While at war, a US Army Sergeant helps one of his soldiers cover up the murder of another making it look like an accidental death. His life is turned upside down as the soldier is racked with guilt and wants to confess his crime. Directed by Wendi Sun (USA)
The story takes place in a humid small town in Southern China. The director starts the story with an absurd setting: a middle-aged man is facing the critical moment of his life, to “rise” (transform from a commoner to a state free from worries or burdens by exercising rituals), when his son stumbles into trouble. His son falls sick. Challenged by all these mundanities, the man decides to give up “rising” and returns to his normal life. Directed by Lu Yuanjiong (China)
Mateo, an 83-year-old man lives in a town and has refused to speak. Immersed in his silence and isolated from the world he navigates between reality and fantasy, mixing stories stored in the memory of the heart with the person with whom he has shared his life. Directed by Javier Montes d'Arce (Mexico)
Farm girl Felice struggles between leaving home for her photography dream and taking on the farm land that has been her family legacy for generations. Directed by Liv Li (USA)
A young woman reflects on a significant summer from her adolescence, one filled with personal change and marred by her best friend’s unusual behavior. Directed by Emily Fisher (USA)
A girl who never wants to be in the relationship. Directed by Manatsadabhorn Pongchinnartham (USA)
"Maga!" A story of an extreme republican and an extreme democrat argue their day away at work. Unfortunately their day jobs are as hit men. Does their political views contradict their personal views? of course they do .....They are Americans. Directed by Jordan C Michael (USA)
Hell is when you have to watch some wrong shit happen and can’t do shit about it. Directed by Christopher Rucinski (USA)
A seemingly perfect woman has what appears to be a happy 30th birthday party with the ones she loves. But under her perfect façade lies a hidden life full of secrets, tragedy, and unfinished business. When tragedy strikes, it is those closest to her that are caught the most off guard, begging the question, can you ever truly know someone? Directed by Alana Grace (USA)
Tightly-wound Todd tries to locate his birth parents, while his idiotic adopted brother Terry drives him up a wall. Directed by Evan Nix and Adam Nix (USA)
Belgium, 1944: After the war is lost, German Luftwaffe Officer Aren Steiner (Aramis Merlin) is fighting for his survival. Following his younger brother into a war he never wanted to be part of, all he wants is to come home to his wife and child. Alone and severely wounded he steals the clothes from a Belgian farmer to use as disguise. He seeks shelter in what seems to be an abandoned farm. But to his misfortune, he is surprised by US Army medic Michael (Jon Maxwell) who has been hiding here and who is now holding Aren at gun point. Will Aren be able to keep up his disguise? Will they be able to trust each other or will fear succeed? In a fight for survival, can two enemies become friends? Will they be able to overcome the label their countries have bestowed upon them and see each other as what they both are: Human beings. Not only a tremendous amount of emotional depth was required to portrait these character and their personal relationship to this gruesome war, the film was also shot trilingual in which actors Aramis Merlin and Jon Maxwell are speaking German, French and English. Directed by Hanyang Huang (USA)
A down on her luck dancer won't let anything stop her from fulfilling her dream. Directed by Randy Hutchison (USA)
An unusual object has appeared on Canadian territory near the US border, and the Americans want it. The war breaks out, leading to a first armed conflict between Canada and the United States. Alice and Pierre, Canadian scientists analyze the strange object. They have a message to deliver ... Directed by Marc Faucher (Canada)
