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ANIMATION

Maru Pilla SURVIVORS (USA, 4 minutes)
Yutong Cheng AN INTERVIEW (USA, 4 minutes)
Audrey He-Qing Cheng CHIRP TALKER (Taiwan, 5 minutes)
Tyron Frazier JADEN (USA, 14 minutes)
Frank Leone ERECTOMAN (USA, 15 minutes)

IRAN FILMS

Hamed Bahramy CHRO (Iran, 4 minutes)
Mostafa Ahmadi CARTNEY CITY (Iran, 16 minutes)
Ghazai Zoghi Nia NARMOOK (Iran, 20 minutes)
Ida Emami ALAST (Iran, 20 minutes)
Vittoria Bacchetti THALASSA (Iran, 21 minutes)

SHORT FILMS

Jeff Hinz CLAIREB (USA, 3 minutes)
Brainzap None FULLY STOCKED (USA, 8 minutes)
JoelHennessy TIDES OF GRIEF (USA, 10 minutes)
Matthew Gomes TO LOVE (USA, 11 minutes)
Tianwen Yao THE ENCHANTING JOURNEY OF LOVE & CYCLING (China, 11 minutes)
Arnau Franch Carreras AMONG WINGS AND MEMORIES (Spain, 12 minutes)
John Colon TWO FULL HANDS (USA, 12 minutes)
Chaewon Suh BEST MOM EVER (USA, 14 minutes)
Erick Juerez RIPPLE (USA, 14 minutes)
Raphael Bedard ROMEOS (Canada 15 minutes)
Jonathan Nazareth LAUNDROMAT (USA, 17 minutes)
Hao Zheng ETERNAL LOVE (China, 18 minutes)
Tyler Harner REDRAFT (USA, 20 minutes)
Ronald Zuidinga THE FUNERAL REHEARSAL (Netherlands, 20 minutes)
Tiffany Abney JULES (USA, 20 minutes)

FEATURE FILMS

Errol Webber THE KING OF TRASH (USA. 72 minutes)
Fifty years after the fall of Saigon, a Vietnamese-American family reflects on their emotional journey as “Boat People,” leaving Vietnam to build a new life abroad. The Duong family shares heartfelt memories of their challenging departure, navigating uncertain waters in search of opportunity and safety in America.

Juan Bernal EN MI MUNDO EL RARO ERES TU (Spain, 76 minutes)
The Association for Rare Diseases of Castile and León was founded in Salamanca in 2014 with the aim of reaching out to those affected by rare or undiagnosed diseases and their families, and whose purpose is to defend their rights and needs.

Zion Matovu UMUGANDA (Rwanda, 58 minutes)
The film is an observational, essayistic work that follows Rwanda’s unique tradition of Umuganda — a monthly day of collective community labor rooted in the 11th century and still practiced nationwide today. Filmed with close, intimate imagery and archival material, the documentary observes a living social philosophy that exists nowhere else in the world.