Category: Films in Competition

This poetry film combines documentation of the protests immediately after Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, with Walt Whitman’s own voice reciting lines from his poem “America.”
Directed by H. Paul Moon (USA)

Inspired by the “Zero Budget Natural Farming” movement (ZBNF), Grammy Award Winner Ricky Kej musically collaborated with the amazing tribal farmers and created the ‘One With Earth Song’ which celebrates life and everything natural. These Tribal farmers practice the healthiest and most sustainable type of farming in the world. The ‘One With Earth Song’ was launched at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Directed by Sairam Sagiraju (India)

Meïa wakes up one day and decides to leave everything behind and move to New York. The city strips her from all her physical possessions but gives her a chance to build the life she wants.
Directed by Alberto Negrete Rimbau (USA)

In a dystopian future, a government agent rebels.
Directed by Neil Haeems and Raviv Haeems (USA)

A woman scorned by a former lover seeks to regain her prized possession.
Directed by Neil Haeems and Raviv Haeems (USA)

An abstract snapshot of creative life at the edge of the Sonoran Desert.
On the southernmost border of Arizona’s Cochise County, the Sonoran Desert provides a life of creative expression for those able to live in concert with its diverse plants, animals and people. A deep regional history reveals itself each year as the community gathers to share in fire and rebirth. Shot on decades-old expired 16mm film stock, the imperfect visual texture and meditative docent-like voiceover are complemented by a live, improvised instrumental soundtrack. The resulting exploration of sound and image exposes a life of beauty, freedom and powerful self-reflection.
Directed by Stephen Crout (USA)

Two strangers will is put to test when given an ominous ultimatum to make a fatal decision.
Directed by Enrique Batiste (USA)

Mixed signals, narcissism, love for sale: Liquid Love in São Paulo. The lives of the 30-year-old Katharina (played by Camilla Ferreira) and 40-year-old Alice (played by Rodolfo Lima) intertwine when Katharina enters a new world of online romances through dating apps.
Directed by Pryka Almeida (Brazil)

“For Summer” is a haunting short horror film exploring a couple’s broken relationship in the aftermath of grief, and the terrifying results.
Directed by Jessie Kirby (UK)

Santa Claus realizes the problem of global warming while carrying the big bag of gifts.
Directed by Isaac Rubio (USA)