Year 2098, a strange incident got Mercury closer to Earth. Cosmic radiations caused by Mercury's presence hit the surface of Earth slowly killing everybody. Jess finds herself obligated to harvest fresh resilient blood to survive. Directed by Pierre Edelmann (France)
Legendary producer/guitarist Gerry Leonard (David Bowie/Suzanne Vega) performs a prayer of hope for us living through these divided times. Recorded live at Rockwood Music Hall in NYC after the horrible tragedy in Charlottesville, VA, August 12th, 2017. Directed by Joeann Calabrese (USA)
A glimpse into the reality of a work-from-home career, two women; one type-A and the other a bit of a hot mess, are forced to work together while keeping themselves entertained and on task in a world filled with distraction. Directed by Max Moore (USA)
An estranged middle-aged father arrives back into his childhood town after 20 years for the first time. He attempts to reconnect with his son, whom he abandoned as a toddler, over a high stakes pool game. The son is not aware of the stranger's true identity. As the game progresses, the tension mounts and the conversation crystalizes both men's emotional states and how they dealt with abandonment. Haunted by their past, a reconnection is questionable whether there is a future between them or not. Directed by Margaux Hemard (Australia)
Hatcha’s husband, Suleiman, and son, Mustafa, run away from home on September 12th, 1980, the day Turkish military coup happen. On the same day in the morning, there outbreaks a fowl plague in the village, and Hatcha sends her daughter, Elif, along with the surviving chickens away to the neighboring village. Hatcha stays home alone with her daughter, Özlem, sick in bed, and waits for Elif, Mustafa, and Suleiman. The winter is around the corner to overtake the village. The snowfall time is about to come. Directed by Cevahir Çokbilir (Turkey)
Comfortably seated in his armchair, Jean, a dreamer of about fifty years, smokes his pipe in front of a chimney fire when suddenly the ghost of a woman he does not know appears to him. Directed by Néret Alexis (France)
Thinky constantly lip syncs his music, so an irritated god makes the singer fart uncontrollably. But eventually Thinky learns his lesson and begins to use his fart as a superpower. Directed by Thinky Siqi Xiao and Majik Jingwei Zhou (USA)
Inspired by true events, this is a story of a young boy who leaves his village life behind and comes to a big city to find some work to support his mother and a proper life. Caught up in the fight for survival and dealing with the aggressive world outside, his sacrifices, struggles and the journey to finding a meaningful life is a very interventional story of how human psychology and relations play a vital role in shaping up our lives. Directed by Mohammed Faizal (India)
Arriving home early from a business trip, Danny Clarke unearths two disturbing truths. Directed by Anthony DiBartolo (USA)
A post-yoga brunch gets real for Darius and Megan when they encounter street harassment in this short dramedy. She wants justice, he just wants a vegan scramble. Together, they must confront the complexities of their relationship and discover what it means to be compassionate. Directed by Gaston D'Agrivieri (USA)
A young and determined knight tracks a dragon through the woods whilst having harrowing visions of his past. Directed by Michael Rooney (USA)
Two closeted actors on their way to their first high profile awards ceremony fight both expectation and each other, as intimacy and insecurity collide in the back seat of a car. Directed by Damian Overton (Australia)
It's midnight on Easter weekend. A young man driving on an empty highway in the middle of nowhere starts to see many bunnies alongside the road. They all watch him pass by. A few km's further down this road he is suddenly forced to stop when thousands of bunnies have barricaded the road. Written by Sergio Hira (Suriname)
