Category: Films in Competition

A man returns to his hometown for the funeral of his male high school sweetheart and has to confront the family that didn’t know their secret as well as his own feelings of loss and regret.
Directed by Brad McDermott (Canada)

“Ashes Two Dust” is a photo-to-video exploration of impending loss and the growth that one can find in the mindful examination of this ubiquitous experience.
Directed by Maura Freeman (USA)

A young woman faces her telephobia and does whatever it takes to overcome it.
Directed by Sage Christian Drake (USA)

When Alice follows the Hatter to his Wonderland she soon comes to realize that all may not be as it seems.
Directed by Gemma Paul (UK)

Jorge and Iván receive a simple assignment: steal a briefcase and deliver it to their client in the bathrooms of an airport. What they did not imagine is that the briefcase contains a thousand-year curse.
Directed by Juan De Dios Garduño (Spain)

For revenge, a deranged mail carrier uses a screwdriver as the murder weapon to inflict punishment on specific customers. Not only are the police baffled by these brutal murders, but they also must stop a psychotic transvestite who poisons her/his victims for personal reasons. This is a chilling murder mystery with a showdown between these two serial killers in the end.
Directed by Micah Ellars (USA)

Built in 1913, the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, California is known as an example of Beaux Art Architecture. Unfortunately it has also been known as the Suicide bridge ever since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Recently there has been a dramatic increase in suicide attempts which has caused great discomfort to the local residents and further threatens the reputation of the bridge as a historical landmark. The documentary takes the audiences on a journey to find a solution to deter suicide.
Directed by Guy Zhuoqin Yang (China)

Five years after the death of their parents, two brothers reunite to try to understand the emotional mechanism of the other who faced the great tragedy of their family. The aggressive interaction of both men forces their awareness of their own choices that have decisively influenced their destiny.
Directed by Kevin Austra (USA)

In the not too distant future, The Bournemount corporation, a technologically formidable corporation, creates a powerful but unreliable experiment. And so, they decide to destroy it. However, assistant scientist, Colin Kampf, believes that this is wrong and steals it. Bournemount notices and sends everyone out after him to retrieve what is rightfully theirs.
Directed by Thomas McQuillan (UK)

The will to live is tested as a young couple struggles to surmount impossible odds.
Directed by Ellie Schuckman (USA)