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Hunny-Bunny

Short Documentary (6 min) US
Directed By: Jayden Barrial
Written By: Jayden Barrial, Henry Barrial, David S. Zimmerman
Produced By: David S. Zimmerman, Eva Fisher
Synopsis: Hunny-Bunny is a film about a couple with Down syndrome, Blair and Susie, entering their 16th year of true love. Through the good and the bad, ups and downs, this relationship thrives. Their love is something that we all wish we had.

Inang Maynila

Short Documentary ( 11 min) Philippines
Directed By: James J. Robinson
Written By:James J. Robinson
Produced By: Eileen Remoroza
Synopsis: Inang Maynila is an investigation into the life of my mother in 1970’s Philippines. What started as a deep dive into her life as a high school student soon became a meditation on life under a dictatorship, as her old friends recount stories of martial law, curfews, crime and the universaily of teenage rebellion.

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Contact desk

Short Documentary (12min) South Korea
Directed By: Sungsoo Yune
Written By:Sungsoo Yune
Produced By: Sungsoo Yune, Kaeun Lee, Seungwoo Lee
Synopsis:These days, when communication is getting less after the Covid-19 pandemic, we tried to communicate with ordinary people in Stockholm, Sweden at the our movable contact desk.

32 Years Lost

Short Documentary ( 15 min) China
Directed By: Tom Wang, Chieu Luu
Written By:Tom Wang, Chieu Luu
Produced By: Tom Wang, Chieu Luu
Synopsis:After an exhaustive 32 year search, a Chinese mother finally finds her kidnapped son.

What Day Is It?

Short Documentary ( 19 min) USA
Directed By: Jess Elefante Davis
Written By:Jess Elefante Davis
Produced By: Jess Elefante Davis
Synopsis:What Day Is It?’ offers my very human, mother’s perspective on the ever-shifting emotional and mental states of living in NYC during Phase 1 of lockdown. Our collective memory is glossing over the realities, already reworking New York’s survival story just two years later, already misremembering the details.

Shadow Kid

Documentary (50 min) Germany
Directed By: Andreas Arnstedt
Written By:Andreas Arnstedt
Produced By: Andreas Arnstedt
Synopsis:The term “shadow children” is largely unknown in our society. These are children who live with a terminally ill sibling. All the parents’ attention belongs to the sick child.

LARRY & ME

Short Documentary ( 12 min) USA
Directed By: Lisa Melmed
Produced By: David Broad
Synopsis:Seventy-five years of friendship is no small-feat, especially when the friend is CNN’s Larry King. Herb Cohen, famed negotiator, reflects on his lifelong relationship with his best friend, Larry.

ROGER CORMAN, THE POPE OF POP CINEMA

Documentary
(52 min) FRANCE
Directed By: Bertrand Tessier
Written By: Bertrand Tessier
Produced By: Myriam Brough and Bertrand Tessier
Synopsis:Roger Corman directed 60 movies and produced 400. Considered the king of B Movies, he laid the foundations of pop culture and was instrumental in the launching the careers of numerous filmmakers.

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John Farrow: Hollywood’s Man in the Shadows

Documentary
( 96 min) Australia
Directed By: Frans Vandenburg, Claude Gonzalez
Written By:Frans Vandenburg, Claude Gonzalez
Produced By: Frans Vandenburg, Claude Gonzalez
Synopsis:John Farrow: Hollywood’s Man in the Shadows is the first documentary ever made about one of Hollywood’s most prolific yet forgotten filmmakers John Farrow (1904 – 1963).

Pueblo

Short
(11 min) United States
Directed By: Preston Moss
Written By:Preston Moss, Christopher Wiley
Produced By: Christopher Wiley, Kristie Lam
Synopsis:A teenage girl in Ecuador wrestles with the decision between pursuing a newfound romance or leaving her village to obtain an education.

Root Letter

Feature
(87 min) United States
Directed By: Sonja O’Hara
Written By:David Ebeltoft
Produced By: Annmarie Sairrino, Moeko Suzuki, Kat McPhee
Synopsis:When high schoolers Carlos and Sarah are paired as pen-pals, they find themselves drawn to each other, bonding over their shared sense of hopelessness. When the letters from Sarah suddenly stop, Carlos is haunted by her memory. Carlos knows he must try to find Sarah, even if it means risking his life.

Marked

Short
(13 min) USA
Directed By: Matthew Avery Berg
Written By:Matthew Avery Berg
Produced By: Matthew Avery Berg, R. Andru Davies, Giacomo Zacchia
Synopsis:A tattoo artist is confront by a client who knows the true meaning behind his body art.

