Category: Films in Competition

Reese, a timid high school graduate, gathers the courage to confess his feelings for his best friend’s intimidating sister Mandy, but, Miles, his best friend, gets in the way.
Directed by Rathin Rao (USA)

Today is Rosh Hashanah. A Rabbi and his student visit a hospital to blow the Shofar, a ram’s-horn used in religious ceremonies, for bed-ridden Jewish patients.
Directed by Michael Yosef (USA)

Blood, torment and human suffering are the rule, rather than the exception. ‘Evil’ dives deep into the psyche of history’s most gruesome killers, brought together to play a dangerous game. Be mindful though, there are rules to this demonic game which some will follow, and others will blatantly ignore, as every calculated decision keeps life hanging in the balance. The mark of any great game are its twists and turns, and ‘Evil’ has plenty. Alliances form and deception rips them apart as each entity is challenged, time and again to win the day. And the rules say, in the end, there can only be One…
Produced by Cinekat Filmworks (USA)

A mourning mother facing the aftermath of losing her son in a school shooting meets a young graffiti artist in her late teens who is dealing with a loss of her own.
Directed by Arsal Asal (USA)

Set in the Old West, a young woman and her companion are on the run from her father, a ruthless bounty hunter.
Directed by Jared Firstbrook (USA)

Documentary film about the chief bell ringer of the cathedral church of the Vladimir icon of the Mother of God in Saint-Petersburg. He is gilding restorer by profession but he is bell ringer in spirit. So, he found his second profession on the bell tower. This film also about his students, bells, ringing and gospel’s truths in the ordinary life.
Directed by Elena Chach (Russia)

An actress who is sick of being disregarded. How far will she fo? How much can she take?
Directed by Kayden Phoenix (USA)

After ingesting a strange diet spray, two woman unhinge, their savage egos ravaging the lives of two young hustlers.
Directed by Julie Merrick (Canada)

We follow two friends that also happen to be pregnant. One is still in heels and the other only wears yoga pants. Does one really have it more figured out then the other?
Directed by Jessica Cisneros Ramsey (USA)

Mia is having trouble staying in-touch with reality in this fiction short based on lucid dreaming.
Directed by Shelly Ortiz (USA)