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by | Sep 25, 2020 | Past Screening Programs

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A VOICE FOR WHALES

DIRECTOR : SELKET KAUFMAN

PRODUCERS: SELKET KAUFMAN

WRITER:

RT: 23

CAST: NA

SYNOPSIS: In 2018, Pacific Whale Foundation’s founder Greg Kaufman passed away after a hard-fought battle with cancer. ‘A Voice for Whales’ was created to tell the story of his fight to save humpback whales from extinction by educating the public, from a scientific perspective, about whales and their ocean habitat.

A WOMAN

DIRECTOR: TAHMINA RAFAELLA

PRODUCERS:TAHMINA RAFAELLA

WRITER: TAHMINA RAFAELLA

RT: 13

CAST: Tahmina Rafaella, Zaur Shafiyev

SYNOPSIS: Navigating the trappings of both conventional and modern female roles, a young mother straddles the space between choice and responsibility where in the course of one day she can be a mother, a daughter, a wife, and still be herself.

ALA KACHUU – Take and Run

DIRECTOR: MARIA BRENDLE

PRODUCERS: NADINE LÃœCHINGER, FLAVIO GERBER

WRITER: MARIA BRENDLE

RT: 38

CAST: Alina Turdumamatova, Nurbek Esengazy Uulu, Madina Talipbekova, Jandat Djamanbaeva, Taalaykan Abazova, Aybike Erkinbekova

SYNOPSIS: Sezim wants to fulfill her dream of studying in the Kyrgyz capital when she gets kidnapped by a group of young men and taken to the hinterland where she’s forced to marry a stranger. If she refuses the marriage, she is threatened with social stigmatization and exclusion. Torn between her desire for freedom and the constraints of Kyrgyz culture, Sezim desperately seeks for a way out.

ALINA – 2020

DIRECTOR: RAMI KODEIH

PRODUCERS: RACHELLE OWEN, JOSHUA OWEN, RUBBER DUCK FILMS

WRITER: NORA MARIANA SALIM

RT: 25

CAST: Alia Shawkat, Edin Gali, Rebeca Robles, Mark McCullough, Erika Soto

SYNOPSIS: As Nazis separate children from their parents in the Warsaw Ghetto, a gang of women risks everything to smuggle their friend’s three-month-old baby to safety. Inspired by true events.

AMY’S GIFT

DIRECTOR: DREW ANN ROSENBERG

PRODUCERS: COLIN FREDERICK

WRITER: GIGI GASTON

RT: 12

CAST: Danielle Savre, Goya Robles, Aaliyah Espana

SYNOPSIS: Amy is struggling to recover from a tragic loss, when she’s rear-ended by a strange man who helps her navigate her way forward to a new beginning.

BEFORE

DIRECTOR: JULIA MONAHAN

PRODUCERS: SUSAN WISE BAUER, CHRIS BAUER, LAUREN LUKOW

WRITER: JOSH BRESSLER

RT: 10

CAST: Emi Ellis, Lauren Tothero, Sierra Tothero,  Toni Maddocks, Pim De Boer, Maya Nalli,

Daniel Tetley, Terrance Carty, Danraj Rajasansi, Ernest Keith Walker, Max Raines

SYNOPSIS: Before follows a group of not-yet-humans as they bide their time in a perpetual waiting room. Like an eternal DMV visit, every visitor in this room has waited for thousands of years for their number to be called to be assigned a life. Some are anxious, some are hopeful, and others are defeated by impatience before their earthly lives have even begun.

BOY MOM

DIRECTOR: EMILY S. JAMES

PRODUCERS: TONY SALTZMAN

WRITER

EMILY S. JAMES

RT: 11

CAST: Emily S. James, Shane Johnson, Courtney Nichole

SYNOPSIS: Daisy Gates, a mom of two rowdy young boys, has a seemingly normal interaction with her kids that suddenly leads to a panic attack. Rattled by her own reaction, she tries to work through it in therapy, and in an awkward attempt to connect with her husband… but ultimately she begins to confront a past trauma with a man — and how it is affecting her parenting of two young men in the making.

BROTHERS

DIRECTOR: JULIA COULTER

PRODUCERS: MARY ANN PIANKA

WRITER: JULIA COULTER

RT: 12

CAST: Sharon Lawrence, Alex Alcheh, Kevin Michael Martin

SYNOPSIS: Brothers is a short film about grief and how we move on from unimaginable loss.

BUCKET LIST

DIRECTOR: ANGELINE WU

PRODUCERS: ANGELINE WU

WRITER: ANGELINE WU

RT: 20

CAST: Marc Vecchio, Anna Ng

SYNOPSIS: Jeff has been told he only has three months to live due to brain cancer. Instead of feeling sorry for himself he writes a bucket list so he can live the remaining days full of no regrets. Jane on the other hand is a despairing nurse who feels she can’t escape her daily trauma of being abused daily by her husband.

BUTTBALL

DIRECTOR: MARYLL BOTULA

PRODUCERS: MARYLL BOTULA, JOSEPHINE ROSE ROBERTS

WRITER: MARYLL BOTULA

RT: 13

CAST: Angelina Andrews, Angus North, Michelle Federer, Kevin Kern, Magnolia Kern, Nora Monahan, Beckett Oliver

SYNOPSIS: A coming-of-age tale focusing on Erin, a young tomboy in the fifth grade. The softball field, playground, gymnasium and math class are the battle grounds in which we see Erin struggle with her desire to excel while managing her growing crush on Jesse, a boy in her class.

