ANIMATION

A NATURAL FORCE  (0:03:16)

Director: Gordon LePage

United States • 2022

Two raccoons - strategizing for snacks - follow different paths along the physics of things.

EARTHLING  (0:10:17)

Directors: Keith Lane & Molly Graham

United States • 2023

An animated documentary about Jack Weiner, a grown man whose entire life has been shaped by being abducted by aliens when he was young, a life story nobody believes.

EMERGENCE  (0:03:54)

Director: Nick Pascoal

United States • 2023

An isolated man's anxiety and paranoia are about to be pushed to the limits when a mysterious colossal nemesis invades the calm and serenity of the peaceful countryside.

GNOSIS  (0:03:09)

Director: Peaches Wilczak

United States • 2023

A reinterpretation of the seven days of creation through the lens of the metaphysical artist trying to reconnect with their art.

LETE  (0:20:00)

Director: Duban Pinzon

Colombia • 2022

After a long and devastating war, a dying soldier returns back home with the hope to find the whereabouts of his daughter.

NOBODY  (0:04:05)

Director: Mingyuan Li

United States • 2022

A woman comes to Paris, France seeking chances of making money to support her struggling family in China, and her fate has since been rewritten.

THE BALLAD OF LIQUID SKY  (0:03:34)

Director: Jo Knorpp

United States • 2023

An original folktale, set to the music performed by a mysterious bard, recounts the story of a lost connection between a sea goddess and a small harbor town.

THE SPRAYER  (0:08:34)

Director: Farnoosh Abedi

Iran • 2022

In a land where no one has the right to grow any kind of plants in public or private, a soldier finds a seed buried deep down in the dust and his curiosity is just the beginning of something revolutionary.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

AMUKA  (1:10:27)

Director: Antonio Spano

Belgium • 2021

The Democratic Republic of Congo could feed almost 1 in 2 people on Earth, yet one in six Congolese people suffers from hunger, despite the fact that agriculture accounts for 70% of the population there. Faced with this paradox, the peasants regroup in agricultural cooperatives to have their voices heard.

KING OF KINGS: CHASING EDWARD JONES  (1:38:13)

Director: Harriet Marin Jones

France • 2022

A European filmmaker searches for the truth about her grandfather, a legendary African American who rose to the heights of financial and political prominence in Depression-era Chicago. In shaping the destiny of a city, Edward Jones could not, however, escape his skin color. Executive produced by legends Quincy Jones and Debbie Allen.

ROCKIE LYNNE: WHERE I BELONG  (1:24:35)

Director: JC Summerford

United States • 2023

Timing is everything. That theme permeates singer/songwriter and North Carolina native Rockie Lynne’s life. This documentary illuminates Rockie’s distinguished music career, an unwavering dedication to his national non-profit, Tribute to the Troops, his exciting new album, “Love”, and the search for his original family.

TUPUNGATO: EMPATHY IN DEATH  (1:14:32)

Director: Rafael Pease

Chile • 2023

A winter expedition to the highest peak, Volcano Tupungato at 21,555 feet, evolves into a fight for conservation. The hope is creating a national park, containing 340,000 acres in one of the world's biodiversity hotspots, as well as a significant source of water for 40% of Chile's population.

NARRATIVE FEATURE

BRIDGE TO THE OTHER SIDE  (1:40:00)

Director: KT Curran

United States • 2022

In a world that's falling apart, a grieving widow struggling with her own grief and self-destruction, fights to save young people struggling with a mental health crisis. Embedded with the fire department, she's battling the men who don't want her there, the clients who fight her tooth and nail, and her own wounded psyche.

CAGE: BETWEEN TWO BATTLES  (1:23:00)

Director: Cenk İzgören

Turkey • 2022

The story of the transformation of a nationalist and macho man, defeated by the system, trying to heal the traumas of the war in his soul with other wounds, in the graveyard of the orphans, against the backdrop of a misty, cold and poor Istanbul.

