Cut My Hair, Barber - Kwame, a fatherless young boy who dreams of having a loving dad, meets his long lost father, and discovers even a nightmare can have a happy ending. Length: 24 minutes. Writer/Director Patrick James Thomas.
Prom Night - Billie, a 17-year-old non-binary teenager, prepares to attend a formal for underage queer youth for the first time. As they choose their outfit and get their hair dyed, they reveal how they navigate the awkwardness of adolescence while also dealing with the anxieties that come with being young and queer. Length: 10.47 minutes. Director Sam McGowan.
Rape Card - A cautionary tale set in a chilling dystopian future where rape is legal. Length: 15 minutes. Writer/Director Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Director Nathan Hughes-Berry.
The Boogeywoman - In the fever of her first period, a curious teenager is drawn to her small town’s local legend, only to find that the “Boogeywoman” is flesh and blood--the mother she never had. Length: 18 minutes. Writer/Director Erica Scoggins.
Hekademia - In the near future, an isolated teenage girl attends a virtual reality high school. Length: 16.01 minutes. Writer/Director Gloria Mercer.
Embraces & the Touch of Skin - Embraces & the touch of skin is an animated poem about the vital need for embraces and contact with other beings. Length: 2.42 minutes. Director/Animator/Editor, Producer Sara Koppel.
32 Pills: My Sister’s Suicide - She’s beautiful, artistic, loved and can’t stand to be alive. 32 Pills; My Sister’s Suicide traces my efforts to piece together the life, mental illness, and suicide of my sister Ruth. Length: 85 minutes. Director Hope Litoff.
xxVISIBLE - Covering one year of the 2020 pandemic, a successful young Asian American struggles to navigate life during the lockdown. Length: 12 minutes. Writer/Director Bobby Yan.
A Love Letter for the End of the World - A multimedia, personal short film about coming to terms with climate change as a young artist, and cherishing what may be lost within our lifetimes. 3 minute animation. Writer/Director/Producer/Animator Alexi Scheiber.
Same God - In 2016, a black, female professor at a prominent Christian college wore a hijab and said that Christians and Muslims worship the Same God. The firestorm that followed exposed the rifts among evangelicals over race, Islam, religious freedom...and Donald Trump. Length: 1 hour 35 minutes. Writer/Director/Producer Linda Midgett.
She & Her - Daytime Emmy Winner Carolyn Hennesy (True Blood, General Hospital, St. Agatha) stars as Poppy Sinclaire, an aging ex-actress whose world is turned upside down when young up-and-comer Mattie Morris (Mackenzie Breeden) drags her out of her self imposed exile and convinces her to share her story of Hollywood abuse. Together with super-producer Addie Banks (Gwen Hillier) the women work through their shared traumas as they fight and forgive, ultimately taking back the narrative, and shaping a future that they want to live in. Length: 16.43 minutes. Director Nate Hapke.
Little Chief - The lives of a Native woman and nine-year-old boy intersect over the course of a school day on a reservation in Oklahoma. Length: 12:49 minutes. Writer/Director/Producer Erica Tremblay.
I’m okay (“Alles gut”) - Two children who lost everything have to find a new life in Germany. Length: 95 minutes. Writer/Director Pia Lenz.
Swagger of Thieves - Over a decade in the making, Swagger of Thieves charts New Zealand rockers ‘Head Like a Hole’ from the top of the charts to the bottom of a needle. Struggling to place past addictions and sabotaged dreams behind them, band founders and co-conspirators Nigel Booga Beazley and Nigel Regan walk the hard road out of hell in their continuing quest for rock music relevance. Length: 106 minutes. Director/Producer Julian Boshier.
Zalla - In order to save her son, Zalla escapes the futuristic lab and travels through time and space to find Maggie, the daughter of her arch enemy, to convince her to join in the fight. Length: 8.02 minutes. Writer/Actor Amy Shi.
Anyone Like Me - A story about finding yourself on a Deaf football team. Length: 26 minutes. Writer, director and producer Mimi d’Autremont.