CODA

DIRECTOR: ERIKA DAVIS-MARSH

PRODUCERS: CASSANDRA JONES, LAURIE J. GARDINER, JEVON WHETTER

WRITER: ERIKA DAVIS-MARSH

RT: 20

CAST: Kerrynton Jones, Ryan Lane, CJ Jones

SYNOPSIS: A young dancer struggles with her bi-cultural identity when she meets a confident young Deaf drummer who stirs up old conflicted feelings about growing up hearing in a Deaf family.

COLD CALL

DIRECTOR: KATHERINE CRONYN

PRODUCERS: KATHERINE CRONYN, SARAH BULLION, CHRISTOPHER CRONYN, DAMIEN NEWMAN

WRITER: KATHERINE CRONYN

RT: 9

CAST: Michael O’Neill, Derek Chariton

SYNOPSIS: Christian, a brilliant businessman, deal-maker, and self-proclaimed master-of-the-universe, receives a phone call and an offer for which he can negotiate no terms.

CORKED

DIRECTOR: LORI SHOCKLEY

PRODUCERS: LORI SHOCKLEY, JOAN BIERMAN, MICHELE DENNIS, JANET DYER

WRITER: LORI SHOCKLEY, JANET DYER

RT: 12

CAST: Joanna Kay, Eric Lutes, Jimmie Fails

SYNOPSIS: Corked is a dramatic short film set in 1970’s Northern California wine country. It’s based on the true story of one young women’s struggle against the status quo. Jane Dunlap is at the crossroads of asserting her independence in the male dominated industry.

CRYSTAL

DIRECTOR: CASEY GATES FREY

PRODUCERS: ERIC DERN

WRITER: CASEY GATES FREY

DAN FREY

RT: 9

CAST: Manon Mathews, Kyla Garcia, Kunal Dudheker, Brick Patrick

SYNOPSIS: Crystal is a sci-fi romantic comedy about a neurotic young woman who thinks she’ll never find Mr. Right… until she gets access to a top-secret, artificially-intelligent matchmaking app.

DREAMER

DIRECTOR: VERGI RODRIGUEZ, DIANA ZOLLICOFER

PRODUCERS: VERGI RODRIGUEZ, DIANA ZOLLICOFER

WRITER: VERGI RODRIGUEZ

RT: 8

CAST: Vergi Rodriguez, Linden Waddell, Rafael Noble, Avery Waddell, Jared Bell

SYNOPSIS: Lily Cruz, a DACA recipient, travels on a medical volunteer mission and upon returning to the USA a TSA agent isn’t so welcoming.

99¢ Dreams

DIRECTOR: JESS COSTA

PRODUCERS: DANIELLE BENEDICT

WRITER: JESS COSTA

RT: 12

CAST: Audrey Pincus, Andrea Sears, Mark A Swinson, Bodhi Foster

SYNOPSIS: 99¢ Dreams is a euphoric thriller about Allison who enters a video store that sells dreams and realizes what she’s really looking for is behind the red curtain.

Estilo Americano 

DIRECTOR: MIRIAM KRUISHOOP

PRODUCER: ELLEN UTRECHT

WRITER: MIRIAM KRUISHOOP

RT:23

CAST: Antonio Jaramillo, Lidia Porto, Jess Meza, Goya Robles, J. Teddy Garces, Lombardo Boyar, Zuleyka Silver and Ruben Galfon

Estilo Americano tells the timely story of a Mexican-American family divided by politics. What starts as a festive family gathering turns into an explosive showdown when siblings with opposing political views clash. As everyone struggles with their own deeply ingrained beliefs, some painful and shocking truths are revealed.

ESTHER’S CHOICE

DIRECTOR: ALIA AZAMAT ASHKENAZI

PRODUCERS: ALIA AZAMAT ASHKENAZI, FRANCOIS ARNAUD

WRITER: ALIA AZAMAT ASHKENAZI

RT: 23

CAST: Francois Arnaud, Emma Orelove, Mary Leest

SYNOPSIS: Esther, a film composer going through a dry spell, moves in with her boyfriend Michael only to find out that he still keeps his Ex-girlfriend’s belongings in his closet. What follows is an emotional roller coaster of a film exploring the great lengths an artist chooses to go to for the sake of inspiration.

EXILED

DIRECTOR: LEONOR ZUNIGA

PRODUCERS: LEONOR ZUNIGA, MARIA FELIX MORALES

WRITER: LEONOR ZUNIGA

RT: 24

CAST: NA

SYNOPSIS: In 1998, Zoilamérica accused her adoptive father of rape and sexual abuse. Almost 20 years later, she lives in exile while caring for her 10-year-old son. Her adoptive father is Daniel Ortega, leader of the Sandinista revolution and current president of Nicaragua.

