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ANIMATIONS

Jeremiah Dickey A PARABLE (USA, 2 minutes)
Chonger Wu BE (Australia, 3 minutes)
Emmanuel Kamoche & Kel McMahon WHERE TO FIND A HEART (USA, 5 minutes)
Dean Eliades Kobs THE GOAT (USA, 7 minutes)
Milly Cohen A BREATH OF MINDFULNESS (USA, 9 minutes)
James Moutsos KID NATURE (USA, 14 minutes)
Bellopropello OUT OF CONTROL (Switzerland, 16 minutes)
Richard Guthrie THE RETURN OF GARY (United Kingdom, 19 minutes)
Zach Conklin BAD LIAR (USA, 40 minutes)

ALTFEST FILMS

Tristan Reginato RAPTURE (USA, 23 minutes)
Eddie Pruoske WINTERWORKS (USA, 22 minutes)
Livio Fornoni ANOTHER JUDGEMENT DAY (Italy, 32 minutes)

Dylan Verrechia PEGAME (Mexico, 96 minutes)
long with their dog Wicca, Ana and Vladi are starting their new life in the foothills of the Kumeyaay tribal land. As Ana learns she’s pregnant, in a society where abortion is not legal, she turns more and more abusive towards Vladi and Wicca.

SHORT FILMS

Brent Steen SELF-STORAGE (USA, 3 minutes)
Bianca Panos DONT TELL MOM (USA, 5 minutes)
Pilar Adara THE PINCHER (USA, 10 minutes)
Abdiel Elias Lozano Urrea AMOR ULTRA MORTEM (Mexico, 12 minutes)
Cara Yeates GONE BEFORE YOUR EYES (USA, 12 minutes)
Larry Ziegelman GRAVE EXPECTATIONS (USA, 14 minutes)
Cameron Shaw SWAPPED AT LENGTH (USA, 14 minutes)
Doug Gallo WEST LANDING (USA, 16 minutes)
Diana Szczotka HAVEN (Poland, 18 minutes)
Chris Cardillo THE HISTORY OF CASTLE WINDOWS (USA, 19 minutes)
Jake Abraham DADDY WAR BUCKS (USA, 20 minutes)
Kimti Manawa SHAV SE SHIV (India, 21 minutes)
Marc Pubreuil VENUS FLYTRAP (France, 22 minutes)
Marcin Niemkiewicz LOVE_PROXY (Poland, 24 minutes)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS

Crystal Alejandro BLACK TEEN REVOLUTION (USA, 98 minutes)
Long before social media was dominated by likes, followers, and algorithms, a cultural revolution was quietly unfolding. In basements, schoolyards, and city streets, Black teenagers were creating something far bigger than themselves—dance styles that would become the blueprint for a digital generation. 

Arlo Weiner TEXAS CITY (USA, 94 minutes)
“Texas City” delves into the 1947 explosion of a fertilizer-laden ship in Texas City, Texas, which remains one of the deadliest industrial accidents in U.S. history. Through firsthand accounts from survivors, many of whom have kept their stories hidden for decades, the film explores the personal toll of the tragedy, the complex relationship between the town and the industries that both built and devastated it, and the forgotten impact on marginalized communities. 

NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS

Nupur Chitalia & Pascale Potvin BABY FEVER (Canada, 81 minutes)
A young wife loses her pregnancy—then the rest of her body—after moving to a suburb run by a strangely ritualistic mothers’ group.

William Lazebrik & Skyler Sugar INDULGENCE (USA, 96 minutes)
A degenerate boxer narrowly survives a near-fatal match and resolves to leave his seedy world behind. But when his dear mentor and friend is murdered, he is forced back into his shadowy underworld on a path of vengeance,

Mihaela Tudorof & Michael Eric FAMILY HUG (USA, 119 minutes)
Inspired by true events. Alina marries Nick, unaware he’s a narcissist. She is forced to give up on her own dreams while be becomes a wealthy real estate developer who abuses her. After ten years of marriage she files for what would become a very contentious divorce.