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33RD & CLOVER (0:08:28)

Director: Cloey Davis

United States • 2025

A stray kitten, who is ousted by his colony and pushed to the brink of starvation, sets out on a journey through the unknown city streets after the appearance of a mysterious and ethereal cat.  

EVIL EYE (0:03:14)

Director: Mia StarrFrank

United States • 2024

An anxious young woman tries to break out of her shell by going to a party, but her fears are lurking beneath the surface.​

EYELASH (0:07:23)

Director: Doğa Kılcoğlu Esen

Turkey • 2025

A little girl grows up under the eyelashes of a big eye. A story about loss, grief and transformation. 

MARIPOSA  (0:04:56)

Director: Brook Vitovsky

United States • 2025

Mariposa's world begins to unravel around her when she finds a mysterious butterfly.

SPRING WALTZ (0:11:33)

Directors: Stefano Lorenzi & Clelia Catalano

Italy • 2023

A man and a woman separated by a wall. However, their love doesn’t accept divisions, barriers, obstacles. And day after day, with tenacity, imagination, love, he tries to return to her arms. 

WHERE THE DEER SLEEP (0:12:10)

Director: Matt Udvari

United States • 2024

When her mother tragically dies, a girl named Zoe embarks on a  physical journey through the five stages of grief. Through encounters with several forest animals that are more than what they seem, Zoe is forever changed.

CORONER TO THE STARS (1:23:00)

Directors: Ben Hethcoat & Keita Ideno

United States • 2024

Chronicles the extraordinary journey of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the former Los Angeles County Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner whose groundbreaking autopsies forever shaped American culture.

MOSES (2:07:13)

Director: Francisco Guijarro

United States • 2024

In San Francisco, a man enduring homelessness for two decades connects with passersby to be seen among the invisible—a skill he learned from a promising music career cut short in the '70s, and one that will ultimately transform his life.

SEQUOIAS OF THE SEA (0:54:00)

Directors: Natasha Benjamin & Ana Blanco

United States • 2024

​​Tells the story of the environmental, cultural and economic destruction wrought in a California coastal town that’s lost its kelp forest. It’s a deep dive into the lives of a scientist, a commercial fisherman and a community working to restore its coastal resources devastated by a climate disaster.

SWEET APPALACHIA: THE STORY OF DELFEST (1:06:37)

Director: Annie Danzi

United States • 2024

Explores the celebrated music festival and its transformative impact on a rural city in Appalachia. Join Grammy Award Winning Bluegrass musician Del McCoury, and his family, and experience their connection to the region, and how they give hope through music and philanthropy.

TRAIL MIX (0:49:55)

Director: Glenn Robert Sweitzer

United States • 2024

Follows a 2,000-mile journey from Georgia to Maine, uncovering the personal struggles and healing of hikers seeking solace, purpose, and transformation. The film reveals how nature becomes a powerful path back to wholeness.

ANNIE (1:08:00)

Director: Nicolas Bosc

United States • 2025

An action-packed thriller following a highly skilled assassin on a mission to find the man 

responsible for her family’s murder. As she approaches her target, secrets from her past are revealed that shake her world and alter her life’s purpose.

MALECÓN (1:33:00)

Director: Carlos Larrazabal

Spain • 2024

After a tragic incident where Elvis kills his stepfather, he is sent to prison and separated from his childhood love Yuli. Once released, he is pulled into Cuba’s prostitution underbelly and faces a critical decision: fight to recover Yuli’s love or leave everything behind.

SEEMS LIKE LOVE (1:32:00)

Director: Yana Klimova-Yusupova

Russian Federation • 2025

Liza, a young and optimistic woman, arrives in Saint Petersburg for the first time, enchanted by the city's poetic bridges, legendary embankments, and vibrant bohemian parties. As the day unfolds, unexpected connections form, leading Liza to discover that love might be found in the most unforeseen circumstances.

WHERE IN THE HELL (1:27:16)

Director: Laramie Dennis

United States • 2025

When her girlfriend disappears mid-road trip, sardonic prop master Kasey is left stranded in a California backwater. Panicked, she hitches a ride with cash-strapped actor Alan on his trek to an audition in Canada. Together, the unlikely duo dodges Reno psychics, stale corn nuts, and border security on a quest to find a missing soulmate and maybe validation.

