Films in Competition – Page 6

On Rescuing Democracy and the Rule of Law

After the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall, volunteer American lawyers traveled to former Soviet Bloc countries to help usher

Nari, a woman in her twenties with a blue alien face, struggles with blind dates as men run away when

100% is a surreal black-and-white short film about identity, control, fear, and the fragile illusion of certainty. Through a sequence

A prenatal test can predict with 99% accuracy whether a child will become a psychopath. Faced with that certainty, 99%

Directed by Peiyi Yao China)

Trapped in her own digital reflection, a young fashion designer becomes involved in a macabre plot that will make her

May Cobb finally retires. Life is not kicking in so nicely as one day her cat goes missing. Directed by

A cautionary tale of humanity’s disregard for nature, the consequences enforced by the ancient Guardian of the Forest, and the

A broke priest resorts to desperate measures to refuel his gambling addiction. Directed by Michael Benjamin Walker (UK)

For three years, I collected footage of my friend and artist Melissa Termini. This short documentary serves as the pilot