Susan Kouguell, director / writer

U. S., 5 Minutes

World Premiere

Voices grasping to retain fragments of memory at risk of being smothered in trauma, reflecting the specific conditioning of girls and how generations later these stories have stayed the same and how they are now being challenged.

Duncan Birmingham, director / writer

U. S., 15 Minutes

World Premiere

A man hires an exterminator who turns out to be a bigger problem than any of his pests.

Max Cea & John Hammond, directors / Max Cea, writer

U. S., 15 Minutes

New York Premiere

When a pizza-loving Nigerian tourist gets lost on his way to see a comedy show, his night takes several unexpected turns.

Pranav Bhasin, director / writer

India, 9 Minutes

New York Premiere

Muddled in ambiguous relationships, a Mumbai boy struggles to find company for new years eve.

Ray Smiling, director / writer

U. S., 10 Minutes

New York Premiere

Celeste turns to her mother for support and comfort after she is bullied. Instead of warmth , she receives a lesson in aggression, manipulation, & hard power—in a makeup tutorial.

Years later, we find her all grown up. Her beauty an armor. Her mother’s daughter. Still without comfort.

Cynthia Silver, director / Wendy MacLeod, writer

U. S., 10 Minutes

Basking in the sunny glow of Reagan's America, a group of vulnerable, swimsuit-clad teenaged girls jockey for power at a community swimming pool.

Shaina Feinberg, director / Mandy Schmieder, writer

U. S., 13 Minutes

World Premiere

Sam can't seem to force a sperm to fertilize her egg. She's a single, career-minded woman who realizes her #dreamlife is passing her by. Is failure fatal when success isn't fetal?