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A man named Joe, who moves to Los Angeles with the dream of becoming a film director. As soon as he arrives, he hates LA. Everything is fake: the people, the industry, the city. Joe tries to work on his new script but he has writer’s block. Tired of working his minimum wage job and not having the motivation to keep on going, he meets a girl named Chloe Burbank. They fall in love; Joe shares with Chloe his passion for film. They both explore the city, watch movies and grow together. Time goes by and Chole falls out of love with Joe. They break up and Joe goes through a major depression. Then one day he finds inspiration in his heartbreak, and he writes a story about Chole. At the end he realizes that Chole was not just a person that he fell in love with, it was also the city he lived in.
Directed by Atlante Guajardo (USA)

Lucy is a studious high school junior who dreams of attending the Sadie Hawkins dance with Tomás, a classmate who keeps to himself and sits behind her in Spanish class. After devising a way to get his attention, the two strike up a flirtatious friendship. Days later, Lucy finally works up the courage to ask him to the dance, only to have her worst fear become a reality. From then on, Lucy is unable to face Tomás, making their time during class unbearable for them both… that is, until Lucy learns something about Tomás that allows her to see him, and her own pain, in a different light.
Directed by Marcela Cantú Serrano (USA)

What’s worse than a writer trapped in The Twilight Zone? Try one trapped in his own zone?
Directed by Colin Francis Costello (USA)

This documentary is about the daily life of Tibetans. Their devotion and persistence for faith. Their innocence and kindness. Hope to restore a real Tibet.
Directed by Xiwen Zhang (China)

An Asian girl came to Los Angeles to achieve her American dream, but the reality is not as she wished，She is sad and disappointed, she doesn’t know where to go.
Directed by Xiwen Zhang (USA)

Web series – An atheist farm girl arrives at the big city of “Vancouver” after being exiled from her cult community in Kamloops but in order to survive, she’ll work as personal assistant for a former god of chaos now the god of order.
Directed by Ezgi Gundogdu and Farsina Kabir Prithwi (Canada)

Brian, who got stuck in a rut, receives a call during his broadcast that doesn’t turn into a pleasant conversation.
Directed by Bastiaan Rook (Netherlands)

She’s the girl with starry eyes, about to do a sacrifice. Can’t find a cure for her blackened heart because there ain’t no man under her umbrella. Crawling through the dark room, she begins to smile. Her luck is about to change.
Directed by Jesse Haaja (Finland)

A fugitive finds himself the subject of an intense pursuit. What’s in the briefcase? The truth will surprise you, as you take a dive into the first installment of this enigmatic trilogy!
Directed by Ivan Mbakop (USA)

In this short documentary, we go behind the scenes with Buddhist Chaplain, Justin Von Bujdoss as he shares the complex and important role he plays in holding space for the correction officers during meditation at Riker’s Island one of the most dangerous prisons in the country.
Directed by Tricia Brouk (USA)