FLIP THE SWITCH

DIRECTOR: GRETL CLAGGETT

PRODUCERS: GRETL CLAGGETT, PAMELA CEDERQUIST, SARAH DONNELLY, SIMON TAUFIQUE

WRITER: GRETL CLAGGETT

RT: 15

CAST: Mary Birdsong, Stephen Plunkett, Dominic Rains

SYNOPSIS: A door-to-door saleswoman caught up in the tornado of her boss’s cultish personality unleashes a storm of violence when she realizes that she and her customers have been duped — not only by him, and his doctrine of “Flip the Switch!â€, but by the whole system of disaster capitalism.

FLUNKYBALL

DIRECTOR: TESS FORESTIERI

PRODUCERS: TESS FORESTIERI, EDAN LANIADO

WRITER: TESS FORESTIERI

RT: 13

CAST: Mohammed Alshaneif, Lisa Carina Maier, Noor Hamdi, Fady Kerko, Jake Murphy, Jonas Löffler

SYNOPSIS: Two worlds collide when unexpected guests arrive at Mia’s house party and she watches the night spiral out of control, caught in the crossfire of ignorance under the influence.

FLUSH LOU

DIRECTOR: MADISON STEWART LEONARD

PRODUCERS: MADISON STEWART LEONARD, HARRISON HOLLAND-MCGOWAN

WRITER: MADISON STEWART LEONARD

RT: 9

CAST: Joyce Sindel, Kim Leonard, Madison Stewart Leonard, Michael Gitomer, Andres Parada

SYNOPSIS: A mother, daughter and grandmother mourn the loss of their beloved, Lou Ackerly after he is accidentally cremated

GATEWAY

DIRECTOR: DANA RICHIE

PRODUCERS: DANA RICHIE, AMBER SEARS

MADELINE GOODING, JUSTIN HAHN, ROB SCHNAPP, ERIN DRELICK, ALYSSA SCHNEIDER

WRITER: DANA RICHIE

RT: 40

CAST: Becca Chudacoff, Dr. Richard Chudacoff, Jennifer Weiss-Burke, Jen Wysong

SYNOPSIS: GATEWAY is a film about three families inadvertently impacted by opioid addiction that began with a prescription to manage pain after surgery. It provides an intimate look into the struggles that can be caused by legal opioid prescriptions when the dangers of these medications are not properly understood.

GLITCHES

DIRECTOR: ANNIE CHEN

PRODUCERS: MITCHELL ALTIERI

WRITER: ANNIE CHEN

RT: 21

CAST: LI CHENG-TA, YUAN CHUN-YUEH

SYNOPSIS: A down-on-his-luck lawyer meets a mysterious woman while waiting for his delayed flight. After she admits to causing a fatal house fire, the young lawyer becomes torn in doing the right thing while learning the reasons behind her heinous crime, and becoming sympathetic to her.

HIS CANNIBAL GRANNY

DIRECTOR: DESSISLAVA NIKOLOVA-BESEDIN

PRODUCERS: DESSISLAVA NIKOLOVA-BESEDIN

WRITER: DESSISLAVA NIKOLOVA-BESEDIN

RT: 16

CAST: Alexander Statkov, Nikola Vladimirov, Stefka Yanorova, Asen Blatechky, Gergana Pletnyova

SYNOPSIS: Radostin is the new boy at school. His peculiar charm and kindness attract everybody’s attention and the school bullies start to feel jealous. In order to diminish his popularity, they spread a rumor about the cannibalistic past of Radostin’s grandmother.

I BRING MY OWN CHAIR

DIRECTOR: AURORA DEIANA

PRODUCERS: AURORA DEIANA, ZONE 6 FILMS, OPEN FIELDS PRODUCTIONS

WRITER: AURORA DEIANA, ELENA BRIATA

RT: 14

CAST: Ornella Lorenzano, Gianni Alvino, Francesco Pupa, Francesca Cavallo, Carlo Gallo

SYNOPSIS: Writer Stefania is one of the finalists for a literary competition. After her initial excited reaction, she finds out that Miss Durante– a bitter rival of her– has also reached the group of the favorites.

IF YOU PLEASE (S’IL TE PLAÃŽT BIEN)

DIRECTOR: LAURA NERI

PRODUCERS: LAURA NERI

WRITER: LAURA NERI

RT: 9

CAST: Edwige Baily, Julien De Broeyer, Olivier Prémel, Orphée Joseph, Théa Oschinsky

SYNOPSIS: IF YOU PLEASE is a short comedy about Muriel and Fabien, a Belgian couple that has lost that “special spark” over the years. When Fabien strays, he certainly does not expect the consequences which for Muriel must follow quite logically.

INNOCENT GOODBYE

DIRECTOR: THERESA PICCIALLO

PRODUCERS: NIKI KOSS, THERESA PICCIALLO, ROBERT JOHNSON

WRITER: THERESA PICCIALLO

RT: 13

CAST: Niki Koss, Darren Barnet

SYNOPSIS: With her high school under siege, a teenage girl fights for her life in a standoff with the active shooter.

INTO THE UNCANNY VALLEY

DIRECTOR: LIZ FANIA WERNER, CARLOS MONTANER

PRODUCERS:

WRITER: LIZ FANIA WERNER

RT: 13

CAST: NA

SYNOPSIS: When a woman takes a new drug meant to enhance assertiveness by blocking empathy, she ends up locked in a deadly power struggle with her dismissive husband.

