Category: Films in Competition

Driven by the desire to be reunited with her son, a mother struggling with mental illness finds the courage to make the bravest decision of her life- whether or not to take her own life.
Directed by Pamela Perrine (USA)

Directed by James Blanco and Daniel Teller (USA)

A woman is stalked by a creature that only appears when she’s not wearing her contacts, which have just gone missing.
Directed by Stephen Parkhurst (USA)

Leo, 2, is the son of the director of an industrial plant. When employees find out that management is about to close the factory, Bruno, a more radical worker, abducts Leoto negotiate…
Directed by Rémi Allier (France)

The Second American Civil War drives an American father to desperation to provide for his son, as order collapses and asylum in Mexico is his only hope. 
Written by John Mccarney (USA)

Three new friends form a business picking mushrooms on cow farms and selling them in chocolates.
Directed by Robert Morgan and Tarik Smith (USA)

The Contested Edge is in post-production on Innocent Boy, a dystopian, neon western horror. The short film follows Penny, a black trans male hustler whose plan to escape his drug addled lifestyle falls afoul of his pimp, Momma and a road warrior named Cowboy.
Directed by Brock Cravy (USA)

Dr. Anders J. Cohen and 83 year old African American patient Barbara Y. Williams embark on a journey into a case of minimally invasive spine surgery in Brooklyn, NY. This sparks a deeper look in the disparity between the black community and medicine.
Directed by William Wonders III (USA)

A long abandoned animated project comes to life to antagonize the artist into completing it.
Directed by Diego Lacámara (USA)

Directed by Pika Au (China)