Category: Films in Competition

Mallie’s the girl next door, the cute kid, the leader of the bunch and the one who always seems to scope out shenanigans that land her and her two best friends- Earnie and Sophie- in the hot seat. She’s the Know-it-All who doesn’t quite Know-it-All, but she is always well meaning. Family friendly comedy.
Directed by Mahalia Jackson-Butler (USA)

A couple tries to survive in the wake of tragedy.
Directed by Noah Dorsey (USA)

Ryan and Sara, a seemingly normal couple, drive up the long and winding road to their mountain home. But as they return to their once peaceful retreat, tensions rise and they are confronted with the truth. Ryan flips out over a simple lightbulb breaking, Sara rehashes the joy they once cherished, and the memory of their lost child fall into their laps, unearthing the nightmares they tried to shut away.

The maelstrom of nostalgia, grief, regret, joy, and loss forces Ryan and Sara to peel back the layers of their love. With each layer, Ryan has to decide where Sara fits into his changing life. And It leaves the couple with one undying question: “Are you okay?”
Directed by Sean Renzetti (USA)

An adventure fantasy following an unsuspecting teen as he enters a portal to another world and is thrust into conflict with dragon worshipers — and an epic battle between good and evil. A magical fantasy saga adapted from the screenwriter’s award winning novels.
Directed by Chris Love (USA)

An old cowboy Burtis is tired and lose the passion of life. He wants to looking for another person to making a duel for meaning of existence. 
Directed by Jiayi Li (USA)

A young man with deformed hands in post-WW1 Europe is suspected by the town to have viciously murdered a girl.
Directed by William Stancik (USA)

In a strange place between life and death, a familiar face urges Albert to change his ways and embrace the absurdity of life.
Directed by Asa Gartland (UK)

An absurdist coming-of-age dark-comedy about a frustrated 16-year-old, Matthew, who fails to impress his crush and is relentlessly followed by the camera until driven towards an outburst.
Directed by Shimon Machida (Canada)

A young married woman and mother of two kids is forced to make a business trip. Behind this room is hiding in fact a big secret . It’s during this day that the curtain will fall and the truth will take place.
Directed by Gazanfer Biricik (France)

In a world where a woman must prove that she is capable of caring for a child before she’s allowed to conceive, a hopeful mom recruits the help of her BFF to pass the state’s rigorous test: to take care of a bag of flour for an entire year.
Directed by Caroline Iaffaldano (USA)