IN BETWEEN

Director: Anna Lönn Franko & Lisa Fjellman

Sweden 

1hr18min

In Between is a surreal and absurdist comedy about three decadent women artists who live together in a common apartment. Those three artists are frivolous, heedless dreamers without day jobs. Suddenly they get evicted by the new landlord, the unscrupulous housing enterprise Djurfors Vision group. Homeless, humiliated and broke they try to cope. 

SWAP

Director: Andre Gaumond

Canada

30:00

John and Boris, two computer scientists lock horns as they speed track their revolutionary mind swapping app.

THE REPUBLICAN

Director: Jon Navarro

USA 

17:37

Joseph Ocasta is a rising star in the GOP who’s set on shaking up the system and disrupting the status quo in Washington, DC. Along the way he makes enemies through his bullish, hard nose political stance. An assassination plot unfolds to eliminate him on election night. Life or Death becomes a matter of a single vote.

NKOZA & NANKYA, THE ELEPHANT TAIL

Director: Solomon W. Jagwe

Uganda

4:26

Maama Nankya shares a bedtime story with Nankya, featuring a song called Enjovu. The story is based on an old folk tale and Luganda nursery rhyme we used to sing as kids growing up in Uganda, with an awesome moral of teaching kids to never ever be ashamed of who they are.

STORY OF A BEGINNING

Director: Balaram J 

India

11:48

Aisha said it was the endless rain, Ambadi insisted it was the sea. In the course of their childish bickering, when the three kids set off to see the origin of their village stream, their difference in beliefs give the journey an unexpected and surprising turn.

ANGEL'S MIRROR

Director: Cheng Chao

China

14:00

In China, in the early 1990’s, a little boy and his family have just come to live in a large factory complex. As he explores his new surroundings, he comes across other boys his age playing ping-pong — and discovers that they are fascinated by a cute little girl who spends her days looking out from the window of an upstairs apartment. Wanting to know more about the girl, he comes up with his own unique way of starting a friendship with her.

THE SHALLOW END

Director: Cynthia Silver

USA

10:21

A group of teenaged girls jockey for power in the savage summer society of a community swimming pool during the summer of 1984.

ABBY

Director: Jeremy Gautama

Indonesia 

4:08

A simple silent, black and white, dark-comedy about a boy, during the COVID-19 pandemic, who got a text from his crush.

INGREDIENTS OF AFFECTION

Director: Joy Heller

USA

7:45

A mother is torn between two means of affection: traditional versus untraditional. She struggles with other's ideas of what makes a good mother but is ultimately redeemed by her children's unconditional love.

EQUAL

Director: Abdurrahim

Indonesia 

5:17

A new nerd girl who befriends a girl from various religious backgrounds, but their friendship isn't liked by their classmates. 

THE CHASE

Director: Detroit Hamell 

USA

13:15

Life requires a balance of happiness and sadness in order to prosper. Five short scenes describe how parents affect teenagers' emotions.

TABULA RASA US

Director: Sarah Carmen Marlin

France

16:07

Amina is a gothic teenager who's failing at school. One day, she is offered the possibility of changing all her grades to A+ if she solves 4 puzzles. Instead of learning her lessons, Amina decides to take up the challenge. Will she succeed?

A NOT SO SCARY STORY

Director: Nick Sherman

USA

3:34

A simple Campfire story takes a turn for the worse when it appears to be a more scary story then it appears.

BABAM

Director: Nick Sherman

USA 

5:34

A father sits down with his daughter to tell the story on how he became a superhero.

THE TRAVELER

Director: Isaac Pflasterer

USA

16:30 

The Traveler follows the story of two abandoned colonists, Odin Scott and John Creed, reluctantly thrust into a dangerous quest for an elusive Atlas hidden on the deserted wasteland of a distant planet. This short science fiction film features a cinematic style with strong visual silhouettes, other-worldly landscapes, and the charm of unique props and miniature.