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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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609537159894-8MJK6AEF0MKSCOS78CIB/Birdie.jpg 2020 Selections - Birdie (USA) Director: Campbell Topping A young photographer comes to terms with her sexuality and psychopathic tendencies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609537228478-6C9CHQR2CGP4VITV1V2B/Estranged.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609537263386-F2EXS2SLRI6RJCITWUV9/Gentrification.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609537345053-XDL9OX1KFMUQ9FOMU4MU/Girl+in+the+Yellow+Sweater.jpg 2020 Selections - Girl in the Yellow Sweater (USA) Director: Lainey Auwarter A sweet music video about following your crush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609537394706-OKUFA0GRWRRW9OF0PD99/Her.jpg 2020 Selections - Her (USA) Director: Samuel Mitchell A boy sits alone at a well-loved upright piano and writes a song about a close friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609537436025-22RBG0XQXEPGEQF5XRGH/Into+the+Horizon.jpg 2020 Selections - Into the Horizon (USA) Director: Aiden Keltner A visual exploration of suffering, loss and moving on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609537478219-KTX9IEMIXWJNYQBDAGIH/Gentrification.jpg 2020 Selections - Love (USA) Director: Quinlan Harp A wide-eyed magnifying glass, full of curiosity, explores the world around it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609564176456-MH4IPVM4MS79ROGQCMKE/Night+of+the+Crabs.jpg 2020 Selections - Night of the Crabs (USA) Director: Elyas Masrour A journey through history to learn more about the plight of the horseshoe crab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609564260269-MF8LTQ09R6J7EBNJS949/Players.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609564415176-GTIOJV9Z0HF5GT4RJAXK/Into+the+Horizon.jpg 2020 Selections - Press Rewind (USA) Director: Jared Goudsmit A clever music video that takes us back in time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609537478219-KTX9IEMIXWJNYQBDAGIH/Gentrification.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609564539349-QGGY4A0CXXPSWK7PLIHV/Strange+Time.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609564611751-SOHK6C29OOTVPKTOBQZV/Stronger+Than+Steel.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609564710169-LU0Z4A1FFON6IDTQNCO8/The+Crescent+King.jpg 2020 Selections - The Crescent King (USA) Director: Alex Casanas A man recalls his bizarre encounter with a metaphysical entity called The Crescent King. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609564803430-FPJM9EERFOJV9ONP2ZAG/The+Dream+Cafe.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609538190133-ZF2IUZTCAVYWNYPCZ3ZJ/The+Working+Man.jpg 2020 Selections - 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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.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609368103941-5GBFVK2QAYYCRCVENTMI/A+Not+So+Scary+Story.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463004407-LJJNLVVWTT8CXD1DQ0T2/198451.jpg 2020 Selections - Bonne Conduite [Good Behavior] (France) Director: Théo Semeteys In this dark comedy of errors, a hapless driving instructor unwittingly embarks on a murder spree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463029525-BLOT1N98CNMAP1R5HT4O/Carrie+Fisher+is+Dead.jpg 2020 Selections - Carrie Fisher is Dead (USA) Director: Tiffany Lin A young boy who loses his beloved goldfish, Carrie Fisher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463052380-QP9JZKG1TAVQQNWQCA9I/Beauty.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463083311-82FYT8HZ6AK8M48RAM79/Handscape.jpg 2020 Selections - Handscape (China) Director: Yiru Chen A young boy with a hearing impairment longs to pursue his passion for dancing despite his mother’s objections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463120068-7HJ12Y0B9G8QO4HA8D1D/198451.jpg 2020 Selections - How to Catch an Alien (China) Director: Yang Shengwei A man sets out to capture aliens before having a close encounter of his own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463181999-ERW2BQE3YU660RJNJQV2/My+House.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463154792-WMQI2FC6722EI2K57PE4/Sonreir+%28Smile%29.jpg 2020 Selections - Sonreir [Smile] (Mexico) Director: Francisco Fernández Andrew A hitman abandons a life of crime to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a professional comedian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463206463-9B2P07MV14R817HXV3C3/The+Organized+Life.jpg 2020 Selections - 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 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463237391-E6423ZB6ZT0G1HCK40X7/The+Press+Conference.