COMPOSITION
       
     
DANCING IS AN OLD FRIEND
       
     
EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY
       
     
I, PHONE
       
     
MOTH
       
     
SHADES OF MAJENTA [JAZ THE RAPPER - WE WILL SHINE]
       
     
SORRY, I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW
       
     
STOOPIN'
       
     
TO THE MOON!
       
     
COMPOSITION
       
     
COMPOSITION

Paul Sestakov, writer & director

An experimental tale of a young grieving mother whose intense connection to her art has taken a dark turn.

13 minutes, experimental, U.S.

DANCING IS AN OLD FRIEND
       
     
DANCING IS AN OLD FRIEND

Marta Renzi, director / Leah Barsky & Jennifer Tortorello Walker, writers

Two old friends re-connect virtually. One still dances professionally, the other only for pleasure. Like their friendship, their dancing manages to transcend time and distance.

12 minutes, experimental/dance, U.S.

EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY
       
     
EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY

Junting Zhou, writer & director

Two gay men wait in line to get into a techno party in Bushwick, Brooklyn, while reflecting on clubbing culture, gay culture and the pandemic.

10 minutes, drama, U.S.

I, PHONE
       
     
I, PHONE

Ian Ashley Wood, writer & director

Left alone by its Owner, a SmartPhone reflects on its birth and life before it ends it all. A look at the emptiness of modern life and the engines of brutality that drive it.

5 minutes, experimental, U.S.

MOTH
       
     
MOTH

Claire Barnett, director / Joshua Barnett & Claire Barnett, writers

A young woman is visited by an important woman in her life while laboring alone in a hospital elevator.

15 minutes, drama/experimental, U.S.

SHADES OF MAJENTA [JAZ THE RAPPER - WE WILL SHINE]
       
     
SHADES OF MAJENTA [JAZ THE RAPPER - WE WILL SHINE]

Joshua Jacob, director / Joshua Jacob & Majenta Bracey, writers

A young girl loses her closest friend but uses his memory to overcome fear and to inspire others creatively.

22 minutes, drama/experimental, U.S.

SORRY, I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW
       
     
SORRY, I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW

Bia Jurema, director / Thomas Truax, writer

A chatty bottom, Trevor, arrives at Jackson’s for a standard hookup. Then, his mom calls.

10 minutes, comedy/drama, U.S.

STOOPIN'
       
     
STOOPIN'

Eric Linden Brown & Jay Sprogell, directors / Eric Linden Brown, writer

Stoopin’ follows Wallace, a loan shark in Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn who uses his Brownstone stoop as his office. During the height of the pandemic he finds his job performance being compromised by his drinking but he's unable to slow down. As his drinking worsens so does his ability to stay tethered to reality.

14 minutes, drama, U.S.

TO THE MOON!
       
     
TO THE MOON!

Noah Goodman, writer & director

Stagnating for years after breaking up with his fiancé, Frank falls into a vast fortune of cryptocurrency: if only he could remember the password to access it. His search revisits painful memories, but will it all be worth it in the end?

7 minutes, comedy, U.S.