LOREN & ROSE  (1:22:52)

Director: Russell Brown

United States • 2021

A single meal frames this three-act story of the indelible bond between Loren, a promising filmmaker, and Rose, a storied actress looking to invigorate her career. Two people whose love of art, understanding of grief, and faith in life's potential guide them through personal and creative hardships.

THE YEAR OF THE DOG  (1:37:17)

Directors: Robert Grabow, Michael Peterson & Andrew McGinn

United States • 2022

Matt, a loner alcoholic, struggles to maintain sobriety and honor his mother's dying wish to see him get sober. His AA sponsor offers him refuge at his farm where Matt finds Yup'ik, a stray husky with a unique talent. With the help of their Montana community, the two strays find a connection and discover what it takes to pull through to the finish line.

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

0530: RIDING IN THE DARK  (0:25:24)

Directors: Griffin Hart Davis & Wes Salisbury

United States • 2022

In the 0530 cycling group, the bonds among riders - both on and off the bike - sustain lasting friendships and offer life-giving support when it's needed most.

A PERFECT LOVE  (0:27:42)

Director: Kyle Saylors

United States • 2022

The true life story about one family's dream to adopt a child with special needs from China. Eight years and six children with special needs later, the family copes with the everyday struggles of bringing two worlds and cultures together to form an everlasting bond with love as the tie that binds them together.

CURTSY  (0:26:56)

Director: Nicole Triche

United States • 2023

A small-town dance studio plans to celebrate its 50th year in business. Unfortunately that year is 2020. Follow a dance teacher in her seventies as she faces the challenges of the last three years.

LINDA & HENRY  (0:25:25)

Director: Rebecca Branson Jones

United States • 2022

A celebration of the love story of the Mabes, now in their 51st year of marriage and Henry’s 60th year of playing fiddle, showcasing Henry’s brilliant talent and Linda’s steadfast support and also discontent of “festival life.”

OKLAHOMA UNDERGROUND  (0:29:30)

Director: Brea Mullen

United States • 2023

Eight artists from Tulsa, Oklahoma travel to Miami, FL to exhibit during one of America's most prestigious art weeks. Bringing an unheard voice to the coast, these artists band together as a community as they test their limits in a new environment full of possibility.

SATURATED  (0:19:40)

Directors: David Kernodle & Morgan Paterwich

United States • 2023

Matt Moore, an eccentric artist exploding with chaotic creativity and drenched with talent and emotion, brings an intensity that is both inspiring and frightening through his bold expression of style and color.

UNSHAKEN  (0:17:07)

Directors: James Q. Martin & Nicholas Geib

United States • 2022

Mohlenne Bosse, a young Haitian woman, finds strength and learns how to walk on crude prosthetics after suddenly losing both of her legs to a mysterious affliction, baffling the Haitian and American doctors who worked to save her legs and then her life.

WILD CLIMATE  (0:26:22)

Director: Meredith Meeks

United States • 2020

A film which focuses on the impacts of climate change on livestock and crops in the rural west with staggering evidence, and the stories of those fighting to keep their livelihoods intact in the face of the existential threat in hopes of compelling people to action.

WILDERNESS THERAPY  (0:28:12)

Director: Nate Wiggins

United States • 2023

Venturing into the controversial world of wilderness therapy programs, this documentary explores the delicate balance between the beneficial power of nature and the negative encounters experienced by participants during their time in camp.

SHORT NARRATIVE

ALICE, MY FATHER!  (0:24:35)

Director: Fernando Cunha Jr.

Brazil • 2023

Alice is a drag queen who has a son who will be a father. The girlfriend wants an abortion. In the conversation between father and son, a secret is revealed and a decision is made.

APOLLO BOY  (0:07:48)

Directors: Verve Reposar & Paige Jones

United States • 2022

A lonely tale of two siblings separated by life, but reunited by a boy on the moon.