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463259550-HQQ6C2J10TNUXK33D5F3/The+Waters+That+Heal+Us.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463286938-8XGLZJR8T2GYER3JYSKS/To+Love+a+Ladybug.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463309704-97MYVWPJLYMJ4AU5Z74I/Trilo-Bite.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463347955-Z7X2MYP61UCQF63JKJ6S/Two.jpg 2020 Selections - Two (USA) Director: Lindsay Scanlan A charming exploration of everything it means to be a twin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463371143-SN7MIEYSHQ7TUCYSPTGW/Valle+del+Silicio+%28Silicon+Valley%29.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463399174-5DVDXF7A2EOKNHO7SAP6/Vanilla+Milkshake.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463425156-81EFPZC491XU2WHQ7AIU/With+You+Forever.jpg 2020 Selections - 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 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463670394-W3JTRQB6PD7O9GX4SCA1/Woodrow+and+Willow.jpg 2020 Selections - Woodrow And Willow (USA) Director: Max Crawley A reclusive woodworker processes the death of his wife though his art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609463697792-52G487I0B82PFJ75D2R3/Your+Vomit.jpg 2020 Selections - Your Vomit (New Zealand) Director: Theo Shakes A couple of mates bond at a party… and around the toilet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609563258645-L6QCDBR632OUUA6BQUSM/CORONA.png 2020 Selections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609367803854-OXP079SCICRBF0IT5YKD/image-asset.jpeg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609368360306-LVZOHNHQ999MNYQCYHZR/Apartment+Orgy.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609538833401-8R8JHCDYTEDKD2AT0FZE/Behind+the+Mask.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609538852760-75OCY9ZEMZWHRKQWDH1Q/A+Not+So+Scary+Story.jpg 2020 Selections - Coronaaaa (USA) Director: Kevin Woods A home-grown rapper rhymes about getting through the pandemic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609538874153-L86KEK8SQXUOC5O9UOX2/My+First+Wedding+In+Leggings.jpg 2020 Selections - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609538895426-AAZ9N9D0W59FXOAE0JCD/Apartment+Orgy.jpg 2020 Selections - Quarantine Chorus (UK) Director: Edoardo Sartori Through music, a quaint Italian town learns the spirit of co-operation during the Coronavirus lockdown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609538917711-SLBSPFFCU5BZWKZ53FX6/image-asset.jpeg 2020 Selections - Quarantined (USA) Director: Aidan Whitman Baker & Perry Cox A student falls ill during the COVID-19 outbreak and must quarantine from his parents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609538938967-HQECQ5UVIKQ8A9XHAUMO/A+Not+So+Scary+Story.jpg 2020 Selections - Shift (Canada) Director: Chen Sing Yap in order to keep her family safe from COVID-19, a nurse sacrifices by moving into her car . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609538962243-OXXJDWA11ETJZ8CR1NF5/The+Bread.jpg 2020 Selections - 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Not even the money can save him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/ffe2947e-7404-4a6c-84ee-a254790f7ad3/A+Piece+of+Ranch.png 2022 Selections - A Piece of Ranch (USA) Director: Jiayang Liu After moving back to their hometown in Wyoming, a family starts a ranch for special needs children, hoping to provide a sanctuary where everyone can feel like they belong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/e91374b7-3c3d-4046-a60f-dedae16410d2/A+Shift+in+Perspective.png 2022 Selections - A Shift in Perspective (USA) Director: Ellery Futch & Sofia Soto A rising senior’s summer assignment to write a screenplay about strangers she observes on the street forces her to examine her own life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/988429a6-1622-4c85-9c99-d99892a83af1/Bird+Lady.png 2022 Selections - Bird Lady (USA) Director: Carter Rostron An exploration of the mystery surrounding a local Kansas City statue that has become known as the “Bird Lady.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/62c6e292-f177-46f8-8519-d2b7eb409018/Clich%C3%A9.png 2022 Selections - Cliché (Ireland) Director: Niamh Collins Joe isn't satisfied with his life, but, luckily, there are plenty of people around him willing to offer advice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/04056440-f21d-4b38-b960-b93bdbe12ed5/Gob.png 2022 Selections - Gob (New Zealand) Director: Casey Roberts On the eve of her 18th birthday, a goblin that lives in a young woman's closet struggles to accept that she is no longer as a childhood playmate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/b71f9f78-9974-4a0e-bd3b-16b23c33834f/Hello+Frisco.png 2022 Selections - Hello Frisco (UK) Director: Ava Bounds This playful, surreal, road movie pits four teens against the elements in a race against time to solve the mystery of an abandoned baby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/7fea346b-ded2-4180-bfe9-25211bff5a9e/How+to+Survive+Your+First+Date.png 2022 Selections - How to Survive Your First Date (USA) Director: Reese Robers In this dark parody of 1950's instructional films, Dotty and her date, Darryl, try to survive against the voyeuristic narrator manipulating them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1d7451e9-d706-4069-9689-d156ddea2b48/It%E2%80%99s+Getting+Bad+Again.png 2022 Selections - It’s Getting Bad Again (USA) Director: Sarah Reyes A young woman unconventionally navigates her worsening mental health in the wake of a depressive episode. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/a9163532-51df-4c01-9c8a-5cc431b67719/Keyframe.png 2022 Selections - Keyframe (USA) Directors: Hayden Grant & Joseph Weber While working to meet their deadlines, a group of young animators find themselves in a strange situation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/dc97938f-0dd3-4e0a-9fc9-f2bf3d255096/No+Ordinary+Time.png 2022 Selections - No Ordinary Time (USA) Directors: Lotus Porte-Moyel, Hadley Pearson & Mara Flynn This film focuses on the impact of the Spanish Flu pandemic on Montana through the lens of high school students currently experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/00fe18e8-f906-429d-b30c-16fcab6ee82f/The+Audition.png 2022 Selections - The Audition (USA) Director: Eli Berliner A young pianist makes a startling discovery while painting that changes his relationship to music forever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/a82d1684-4eab-4c1b-ad08-f44bdfc0bc16/The+Beauty+Conversation.png 2022 Selections - The Beauty Conversation (USA) Director: Karis Lai 11 teenage girls discuss society’s beauty standard and its effect on their health and mental well-being. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/ddb36fd6-30e2-4733-9d12-8e0fbdbabbb8/The+First+280+Honest+Words+of+My+Life.png 2022 Selections - The First 280 Honest Words of My Life (USA) Director: Ella James A 14-year-old writer visually conceptualizes a short essay she must compose to get accepted into a summer program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/cf904705-aad0-4005-a23d-6bee15839f93/The+Oubliette.png 2022 Selections - The Oubliette (Ireland) Director: Max Hendrickson After moving into a small apartment in a big city, a man notices strange and mysterious occurrences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/7c65cb7b-3d3f-4bed-ae47-8fb59a90bf35/The+White+Rose.png 2022 Selections - The White Rose (USA) Director: Ian Kim The story of the German students who resisted the Nazis by distributing incendiary leaflets told in stop-motion animation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/9ee0090c-e6d2-478f-9956-2e59be2bca0b/Waiting+for+Daniel.png 2022 Selections - Waiting for Daniel (USA) Director: David Lilien A teenager grapples with the loss of a close friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/fb167218-c127-49bb-9d8a-c88cee9be1ec/Wilted.png 2022 Selections - Wilted (USA) Director: Savannah Durham After the passing of their dearest friend, two grieving teenagers find solace in each other's company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1609562831822-H0MA1N14TZS0SJLNTKFL/TITLE+copy.png 2022 Selections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/6f0fad07-7652-49e8-86bc-a9f111fd1f65/Aspects.png 2022 Selections - Aspects (Canada) Director: Connor Kujawinski Axel fights a moving aspect ratio triggered by Leigh’s attempts to burn all memories of his existence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/df70888e-2e64-49bf-90cc-ff3b115de9d0/Beats.png 2022 Selections - Beats (Germany) Director: Simon Pfister A group of friends must make impossible decisions after one of them is trapped in the middle of a nightclub shooting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/6296ec6d-79ed-4cc4-b5e9-23459bd77c9c/Blitz.png 2022 Selections - Blitz (USA) Director: Casey Glazer In this kinetic action-fest, a robbery goes wrong and the ensuing fight results in fireworks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/ed6b4a5b-bcf0-48c9-bfc6-71a099570be1/Ceramic+Rabbit.png 2022 Selections - Ceramic Rabbit (USA) Directors: Linnea