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6:00 PM | Friday March 20 | Zukor
WITHOUT SAY  Dir: Neha Gautam, United States, 6 min, LGBT When a young girl finds a note under her desk and develops a connection with someone at her school, she must make a choice be... more info | |  |
BIRD WATCHING  Dir: Anne Hollowday, United States, 5 min, LGBT An exploration of the ways we perform and perceive gender in the world today. With a metaphorical play-on-words approach, Bir... more info watch trailer | |  |
CLOSE TO YOU  Dir: Kevin Yu, United States, 11 min, LGBT A young Asian-American struggles to balance their exploration of gender identity with the expectations of their immigrant mot... more info | |  |
BODIES  Dir: Morvarid Kashiyan, Iran, 15 min, LGBT It is a story of a transsexual. A boy who feels like a girl. He is a stage actor and has fallen in love with his director. He... more info | |  |
9:45 PM | Friday March 20 | Zukor
MAN IN THE CORNER  Dir: Kelli Breslin, United States, 9 min, LGBT What starts out as a hot hookup with his dream guy, turns into a nightmare when Daniel realizes they aren't alone in the hous... more info | |  |
LEO DAN  Dir: Antonio De La Cruz, United States, 25 min, LGBT A trans woman gets involved in a drug deal to help her boyfriend that was recently deported.
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YOUR LUCKY DAY (TU DÍA DE SUERTE)  Dir: Fele Martínez, Spain, 11 min, LGBT Ernesto leaves the house, in a hurry. His family is waiting for him. He calls the elevator and, inside, he will find an unexp... more info | |  |
DINNER AND DNA  Dir: Larry Mitchell, United States, 13 min, LGBT Ronnie and Marlene are a lesbian couple who desperately want a baby of their own. Ronnie's brother Freddy volunteers to help,... more info | |  |
11:45 AM | Saturday March 21 | Zukor
LET THEM HAVE THEIR WAY  Dir: Dien Vo, United States, 84 min, Feature Narrative Three couples search for connection and meaning in an angry, anxious, and polarized world. Uniquely combining a surreal narra... more info watch trailer | |  |
1:45 PM | Saturday March 21 | Zukor
THE NAMES OF TREES  Dir: Jack Cochran, Pamela Falkenberg, United States, 5 min, Short Narrative Images of decay and regeneration photographed using a video camera whose sensor has been modified for infrared photography cr... more info watch trailer | |  |
PATH OF THE DAFF  Dir: Michael Piscitelli, United States, 87 min, Documentary A city faced with unimaginable tragedy rallies around a most unlikely hero. In the wake of the 2013 bombings, Boston blooms... more info watch trailer | |  |
3:45 PM | Saturday March 21 | Zukor
DANCE, DANCE, EVOLUTION  Dir: Jules Rosskam, United States, 17 min, Short Documentary Dance, Dance, Evolution is a short documentary film exploring transgender people's relationship to dance. Specifically, the f... more info watch trailer | |  |
GABRIELLE  Dir: Nicola Rose, United States, 13 min, Short Narrative When 13-year-old Gabrielle signs up for ballet, she encounters bullying from her teacher — and friendship in an unexpected pl... more info watch trailer | |  |
BUT FIRST...  Dir: Erin Brown Thomas, United States, 4 min, Short Narrative Coffee literally changes the way I see, think, and interact with other people. BUT FIRST is my way of exploring this through... more info watch trailer | |  |
LE VICE  Dir: Jouerouge, Canada, 5 min, Short Narrative Le vice is a self-reflective story about a girl and her obsession with perfection. It's a story that explores a battle within... more info | |  |