FIRST MEMORY  (0:01:00)

Director: Chip Hackler

United States • 2022

Memory's a funny thing.

FIVE AND A HALF  (0:14:58)

Director: Heidi Nyburg

United States • 2022

Based on a true story, a sheltered little girl spends an unnerving afternoon with her estranged father where she’s left with just her imagination to stop time and escape impending disaster.

FRAGILE STRENGTH  (0:09:07)

Director: Chris Weatherly

United States • 2022

When the obstacles of poverty prevent a highly gifted student from succeeding, a teacher steps in to advocate for the success of those in need by building a support team around her.

GABRIELA  (0:16:01)

Director: Evelyn Lorena

United States • 2023

A young undocumented Guatemalan woman dreams of joining a Country Club swim team in the American South.

HAPPEN TO HAPPEN  (0:38:58)

Director: Julie Joohee Jeon

South Korea • 2023

Follow Noori's journey as she tries to return her friend Sena's cat, Tori, in this adventurous and heartwarming tale.

HAPPY OKAY MATE  (0:03:58)

Director: Luke Collins

United Kingdom • 2022

Rob arrives to collect the bins at the back door of a theatre before his eyes fall on a ‘cancelled’ theatre production. Spying an open back door Rob slips into the theatre and takes to the stage once more before an unexpected character joins him.

LIKE A DOG  (0:19:52)

Director: Hamid Naseri Moghadam

Iran • 2022

A young lonely boy lives in a city on the outskirts of Tehran and is interested in helping stray and injured dogs. He meets a young woman who has a secret that takes the relationship between them to a different direction.

MAYFLY  (0:26:51)

Director: Keith Andreen

United States • 2022

Best-selling self-help author Aaron Driscoll may look like a successful motivational speaker on the outside, but inside hides a dark secret he thought would remain buried deep in the past, and is eventually forced into a painful reckoning that will either kill him or be his salvation.

MID IRIS  (0:25:45)

Directors: McCready Brothers

United States • 2023

A goth highschooler tries to maintain his will to live in the face of the terrible awkwardness and pain of adolescence.

MINE MINE MINE  (0:20:29)

Director: Duncan Ragg

Australia • 2023

A bed-bound man reflects on his childhood with Peter Pan, and how sometimes everyone grows up without you.

NIGHT VOICES  (0:23:59)

Director: Bradley Hawkins

United States • 2023

A jaded talk radio host in a cycle of hopeless and demoralizing monotony makes a life-altering decision while on-air.

PAPER PLANES  (0:17:01)

Directors: Michael Glover Smith & Alyssa Thordarson

United States • 2023

A woman with agoraphobia and the airbnb guest across the hall strike up a correspondence that becomes something more for the holidays.

RESURRECTION UNDER THE OCEAN  (0:03:00)

Director: Serkan Aktaş

Turkey • 2021

The resurrection of a man who was helplessly sinking to the bottom of the ocean, with a symbolic narrative.

THE CHAPERONE  (0:14:24)

Director: Mary Louise Renegar

United States • 2023

Two discontented women accompany one another on their travels, becoming a little more than strangers.

THE END OF THE WORLD  (0:10:03)

Director: Aleksandra Podziewska

Czech Republic • 2020

Jitka and Jaromir, a married couple in their seventies, live their life while constantly getting on each other's nerves, and one day finally has to deal with a surprising twist of events, which ends up being a beginning of a new, unexpected adventure.

THINGS UNHEARD OF  (0:15:36)

Director: Ramazan Kilic

Turkey • 2023

A little Kurdish girl tries to put a smile back on her grandmother's face after the disappearance of her television, her only window into the world.

YOU LOOK PRETTY UP HERE  (0:20:13)

Director: Thom Hilton

United States • 2023

In the wake of a tense breakup, a young actress accidentally crashes her ex-boyfriend's retreat to a remote Oregon cabin.