12 Minutes | Writers/Directors: Will McCormack, Michael Govier | United States | Narrative

Grieving parents struggle with an immeasurable loss.

19 Minutes | Writer/Director: Kantú Lentz | United States | Narrative

Jack, a man disillusioned with life, works the night shift at a freezing facility where people choose to halt their lives. His life takes a turn when he meets Jo.

11 Minutes | Writer/Director: Chris Low | United States | Narrative

A first generation Chinese-American father and his son navigate the complexities of race, ethnicity, and identity.

13 Minutes | Writer/Director: Marco Baldonado | Writer: Walter Woodman | United States | Narrative

Rosa Forlano, a 90 year old Nonna, falls in love with a robot while teaching it how to make spaghetti.

10 Minutes | Writer/Director: Rachel Harrison Gordon | United States | Narrative

Birdie, a biracial girl raised by her Jewish mom, spends a rare day with her father while preparing for her bat mitzvah.

12 Minutes | Writers/Directors: The Bragg Brothers | United States | Narrative

When a desperate father discovers his daughter’s favorite cake decoration is illegal, he descends into a confectionery black market.

8 Minutes | Writer/Director: Deepak Sethi | United States | Narrative

Three Indian people imagine their personas as their "coffee shop names," the names they give baristas because their real names are hard to pronounce.

18 Minutes | Writer/Director: Cary Anderson | United States | Narrative

A local TV news reporter, driven to advance his career, meets a psychic who offers to share his visions of future breaking news stories.

9 Minutes | Writer/Director: Chloé Atkas | United States | Narrative

After a devastating breakup, Lance listens to instructional cassette tapes on how to heal his broken heart.

10 Minutes | Writer/Director: Robert Summerlin | Director: Tom Basis | United States | Narrative

A poet loves his new houseplant so much he kills it.

16 Minutes | Writer/Director: Eamonn Murphy | Ireland | Narrative

Set in a neo-steampunk world, Douglas enlists the help of A BETTER YOU to win the girl of his dreams.

9 Minutes | Writer/Director: Sophie Kargman | Writer: Ryan Farhoudi | United States | Narrative

Jay and Alex, roommates and best friends, debate whether it’s instinct or social norms that drives their sexual identities.

13 Minutes | Writer: Connor Hanney | Director: Jamie Lewis | United States | Narrative

Two childhood friends with a holiday tradition catch up and realize how their lives have diverged.

7 Minutes | Writer/Director: Nira Burstein | United States | Narrative

An actress resists the use of a prosthetic mole as she strives to obtain cinematic brilliance.

12 Minutes | Director: Charlie Tyrell | United States | Documentary

A music and art project gets instruments back into the hands of Philadelphia students.

19 Minutes | Directors: Chris Temple, Zach Ingrasci | United States | Documentary

A portrait of Lizbeth Mateo, an attorney in Los Angeles who started a law practice, took an oath to uphold the US Constitution, and has no legal right to be in the country.

5 Minutes | Director: Jenny Schweitzer Bell | United States | Documentary

A group of kids at the 2019 Elementary Chess Championships share their uninhibited philosophical insights about the benefits of chess.

21 Minutes | Director: Laurence Topham | United Kingdom | Documentary

A Former Guantánamo detainee and best-selling author and his one-time American guard form an unlikely friendship.

40 Minutes | Director: Bill Nicoletti | United States | Documentary

Marian Anderson, a young girl from South Philadelphia, armed with only a voice, fought to break down one of the most daunting barriers closed to black Americans in the 1930s—the classical music stage.