Haga & Isobel Cassidy Two ceramic rabbits try to save their shattered home as they confront their fear of being broken https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/5296ed73-8dc5-4808-8fbe-f7f37914d2d8/Conforme.png 2022 Selections - Conforme (France) Director: Antoine Abdul-Jalil In an empty office, a father and his son learn to communicate while waging a war against a dangerous photocopier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/d88c20f2-2873-43c6-b115-19c0a9362be6/Dickhead.png 2022 Selections - Dickhead (USA) Director: Vy Nguyen Violet, a hopeless romantic, is determined to overcome her anxiety and ask out her crush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/7e80cad8-2b1f-434c-93ce-3c3cb65b6e13/found..png 2022 Selections - 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(Canada) Director: Kay Golda Ishmael A girl working in a small coffeeshop is intrigued by a mysterious customer who always appears with three birds. Then, one day, there’s one missing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/d4cedef7-2426-46f1-b4c1-adaa7fa4aabe/Home+Sweet+Home.png 2022 Selections - Home Sweet Home (USA) Director: Guadalupe Gaona A trio of ambitious aliens embark on an interstellar mission to collect the keys to unlock their new home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/9d26ab19-7731-4e10-8bf7-eb07998bc3c4/Kojak+-+A+Fuller+Life.png 2022 Selections - Kojak: A Fuller Life (USA) Director: Darien Taylor Former high school basketball star, Kojak Fuller, uses lessons learned from his life's tragedies to help the youth in his community flourish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/06770e4a-e86e-4fdb-aedf-1dead8644b6e/Les+Coses+S%C3%B3n+Aix%C3%AD.png 2022 Selections - Les Coses Són Així (Spain) Director: Marc Esquirol Celia and Artur find themselves left along during the lockdown. Before long, love emerges between the two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/7b7532b1-0545-4d2c-a5e3-3a8e36613bd1/Lion.png 2022 Selections - Lion (Canada) Director: Ryan Bellaire During halftime of a college basketball championship game, the head coach confronts his players after steroids are found in the star player’s locker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/63a52bf9-c391-42cf-862d-fdf78c9ed5b2/Mindful+Senses.png 2022 Selections - Mindful Senses (USA) Director: Pedro Edmond A tired, overworked man is forced to do meditation with his friend. Meanwhile, his 5 senses struggle to adapt to the new change in pace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/d1114729-eb4d-43a5-bda1-b8caeaffbf5c/MY-SELF.png 2022 Selections - MY-SELF (Israel) Director: Halel Edri The conflict between a character and her inner voice plays out as the two enter a dark maze in search of power. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/f57dc43f-72f1-4daf-9543-0eff541a13cc/Pari.png 2022 Selections - Pari (Canada) Director: Inaya Sher A young Kalasha girl and her father traverse the mountainous forests of northern Pakistan when she meets a Pari who entices her with whimsy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1d23cdfd-8556-4ca0-96e7-555a43277ff6/Seeing+Sound.png 2022 Selections - Seeing Sound (Canada) Director: Alec Jordan A young musician that is unable to read sheet music and could care less if his socks match or not, shares his abilities with a variety of musical instruments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/64db2250-816b-400f-86b2-c8fbc85bf2fc/The+Barmaid+and+the+Serpent.png 2022 Selections - The Barmaid and the Serpent (USA) Director: Rose Louise Gammill In a quest to avenge her brother’s death, a fearless barmaid ventures into the darkest part of the forest, where she encounters a mythical, bloodthirsty serpent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/727e427d-b550-4a6b-bf0e-ec1edd01b51b/The+More+We+Get+Together.png 2022 Selections - The More We Get Together (USA) Director: Daniel Roberts Delia panics when she finds out her dad is in the hospital with COVID symptoms until she is confronted by Gracie, Delia’s adorable childhood therapy puppet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1dcd7cc9-6be9-4069-9d8f-768e08139879/The+Other+Kid.png 2022 Selections - The Other Kid (Canada) Director: Yiwen Zhu A girl is forced by her parents to perform during a family dinner, but soon discovers she’s not the only one there to perform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/605f3d29-acca-4aaa-90c4-5212cdb5f005/The+Quiet.png 2022 Selections - The Quiet (Australia) Director: Radheya Jegatheva When an astronaut ponders the quietude of space, he stumbles upon a startling self-realization. The truth is written in the stars, but what will he uncover? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/aff28aa1-e040-4532-bbb4-2ce375eb24aa/The+Spellening.png 2022 Selections - The Spellening (USA) Director: Brooke Burnett Sadie and Jeff fiercely battle each other in a popular card game until Sadie casts her most powerful card, but the outcome is all too shockingly real. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/874e0d0f-86d5-4903-85d4-142f6a819def/The+Starlight+Hotel.png 2022 Selections - The Starlight Hotel (USA) Director: Brett Baxley Dropped off at The Starlight Hotel for an audition, Heroine notices strange people and happenings around her. As her night progresses, the sinister truth of her situation becomes clearer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/6087bdc7-2038-4ba6-9cb7-71b8d4ffedc2/Those+Who+Run.png 2022 Selections - Those Who Run (Canada) Director: Nick Milczarczyk When a high school track star is caught using performance enhancers by her rival, she takes desperate measures that will tear apart her life and those around her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/8c90cec2-aede-4e91-bd75-ab9a350613d7/Try+Not+To+Dwell+On+It.png 2022 Selections - Try Not To Dwell On It (Israel) Director: Stav Asheri Things go tragically wrong, when a lone soldier is tasked with a mission to deliver food supply to a guard post deep inside a city turned war zone war zone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/1635733879209-LZ4A1K4EGAR7O0PJ3DQU/DANCE+ON+FILM+TITLE.jpg 2022 Selections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/010a8f84-5529-45a4-9ca6-008aeaec227a/Optic.png 2022 Selections - Optic (USA) Director: Allison Beaty This screen dance explores the neurological principle of vision as viewers are privileged to witness pecific perspectives or parts of the whole picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/ada8989e-757f-45f3-9de2-0f2f93cb29d9/Reply+to+Me.png 2022 Selections - Reply to Me (China) Director: Lin Yijing Can I still be me after this torturing struggle? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/3c07610c-617e-470e-9ec8-6340654002eb/Z%C3%AC+J%C7%90.png 2022 Selections - Zì Jǐ (Canada) Directors: Erin Lum & Corinne Langmuir An exploration of the sense of racial melancholia that follows our protagonist as she navigates an intimately distant relationship with numbness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/f5091b30-899b-48e8-85d7-4602504f2791/SOCIAL+JUSTICE+TITLE.jpg 2022 Selections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/d85f0b4e-251d-41e9-b762-97115cf4bcb1/Venus+Ascending.png 2022 Selections - Venus Ascending: Gender Equality & Water (USA) Director: Asher Anantham An exploration of how water scarcity in the developing world has a disproportionate impact on woman and girls since they are predominantly responsible for water collection and transport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/e59c8431-e137-4c15-9617-4ba705dfa942/AWARDS+COPY.png 2022 Selections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/f403aee9-9ecd-478b-b0a6-9f3b2454a7e3/Hellbender+Award+%28High+School%29.jpg 2022 Selections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/4a2be72c-f365-4882-a809-20ba4b12c000/Hellbender+Award+%28College%3AUniversity%29.jpg 2022 Selections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/cc3cf8f0-5237-4f3b-bdb5-aefeb2714a63/Best+Animated+Short+%28High+School%29.jpg 2022 Selections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/b04cbbd3-2132-4977-8605-46fad96c5d19/Best+Documentary+Short+%28High+School%29.jpg 2022 Selections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/e127a246-27bc-4667-b6bf-71b83df55dbf/Best+Narrative+Short+%28High+School%29.jpg 2022 Selections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/27d4ce98-0bca-495c-9dd6-2e9f45b96641/Best+Animated+Short+%28College%3AUniversity%29.jpg 2022 Selections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/4763f168-01cd-4648-a526-0e5f9ff7f3c3/Best+Documentary+Short+%28College%3AUniversity%29.jpg 2022 Selections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/383e5480-411b-4f6c-8463-8145af416410/Best+Narrative+Short+%28College%3AUniversity%29.jpg 2022 Selections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/3633fc26-5770-4911-a0fd-ff54b5a2fc8c/Dance+On+Film.jpg 2022 Selections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/07e2fd34-494c-4dad-be29-f4a214eac5a3/Audience+Choice.jpg 2022 Selections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5b29bac791cf3c57065f63/e50ce8c9-f522-49b0-bbe8-a360ae17c178/Best+Social+Justice.jpg 2022 Selections - 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