ISOLATION RESTAURANT

DIRECTOR: NADIA TASS

PRODUCERS: JOHN TASS-PARKER

WRITER: DAVID PARKER, JOHN TASS-PARKER

RT: 6

CAST:  David Parker, Nadia Tass, John Tass-Parker, Cori Sue Morris

SYNOPSIS: During the depths of the Covid-19 quarantine, you’re cordially invited to Pascale’s Trattoria, a charming Italian restaurant nestled in the heart of a suburban living room. There, you’ll meet Pascale, a slightly deranged gentleman determined to facilitate the success of his restaurant. While his family barely indulges this isolation-induced fantasy, the tipping point might be the clientele of stuffed animals.

JERSEY

DIRECTOR: LISA ANN WALTER

PRODUCERS: MARGARET M. SPIRITO, LISA ANN WALTER

WRITER: MARGARET M. SPIRITO

RT: 17

CAST: Lisa Ann Walter, Valerie Tosi, Mayan Lopez, Vinny Faslline

SYNOPSIS: Maria and Lorelei are two best friends who escaped the drama of their New Jersey families by moving to sunny Los Angeles. The drama finds them, however, when Maria’s crass mother, Tess, and spoiled older brother, Nick, celebrate Easter with Maria and Lorelei on the west coast. After a dinner full of baby boomer judgement and millennial clapbacks, things take an exciting turn when Tess accidentally mistakes the girls’ chocolate edibles for Easter dessert, turning what Maria was hoping to be a chill California holiday into a Jersey shit storm.

KOSHER

DIRECTOR: GIDEON IMAGOR

PRODUCERS: YANA RIAHI

WRITER: YUDIT KANTOR

RT: 13

CAST: Dania Landsberg, Razia Israeli, Daniel Engel

SYNOPSIS: Racheli, a young Orthodox woman, is leaving her house towards the Mikveh for her monthly purity immersion (Tvilah). In this stressful evening, she experiences a series of ever-increasing, unbearable insults from those around her, but she has to immerse herself for her husband. After the Tvilah, she finds a small opportunity for rescue and might decide to hide.

LA SANTERA

DIRECTOR: YERANIA DEL ORBE

PRODUCERS: YERANIA DEL ORBE, MICHAEL BONAVENTURA, ROOSEVELT DAVIS

WRITER: YERANIA DEL ORBE

RT: 15

CAST: Yuliana Sleme, Joseph C. Reyes, Leyla Ulerio, Ambar Luna Reyes, Arianna Wellmoney, Junior Morel, Miloska Sanchez-Valenzuela, Altagracia Del Orbe

SYNOPSIS: Graciela uses her mother’s faith in Santeria to protect her younger sister from a predator.

LANCASTER PARK

DIRECTOR: LYNDA REISS

PRODUCERS: LYNDA REISS, ASHLEY HILLIS

WRITER: JOHN CRAINE

RT: 18

CAST: Sara Arrington, Dana Koops, Paula Jean Hixson, Neil Napier, Shukri Abdi

SYNOPSIS: A single mother assumes the worst of her daughter. After destroying what she believes to be incriminating evidence she becomes lost in the desert where she learns that not everyone is as they seem.

LINGERING

DIRECTOR: SARAH J. SOMMERS, PRODUCERS, LORENA LOURENCO

WRITER: SARAH J. SOMMERS

RT: 16

CAST: Adriana Santos, Sage Kirwan, Susan Artigas

SYNOPSIS: After a tragic injury destroys her gymnastics career, Ava is trapped at home with her mom and no future. An unexpected visit from her estranged sister Nicole forces Ava to look beyond herself for a sense of direction.

LEO

DIRECTOR: FABIENNE MAHÉ, PRODUCERS, PATRICK JEANNERET, MALIKA BERTINOTTI

WRITER: FABIENNE MAHÉ

RT: 30

CAST: Lilly-Fleur POINTEAUX, Cyrielle DEBREUIL, Valentine FÉAU

SYNOPSIS: Like every Sunday night, Leo has the visit of her two sisters for dinner. As usually she has not prepared anything. But this night she has a secret she has trouble unveiling.

LOVE IS A LUNATIC CITY

DIRECTOR: HANNAH MOORE

PRODUCERS: LAUREN ROSE BECK

WRITER: HANNAH MOORE

RT: 11

CAST: Jordan Reading

SYNOPSIS: A pregnant teenager escapes from juvenile prison to find the father of her unborn baby.

MATHILDA

DIRECTOR: YAQI TAO

PRODUCERS: YITING GAO

WRITER: YAQI TAO

RT: 18

CAST: Laurel Badenell, Scott Norton

SYNOPSIS: Mathilda lives happily with her 53-year-old caretaker Ethan in an isolated town. On her birthday of 15, she gets the same tattoo as Ethan’s. Before showing him the new tattoo, she sees an unexpected birthday gift.

MAKE ME THE TENNESSEE

DIRECTOR: SASHA PASTERNAK

PRODUCERS: CANDACE HAMMER, MEAGHAN JEWELL, SASHA PASTERNAK

WRITER: SASHA PASTERNAK

RT: 15

CAST: Annika Marks, Chris Sullivan, Jenny O’Hara

SYNOPSIS: In 1983, when the vengeful Kathy morris attempts to poison the tennessee cop who aided and abetted in the death of her sister, she gets cold feet. After all, the cop is her husband.