FREAKS & ANIMALS  Dir: Sarah Tither-Kaplan, United States, 9 min, Short Narrative Leaders of a pole dance empowered movement workshop have built a cult of personality within their practice and are trapped in... more info | |  |
SELF WORSHIP  Dir: Asia Brown, United States, 6 min, Short Narrative Che Che Luna - a queer, mexican-american woman - reclaims her body and power after experiencing sexual trauma as a young chil... more info | |  |
THE BULL  Dir: Kelsey Egan, South Africa, 15 min, Short Narrative Heavily pregnant on an isolated farm, a young woman faces the strange magic that burdens her reality. This is a fairytale abo... more info watch trailer | |  |
5:30 PM | Saturday March 21 | Zukor
THE PROCESS  Dir: Naman Gupta, United States, 7 min, Short Narrative When passion becomes your obsession and obsession gives you pleasure. You do not know where to draw the line. Esteban shares ... more info watch trailer | |  |
BEER BOOM  Dir: Eric W Schleyer Andrew Coury, United States, 60 min, Documentary Craft beer in New York City is big business. But will passion and commitment be enough for a local brewer to make it in the ... more info watch trailer | |  |
7:15 PM | Saturday March 21 | Zukor
IDENTITY CHECK  Dir: Patrick Devaney, United States, 18 min, Short Narrative After two decades of controlling the world's Virtual Reality market, MDI and its founder, Douglas McKinney, are in complete f... more info | |  |
DEMONS  Dir: Ariana DiValentino, United States, 9 min, Short Narrative A young woman facing the shock of a toxic relationship recounts the tale of how she developed an unusual quality: menstrual b... more info watch trailer | |  |
THE SHALLOW END  Dir: Cynthia Silver, United States, 10 min, Short Narrative A group of teenaged girls jockey for power in the savage summer society of a community swimming pool during the summer of 198... more info watch trailer | |  |
THE TURNER EXHIBIT  Dir: Mathew Gregory Bainbridge, United States, 25 min, Short Narrative Growing resentment between brothers Anthony and Alex Turner, one successful and the other struggling, leads to tragic consequ... more info watch trailer | |  |
THE 404 DINER  Dir: Cole Seger, United States, 12 min, Short Narrative A man goes to his usual diner... but it quickly becomes anything BUT his usual...
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9:30 PM | Saturday March 21 | Zukor
TINA  Dir: Gayatri Bahl, United States, 8 min, Short Narrative TINA is a surreal thriller about a woman who goes through self-transformation therapy only to be haunted by an Indian classic... more info watch trailer | |  |
THE GOOD DAY  Dir: Juo Hae, Korea, 88 min, Feature Narrative 'The choi family from Gyeonsang provinces is well known to be uptight generation to generation. The first son is Hyeong-Ju C... more info watch trailer | |  |
12:00 PM | Sunday March 22 | Zukor
THE DUCKPOND (Ankdammen)  Dir: Robert Andersson, Sweden, 90 min, Feature Narrative Fredriks peaceful life in an idyllic small town is turned upside down when his old childhood friend Patrik is released from p... more info | |  |
2:00 PM | Sunday March 22 | Zukor
PLACES  Dir: Claudia Barral, Spain, 5 min, Short Narrative In Places we explore the limits of time and its course. It captures the trip to different instants, always from the same plac... more info | |  |
LITTLE SICILY  Dir: Nina Juliano, United States, 15 min, Short Narrative In 1950s Little Italy, Delaware, a teenage girl from an immigrant family must decide whether to destroy another woman's life ... more info | |  |
NO TRAVELER RETURNS  Dir: Ellie Foumbi, United States, 12 min, Short Narrative A young African immigrant's struggles to adjust to life in America push him towards an existential crisis.
