EQUAL – dir. Tom Bessoir

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Original Film Title: EQUAL

Director’s Name: Tom Bessoir

Writer’s Name: Tom Bessoir

Producer: Tom Bessoir

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: No Dialogue

Runtime: 3 minutes 47 seconds

Film Description:

EQUAL is a cinematic exploration of Richard Serra’s sculpture of the same name on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

The sculpture consists of eight forged-steel blocks stacked in pairs. Each rectangular block measures 5 feet by 5 and 1/2 feet by 6 feet and weighs 40 tons. The blocks are rotated and stacked so that the top and bottom blocks align differently. Yet the four stacks are each 11 feet tall.

This simple form makes me think about space, mass, weight, and time. Like the sculpture, my film seeks to both overwhelm the viewer and invite contemplation.

TIME FOR WRATH – dir. Svetlin Mitrev Odadzhiev

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Original Film Title: TIME FOR WRATH

Director’s Name: Svetlin Mitrev Odadzhiev

Writer’s Name: Svetlin Mitrev Odadzhiev

Producer: Svetlin Mitrev Odadzhiev, Yaroslav Kovachev, Hristo Gochev

Country of Origin: Bulgaria

Country of Filming: Bulgaria

Language: Bulgarian

Runtime: 26 minutes 36 seconds

Film Description:

A man seeking revenge for the death of his family.

Limonada Girl – dir. Clifford Goilo

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Original Film Title: Limonada Girl

Director’s Name: Clifford Goilo

Writer’s Name: Clifford Goilo

Producer: Clifford Goilo, Klara Koradin

Country of Origin: Netherlands

Country of Filming: Croatia, Netherlands, Slovenia

Language: Dutch, English, Italian, Slovenian

Runtime: 21 minutes 28 seconds

Film Description:

A half-Dutch, half-Slovenian young woman navigates one emotionally fragile day on the sunny Slovenian coast while silently battling depression and a growing sense of disconnection.

Filmed with the support and assistance of the
Municipality of Piran.

Amber B – dir. Jennifer Treur

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Original Film Title: Amber B

Director’s Name: Jennifer Treur

Writer’s Name: Jennifer Treur

Producer: Jennifer Treur

Country of Origin: Australia

Country of Filming: Australia

Language: English

Runtime: 9 minutes 42 seconds

Film Description:

While Amber comes to terms with her recent marital separation, she is sent on a dangerous mission that could be her downfall. In the world of counter-terrorism survival depends on decisive action in a race against the clock.

Sitting On The Fence – dir. Daniel Cleary

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Original Film Title: Sitting On The Fence

Director’s Name: Daniel Cleary

Writer’s Name: Daniel Cleary

Producer: Daniel Cleary

Country of Origin: New Zealand

Country of Filming: New Zealand

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 9 minutes 20 seconds

Film Description:

Is New Zealand complicit in a genocide? This inquiry into the inaction of the New Zealand government to what has happened in Gaza confronts uncomfortable truths.

Migratory Birds – dir. Sanskriti Shrivastava

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Original Film Title: Migratory Birds

Director’s Name: Sanskriti Shrivastava

Writer’s Name: Sanskriti Shrivastava

Producer: Sanskriti Shrivastava, Ashish Maheshwari

Country of Origin: Netherlands

Country of Filming: Netherlands

Language: English

Runtime: 18 minutes 51 seconds

Film Description:

A struggling South African stand-up comedian relocates to the Netherlands, carrying her partner’s belongings—and the weight of their absence—in a single suitcase.

Servants in Disguise – dir. Donghun LEE

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Original Film Title: Servants in Disguise

Director’s Name: Donghun LEE

Writer’s Name: Jaeyoung WOO

Producer: Jiyoung Lee

Country of Origin: Korea, Republic of

Country of Filming: Korea, Republic of

Language: English

Runtime: 5 minutes 15 seconds

Film Description:

In a future society divided by technology, Omega is a high-tech robot butler working for a wealthy family.
Wanting to become more human, he lives with Iota, a clumsy old robot. But as Iota’s strange behavior continues, Omega grows suspicious.
When he discovers the shocking truth, everything changes in this story about identity and humanity.

Invisible Life – dir. Natalia Arjona

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Original Film Title: Invisible Life

Director’s Name: Natalia Arjona

Writer’s Name: Natalia Arjona

Producer: Natalia Arjona

Country of Origin: Spain

Country of Filming: France

Language: English

Runtime: 4 minutes 23 seconds

Film Description:

Indifference. Can we continue to remain indifferent to others?

To all those who have strayed from the path and whom our indifference renders invisible.

Lost Car – dir. Derek Dahlsad

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Original Film Title: Lost Car

Director’s Name: Derek Dahlsad

Writer’s Name: Derek Dahlsad

Producer: Derek Dahlsad

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 4 minutes 10 seconds

Film Description:

Ever forget where you parked your car?

My Proudest Moment – dir. Imbi Männik

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Original Film Title: My Proudest Moment

Director’s Name: Imbi Männik

Writer’s Name: Imbi Männik

Producer: Imbi Männik

Country of Origin: Australia

Country of Filming: Australia

Language: English

Runtime: 4 minutes 50 seconds

Film Description:

This independent micro-short documentary captures interviews with two trailblazers changing the narrative discourse in the area of disability in Australia, Tim Cahalan and Joanne Hatchard, through the sharing of their ‘proudest moment’. Tim, born with Crouzon syndrome and diagnosed with hydrocephalus at 3 years old requiring a shunt, brought about awareness in 2019 of being a victim to the Government’s robodebt scheme, putting a ‘face to the name’. Joanne, an award-winning neurodivergent therapist with lived experience, parent and founder of Better Being Me, champions the power of seeing neurodivergence as a meaningful, legitimate way of being. During sharing their ‘proudest moment’, an artist drew their portrait capturing a moment in time as their authentic selves.