Category: Films in Competition

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)

“A Rent in the Veil” is a meditation on the elasticity of time, the mystery of an unfolding cosmos, and the endurance of wonder. From the mesmerizing drift of millennia found in Herzog’s caves, to the slow-motion transformations witnessed in Viola’s video art, A Rent in the Veil embraces an aesthetic that is more about contemplative introspection than any particular formal orthodoxy. The absence of tracking shots or close-ups are reminiscent of Benning’s 13 Lakes, even as the animated text and soundtrack that weave through black and white imagery evoke passages that conjure the fledgling years of cinema.
Directed by Andrew Beckham (USA)

A young woman discovers she has a deep connection with her grandmother after her grandmother has passed.
Directed by Jerry J White III (USA)

A therapist’s bad habits start to affect his relationships with his clients.
Directed by Roberto Raad (USA)

A creative writing instructor (Jennifer Morrison, “Once Upon a Time”) at a juvenile detention center finds common ground with a troubled student (Madison Wolfe, “I Kill Giants”) yet quickly finds herself in great danger when she decides to help her.
Directed by Sheldon Wong Schwartz (USA)