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END OF SUMMER  Dir: Serena Kuo, United States, 14 min, Short Narrative On the way to college, Dawn's life is flipped upside down when her father is struck by a heart attack in the middle of the de... more info watch trailer | |  |
TO BE  Dir: Pouria Ghasemipoor Nigjeh, Iran, 2 min, Short Narrative The women exist
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METAMORPHOSIS  Dir: Fernanda Parrado, United States, 6 min, Short Narrative Directed by Fernanda Parrado, Metamorphosis is a personal experimental film about the filmmaker's own experiences as an immig... more info | |  |
DRAGONFLY  Dir: Nicholas Marchetti, United States, 15 min, Short Narrative Faced with rejection after rejection, aspiring actress Amelia makes a living performing for the anonymous eyes of webcam watc... more info | |  |
3:45 PM | Sunday March 22 | Zukor
SISTERHOOD  Dir: Jelena Prljević, Serbia, 7 min, Animation The animated film Sisterhood uses an abandoned house from childhood as a metaphor of home and stability. The story, written i... more info watch trailer | |  |
6:00 PM | Sunday March 22 | Zukor
THE WORST THING  Dir: Desireena Almoradie, United States, 83 min, Documentary How do you move past the worst thing to ever happen in your life? In 1985, Kathleen lost her brother Eddie, an American sold... more info watch trailer | |  |
8:15 PM | Sunday March 22 | Zukor
ZALINIA/OUTLINE  Dir: Vadim Dubrovitskiy, Russia, 133 min, Feature Narrative Alina is a five years old girl, whose mother has gone down with a terrible illness. The girl's father decides that Alina shou... more info | |  |
8:15 PM | Monday March 23 | Zukor
RAMEN (RAmén)  Dir: Rubén Seca, Spain, 10 min, Short Narrative Lucrecia, an ultraconservative Christian, decides to accept the invitation of her granddaughter Marta and attend her Pastafar... more info watch trailer | |  |
MAMA YEN  Dir: Jiale Hu, United States, 12 min, Short Documentary How a Vietnam War refugee has lost, found, and brought the taste of home for others in American Midwest.
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ICREAM  Dir: Matilda Karlsson, Sweden, 2 min, Short Narrative A lighthearted short on the repercussions of sexualisation and objectification of women in every day situations.
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GROW FOOD  Dir: Joe Rignola, United States, 51 min, Documentary The little film with one big idea--growing food can help solve a majority of the world's issues. Jim is a new farmer who know... more info watch trailer | |  |
6:00 PM | Tuesday March 24 | Zukor
THE MISSION HOME  Dir: Deborah Harse, United States, 15 min, Short Documentary The Mission Home is a story about the Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission on the Ganges River in Barrackpore, a suburb
north of... more info | |  |
GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP  Dir: Deann Borshay Liem, United States, 80 min, Documentary In this powerful tale about the rise of Korea's global adoption program, four adult adoptees return to their country of birth... more info watch trailer | |  |
8:15 PM | Tuesday March 24 | Zukor
TALISMANS  Dir: Matthew Charles Thompson, United States, 4 min, Short Narrative A dad in search of redemption advises his daughter.
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RESERVATIONS  Dir: Neal Hemphill, United States, 9 min, Short Narrative Mary confronts her mother on her drinking by driving her to an AA meeting instead of their regular restaurant. Sparks fly in ... more info | |  |
OUR HOME HERE  Dir: Angela Chen, United States, 16 min, Short Narrative Parallel stories of broken relationships between parents and their children striving for the American Dream all revolving aro... more info watch trailer | |  |
THE NEW MOTHER  Dir: Eleva Singleton, United States, 12 min, Short Narrative The New Mother is a 12 minute short experimental drama which explores the delicate paradigm shift between an aging mother and... more info watch trailer | |  |
THE LEPERS  Dir: JD Ganz, United States, 10 min, Short Narrative At the turn of the New Year, two alcoholics grapple with their newfound sobriety.
