Category: Films in Competition

“Samarpit” (Hindi Short Film): Everyday hundreds of youngsters come to Mumbai (any dream city in India) with a dream to make it big in the film industry. They struggle daily with the only hope to get one good break. But there are few cunning people who take advantage of these struggling actors and shatter their dream.
Directed by Nihar Nayak (India)

A group of kids are out with a borrowed drone, shooting video of their neighborhood. But when the drone crashes into a mysterious neighbor’s second story window, one boy gets more than he bargains for.

Starring Van Quattro from Fight Club and Evan Myles Horsley from S.W.A.T.
Directed by Jacob Ryan Snovel (USA)

Stranded on an arctic island with a dying man in 1921, an Alaskan seamstress must overcome her fears of the wilderness and find the strength to survive if she ever hopes to return home to her son. Inspired by the true story of Ada Blackjack.
Directed by Dane Winn (UK)

Written by Janice Walker (USA)

“Dragon” Egg is about a modern world where dragons not only exist, but function effectively as weapons of mass destruction. Aeron and his renegade military unit seek to track down a dragon egg with hopes to raise a dragon effectively as a WMD for their cause, defending humanity. They discover Verges, a man jaded by society, and attempt to interrogate him for their goal.
Directed by Joshua Mabie (USA)

Traveling to the remote Omo Valley in Southern Ethiopia Alan Kaplan and Wendy Stuart Kaplan \discover a culture of tribal people who worship, live, dress and adorn themselves as they have for centuries. The question is, “how different are they than us and how long will they remain that way?”
Directed by Alan Kaplan (USA)

A man with limited time remaining forces a doctor to get the medication he needs to save his daughter.
Directed by Zane Morrow (USA)

A reflection on the journey between Chicago and DC, connecting voices of hope, empowerment and intersectionality during The Women’s March, the largest protest in the history of the United States, as women and girls organize and rally after the inauguration of the 45th president.

Focusing on intersectionality, mothers and daughters from every strata of the country reflect on the work that is to come for the women’s movement and how we can mobilize for change.
Directed by Laurie Little, Jess Mattison and Theresa Campagna (USA)

The Super Smash Countdown Starring Ronny Diarrhea who hosts an NPR/PBS style show on WTRD 91.1
Directed by Joe DeBolt and Sam Van Horn (USA)

A high school principal is bent on unearthing the identities of a secret hacker group that has infiltrated his school.
Directed by Jason Ancona (USA)