Month: April 2019

Belfast. 1984. Two old friends meet for the first time in years and set off on a journey that will change their lives.
Directed by Ashley Price (UK)

Directed by Allan Tsao (USA)

Set in the woods of parts unknown, “Like Wolves” tells the story of a man in hiding, whose isolation is broken by the arrival of a familiar face from the sins of his past.
Directed by Michael Silva (USA)

It’s Kat’s 17th birthday and she’s excited about seeing her boyfriend first thing but when he turns up, her mother dismisses him. Tension further rises when her estranged father unexpectedly knocks on the door. The hate between her parents is expressed in a volatile shouting match. 
After school, Kat’s drunken mother reveals that her father has leukaemia and is dying. Kat wants to see him but her mother still refuses. Upset, the teen stands her ground until things escalate and she is slapped in the face. This incident acts as the catalyst to the youth’s self-destructive drinking session later that night, which frightens both her brother and boyfriend Josh. 
The next day, Kat and Josh argue over alcohol, but their passion for each other prevails as their argument dissolves into a make-out session. Unbeknownst to them, someone is watching and misinterpreting the situation. This stranger tries to attack Josh but is beaten up by the young couple. Weak, he falls to the ground but instead of stopping, Kat’s frustration is turned into fury and she keeps kicking him. She is pulled away by Josh but wants to keep attacking until the helpless man finally calls out her name and she realizes it is actually her estranged father. 
Directed by Maza White (New Zealand)

Directed by Jef Amoranto (USA)

A poem of human nature.
Directed by Valentyn Korotkevych (Canada)

Gifted with eternal life after drinking from the Holy Grail, a medieval knight spawns an alternate history where technology is God, and man is a machine.
Directed by Julian Curi and Rocco Ambrosio (USA)

“Slobby” features a young man by the name of Stanley who incurs an exceedingly strenuous and unwelcoming conversation with an insurance company. Simultaneously, his best friend Slobby is persistently harassing Stanley urging Stanley to stop the call, avoid negative circumstances, and change his outlook on life to being more positive. Before long, things get out of control forcing Stanley’s mother to intervene.
Directed by Nicholas Messero (USA)

During the Klondike gold rush, Tagish First Nation, Skookum Jim, hid millions of dollars’ worth of gold around the Yukon. 100 years later, Amanda, a small town wife/mother, dreams of opening Rise n’ Shine bakery on the Alaska Highway in memory of her mother. When her loan application is rejected because of her husband’s gambling problem she is spiritually crushed, and kicks Jim out. Later, when she returns to work at Mukluk Annie’s, two armed masked men hold up the restaurant and steal the historic relic “Charlie” believing that there’s gold in its snout. Amanda recognizes the men are her husband Jim and his shady friend, Randy. She volunteers herself as a hostage. After they dodge the RCMP and find a hideout, gold fever inevitably takes over, and Randy tries to steal the gold for himself. Jim and Randy fight, causing Jim to fall 100 feet into a river. Just as Randy is about to run away with the gold, Amanda catches him o guard and knocks him out. As the gold falls into the river, Amanda must choose between saving her good-hearted but very flawed husband or retrieving the sinking gold…
Directed by Silver Kim (Canada)

How a food pantry strives to improve the quality of life in Desert Hot Springs, California by providing food assistance to needy residents.
Directed by Paul Raimondi (USA)