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6:00 PM | Wednesday March 25 | Zukor
4 EVER FAB  Dir: The Atomik Age Project , United States, 8 min, Short Narrative "4 Ever Fab," is a video tribute and award-winning song to the world's greatest band, the Beatles. During the 1960s, their mu... more info watch trailer | |  |
CANNONBALL  Dir: Mark Chua, Lam Li Shuen , Australia, 65 min, Documentary Frank and Lily, partners by chance and circumstance, set off on a wild journey in their search for a mystical character known... more info watch trailer | |  |
6:00 PM | Thursday March 26 | Zukor
STONE (TAS)  Dir: Alican Yücesoy, Turkey, 12 min, Short Narrative In this strange world; neighborhood, school, home, market place, people, everything is very familiar and belongs to this land... more info | |  |
CARRYING TOMORROW  Dir: Sarah Davis, Caleb Lucky, United States, 22 min, Short Documentary For women and girls in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, becoming pregnant can be a death sentence. It is the leading cause of d... more info watch trailer | |  |
GLAMOROUS CITY  Dir: Ji Yuan, China, 12 min, Short Narrative Due to the rising cost of living, the illegal construction of the house is facing the problem of demolition. The North drift ... more info | |  |
MORE THAN I CAN SAY  Dir: Wang Liyuan, China, 15 min, Short Narrative The rhythm of life of Qinghua and his wife in the north have been disturbed by the arrival of his mother-in-law from the sout... more info | |  |
ANENI  Dir: Jack Hawkins, England, 16 min, Short Narrative Aneni makes just enough to survive and not enough to care for her little girl. She's invisible, ignored - and stronger than y... more info watch trailer | |  |
DRAGON SONG  Dir: David McClister, United States, 19 min, Short Narrative In the wilderness of Oregon territory in 1875, Sherriff Lamberic White is drunkenly beating his one-time friend Spiney Shambl... more info watch trailer | |  |
8:15 PM | Thursday March 26 | Zukor
CHAKKAR  Dir: Anuska Rauniyar, Nepal, 114 min, Feature Narrative A seemingly uneducated and unemployed individual named Kishore is suspicious about his girlfriend cheating on him for another... more info | |  |
6:00 PM | Friday March 27 | Zukor
HERE LIES BEATRICE  Dir: Sam LaBella, United States, 13 min, Short Narrative Here Lies Beatrice is the story of a mother's assumed last day alive, in which she reacts to post-menopausal bleeding by prep... more info | |  |
FUGUE  Dir: Laura Neri, Greece, 17 min, Short Narrative No two losses are alike, yet grief can create its own sort of kinship.
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MY BOYFRIEND'S DAUGHTER  Dir: Kathy Meng, United States, 10 min, Short Narrative When a young woman's much older boyfriend refuses to introduce her to his daughter, she decides to take matters into her own ... more info watch trailer | |  |
THE GIRL NEXT DOOR  Dir: Donna Bonilla Wheeler, United States, 19 min, Short Narrative A prodigy musician trapped in a rural town fights to break free from family and societal norms that have silenced her, and jo... more info watch trailer | |  |
THE SEAL  Dir: Richa Rudola, United States, 15 min, Short Narrative A young woman receives a mysterious package that upends her sedated life
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8:00 PM | Friday March 27 | Zukor
STATE OF INDEPENDENCE  Dir: Erica Mann, United States, 6 min, Short Documentary STATE OF INDEPENDENCE is an intimate documentary short following DJ Ghanaian-American Gabrielle Kwarteng. With the backdrop o... more info watch trailer | |  |
ALZHEIMER'S  Dir: Peter Vietro-Hannum, United States, 7 min, Short Narrative As her husband Walter shows increasing signs of severe mental illness, Nancy fights to hold on to the memory of their marriag... more info | |  |
CONEY ISLAND SUNRISE  Dir: vagabond Beaumont, United States, 15 min, Short Narrative A young musician struggling with the contradictions and antagonisms of her newfound fame meets her brother In Coney Island. H... more info watch trailer | |  |
8:00 PM | Friday March 27 | Zukor
THE BLESSING  Dir: Liann Kaye, United States, 5 min, Short Narrative When a timid, midwestern boy decides to propose to his girlfriend, he has to go through her immigrant, Chinese mother first.