MIMI VANG OLSEN: PET PORTRIATIST

DIRECTOR :ANTHONY MARANVILLE

PRODUCERS: SHANA STEIN

WRITER :NA

RT: 33

CAST: Mimi Vang Olsen

SYNOPSIS: Mimi Vang Olsen doesn’t just pain a portrait. She steps into her clients lives and uncovers their stories, creating a richly detailed time capsule of who they are.

20 MINUTES TO LIFE

DIRECTOR :VERONIKA KURZ

PRODUCERS : NACH DUDSDEEMAYTHA, MARENA DIX, VERONIKA KURZ

WRITER :VERONIKA KURZ

RT: 12

CAST: Eden Summer Gilmore, Sarah Houghton, Kyra Zagorsky, Rhona Rees

SYNOPSIS: 20 Minutes to Life is a short comedy about 11 year old “good kid” Olivia and her very first detention, which she imagines as a prison, complete with barred windows, guards, and a warden. Olivia must befriend the “bad kids” and figure out how to solve 20,000 math problems in 20 minutes in order to escape.

MIRANDA’S MARIONETTES

DIRECTOR :HORTENSE LINGJAERDE

PRODUCERS: ALEX RIVERS

WRITER: HORTENSE LINGJAERDE

RT: 21

CAST: Lilli Passero, Linda Kerns, Allan Wasserman, Natasha Tina Liu, Andy Arena

SYNOPSIS: Miranda struggles to find her place as a puppeteer until she meets a unique mentor who will push her to strive in her creative world.

MO

DIRECTOR: SHAWN PIPKIN-WEST

PRODUCERS :JACKIE HO, MARIA-KATRE, SHAWN PIPKIN-WEST

WRITER: MARIA KATRE

RT: 17

CAST: Maria Katre, Atticus Woodward, Jackie Ho

SYNOPSIS: MO is a film about a determined single mother who gives up on her dream of becoming a musician and desperately takes a job as an English as a Second Language teacher to pay the rent. This job ends up opening her eyes to a familiar language and that language is called music.

MOMMY’S GIRL

DIRECTOR: ADELE BIRAGHI

PRODUCERS: DAMON LAGUNA

WRITER: ADELE BIRAGHI, LUCAS MASCHI

RT: 6

CAST: Lorelai Green, Stephanie Gonzales, Lucas Maschi

SYNOPSIS: A family drama about a young girl’s struggle to pursue her passion for boxing despite her mom’s doubts

MÉTÈQUE

DIRECTOR: LAUREN BLACKWELL

PRODUCERS: OISIN NOLAN, ALEX CLEMENT, LYNA DUBARRY, MORGANE RAMET

WRITER :LYNA DUBARRY, LOU STASSEN

RT: 28

CAST: Lyna Dubarry, Lou Stassen, Oisin Nolan, Elliot Janks, Amelia Parillon, Hana Hrzic, Anne Hayward

SYNOPSIS: A successful young banker living in the UK is confronted with a crisis when her visa gets revoked.

NOWHERE TO GO

DIRECTOR: JULIE PACINO

PRODUCERS: SHERI SUSSMAN, ARON MEINHARDT

WRITER: SHERI SUSSMAN

RT: 18

CAST: Alexis Rosinsky, Kyle Kaminsky

SYNOPSIS: Two disillusioned young people connect on a level they’ve never experienced before. Through their random encounter, they’re left with a bit of hope for their future – wherever it may be.

Nineteen Ninety-Nine

DIRECTOR: GRACE UTHER

PRODUCERS : GRACE UTHER, SAM UTHER

WRITER: GRACE UTHER

RT: 12

CAST: Shanay De Marco, Courtney Varley

SYNOPSIS: A young woman senses something sinister is happening at a party on New Years’ Eve 1999. Should she stay and hope she’s wrong, or risk trying to get home at midnight? Amongst the hype of the new millennium and fear of the Y2K apocalypse, getting through the night is not going to be easy.

OLEANDER

DIRECTOR: KATE HACKETT

PRODUCERS: KATE HACKETT

WRITER: KATE HACKETT

RT: 14

CAST: Emily Robinson, Peri Gilpin, Jennifer Lafleur

SYNOPSIS: A seventeen year old sex-positive YouTuber starts a social media war against her Christian abstinence program.

ONE DAY

DIRECTOR: ANNALISA VOZZA

PRODUCERS: ANNALISA VOZZA

WRITER: ANNALISA VOZZA

RT: 18

CAST: Johan Bustos Quinche, Sandra Reyes, Gabriela Otalora

SYNOPSIS: The bus routine of a young rapper who dreams of leaving the city jungle of Bogotá is disrupted by the persistent presence of his little sister. Gang violence puts his dream of a better life to a hard test.

PHASES OF THE MOON

DIRECTOR: B. MONÉT

PRODUCERS: LAUREN GUGLIELMELLO, CIARA INGRAM

WRITER: LAUREN GUGLIELMELLO

RT: 6

CAST: Ana Semedo, Giovonni Naarendorp

SYNOPSIS: Two strangers meet on a bridge, in the middle of the night under what appears to be suspicious circumstances.