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Rosebud Lane

Feature
(105 min) United States
Directed By: John Lacy
Written By:John Lacy
Produced By:Tamara Hopkins, Lucia Tarantino, John Lacy
Synopsis:A Hollywood Director connects with his young son for the first time in small town North Carolina. They bond immediately through their mutual love of the cinema, but things get messy as the young boy’s mother’s chaotic life crashes down on them and forces dramatic decisions to be made.

The Sands Between

Short
(4 min) Canada
Directed By: Aidan Tanner
Written By:Stefan Vucic
Produced By:Arianna Anderson
Synopsis:A woman has a phone conversation with her significant other which slowly deteriorates as she comes to realize that the world around her might not be real.

The Day We Left

Short
(12 min) Canada
Directed By: Kaio Kathriner
Written By:Kaio Kathriner
Produced By:Tony Cerciello, Matt Drake, Elma Begovic
Synopsis:The 1990’s religious conflict of the Bosnian War drives a pregnant mother and her family to flee their village and seek refuge in the land of their enemy.

In Between

Short (15min) USA
Directed By: Keegan Duncan
Written By:Jack Norris
Produced By:Bryant Chirinos
Synopsis:In Between’ focuses on a neglected phase of cancer; life after it’s gone.

We Are Gathered Here Today

Feature (74 in) United States
Directed By: Paul Boyd
Written By:Paul Boyd
Produced By:Eric Barrett and Danny Huston
Synopsis:What isn’t talked about with the COVID-19 pandemic is when someone is taken to the hospital it’s a curbside drop-off. The film is about a multi-generational mixed-race family coming together to say their last goodbye to the patriarch of the family.

One Body

Student Film (8 min) United States
Directed By: Patrick Skeyhill
Written By:Grace Choi
Produced By:Yuqi An
Synopsis:A man’s past corrupts his present. And threatens his future.

A Beautiful and Violent Place

Student Film (10 min) UK, USA
Directed By: Sam T. McFarland
Written By:Sam T. McFarland
Produced By:Sam T. McFarland, Julien Cornwall, Tess Raih, Xavier Coleman
Synopsis:In this Neo-American western, Joel returns home to avenge the death of his first love. Searching for retribution in the decaying landscape of his childhood, he soon learns that closure cannot be found through acts of violence.

Foiled

Student Film (11 min) USA
Directed By: Hao-Wei Timothy Chang
Written By:Hao-Wei Timothy Chang, Kim Trran
Produced By:Hao-Wei Timothy Chang, Kyla Brady
Synopsis:Foiled is a family comedy about ten-year-old Dylan and his younger brother Cody who, after accidentally ripping their best friend’s baseball card, must fix it in time or they’ll lose their best friend and never get to play baseball again.

As It Fades

Student Film ( 14 min) USA
Directed By: Brian Plain
Written By:Brian Plain
Produced By:Kelly Drake, Tamara Jakos
Synopsis:While collecting childhood belongings from her family home, Annalise is forced to confront the unattained passions that preoccupied her youth; having to decide whether to resurrect her fascinations, or sink back into a safe approach to life.

Sea Beyond the Glitz

Student Film (15 min) United States
Directed By: Anna Maité Kaplan
Produced By:Anna Maité Kaplan
Synopsis:On the East End of Long Island, a tenacious group of fishermen struggle to preserve a centuries-old way of life.

Jerkwater

Student Film (18 min) Canada
Directed By: Miles Benson
Written By: Miles Benson
Produced By:Riley Hanlan
Synopsis:Bailey gets stranded at his train station during a blizzard on Thanksgiving with six diverse individuals. After a day of heated arguments, shocking secrets are revealed and an unplayful sex toy fight ensues. As snow plows and taxis arrive, Bailey has to decide to stay in town or escape it.

Vlada Goes to London

Student Film (22 min) Israel
Directed By: Arti Savchenko
Written By: Arti Savchenko
Produced By:Arti Savchenko
Synopsis:“Vlada goes to London” is a short student film exploring the strong-willed Vlada on her night shift as a pizza delivery courier in her desperate attempt to book tickets to go to London and fulfill her dream of being a DJ. The end of the night brings more challenges than she expects.

Shedding Angels

Student Film (22 min) United States
Directed By: Freddy Macdonald
Written By: Freddy Macdonald, Rafael Diez
Produced By:Alexandre Oger
Synopsis:Logan (29) stuck in the glory days of his past, but has failed to win in a longtime. With thoughts of winning the annual costume party, he purchases Candice’s (81) late husband’s war uniforms. While costumed-up, Logan bumps into Candice. Overjoyed, she beckons her husband home. For the next several days, a hapless Logan plays the role of her dead spouse.