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PARKINSON'S THIRD WIND  Dir: Peter Barton, United States, 13 min, Short Documentary Third Wind is a way of looking at ageing, urging us to realize that no matter what barriers we face -- in this case, it's Par... more info | |  |
ANOTHER ROUND  Dir: Brandon Regina, United States, 15 min, Short Narrative A man and a woman have a drink to rekindle their former relationship, but they may be harboring secrets that could lead to th... more info watch trailer | |  |
THE RESISTANCE  Dir: Natasha Straley, United States, 13 min, Short Narrative In a dystopian near-future, the USA has been overthrown by a cabal known as The Regime Republic. Best friends Emma and Chloe,... more info watch trailer | |  |
FLAT-EARTHER  Dir: Chris Wronka, United States, 11 min, Short Narrative Seb and Clara's relationship is tested when Seb begins to escape into the fantasy of Flat-Earth theory.
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10:00 PM | Friday March 27 | Zukor
ANONYMOUS  Dir: Michael Cutrone, United States, 15 min, Short Narrative A recovering addict named Kam struggles to stay clean with the help of his new friend Johnny. When they meet another addict n... more info watch trailer | |  |
IN THE LAND OF LOST ANGELS  Dir: Bishrel Mashbat, United States, 90 min, Feature Narrative With time running out and desperate for cash, two Mongolian immigrants turn to crime as their only solution. They decide to k... more info watch trailer | |  |
11:00 AM | Saturday March 28 | Zukor
WALK WITH ME  Dir: Allan Tsao, United States, 8 min, Short Narrative A chance encounter between two strangers leads to a romantic adventure around New York City.... more info watch trailer | |  |
THE CONSULTATION (LA CONSULTATION)  Dir: Morgan Cini, France, 8 min, Short Narrative This story deals with Aniès, an arrogant woman, who thinks that she perfectly handles her future, until she meets someone who... more info | |  |
ZOE IN REVIEW  Dir: Stacey Larkins, United States, 15 min, Short Narrative An emotionally fractured woman examines her past in search of answers for her present entanglement.
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A HAPPY DIVORCE  Dir: Jamal Hodge, United States, 24 min, Short Narrative Intelligent, beautiful, defiant, Jenny has the courage to follow her desires to get what she wants, but at what price? When ... more info watch trailer | |  |
FLORA  Dir: Javier Kühn, Spain, 13 min, Short Narrative A Victorian story about life, death and everything in between.
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12:45 PM | Saturday March 28 | Zukor
CURTAINS  Dir: Dane Ray, United States, 14 min, Short Narrative A woman calls into a radio station and convinces the DJ to come to a hotel room in town.... more info | |  |
FAR FROM ORDINARY  Dir: Paul Bugarin, United States, 13 min, Short Narrative David Thompson is an unassuming outsider who is about to embark on a big time project that will change his life forever. He u... more info | |  |
THE LOST WEEKEND  Dir: Ryan O'Leary, United States, 14 min, Short Narrative After a rough breakup, Charlie Monahan dives headfirst into the world of online dating. Guided by his charismatic best friend... more info | |  |
I'M NOT LOST  Dir: Tom Capps, United States, 11 min, Short Narrative Lyndsay can't find her way without her smartphone. Maybe some strangers on the streets of NYC can help?