PIECE OF ME

DIRECTOR: BRUNA CABRAL

PRODUCERS: BRUNA CABRAL, LIGIA OSORIO, CAMILA RIZZO

WRITER: BRUNA CABRAL

RT: 19

CAST: Mason Wells, Roberta Sloan, Meghan K Lees

SYNOPSIS: An 8-year-old boy begins to lose his best friend, an elderly lady, as her memories fade away to Alzheimer’s. Determined to help, he embarks on a journey to rekindle the memories of their friendship.

PRIVACY PLEASE

DIRECTOR: ANJALI NATH

PRODUCERS: CASSIE CLARK, ANJALI NATH, MADISON GREEN

WRITER: ANJALI NATH

RT: 10

CAST: Cassie Clark, Anjali Nath

SYNOPSIS: After a night of questionable public decisions, an influencer tries to keep her relationship with her ex private the only way she knows how: by releasing a music video.

QAFAS

DIRECTOR: DAYNA LI

PRODUCERS: VOKEE LEE

WRITER: ANSHUMAN MITRA

RT: 12

CAST: Deja Soufka, Omar Amir, Michel Wakim, Therese Chbier

SYNOPSIS: Rising tensions within and outside their home threaten to tear a family of four apart during the Syrian War in Aleppo.

RED

DIRECTOR: KATIA KOZIARA

PRODUCERS: PHOEBE DUN, STUART RUSTON

WRITER: PHOEBE DUN

RT: 8

CAST: Phoebe Dunn, Ben Brown, Kerry Warren

SYNOPSIS: A first date gets steamy as desire, consent and power dynamics are discussed in the most unlikely of places.

RUBBED IN PINK

DIRECTOR: KATHY ESQUENAZI-MITRANI

PRODUCERS: CONSUELO GACHA, KATHY ESQUENAZI-MITRANI

WRITER: KATHY ESQUENAZI-MITRANI

RT: 11

CAST: Alejandra Zoluga Rojas, Isabela Zoluga Rojas, Judith Pérez S.

SYNOPSIS: The pre-teen daughter of a fashion photographer explores her femininity through the lens of her mother.

SADAK CHAAP (STREET STAMPED)

DIRECTOR: RIDDHI TALREJA

PRODUCERS : APOORVA CHARAN

WRITER: RIDDHI TALREJA, HARRIET BEANEY

RT: 14

CAST: Anshika Singh, Pawan Pandey

SYNOPSIS: On the streets of Mumbai, a young brother and sister try to raise money to buy a new football so they can play like the children they see on the other side of the fence. When they lose the money, the young boy risks everything for the ball, only to find that help comes from an unlikely hero

SEÑORITA

DIRECTOR: PAULA CAJIAO

PRODUCERS: MARIO CORRY, PAULA CAJIAO, JENNIFER QUESENBERY

WRITER: PAULA CAJIAO

RT: 8

CAST: Mario Corry, Paula Cajiao

SYNOPSIS: An amateur female boxer on the rise fights against her opponents as she deals with her father’s alcoholism.

SHADOW

DIRECTOR: ANNA MAUES

PRODUCERS: ANNA MAUES

WRITER: ANNA MAUES

RT: 3

CAST: Jessica Auguste

SYNOPSIS: A dancer finds herself lost in memories of a life that she no longer lives.

SONGBIRD

DIRECTOR: HEATHER HAWTHORN DOYLE

PRODUCERS: SARAH SURH, STEVE CHUNG

WRITER: SARAH SURH

RT: 14

CAST: Sarah Surh, Ryan Jinn

SYNOPSIS: A young married couple finally conceive their first child but when it ends in a heartbreaking miscarriage they discover that grieving their loss is much harder than expected.

SUMMER SOUNDTRACK

DIRECTOR: ARTEMIS SNOW, HALEY LUCIANI

PRODUCERS: ARTEMIS SNOW

WRITER: ARTEMIS SNOW

RT: 10

CAST: Artemis Snow, Justin Chien

SYNOPSIS: A tender, summer-on- repeat piece that explores how we traditionally define a soulmate. We follow a contemplative Kyra before the wedding and delve into a thought-provoking conversation starter that evokes a relatable nostalgia in its portrayal of the often blurred boundaries of memory, music, and time.

TEMPEST DESERT

DIRECTOR: TALITA MAIA

PRODUCERS: TALITA MAIA

WRITER: TALITA MAIA

RT: 18

CAST: Talita Maia, Evan Williams, Idalia Valles, Allie Gonino

SYNOPSIS: After moving to the US to become an illustrative artist, Laura gets sidetracked with meaningless jobs and vapid friendships. She searches for unhealthy ways to cope with the lack of real connections with people, as well as discouragement when it comes to her dreams.

By chance, she meets a stranger that reminds her of the potential she always carried within.

THE BATH

DIRECTOR: ANISSA DAOUD

PRODUCERS: SÉBASTIEN HUSSENOT, LOTFI ACHOUR

WRITER: ANISSA DAOUD

RT: 15

CAST: Mohamed Dahech, Sami Khlifi, Hela Ayed

SYNOPSIS: Imed, a young father, finding himself alone for a few days with his five year old son due to his wife’s business trip, will have to confront his deepest fear.

