FLAME OUT
Directed by Emily Grace Goldwyn
Written by EMILY Grace Goldwyn
USA, 2025, 14 minutes 55 seconds
When Grace, a serial people pleaser, double-books her night, she manages to accidentally buy out an entire Diptyque candle party and simultaneously end a friendship.
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LONELY
Directed by Bobby Bosky Grubic
Written by Miro Gavin
Croatia, 2025, 18 minutes 35 seconds
In the twilight of a life marked by disappointment and regret, an old man discovers a flicker of hope through an unexpected friendship.
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A CALL FROM YOU
Directed by Denise Gosdinski-Espinoza, Anneliesse Gosdinski-Espinoza
Written by Anneliesse Gosdinski-Espinoza
USA, 2020, 8 minutes 52 seconds
A woman is having a hard time accepting a major change. After a rough day at work and being misunderstood by her co-workers, a woman feels lonely. She vacillates on making a call to a person no longer in her life. When she does call, an unlikely interaction occurs.
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TROVA
Directed by Jake Ajamian
Written by Jake Ajamian
USA, 2025, 15 minutes 23 seconds
In 1935 Cuba, María Teresa Vera, a renowned troubadour, must confront her past and a society that doesn’t accept female troubadours. With the help of a young guitarist, she makes a triumphant return to the stage, fighting for her voice, her legacy, and her place in Cuban music history.
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IT'S COME TO THIS
Directed by Ivo Raza
Written by Ivo Raza
USA, 2025, 3 minutes 20 seconds
Set to a great track by Billy Morrison, this short film tells the visual story of a driver who must deliver a soul to a collector (Joe Manganiello) in order to regain his freedom.
Music Video
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MAJI
Directed by Jimi Hall
Written by Jimi Hall
USA, 2025, 1 minutes 32 seconds
"Maji" is the Swahili word for water. Every day, 1000 children die because they do not have access to clean and safe water. For many, the burden of collecting water falls on the women and children who daily collect the life sustaining element.
Maji is a testament to the beautiful bonds of family during a crisis.
Lurking beneath the surface of the imagery is the ugly truth about the struggle for this most basic Human Right. Music Video.
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LONESOME TOWN
Directed by Caleb Garrett
Written byCaleb Garrett
USA, 2025, 2 minutes 55 seconds
A cowboy flung forward in time becomes homesick.
Music Video
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SHANGRI LOS ANGELES
Directed by Rachel Music
Written by Rachel Music
USA, 2023, 13 minutes 29 seconds
A moody rock take on the corrupting force of Hollywood offering a disturbing collage of the surreal highs and lows of LA along with behind the scenes clips of actors at work in the Good Story Guild production "In Media Res." Music video.
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Annabel (lee) IF YOU SHOW ME (ALICE)
Directed by Tyler Hubby
Written by Tyler Hubby
USA, 2024, 4 minutes 52 seconds
A grownup twist of Lewis Carroll's tale of rabbit-hole woes, via the journey of love-struck fools. Featuring David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets as the Mad Hatter, James Duval (Donnie Darko) as the White Rabbit and Darenzia as Alice. Directed by Tyler Hubby (Tony Conrad: Completely In The Present) and shot by cinematographer, Kinsey.
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ANADOL AND MARIE KLOK- Quand Le Grenier Pris Feu
Directed by Utku Önal
Written by Utku Önal
France, German, Turkey, 2024, 6 minutes 12 minutes
“With Quand le grenier aura pris feux, Utku Önal has designed a poetic, multi-layered work that plays with surrealist nuances and at the same time refuses to be categorized. Image and sound complement each other in irritating and at the same time subtle ways, between daydream and nightmare, between tenderness and distress. Music video.
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BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS
Directed by Anastasia Bunci
Written by Grace Joy Howarth
UK, 2024, 15 minutes 31 seconds
It’s Ukrainian ex-veterinarian Kostyantyn’s first day at the slaughterhouse, where he meets Dan, a happy-go-lucky Welsh lad who cracks too many jokes for his own good. Despite their grim working conditions, an unexpected friendship begins to form. What is the human cost of working on the kill floor?
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SECOND SUNRISE
Directed by Steven Dallas
Written by Steven Dallas
USA, 2024, 16 minutes 55 seconds
Constable agent Francis has spent years enforcing evictions, each day another family out on the streets. His personal life is in shambles especially with his daughter that he hasn’t seen. since he ran off on her when she was just a baby. He is a broken man trying to fix himself, he has been trying for years to reconnect to his daughter. As her birthday approaches, her birthday slips his mind, and it destroys him. He doesn’t want to forget her.
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