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CODE RUTH  Dir: Caroline Voagen Nelson, United States, 4 min, Animation A true love story about a Morse code instructor finding her path during WWII. Code Ruth blends stop motion techniques and arc... more info watch trailer | |  |
2:45 PM | Saturday March 28 | Zukor
COFFIN DECOLLETÉ  Dir: Nancy Kamal, Egypt, 6 min, Short Narrative Minor girl noticed wedding preparations in her home .. She was shocked because she did not expect to be the bride. The film h... more info | |  |
PAPER BOATS  Dir: Gonzalo Guajardo-Fajardo, Spain, 15 min, Short Narrative Why can't Rahel bring herself to sign her artwork? The visit of her high school academic triggers memories of why she is haun... more info watch trailer | |  |
THE BARTENDER  Dir: Travis Newsad, United States, 10 min, Short Narrative Carly, the skillful bartender at a swanky hotel lounge, is thrown off her game by the arrival of Alan, a powerful investor. ... more info | |  |
MEDIUM RARE  Dir: Dina Graham, United States, 8 min, Short Narrative After her first rebellious night out with friends, 16 year-old Claire finds the effects of her adventure, a little hard to st... more info watch trailer | |  |
HUNDRED RUPEES  Dir: TR Gaudel TR Gaudel, Nepal, 20 min, Short Narrative This inspirational short movie is based on truth and reality. The protagonists of this film are stone grinder making mother a... more info watch trailer | |  |
TELL ME WHEN TO FORGET  Dir: Gabe Braden, United States, 25 min, Short Narrative After a middle-aged housewife discovers a pair of baby shoes in her attic, she discovers that she once had a one-year-old son... more info watch trailer | |  |
4:45 PM | Saturday March 28 | Zukor
FRICASÉ  Dir: Taly Uriarte, United States, 10 min, Short Narrative Living in a dystopian regime where undocumented immigrants are persecuted, two sisters, stuck in hiding, take a risk to prese... more info | |  |
ROLLING IN THE DEEP  Dir: Marcellus Cox, United States, 12 min, Short Narrative An Award Winning Film inspired by the true story of WWII veteran and decorated member of the Tuskegee Airmen, who returns to ... more info watch trailer | |  |
PASSAGE  Dir: Asavari Kumar, India, 5 min, Animation Finding herself in a state of limbo, an Indian woman revisits her immigration journey and voyages through a tempestuous emoti... more info watch trailer | |  |
THE MAGICAL ROOT  Dir: Brandon Miree, United States, 2 min, Animation The Magical Root is a true story about a transformational time in the life of Frederick Douglass. It was the day he decided h... more info | |  |
6:30 PM | Saturday March 28 | Zukor
THE FEVER (LA FIÈVRE)  Dir: José María Flores Miranda, Spain, 19 min, Short Narrative In the doctor´s waiting room, all patients are quietly keeping their secrets.There, surrounded by whispers, a magical love st... more info watch trailer | |  |
EVERY.SINGLE.ONE (KARUNA)  Dir: Cherie Sampson, United States, 5 min, Short Narrative The first 72 hours after a hereditary breast cancer diagnosis are depicted through a tense montage of sound juxtaposed with c... more info | |  |
AS ONE  Dir: David Spaltro, United States, 15 min, Short Narrative Jill must put one foot in front of the other to move through her grief, and with connection she discovers that every mile has... more info watch trailer | |  |
11:00 AM | Sunday March 29 | Zukor
SELFISH  Dir: Po Chien Chen, Taiwan, 2 min, Animation In an izakaya, a chef notices a group of special guests. He decides to serve them a variety of signature dishes.
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DEPTH OF PYAAR  Dir: Mukesh Asopa, Canada, 93 min, Feature Narrative A film about two brothers - Yash is a charismatic young lawyer frustrated in his pursuit of justice, while Ansh is a social r... more info | |  |
1:45 PM | Sunday March 29 | Zukor
SOLO PARA MI  Dir: Andrew Dailey, United States, 16 min, Short Narrative A poetic depiction of a shared emotional state. Meant to be openly interpretive, this film explores four artists whoes inspir... more info | |  |
3:45 PM | Sunday March 29 | Zukor
GUTMAN'S ALTERNATIVE  Dir: Aleksandrs Mirskis, Latvia, 112 min, Feature Narrative NKVD arrested the captain of the Soviet army Gutman. He is accused of cowardice, betrayal and treason - the USSR. He is waiti... more info watch trailer | |  |
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