A BIGGER TABLE (0:14:47)

Director: Evan Kidd

United States • 2024

Refugee chef Laetitia Nsengi crafts a 12-course pop up dinner & fundraiser alongside Snap Pea Creative Dining, representing favorite dishes she grew up eating in the Republic of Congo.

A WAYWARD FEELING (0:10:46)

Director: Kevin Heath Richey

United States • 2024

Joins sculptor Patrick Dougherty in the midst of creating one of his final pieces before retirement as he muses on his process and motivations and the importance of art as work.

AGAINST A SHARP WHITE BACKGROUND (0:18:55)

Director: Asahni Williams

United States • 2025

An exploration of the effects of integration in education, through the eyes of Zora Neale Hurston. Looking at the good, the bad and the ugly effects on the education and experiences of black students. 

MAKING SENSE BACKWARDS: THE NICK BRAGG STORY (0:26:50)

Director: Diana Greene

United States • 2025

After 25 commissioned murals, North Carolina artist Nick Bragg, at 87, for the first time paints his own story, wrestling with its creative muses and darkness, while making sense of his life by looking backwards.

STORIES OF REGENERATION: NORTH DAKOTA (0:10:35)

Director: Evan Harrison

United States • 2024

Chris and Tyler are neighboring farmers in Leonard, North Dakota. 10 years ago, they discovered a way to farm that could save our soil while feeding our world. They partnered together to regenerate each other’s land through sharing resources, ideas, and even cattle.

STREETVET (0:23:46)

Director: Stephanie Keelan

United Kingdom • 2025

Delves into the incredible work of vet Jade Statt and the StreetVet team, a dedicated UK-wide network of volunteer vets and nurses who have swapped the practice for the pavements to provide free veterinary care to the pets of those experiencing homelessness.

WARP WEFT WATER WEEDS (0:11:45)

Director: John Rash

United States • 2025

Elizabeth Bradford draws inspiration for her paintings from a profound connection to nature through direct observations while hiking or kayaking primarily in the Appalachian Mountains and foothills where she resides.

A GOOD DAY WILL COME (0:25:25)

Director: Amir Zargara

Canada • 2023

Arash is a professional wrestler with dreams of representing his country and winning gold medals. The country is in turmoil and its people are suffering. Arash must decide between using his platform to stand up to tyranny or put his head down and remain silent.

A THOUSAND YEARS (0:30:00)

Director: Bryce Ferendo

United States • 2024

When Wilbur and Orville Wright's second summer of glider testing goes horribly wrong, they must decide if risking their livelihood in Dayton is really worth the dream of flight.

ADELAIDE (0:16:00)

Director: Farhad Gharibi

Islamic Republic of Iran • 2024

Haunted by guilt, Hamed revisits a funfair, only to be confronted by the visions of his deceased wife and daughter. As he faces the ghosts of his past, he must confront the choices that led to their tragic fate.

ALWAYS SUMMER (0:19:43)

Director: Hans Dessers

Belgium • 2023

A psychological drama about a father and his loving daughter who spend the weekend together. Dark thoughts are playing in his head. But all his actions are not to show her what he’s really up to and in the meantime, she has plan of her own.

AND THAT'S FOR THIS CHRISTMAS (0:14:40)

Director: Peter Vulchev

Bulgaria • 2024

While preparing the details for his own funeral, an elderly man realises that he will be celebrating Christmas alone. Unable to fall asleep, he decides to spend the holiday at the grave of his deceased wife.

CALF (0:14:00)

Director: Jamie O'Rourke

Ireland, United Kingdom • 2023

A sinister farm accident leaves Cáit with a terrible decision to make.

EL CANÓN (0:19:00)

Director: Martín Seeger

Chile • 2023

Jean, a Haitian migrant in Chili, is admired everywhere he goes. His body represents all the classical values of the academy. However, in the anonymity of his existence, he is also a canon of marginality.

GIRL FROM MY DREAMS (0:35:00)

Director: Tomasz Żóltowski

Poland • 2022

The story of the 50-year-old writer, full of distance towards the world and people. Story about loneliness and the perverse power of human imagination, taking place on the border of reality and dream.

