#169
Khadima: The Caregiver

Khadima: The Caregiver

2024 • 14 min • United States
👁️ 286
Trapped in Saudi Arabia under false job promises, Janaki, a Malayali woman from Kerala, endures years of abuse but remains determined to return to her son in Kerala. Aided by a friend, she plans her escape, only to be brutally thwarted by her captors. The film reveals the resilience of caregivers facing exploitation abroad. AWARDS:
#170
The Last Goodbye

The Last Goodbye

2023 • 18 min • United Kingdom
👁️ 286
A short story about two sisters learning to reconcile their differences as they overcome the loss of their mother. AWARDS:
#171
Follow the White Rabbit

Follow the White Rabbit

2023 • 20 min • United Kingdom
👁️ 286
A quick drink with Alice’s friend turns into a rhythmic, echoic trip down the rabbit hole of Soho night life. Shot guerilla style in one evening with zero budget, heavy scheduling and an iPhone. You can feel the spontaneity as the night morphs organically, intertwining script and real life. A modern silent film with a hypnotic experimental soundscape that will guide you around Soho. AWARDS:
#172
Millennials Addiction

Millennials Addiction

2022 • 4 min • Italy
👁️ 286
A waiting that wears down. Loneliness. Neglect. Anxiety growing. Time's passing. It becomes anguish. Unbearable. Despair that annihilates. All. A young mind. Addicted. He doesn't look, he doesn't look at you. He just waits. The fulfillment. The calm. How long will it last? AWARDS:
#173
Cuando la Rumorosa Calla

Cuando la Rumorosa Calla

2020 • 17 min
👁️ 286
Through a fusion of film genres, CUANDO LA RUMOROSA CALLA (When La Rumorosa Quiets, 15min, in Spanish with English subtitles) is a stirring and tense meditation on the doubts and retribution women face when they witness or directly experience sexual violence and dare to speak out about it. AWARDS:
#174
Shabnam

Shabnam

2024 • 27 min • Iran
👁️ 285
While on his way home, Keyumars has a chance encounter with Shabnam, a captivating stranger. This unexpected meeting leaves a profound impact on him, prompting Keyumars to undertake a quest to find her, setting off a chain of unforeseen events. AWARDS:
#175
NeRDMAN or (The Unexplainable Imagination of Reece Fisher)

NeRDMAN or (The Unexplainable Imagination of Reece Fisher)

2023 • 24 min • Canada
👁️ 285
When his short film project derails due to a disaster of a lead actor, high school filmmaker Reece Fisher sends his buddies Francis and Kip on a race against time to find a replacement. As his world spirals into chaos, Reece grapples with his persistent arch nemesis, an elusive camera crew, crippling self-doubt, and an enigmatic girl who is always just slightly out of his reach. This comedic drama captures Reece's journey to salvage his film and conquer his personal demons while navigating the tumultuous terrain of teenage life. AWARDS:
#176
Spider-Man Lives: A Miles Morales Story

Spider-Man Lives: A Miles Morales Story

2015 • 9 min • United States
👁️ 285
In the wake of Peter Parker's death, will Miles Morales find the courage to put on the mask and become Spider-Man?
#177
Little Mother

Little Mother

1929 • 20 min • United States
👁️ 285
Trying to take the place of her deceased mother, a little girl struggles to care for her younger brothers. But the children and their papa have a wonderful surprise in store for them.
#178
Bismillah

Bismillah

2018 • 14 min • Italy
👁️ 285
Samira comes from Tunisia, she's 10 years old and lives in Italy illegally with her father and her brother of 17 years old. One night, she will face up to by oneself a bigger problem than her. AWARDS:
#179
I Am Papua New Guinea

I Am Papua New Guinea

2023 • 5 min • United States
👁️ 284
I spent approximately 7 weeks in the jungles of PNG during the years 2016-2017. The work was shown in a major solo exhibition in the fall of 2019. I made this art film for the projection room of the institution. I decided to use Maya Angels poem and voice over of Her voice and words sent chills up my spine. My camera moves slowly among the indigenous tribes of Papua New Guinea, A land rarely visited by tourist. The slow motion of the film adds to the mystery of this country and it’s people.
#180
The One-Way Ticket

The One-Way Ticket

2022 • 10 min • Iran
👁️ 284
Six-year-old Taha uncovers a dangerous secret about his older sister A German-Iranian coproduction. The story is being narrated from Taha's POV, a six-year old boy, who has been raised by a misogynist father and lives in a society where women have no freedom of choice. He finds out that his sister wants to escape with her lover. Now the decision is his whether to reveal the secret to his father or not. AWARDS:
#181
Kala

