Directed by Kai Nealis

Ithaca College, USA

Undergraduate: Experimental

While visiting their estranged grandfather in a rural trailer park, a teenager searches for their father's ethos amid socioeconomic, environmental, racial, and gendered binaries.

Directed by Vivian Kong

Rhode Island School of Design, USA

Undergraduate: Experimental

CW: Death. In this coming of age story, a moth puppet is ritualistically brought to life by hand-shadow spirits that previously haunted her toymaker. She lives intensely, quickly, and passionately until her decay.

Directed by Pavitra Verma

New York Film Academy - Los Angeles, USA

Undergraduate: Drama

CW: Blood, Violence, Death. The Himalayan Foothills, Circa 500CE: Neglected by her husband, an infertile woman journeys a mysterious path to invoke divine intervention.

Directed by Eli Turner

Rhode Island School of Design, USA

Undergraduate: Animation

A man connects with nature through a simple act.

Directed by Rianne Dyle

School of Visual Arts, USA

Undergraduate: Documentary

As civil unrest erupts onto the streets in America, three fiery and passionate activists take their battle for racial equality to the streets by orchestrating the first Juneteenth march in Washington D.C.

Directed by Hao Zhou

University of Iowa, USA

Graduate

Zee, a nonbinary aspiring nurse from China, strives to build a life in rural Iowa, US. After graduating from nursing school, they work tirelessly to pass their licensure exam in hopes of obtaining a work visa.

Directed by Nicole Altan

Rhode Island School of Design, USA

Undergraduate: Animation

A film about the journey of becoming a tree.

Directed by Alkım Özmen

Maltepe University, Turkey

Graduate

Two brothers who want to get a share from the sale of their father’s home spend the night looking for him. But the siblings must first face the trust issues between them before they get to him.

Directed by Reza Nejati

Sooreh Tehran College, Iran

Graduate

CW: Blood, Violence, Weapons. The story of the movie "bonus" is about a conscientious and hardworking math teacher who faces an uncomfortable situation. During the exams, one of his students gets a failing grade and this causes tension between the teacher and the student. However, the teacher cannot change the grade due to his principles and fairness. Due to the teacher's hatred for the student, he decides to put his job position at risk by staging a work. He's looking for a way to show Ali, his student, that he's interested in his job, but he can't change his grade. In this situation, the math teacher has two options: either to end this whole issue by paying the ransom to Ali and accept being guilty, or to use another method to prove himself and keep his position.

Directed by Soo Park

Rhode Island School of Design, USA

Undergraduate: Animation

ButterFly is a stop motion animation with paper-cutted 3D rendered caterpillars. In the heart of a factory, where butterflies are born from dough and shaped in molds, a secret tale unfolds.

Directed by Sneha Das & Monjima Mullick

Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, India

Undergraduate: Documentary

Dokra Keu Bojhey Na (Incomprehensible Dokra) is an animated documentary that explores the perils that the 4000 year old craft of Dokra faces in West Bengal, India. We converse with artisans and its sellers to discuss the lack of patronage that may lead to its extinction and the possible ways to revive the craft as well the poor living conditions of its artists.

Directed by Lingxi Yuan

California Institute of the Arts, China & USA

Graduate

A man who can see previous life meets a mysterious girl at a bar.

Directed by EXYL

Rhode Island School of Design, USA & Singapore

Undergraduate: Animation

CW: Flashing Lights with Bright Colors. A person brushes the teeth of a dog and turns into a bus.

Directed by Ana Sofía Navia López

Parsons School of Design (The New School), USA

Undergraduate: Animation

A man and the unexpected arrival of a dog that won't stop growing.

Directed by Philippe Berthelet

Concordia University, Canada

Undergraduate: Drama

CW: Mentions of suicide. Alice, a graduating high school student, is unsure about all aspects of her future. Uncertain about her own talent and ambition, she seeks comfort from her mother, as well as her good friend Julien and the beautiful music he composes. This morning, during class, news will be delivered by the principal. This news will mark the the start of a complex relationship between Alice and absent grief.

Directed by Marta Z. Nowak

Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia, Poland

Undergraduate: Drama

The routine of a boarding school for deaf children is disturbed by the arrival of a new student, who doesn't know sign language. A deaf girl helps him find his way into the new world. Their special friendship will soon be put to the test. The film features deaf and hard-of-hearing children.

Directed by Leigh Schilling

Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Undergraduate: Drama

CW: Alcoholism, Death. In the height of an Australian summer, an eight-year-old boy experiences loss for the first time as he struggles to come to terms with the disintegration of his family unit.

Directed by Emmet Zabor

College for Creative Studies, USA

Undergraduate: Animation

A little robot must make a delivery before his timer runs out, but most of his problems are solved by waiting.

Directed by Harriet Neeley

Rhode Island School of Design, USA

Undergraduate: Animation

A cashier waits for their shift to end.

Directed by María Camila Pulgarín & Manuela Giraldo

Universidad de Medellín, Colombia

Undergraduate: Documentary

After a premonition of an unusual bird, a father loses his voice. His daughter undertakes a search to rediscover him, through an intimate narrative that explores the past, the new facets and the silences of a man who is no longer the same.