 4 minutes 52 seconds

Film Description:

Camille, a young woman in her twenties, recounts an assault she has suffered. At the police station, she is interrogated again by two inspectors, Sophie and Antoine, who have noticed inconsistencies in her initial statement. Caught between doubt and suspicion, they press her for more details, placing Camille under increasing pressure.

As the interrogation unfolds, Camille feels increasingly cornered, perceiving every question as an accusation and every gesture as a challenge to her truthfulness. The tension builds until the reality is revealed: these inspectors are, in fact, her own parents, and this interrogation is merely Camille’s perception of their painful and skeptical questions. She finds herself trapped between the need for truth and the weight of judgment, even within her own family.

LEVEL – dir. Martin O’Donoghue

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Original Film Title: LEVEL

Director’s Name: Martin O’Donoghue

Writer’s Name: Martin O’Donoghue

Producer: Padriag Flynn

Country of Origin: Ireland

Country of Filming : Ireland

Language: English

Runtime: 29 minutes 45 seconds

Film Description:

Confusion besets a brother and sister as the past comes back to haunt them in an explicable way.

I am She – dir. Jessica Wilson

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Original Film Title: I am She

Director’s Name: Jessica Wilson

Writer’s Name: Jessica Wilson

Producer: Jessica Wilson, Heather Place, Sandra Perry

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 21 minutes 45 seconds

Film Description:

In a chilling tale of obsession and mistaken identity, a woman’s life spirals into chaos when her doppelgänger methodically usurps her life, forcing her into a desperate fight to reclaim her existence before it’s too late.

Black-out – dir. Mathis Scouarnec

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Original Film Title: Black-out

Director’s Name: Mathis Scouarnec

Writer’s Name: Mathis Scouarnec

Producer: Mathis Scouarnec

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming : France

Language: French

Runtime: 13 minutes 45 seconds

Film Description:

Ed, a student enjoying an intoxicating nightlife, finds himself lost in his memories after an evening. The young man desperately tries to restore the fragments of his past. Between schooling, friendly and romantic relationships, his mind becomes the purgatory of his debauchery.

FEM/DOM – Empowered – dir. Mitchell Sulkess

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Original Film Title: FEM/DOM – Empowered

Director’s Name: Mitchell Sulkess

Writer’s Name: Mitchell Sulkess

Producer: Victorya Brandart

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 14 minutes 42 seconds

Film Description:

The enigmatic spirit of Nostalgia voyages through reality, seeking to rectify past mistakes. Blending historical insights with personal narratives, “Nostalmagia” follows Nostalgia’s quest to amend the tragic loss of a mother and child while guiding Susan, a grieving playwright, towards healing.

Through surreal encounters and the gleams of a ghostly lantern, Susan finds solace and strength to confront her pain, ultimately discovering the transformative power of embracing the present while treasuring echoes of a painful past.

Bespoke ART – dir. Jingjing Chen

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Original Film Title: Bespoke ART

Director’s Name: Jingjing Chen

Director of Photography: Li Bo

Writer’s Name: MM, Jingjing Chen

Producer: Feiyu Li, Jingjing Chen

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming : China

Language: English, Mandarin Chinese

Runtime: 72 minutes

Film Description:

When bespoke becomes a label for optimized service, the human race is no longer content with customizing things; it begins to customize humans. One by one, the perfect service, the perfect children, the intricate global fertility chains, and the women therein fade out from the documentary footage, while director Jingjing steps into the spotlight from behind the camera. She becomes a Thai surrogate in captivity, but also a surrogacy agent who achieved upward social mobility; she turns into a selfless and hypocritical American surrogate mother – a product of technology born through surrogacy herself; she even tries to play an elite black lesbian at the very top of the feminist chain of contempt, only to collapse in on herself.

The bet – dir. Andrei Cristian Bortica

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Original Film Title: The bet

Director’s Name: Andrei Cristian Bortica

Writer’s Name: Andrei Cristian Bortica

Producer: Andrei Cristian Bortica

Country of Origin: Romania

Country of Filming : Romania

Language: Romanian

Runtime: 14 minutes 37 seconds

Film Description:

Ovidiu, after losing his HoReCa job during the pandemic, turns to online gambling to make ends meet. His partner, Alexia, an overworked paramedic, tries to support him, but the strain grows as Ovidiu’s gambling spirals out of control. He loses their savings and money borrowed from friends, pushing the couple into financial ruin.
As Ovidiu starts selling possessions to cover his losses, their relationship slowly crumbles.

Nostalmagia – dir. Simon Sciacovelli

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Original Film Title: Nostalmagia

Director’s Name: Jingjing Chen

Writer’s Name: Simon Sciacovelli

Producer: Merissa Collins, Nana Addo Opoku

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 13 minutes

Film Description:

The enigmatic spirit of Nostalgia voyages through reality, seeking to rectify past mistakes. Blending historical insights with personal narratives, “Nostalmagia” follows Nostalgia’s quest to amend the tragic loss of a mother and child while guiding Susan, a grieving playwright, towards healing.

Through surreal encounters and the gleams of a ghostly lantern, Susan finds solace and strength to confront her pain, ultimately discovering the transformative power of embracing the present while treasuring echoes of a painful past.