THE BINDING OF ITZIK

DIRECTOR: ANIKA BENKOV

PRODUCERS: MOLLY JIANG

WRITER: ANIKA BENKOV

RT: 17

CAST: Eli Rosen, Malky Goldman

SYNOPSIS: In his online search for bookbinding materials, a middle aged Hasidic bookbinder stumbles across a craigslist ad offering ‘binding lessons for submissive women.’ He responds to it, becoming entangled in an emotionally intense BDSM relationship with a stranger on the internet.

THE BOOK OF RUTH

DIRECTOR: BECCA ROTH

PRODUCERS: CHEN DRACHMAN, CAITLIN GOLD

WRITER: CHEN DRACHMAN

RT: 14

CAST: Tovah Feldshuh, Chen Drachman, Monica Wyche, Scott Klavan, Aleksander Varadian, Housso Semon

SYNOPSIS: Margo, Dan, Jordan, and Lizzy visit grandmother Ruth for Passover. Later that night, Lizzy finds Ruth watching a midnight news story about Anne Frank’s death. Lizzy then confesses to have known a related secret for years and Ruth is left with some explaining to do.

THE FOURTH WALL

DIRECTOR: KELSEY BOLLIG

PRODUCERS: VICTORIA LACOSTE, SIMON BROOK

WRITER: KELSEY BOLLIG

RT: 12

CAST: Lizzie Brocheré, Roby Schinasi, Victoria Lacoste, Jacqueline Bell

SYNOPSIS: Chloé is a serious actress who’s spent her life on the stages of Paris. The result? She has been chipped down into a product of the scrutiny and unfair politics that infest the entertainment industry. Doomed to star in one last performance of Shakespeare’s ‘A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream’ Chloé fights for her moment in the spotlight amongst the self-serving newcomers she is forced to share the stage with.

THE GESTURE AND THE WORD

DIRECTOR: HELEN ALEXIS YONOV

PRODUCERS: ANDREA FELLERS

WRITER: HELEN ALEXIS YONOV

RT: 23

CAST: James Michael Tyler, Paul Dooley, Roxane Mesquida

SYNOPSIS: A lonely postman, Gilbert, secretly recreates postcards for a woman on his postal route when her boyfriend’s homemade postcards stop arriving from his travels around the world. With the help of his friend Mr. Rostalle, a blind widower and retired literary professor/poet, Gilbert learns to open himself up to the prospect of love, and in the process of trying to bring someone else happiness, discovers it for himself.

THE GODS OF SUMMER

DIRECTOR: CRISTIANA DI PALMA

PRODUCERS: RED JUNCTION PRODUCTION, CRISTIANA DI PALMA, ARIEL GARDNER

WRITER :CRISTIANA DI PALMA

RT: 17

CAST: Samantha Cormier, Lacy Hartselle, Caleb Barwick, Garrett C Phillips, Demorge Brown

SYNOPSIS: Sammy, 17, has been invited to spend the summer with her friend Crystal in her family cottage on the canals in Venice California, that she shares with her brother Cole. Here, between beautiful beaches and new friends, she will find her first true love, until a brutal homicide changes her life forever.

THE MISSFITS

DIRECTOR: ELLIE WEN

PRODUCERS :ELLIE WEN

WRITER :

RT: 21

CAST: NA

SYNOPSIS: An all-girls robotics team competes to smash stereotypes and prove themselves in a male-dominated field, while also trying to get through high school.

THE NIGHT COMES ON

DIRECTOR :CANDICE VAUGHN

PRODUCERS :

WRITER : CANDICE VAUGHN

RT: 15

CAST: NA

SYNOPSIS: Two sisters wishing to have each others’ lives fight for the attention and love of their mother in a house full of magic, and family secrets. Can they reconcile their differences, and live the lives they were intended to?

THE OTHER SIDE OF 25

DIRECTOR :BECCA HURD ,LIAM HALL

PRODUCERS ;BECCA HURD

WRITER :BECCA HURD

RT: 17

CAST: Becca Hurd, Kat Bramley, Louie Cordon,

SYNOPSIS: An irresponsible young woman faces challenges after becoming the surrogate mother for her sister’s baby.

THE RAIN PONCHO

DIRECTOR :ANDREA ROSEN

PRODUCERS: ANDREA ROSEN, MICHAEL EDER, WARREN ETHEREDGE, SAM GRIFFEL

WRITER: ANDREA ROSEN

RT: 13

CAST: Andrea Rosen, Elizabeth Sherman, Eliza Eder, Anya Eder

SYNOPSIS: A day in the life of 2 moms, Kitty (a pot smoking therapist) and Rita (an inept hair cutter). They worry that their 15 year old daughter has a secret boyfriend or worse yet, a pimp! The moms wrestle with the anxiety, hormones, and hip hop, of all of it.

THE SHALLOW END

DIRECTOR: CYNTHIA SILVER

PRODUCERS: JULIA KENNELLY, PAUL MARCARELLI, CYNTHIA SILVER

WRITER: WENDY MACLEOD

RT: 10

CAST: Zoe Wilson, Zoe Manarel, Parker Winston, Sanai James

SYNOPSIS: A group of teenaged girls jockey for power in the savage summer society of a community swimming pool during the summer of 1984.