I LOVE MY SHOWER (0:21:30)

Director: Ainsley Wiseman

United States • 2025

When Annalise's girlfriend, Jade, accepts a job in another state, she must learn to move on while grappling with the memories of their relationship.

MAITIGHAR (0:15:00)

Director: Marc Gurung

Nepal • 2024

After a festive evening with her friends in Pokhara, Asha, a young high-school student, discreetly returns to her village. Arriving at her mother's house, she is unaware that she is about to enter the adult world.

MON COEUR EN ARRIĀRE (0:17:00)

Director: Sarah Gouret

Belgium • 2023

Anastasia, 27 years old, decides to provoke a meeting with Jef, 54 years old. Together, they will experience the suspended and intense moment that only the first meeting between a father and his daughter can provoke.

OVER (0:18:00)

Directors: Duncan Ragg & Anna Phillips

Australia • 2024

A father must confront his apathy towards the world’s big issues when his disabled son, who is terrified of open water, steals his boat and refuses to come back to shore until his dad has saved the world. 

PERMANENT SCAR (0:21:15)

Director: Ally Betker

United States • 2025

Introverted Kali meets a precocious young girl at a park. To her surprise, Kali is disarmed by the girl’s charm, and spends the day playing with her. The duo’s inexplicable friendship begins to make sense as we learn that the girl’s brother recently died—and that Kali is the only one who can help her heal.

PROJECT PENELOPE (0:23:15)

Directors: Felipe Castilla & Alex D. Lugo

United States • 2024

Grieving the tragic loss of their young daughter Penelope, scientists Jonas and Elizabeth delve into the world of artificial intelligence to recreate their beloved child.

SEAHORSE (0:21:00)

Director: Natalie Bruijns

Netherlands • 2021

On the day of her abortion, Dana looks for her own way to come to terms with her decision.

SOLO UN ENSAYO (0:09:00)

Director: Hugo Sanz

Spain • 2022

Two sisters, seven and eleven years old, are hiding inside a closet in a house. The little sister thinks they are rehearsing for a game, but the older one knows that a terrible threat lurks outside.

STAMPS (0:07:58)

Director: Shawn Deninger

United States • 2025

A young man grapples with changing his last name.

TENDERHEART (0:18:38)

Director: Berry Newkirk

United States • 2024

Upon the return of Agnes's cancer, her brother Bart does everything he can to encourage her to fight.

THE APPLE PICKER'S SON (0:16:30)

Director: Yang Zimik

United States • 2025

A 10-year-old Kashmiri boy, still discovering his supernatural powers of telekinesis learns his migrant worker father is leaving to work in the apple harvest in war-torn Kashmir. Fearing for his father’s life, he must now use his powers to keep his family together.

THE HEART OF TEXAS (0:14:45)

Director: Gregory J.M. Kasunich

United States • 2023

An aspiring country singer and an undocumented worker who refuses medical care or police assistance out of fear of being discovered and deported engage in a struggle, each in pursuit of their own American dreams. In the end, they do the only thing they know how to do: fend for themselves.

THE OTHER SIDE (0:29:18)

Director: Nikita Hattangady

United States • 2024

A compelling portrayal of the struggles endured by a Mumbai street artist aspiring to attend one of the country's finest art academies. When he is faced with the decision between his desires and a friend's needs, he must choose between his heart and his conscience.

THE REACH (0:28:00)

Director: Luca Caserta

Italy • 2024

Based on a short story by Stephen King. On Goat Island, elderly Stella Flanders must confront her past and the Reach that separates the isle from the mainland, in a journey between memories and love that transcends the boundaries of life.

THE SHELL (0:16:50)

Director: Sema Güler

Turkey • 2024

Leyla (28) is a young painter who has been exposed to male violence and has locked herself in the house for a while. Leyla has to confront the truth and make a choice.

WHAT'S WRONG, EMMA (0:22:27)

Director: Teo Frank

France • 2024

After receiving a signed copy of her ex-partner's debut novel, Emma, a writer visiting France for her father-in-law's birthday, feels...wrong!