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A Not So Scary Story (USA)

Director: Nick Sherman

A simple campfire story takes a turn for the worst when it appears to be a scarier tale than it appears.

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Birdie (USA)

Director: Campbell Topping

A young photographer comes to terms with her sexuality and psychopathic tendencies.

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Estranged (USA)

Director: Aiden Keltner 

A teenage girl’s disconnection from her peers is magnified as she relives a past trauma in the middle of her high school art class.

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Gentrification (USA)

Director: Samira Barragan

A young woman reflects on how gentrification has changed her neighborhood and wiped out the people who have worked and lived there for years.

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Girl in the Yellow Sweater (USA)

Director: Lainey Auwarter

A sweet music video about following your crush.

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Her (USA)

Director: Samuel Mitchell

A boy sits alone at a well-loved upright piano and writes a song about a close friend.

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Into the Horizon (USA)

Director: Aiden Keltner 

A visual exploration of suffering, loss and moving on.

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Love (USA)

Director: Quinlan Harp

A wide-eyed magnifying glass, full of curiosity, explores the world around it.

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Night of the Crabs (USA)

Director: Elyas Masrour

A journey through history to learn more about the plight of the horseshoe crab.

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Players (UK)

Director: Ava Bounds

A young girl explores a small village while adding to her mysterious collection of dead bird, a cigar box, and something new.

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Press Rewind (USA)

Director: Jared Goudsmit 

A clever music video that takes us back in time.

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Sophie and Jacob (Canada)

Director: Max Shoham

Set amid the Jewish refugee crisis brought on by World War Two, a story of family and finding home - no matter the circumstance.

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Strange Time (Iran)

Director: Alireza Khaledi

A man learns that in a world where people are blind, you should stay quiet if you can see.

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Stronger Than Steel (USA)

Director: Jacob Pincus

Three days after the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, thousands of people in Pittsburgh come together to protest hate and violence.

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The Crescent King (USA)

Director: Alex Casanas 

A man recalls his bizarre encounter with a metaphysical entity called The Crescent King.

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The Dream Cafe (China)

Director: Shuqian Lyu

The story of a young barista who works at special coffee shop in Shanghai that only hires workers with intellectual disabilities.

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The Working Man (USA)

Director: Matteos Zavaglia 

In this stylish film noir throw-back, a young man engages in a deadly struggle with the corporate hierarchy of his new job.

 
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198451 (Peru)

Director: Arturo Valentín Falconí Valderrama

A dog, caught in a mysterious world of consumption, fights to escape its cannibalistic foundations.

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A Modern Romance (USA)

Director: Nathan Shanahan

In this humorous take on dating, a young couple have different expectations for their first date.

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Beauty (UK)

Director: Owen R. Barbet

In a dystopian world, a mysterious woman hunts humans in order to learn new words from a cold, mechanical booth, but things become complicated when it will not give her the meaning of “beauty.”

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Bhanja (Singapore)

Director: Au Yeong Hui Wen

A young man, the son of a Gurkha,, has grown up in Singapore, but now faces the uncertainty of moving back to Nepal - a country he barely knows.

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Bonne Conduite [Good Behavior] (France)

Director: Théo Semeteys

In this dark comedy of errors, a hapless driving instructor unwittingly embarks on a murder spree.

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Carrie Fisher is Dead (USA)

Director: Tiffany Lin

A young boy who loses his beloved goldfish, Carrie Fisher.

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Half a Saba (Israel)

Director: Ben Molina

A filmmaker documents his Saba (Grandfather) who tells his life story in his own words while trying to find meaning in it all.

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Handscape (China)

Director: Yiru Chen

A young boy with a hearing impairment longs to pursue his passion for dancing despite his mother’s objections.

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How to Catch an Alien (China)

Director: Yang Shengwei

A man sets out to capture aliens before having a close encounter of his own.

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My House (USA)

Director: Alexander Edep

A family game night turns deadly when a protective mother desperately tries to keep her turn in the game a secret.

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Sonreir [Smile] (Mexico)

Director: Francisco Fernández Andrew

A hitman abandons a life of crime to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a professional comedian.

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The Organized Life (USA)

Director: Patrick Yu Wang

A son processes his relationship with his mother while exploring his need to meticulously organize everything in life

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The Press Conference (Ireland)

Director: Daniel McNicholl

A troubled boy finds refuge from his abusive father in a small kitchen cupboard that his demoralized mother cannot fit inside.

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The Waters That Heal Us (USA)

Director: Grace Eggleston

A special program takes veterans on therapeutic fly-fishing trips where they commune and heal in the presence of nature.

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To Love a Ladybug (USA)

Director: Mikael Trench

A dying cockroach, in the alleyways of Paris. reminisces about the time he fell in love with a ladybug.

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Trilo-Bite (Canda)

Director: Joshua Ralph

In taking pity upon a helpless trilobite, a dunkleosteus attempts to save the prehistoric arthropod from the predators of the End-Devonian period.

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Two (USA)

Director: Lindsay Scanlan

A charming exploration of everything it means to be a twin.

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Valle del Silicio [Silicon Valley] (USA)

Director: James Michael Douglas

A teenager studies coding to escape the violent streets of Guatemala and lift his family out of poverty.

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Vanilla Milkshake (USA)

Director: Dany Flores

A hopeless romantic searches for her soulmate with the help of a "true love" token before losing faith in its accuracy.

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With You Forever (Australia)

Director: George Butterworth

A filmmaker, determined to get a tattoo, struggles to come up with the perfect design to be with him forever

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Woodrow And Willow (USA)

Director: Max Crawley

A reclusive woodworker processes the death of his wife though his art.

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Your Vomit (New Zealand)

Director: Theo Shakes

A couple of mates bond at a party… and around the toilet.

 
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7,000 Miles (USA)

Director: Jimin Kang

An international student from South Korea spends her days in isolation trying to stay connected with her family despite being 7,000 miles away.

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Apartment Orgy (Germany)

Director: Apartment Orgy

An apple tries to restore social order in the kitchen while humanity struggles to stay at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Behind the Mask (UK)

Director: Sophie Lee

A Chinese student in the UK deals with racism in the face of the pandemic and confronts her own prejudices.

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Coronaaaa (USA)

Director: Kevin Woods

A home-grown rapper rhymes about getting through the pandemic

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My First Wedding In Leggings (Israel)

Director: Avigail Graetz & Eitan Herman

The realities of the pandemic come into focus as a Reform Rabbinical student is invited to perform a wedding entirely on Zoom.

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Quarantine Chorus (UK)

Director: Edoardo Sartori

Through music, a quaint Italian town learns the spirit of co-operation during the Coronavirus lockdown.

Quarantined (USA)

Director: Aidan Whitman Baker & Perry Cox

A student falls ill during the COVID-19 outbreak and must quarantine from his parents.

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Shift (Canada)

Director: Chen Sing Yap

in order to keep her family safe from COVID-19, a nurse sacrifices by moving into her car .

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The Bread (UK)

Director: Sophie Lee

A Chinese overseas student copes with quarantine after failing to fly back to her country.

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The Letter (USA)

Director: Aleksei Borovikov

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a young man dreams of life beyond the lockdown and reaches out.

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XOXO - A Film Made In Isolation (UK)

Director: Anayis Der Hakopian

A boring day of pandemic quarantine is passed with games of noughts and crosses.