Kala

2021 • 14 min • Italy
👁️ 284
A man has been hiding for many years in the darkness of an abandoned castle. During his long and tormented nights, he relives the memories of his hard past, struggling between a reality of hunger and hardship and a dreamlike dimension. His visions bring him back to the moment when he tragically lost his dearest friend, who sacrificed his life to save him. It will be the vision of the woman he loves to lead him deep into his own mind, reaching the origins of a lost memory. Through a difficult but enlightening path, he will discover an ancient truth that will change everything and will be the cure for his madness. AWARDS:
#182
Korla

Korla

2022 • 24 min • Malta
👁️ 284
Nobody will get in the way of a nameless Cowboy on his vengeance mission. On his solo journey he meets Fate, a mystifying figure that gives him a chance to experience his doomed future right there and then. This is a tale about the power of blind rage and destiny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OLksdaYCLk AWARDS:
#183
The Chair

The Chair

2022 • 25 min • United States
👁️ 284
A dying chair maker must salvage a broken to restore its mystical powers. AWARDS:
#184
Alea

Alea

2023 • 9 min • Italy
👁️ 283
As they leave the cinema, Alea and Nyx begin to talk about the right way to look at things. While they discuss, the world around them begins to evaporate. AWARDS:
#185
Light of My Life

Light of My Life

2021 • 10 min • United States
👁️ 283
In dark times, a new friend arrives to shed some light on the situation. This new presence creates strange occurrences and marital discord. AWARDS:
#186
Wald

Wald

2022 • 9 min • United States
👁️ 282
Wald, a monk who lives in the distant future, whilst scavenging in the desolate wastelands gains and loses his first friend. Facing the endless cycle of rebirth and destruction. AWARDS:
#187
Manzil

Manzil

2022 • 15 min • Pakistan
👁️ 282
The story is about a character named FARHAN who is doing ACCA because his parents wanted him to do it but he is not happy with the choice that his parents made for him so he decides to take steps to try to convince his parents and in doing graphics designing Farhan’s elder brother NAEEM decides to help Farhan but Naeem ends up getting COVID so Farhan has to tell his parents by himself. AWARDS:
#188
The grave with no name

The grave with no name

2021 • 15 min • France
👁️ 282
A young couple spend a weekend in the countryside with a friend of them ; they will awaken an old legend that haunts the village. Original/Alternative Title: La tombe sans nom AWARDS:
#189
MOUNT FREIKOFEL - Frontier of the Great War

MOUNT FREIKOFEL - Frontier of the Great War

2021 • 31 min • Italy
👁️ 281
Located in the territory of Udine on the border with Austria, Mount Freikofel since 1915 has played an important strategic position in the context of bitter and bloody battles for the conquest of the territory. This documentary reconstructs part of the historical events dating back to the Great War, events that affected this mountain and which are told through the numerous installations that were made in a very short time and in prohibitive conditions. Thanks to the work of the "Amici delle Alpi Carniche" Association of Timau (UD), an impressive work of recovery of the now abandoned military sites began in 1997, thus giving life to the "Open Air Museum of Monte Freikofel", a noble an institution to which the Gruppo Speleologico Prealpino also collaborated, called for the realization of the general mapping of all the underground and surface stations located in the territory between the Freikofel and Pal Grande mountains. To complete this work, 9 expeditions were necessary, conducted between 2003 and 2019, in which 46 speleologists and experts in cartography participated, topographing 104 underground and 55 open-air installations, for a total of 2100 hours of work. A contribution offered to the memory of those places to pay homage to one of the saddest and most important chapters in the history of Italy. Original/Alternative Title: MONTE FREIKOFEL - Frontiera della Grande Guerra AWARDS:
#190
Nutcracker

Nutcracker

2016 • 18 min • United States
👁️ 281
Tommy, 11, lives with his father, Jack, recently paralyzed after a car accident. Tommy's mom has disappeared from their lives and Jack is struggling to come to terms with not only his new disability, but also being a responsible father for the first time. (MFA thesis project) AWARDS:
#191
Dürä..!

Dürä..!

2010 • 29 min • Switzerland
👁️ 281
The story of Michael and his friends Mani and Dani. All three of them are patients in a psychiatric institution with the same goal: they want out! The lively interplay between the characters sets the scene and provides insight into the manic-depressive protagonist's inner world. A serious topic, portrayed in an entertaining and direct manner. AWARDS:
#192
The Red Creek Sessions

The Red Creek Sessions

2022 • 30 min • United States
👁️ 280
Red Creek is the elusive Class V+ whitewater gem flowing from the Dolly Sods Wilderness in the West Virginia highlands. Join Dr. Philip Prince, an expert in Appalachian geology, as he takes an in depth look at the rock structures of this region through the rare descent of Red Creek by a group of local whitewater kayakers on Cheatfest Weekend 2022. The film then explores the entire Cheat River Watershed, showcasing the world class whitewater offered in this area as a result of the unique geology of Northern West Virginia. The Red Creek Sessions is an educational documentary comparing the timeline of humanity with the timeline of geology, highlighting the rare opportunities presented to whitewater kayakers thanks to millions of years of geologic evolution. AWARDS: