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ALL BLOOD RUNS RED (France)
· Paul Mignot

Son of a slave, Boxer, hero of Verdun… Discover the epic life of the first African-American fighter pilot in history, Eugene Bullard.
( 11min )

ANACRONTE (ARGENTINA)
· RAUL KOLER, EMILIANO SETTE

Anacronte and the Sorcerers of Evil, without any emotion and fulfilling their destiny, they put to test humanity's happiness in a struggle that, in short, has each of us as winners and losers.
( 15min )

BARE INTIMACY (AUSTRALIA)
· JENNIFER KARLSSON

A woman stuck in a destructive lifestyle uses meaningless sex with strangers to compensate for her lack of true intimacy and connection. Through a metaphor filled world we explore the similarities of her destructive loop to a planet crumbling under the careless feet of humanity. Only if balance can be found will there be room for healing and regrowth.
( 11min )

BRYERS CUCUMBER TOSTINO'S (USA)
· CHRISTOPHER HALL

The story of a man-boy who lives in a corner market, still waiting for his mom to come pick him up.
( 16min )

DEINE FARBE "YOUR COLOR" (USA)
· Maria Diane Ventura

Hailing from disparate backgrounds, Karl and Albert bond over their desire to escape their small town existence and move to Barcelona, in search of a happier life. Upon settling and realizing life is not as easy as expected, their resistance to normalcy finds them walking divergent paths. Unbeknownst to Karl, Albert starts experiencing personal troubles but pride and fear of revealing his secrets drives him to the edge.
( 82min )

DEVOID (UK)
· Matthias Von Braun

Dark Surreal short film Devoid by Matthias Von Braun featuring Monika Blaszczak.
( 3min )

ESTONIAN LULLABY (USA)
· Matvey Rezanov

A rare example of a music video made for a modern classical piece. This watercolor animation is made for Arvo Pärt's world premiere recording of "Estonian Lullaby for Violin and Piano". Arvo Pärt is one of the most celebrated and performed composers today. Multiple watercolors were painted and filmed to achieve the artistic look for this animation
( 3min )

EYE OF THE STORM (USA)
· Brooke Harris Wolff

Featuring rare footage of Robin Williams, Eye of the Storm is a celebration of the art of comedic storytelling. TV/film director Howard Storm tells humorous tales from a fascinating career that spans the history of American comedy — recounting his hilarious experiences that range from performing standup comedy in vaudeville theaters, burlesque strip clubs and mafia-owned nightclubs to directing classic TV sitcoms of the 70s and 80s, including the first three seasons of Mork & Mindy.
( 73min )

FLOHPLAGE (Germany)
· Christoph Hans, Markus Ott

Secret Agent Dave is waiting in a museum for an anonymous source to share encrypted information about the downfall of the Soviet Union. But the man with the moustache, who answers with a pretty awkward code language, does in fact turn out to be Thorsten. Thorsten is no agent, but came to the museum to secretly meet a stranger from a newspaper ad for a hopefully romantic adventure. When he finds out that top-secret information has been leaked to a grocery clerk, Dave has only one chance to undo his mistake and save national security.
( 8min )

GHABE (SWEDEN)
· MARKUS CASTRO

GHABE (Forest in Arabic) Monir is a refugee from Syria who just arrived in Sweden with his older cousin Farid during the 2015 refugee crisis. They are housed by the Swedish Migration Board in a cabin deep in the forest while waiting on residence permit.
Here he meets Moa, a young Swedish woman escaping the demands of modern society over the summer. Their curiosity brings them together, protected by the infinite patience of nature. But hidden fears and prejudices cause the summer to slowly slide toward a devastating end.
( 101min )

HELP (UK)
· Lesley Manning

She needs help now, and only the young are listening.
( 2min )

I WISH FOR YOU (UK)
· Stuart Rideout

A woman finds a long lost letter from her grandfather. As she reads it, his words evoke strong emotive memories as well as a love and hope for the world around us that transcends time.
( 5min )

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE: A Coffee Documentary (Turkey)
· Cem AdIyaman

Turkish showman, actor, and director and producer of stage & music videos Okan Bayülgen portrays a character who loses his sense of reality in the dazzling world of coffee, for which he has an almost obsessive affection. While discovering the deep bond he has with coffee, Bayülgen navigates the audience through surprisingly yet skillfully intertwined stories and tells the human-coffee-machine relationship in a realistic and entertaining way.
( 68min )

KISS THE GROUND (USA)
· Josh Tickell, Rebecca Tickell

Kiss the Ground reveals that, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems and create abundant food supplies. This movie is positioned to catalyze a movement to accomplish the impossible – to solve humanity’s greatest challenge, to balance the climate and secure our species future.
( 85min )

MAGIC DREAM (Chile)
· TomAs Welss Barkan

A magician wants to convince with his magic and brilliance, but his capability exceeds the limits of his own control, leading him to a show full of violence and abuse.
( 11min )

MANASANAMAHA (INDIA)
· DEEPAK REDDY

A young man muses on the nature of love, recounting three relationships from his past. The girls in his life resemble three different seasons, namely Chaitra (Spring), Varsha (Monsoon) & Seeta (Winter).
( 15min )

PISAHUECO "HOLESTEPPER" (PERU)
· SERGIO FERNANDEZ MUNOZ

Angel (Oswaldo Salas), an enthusiastic high school teacher, discovers a website where his students make fun of him and his disability through some strange videos. Mixing the reality and the digital universe adolescent, Angel will be involved in a world hitherto unknown.
( 17min )

POSTCARDS FROM INDIA: A Busker's Adventure (Italy)
·Tommaso Dolcetta

From the Rajasthan desert to the big city of Kolkata, reggae-loving busker Filippo Masé, a.k.a. ‘Miserable Man’, crosses paths with many characters: fellow musicians, spiritual seekers and street kids.
From the origins of Masé’s ‘Miserable Man’ persona in the bitter chill of a European winter, Postcards follows the musician’s return to India — where he’s previously spent several years — and observes contrasting elements of Indian society: contemporary and traditional, East and West, ethics and aesthetics.
( 68min )

SERGI & IRINA (Spain)
· Miquel Verd, Alex Tejedor

Raixa, June 21rst 1939. Sergi, the heir of the mansion falls in love with Irina, the mansion overseer's niece, during the summer solstice party. Second World War previous circumstances force them to separate, but that night they arrange to meet next year, at the same place, at the same time. Will they keep their promise?
( 24min )

SIN NOVEDAD "NO NEWS" (SPAIN)
· MIGUEL BERZAL DE MIGUEL

Lola lives alone with her son Jorge near an industrial estate in Madrid. She works long hours for a tight-fisted boss at a junk company. One night, Jorge confesses to his mother that he has begun to establish a relationship with his father, Marcos, who abandoned them many years ago.
( 70min )

SOOYII "Creatures" (USA)
· Krisztian KerY

SOOYII, the Blackfoot word for “creature” or “mysterious being”, takes place in the 18th century in North America. SOOYII follows the story of a young Pikuni Man as he struggles to survive in the face of disease, the loss of his family, old enemies, new discoveries and a rapidly changing world.
( 78min )

STREAMER (Canada)
· Jared Bratt, Vincent Pun

When an incel (involuntary celibate) learns that a webcam girl lives in his building, he struggles to build a sincere relationship with both her onscreen and offscreen personas.
( 78min )

THE CURSE (Czech Republic)
· Dimitri Kanjuka

The patient claims his psychologist that he is being followed by an unknown person. But is it true or merely a figment of his imagination?
( 10min )

THE FALL (Argentina)
· Martin Schurmann, Fernando Szurman

Jorge Luis Borges wrote:
The mind was dreaming, the world was its dream.

The Fall started its life as a dream, a typical drop dream. Everything else, we're leaving to your imagination!
( 3min )

THE INCREDIBLY SHORT LIFE OF PETER PANTIES (USA)
· Daniel AbriL

Young Peter is born into a world at the mercy of his drunken mother’s many lovers. That life takes a horrible turn when, one night, he wakes up to find one of those men in bed with him. Things only become worse as he gets older and finds himself a slave to the same desire.
( 10min )

THE RELIC (USA)
· J.M. Logan

A group of adventurers in search of a mythological object get more than they bargained for when they discover the legend foretelling the end of all life in the universe could actually be true.
( 14min )

VICTIM OF LOVE (Denmark)
· Jesper Isaksen

Charly is looking for his American girlfriend, Amy, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances during a vacation stay at a hotel in Copenhagen. A few months later Charly decides to revisit the hotel to finally solve the mystery once and for all. However, Charly's investigation is quickly derailed by the mysterious and flirtatious receptionist, Felicija, and his own gradually failing judgement that leads him into a phantasmagorical nightmare.
( 94min )

ALL BLOOD RUNS RED (France) ​· Paul Mignot

ANACRONTE (ARGENTINA) ​· RAUL KOLER, EMILIANO SETTE

​BARE INTIMACY (AUSTRALIA)​· ​JENNIFER KARLSSON

BRYERS CUCUMBER TOSTINO'S (USA)​· ​​CHRISTOPHER HALL

DEINE FARBE "YOUR COLOR" (USA)​· Maria Diane Ventura

DEVOID (UK) ​​· Matthias Von Braun

ESTONIAN LULLABY (USA)​· Matvey Rezanov

EYE OF THE STORM (USA)​· Brooke Harris Wolff

FLOHPLAGE (Germany) ​​· Christoph Hans, Markus Ott

GHABE (SWEDEN)​​· MARKUS CASTRO

HELP (UK)​· Lesley Manning

I WISH FOR YOU (UK) ​​· Stuart Rideout

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE: A Coffee Documentary (Turkey)· Cem AdIyaman

KISS THE GROUND (USA)​· Josh Tickell, Rebecca Tickell

MAGIC DREAM (Chile)​· TomAs Welss Barkan

MANASANAMAHA (INDIA)​​· DEEPAK REDDY

PISAHUECO "HOLESTEPPER" (PERU)​​· SERGIO FERNANDEZ MUNOZ

POSTCARDS FROM INDIA: A Busker's Adventure (Italy)​·Tommaso Dolcetta

SERGI & IRINA (Spain)​​· Miquel Verd, Alex Tejedor​

SIN NOVEDAD "NO NEWS" (SPAIN)​​​· MIGUEL BERZAL DE MIGUEL

SOOYII "Creatures" (USA) · Krisztian KerY

STREAMER (Canada)· Jared Bratt, Vincent Pun

THE CURSE (Czech Republic)· Dimitri Kanjuka

THE FALL (Argentina)​· Martin Schurmann, Fernando Szurman

THE INCREDIBLY SHORT LIFE OF PETER PANTIES (USA)​· Daniel AbriL

THE RELIC (USA) ​​· J.M. Logan​

VICTIM OF LOVE (Denmark)​· Jesper Isaksen

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