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“The Most Magnificent Thing” is an inspirational story about a little girl with a creative spirit, determined to make great things. Joined by her best friend, her pet dog, the two happily explore the world, doing absolutely everything together. When she receives her very own tool kit, the little girl sets out to make the most magnificent thing for her best friend – but it’s not as easy as she thinks! “The Most Magnificent Thing” is a timeless tale about learning through perseverance and hard work, the power of love, and selflessness.
Directed by Arna Selznick (Canada)

Oliver and Penelope’s 15 year friendship gets shaken up as she shares her latest adventure in the non monogamy world.
Directed by Susan Campochiaro Confrey (USA)

Tension emerges when a few friends gather to play a game of basketball on a piping hot day in Brooklyn, New York.
Directed by Gus Frank (USA)

A classic study of a hand, drawn with charcoal on canvas, starts moving.
It is a reflection and amazement about what we feel, sense, form, realize and effect and about who we are.
A calm and touching film that leaves a lot of space to trace one’s own thoughts, in a certain way archaic but also aesthetic and virtuoso.
Directed by Evelyn Kreinecker (Austria)

A family has to deal with hard decisions when the machine that has been keeping their father’s consciousness alive begins to fail.
Written by Scott Nelson (USA)

Going back home to your folks like entering a time that’s solid. Time like reclinable chairs stacked in a room. Like jelly. Falling back into it slowly.
Directed by Candelaria Saenz Valiente (Argentina)

Recalculating …

Erica is on her way to a friend’s party but her Sat Nav has other plans.
Directed by Liane Moonraven (UK)

A short portrait of a strange yet familiar family as they bury their family pet in the backyard. Directed by

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“Stage Time” is a forty-minute documentary that follows a road trip between three stand-up comedians who put together a show of their own twelve hours North, in Humboldt California. This film explores that trip and provides better insight as to why these comedians perform despite the challenges thrown their way.
Directed by Dylan Lloyd (USA)

A thrilling look into the mind of a young woman as she gets ready to take on the night.
Directed by Maggie Meiners (USA)