THE SPEECH

DIRECTOR : HAOHAO YAN

PRODUCERS: XIAOXIAO LI

WRITER: HAOHAO YAN

RT: 25

CAST: Harmonie He, Gloria Xiong, Chedi Cheng

SYNOPSIS: A private boarding school is on lockdown after the Chinese government announces that SARS is real. In the school, three eight-year-old girls have to find a way to make sense of the world and in doing so, learn new things.

THE WOMEN

DIRECTOR: SUZANNE LUNA

PRODUCERS: KELLY PARKER, LAUREN ROBERTSON, BENTE ENGELSTOFT, SUZANNE LUNA

WRITER: LAUREN ROBERTSON, BENTE ENGELSTOFT

RT: 15

CAST: Bente Engelstoft, Lauren Robertson, Tamara Perry, Holly Laurent

SYNOPSIS: Four women in a modern day Manson-esque cult are abandoned by their leader.

THEY SALIVATE

DIRECTOR: ARIANE BOUKERCHE

PRODUCERS: JULIEN PICHARD

WRITER: ARIANE BOUKERCHE

RT: 20

CAST: Olga Riazanova, Def, Julie Sokolowski, Marc-Antoine Vaugeois, Corentin Boisgard

SYNOPSIS: “They salivate” is the story of a kiss. A couple kiss each other in their deserted living room. The party begins and one guest drinks the couple’s last kiss.

THEY WON’T LAST

DIRECTOR: PORTLYNN TAGAVI

PRODUCERS: RICHARD BAILEY

WRITER: PORTLYNN TAGAVI, BRANDON GALE

RT: 16

CAST: Jack De Sena, Brittany Renee Finamore

SYNOPSIS: After attending their friends’ perfect wedding, Christine is forced to consider the future of her own relationship when her hopeless romantic boyfriend Alex proposes. When Christine is unable to say yes, Alex makes it worse by giving her an ultimatum: either get engaged or break up right now.

TITUS & MIRABELLA

DIRECTOR: MELANIA CRISAN

PRODUCERS; MELANIA CRISAN

WRITER: MELANIA CRISAN

RT: 22

CAST: Axel Moustache, Melania Crisan, Nicolas Bach

SYNOPSIS: A romantic comedy about the first date between two quirky people who have never had a romantic relationship before but who desperately want one. A movie about fear and love.

TWO WORLDS, NOT ONE

DIRECTOR :HEMMA KEARNEY

PRODUCERS: SIMONE BENHAYON

WRITER: HEMMA KEARNEY

RT: 11

CAST: Ben Green

SYNOPSIS: With a regular job, regular family and regular routine to his life Toby begins to see things out of the ordinary normal. He can’t unsee what he sees and all that surrounds him starts to challenge his ‘ordinary world’.

UNCORKED

DIRECTOR: LOUISE DE GAY DE NEXON

PRODUCERS: ELINA STREET

WRITER: LOUISE DE GAY DE NEXON

RT: 17

CAST: NA

SYNOPSIS: A family dinner reunion takes an unexpected turn when the inheritance of the house is brought up. As the night unfolds, tensions rise and significant family dysfunctions are disclosed.

UXOLILE

DIRECTOR: PORTIA HLUBI

PRODUCERS: ANTOINETTE ENGEL, TSHEGO MOLETE KHANYILE

WRITER: PORTIA HLUBI

RT: 23

CAST: NA

SYNOPSIS: A concerned Xolile returns back home to ask her sick mother to return back with her. With a troubled relationship and a booming career, Xolile needs to confront issues of bitterness and resentment from her childhood in order to rebuild their relationship. Faced with hard truths that may change her life forever, Xolile must choose between her new life or her own mother.

VELOUR

DIRECTOR: MIRANDA MANZIANO

PRODUCERS: MIRANDA MANZIANO, SAMANTHA GRANADOS

WRITER: MIRANDA MANZIANO

RT: 10

CAST: Lauren T. Mack, Neena De Ville, Juan Danner, Adriane Moreno

SYNOPSIS: A queer fashion executive visits a dominatrix in an attempt to heal from sexual assault trauma.

WHAT REMAINS OF ME

DIRECTOR: NISREEN ALSBEIHI

PRODUCERS: NISREEN ALSBEIHI

WRITER: NISREEN ALSBEIH NOMAN, KAMAL ALSALAMI

RT: 22

CAST: NA

SYNOPSIS: This film talks about the landmine victims in Yemen .

WICHITA

DIRECTOR: SERGINE DUMAIS

PRODUCERS: BO PRICE

WRITER: BO PRICE

RT: 6

CAST: Maxim Roy, Jeremy Sisto, Jean LeLoup

SYNOPSIS: Sara is in bed with her lover when her husband calls. When he asks for something in his sock drawer, she runs home, stalling for time, asking endless questions about Wichita, Kansas.

WITHDRAWALS

DIRECTOR: JORJA HUDSON

PRODUCERS: KELLY STIER, RACHEL RODERMAN, CLAIRE MATSON

WRITER :JORJA HUDSON

RT: 12

CAST: Charlotte Gilbert, Jenny Gorelick, Fareeha Khan, Andrea Simons

SYNOPSIS: Four friends quit their antidepressants together and all experience very different side effects.