Name of the Rose

Debris

After a disastrous event on his construction site, Armando acts quickly to save his crew, but instead stumbles upon an unspeakable truth.

Jester

A depressed Jester sets out across plague-ridden England to rescue the Queen’s nephew and prove he is more than a fool.

All the Quiet Roads

A disgraced soldier returns to his bleak Oklahoma hometown, where wind never stops and hope is gone. Murders feel like old debts. The prairie remembers what he buried, and the past waits for him.

The Story of Alfred Nobel

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and later established the Nobel Prize.

Anabel

Young Anabel mistakes a woman for her dead mother.

Dead Fishes

Shun Miyata's new life in Tokyo takes a dark turn when he and coworker Yuka discover their boss Yuriko is involved in insurance fraud and murder. As they grapple with the betrayal, their bond deepens, contrasting youthful hope against a backdrop of adult corruption.

Le huitième ciel

Mind Games

After suffering a head injury during training, aspiring footballer Jordan traverses his own mind and memory in order to rediscover his passions and fix his broken relationship with his Coach Father.

Hair of the Bear

Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.

A Palace Between the Clouds

Leo is a romantic writer obsessed with the love of his life, Ari. He is convinced that she still belongs with him, and after moving to an apartment near her, he begins to draw up an infallible plan to win her back.

True North

A drifter receives a mysterious voicemail from his soon-to-be ex-wife, who has gone missing. As he searches for her, he uncovers the sinister nature of her disappearance.

The Drunkard

A couple shelters an alcoholic haunted by his Republican past in their suburban home.

HARLEM FRAGMENTS

Harlem Fragments is an Afro-futurist scrapbook storytelling of a Harlem Black family's beautiful destruction during the 2008 recession. A natural disaster so mesmerizing you can't look away from the tragedy. Based on true events- The film explores the haunting societal pressures of achieving the Black American dream, told in the POV of 10 year old TJ revisiting his family's home that's up for sale. By empowering this Black boy in this film with the agency to imagine, TJ, through his own journey, finds a way to process and come to terms with his family's divorce. It's important for every Black child out there enduring the same foreign emotions to know that it's okay to feel them, and affirm that there is a future trajectory forward out of the initial destruction.

Abatarō Sentai Donburazāzu Supin-Ofu: Kore ga Donburazāzu no Nanori da! Abatarō no Honto no Sugata!?

Fifty-Four Days

When tragedy strikes, a spirited young woman turns to wild swimming in search of answers. By swimming each day at dawn and forming an unlikely friendship, she learns to accept her grief and the grief of those around her.

Mother Doesn't Bowl Anymore

Young Nazi skinhead, Väinö, comes home from prison. Mother is not around, but big brother is. Big brother is not telling whereabouts of mother, but for some reason there's a lot raw meat around the apartment.

Ninja & Soldier

Two eight-year-old boys compete in a game of childish bravado. Ken is a Ninja, Nito a child soldier from the Congo who was forced to kill his own mother. Their naïve game addresses cruel realities, and they talk about their differences and what they have in common. Accompanied by contrasting graphics, the film explores the types of acts of which humankind is capable.

The Letter Men

"The Letter Men" is based on the real love letters written by Gilbert Bradley to his sweetheart, Gordon Bowsher during WWII. Exchanged between 1938 and 1941, the letters were uncovered in 2017 and represent the largest known collection LGBTQ love letters from that time period. Using text from the actual letters, "The Letter Men" follows the two men as their fight to keep their love alive in the face of war and loss.

Expectations

Moussa attempts to cross the desert to escape his debts, only to return to his village defeated and dejected.

Quelques Secondes

The daily life of five young women living in a Paris hosting center. All haunted by their heavy past (rape, violence, abandonment...), they try to move forward... except one.