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DOCUMENTARIES

Ronald Demond Kelly THE MAKING OF A STAR (USA, 7 minutes)
Michael McCourt RIPPLE (USA, 15 minutes)
Kai ilya Brebner CACTUS, LOVE, MOUNTAINS (Peru, 15 minutes)
MS Kerr & Laurence Wallace SMILES & SHOESHINES (USA, 15 minutes)

Dee Brown & Omarosa Newman TIGER RUN: THE UNTOLD STORY (USA, 54 minutes)
Utilizing heartful interviews, game tape, and behind-the-scenes footage of the Jackson State University and the Jackson State University HBU Pro Day event, TIGER RUN: The Untold Story aims to pull back the curtain on Deion Sander’s mission to change the paradigm for all HBCU football players and bring equity back into the NFL draft system.

Elizabeth Lawrence THE DEPTHS PF DESPAIR (USA, 68 minutes)
“The Depths of My Despair” is a visceral rabbit hole toward the authentic self. Filmmaker Elizabeth Lawrence takes an emotional, first-person detour inward. Oscillating through saneness and psychosis; debris and lucidity, the film stares at depression dead-on.

WEB SERIES

Aron Pfannebecker 3-STAR SHARK (USA, 8 minutes)
Nancy Cohen-koan CLIMATE CHANGE THEATR (USA)
Ken Forman NEW MOON (USA, 8 minutes)

RJ Perry SPOOKY KISSES HAUNTS (USA, 53 minutes)
SKH delves into the psychological aspects of horror and entertainment centered around the Halloween haunted attraction scare industry. The show offers a unique exploration of fear and terror that are central to this fascinating business sector, with in-depth analysis of sets, props, costumes, makeup, and haunt actor techniques used to frighten and disturb patrons.

SHORT FILMS

Michael Yaroshevsky BELL-LIKE (Canada, 4 minutes)
Joshua Kaufman RESERVATION (USA, 4 minutes)
Yejoon Sim PEN (Korea, 7 minutes)
Rikin Shah THE PROMO (USA, 9 minutes)
Yaohan Li SIGNAL (USA, 9 minutes digital)
Ziqi Wang GEAR (China, 11 minutes)
Michael Mahtesian DENOUEMENT (USA. 12 minutes)
Caitlin Boston FLOOR (USA, 12 minutes)
Joshua Kaufman THINGS THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN (USA, 13 minutes)
Francis DiClemente & Shane Johnson RALPH ROTELLA: THE SOLE OF SYRACUSE (USA, 14 minutes)
Annette Elliot THE MUSEUM (USA, 16 minutes)
Louisiana Sarah Mees-Fongang FIKRI (Belgium, 20 minutes)
Jay Holdener THERE WERE COWBOYS (Switzerland, 21 minutes)
Yuqiao Feng CAERUS (USA, 27 minutes)
Warren Andrew Fischer THE SERENA VARIATIONS (USA, 28 minutes)

LONG SHORT FILMS

Lukas Olszewski REMEMBER ME (Germany, 40 minutes)
A young Doctor tries desperately to save his relationship before the truth behind his fiancé’s ever growing erratic behavior is exposed, leaving him nowhere to turn.

Aimende Negbenebor Sela AS THE COOKIE CRUMBLES (USA, 37 minutes)
When a young hopeful is suddenly dumped after he proposes to his on again off again girlfriend with a fledgling screenwriter by day rideshare driver by night bearing witness to the humiliation, he lands himself in a debate with a widow over whose loss is more painful

FEATURES

Victor Migalchan HIDDEN GEM OF THE SILICON VALLEY (USA, 72 minutes)
“Hidden Gem of the Silicon Valley” is a documentary directed by Victor Migalchan that chronicles the extraordinary journey of tech luminary Jack McCauley. From his innovative contributions to the computer mouse to his recent endeavors with Oculus VR, the film offers a captivating look into the life of a true tech genius.

Ebusi Yonglin BOIL (China, 97 minutes)

Nick Rumaczyk BROKER 2 (USA, 75 minutes)
After cutting an uninterrupted swath of murder and destruction through his familiar suburbs, we see what happens when the unnamed Young Man moves to the rough and tumble world of New York City. There he’s forced to find his own humanity after falling into a relationship with Sara, herself a recent urban transplant. Faced with the specter of responsibility he must try to balance his murderous ways with a sense of domestic bliss, while protecting the one he loves. Will trading murder for stability prove fulfilling or will he be beaten down into a boring 9 to 5?