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BLOCK 25 - Sunday, August 30: 12pm

Tutor the Terrible

Comedy Musical / USA / 2 min.

Remember long nights learning math with your dad? The struggle. The tears. Now imagine it… but with Vikings—and it’s a musical.

Director: Grace Parry

Producers: Ringling College of Art and Design

Writer: Grace Parry

Cast: Thomas Barker, Trevor Harris

Porcelain

Art experimental /BRAZIL/ 4 minutes.

Porcelain talks about the loss of innocence through life cycles. When we brake like porcelain and it is impossible to put our pieces together as they were once. Broken and beautiful.

Director: Paula Gelly
Producers: Paula Gelly, Luciana Lehfeld, Estudio Bob Wolfenson
Writer: Paula Gelly

Back to One - Return to Ground Zero

Documentary Short / 2026 / United States / 26 minutes

An intimate and reflective documentary about a former Windows On The World restaurant employee and 9/11 survivor as he returns to the rebuilt World Trade Center site for the first time in 24 years.

Sylvester P. Lukasiewicz, SPL Films LLC

Director / Cinematographer / Editor

Robert Kahn, Mixology Post LLC

Sound Mixer

Luis Otero, CSI, Digital Emulsion LLC

Color Correction & Grading

Added Flavor

Family / USA / 11 min.

ADDED FLAVOR is a family drama with themes of balancing heritage with individuality, generational bonding, and coming of age. The story takes place in a kitchen steeped in tradition where sometimes the secret ingredient is yourself.

Writer/Director/Producer: Mike Dowling

Cast: Chloe Mondesir, Nylah Mondesir

Emma & Emma

Drama / Musical / USA / 19 min.

When disillusioned actress, Emma, finds her fourteen-year-old self mysteriously crashing in her apartment, she’s forced to confront her dreams, fears, and the sparkle she’s lost along the way. A whimsical, musical dramedy about selfreclamation, grief, and the courage to begin again.

Director: Alexandra Corin Johnston
Producers: Jade Albany Pietrantonio

Cast: Alexandra Corin Johnston, Martha Shaw
Director of Photography: Jeff Can

Light Bunny

Drama / USA / 15 min.

Six months after her son’s death, a grieving mother receives a late-night phone call from a voice claiming to be him.

Director: Valerian Zamel

Producers: Chris Youngless, Valerian Zamel

Writer: Valerian Zamel

Cast: Karole Foreman, Eric B. Anthony, Eric Davis, Ethan Smith

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BLOCK 26 - Sunday, August 30: 12pm

Beyond Godolphin: The Hank Jones Story

Documentary / USA / 74 min.

The life of legendary Disney character actor and singer, Hank Jones. From his early years on TV shows such as My Three Sons, to his classic Walt Disney films Blackbeard's Ghost and The Cat From Outer Space. It's a mid century pop culture time capsule that is sure to fascinate both young and old alike.

Director/Producer: Kevin MacLean

Director of Photography: Adam Strick

Cast: Hank Jones

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BLOCK 27 - Sunday, August 30: 2pm

Anchor Points

Documentary / Canada / 25 min. 13 sec.

Anchor Points is a 25-minute art film with a documentary approach that traces the journey of Victor Quijada from street dancer to contemporary choreographer. Through archival footage and visual effects, the film explores his personal and artistic evolution while presenting the foundations of the RUBBERBAND Method. Blending documentary storytelling with an experimental aesthetic, Anchor Points offers a look into Quijada’s creative process and of his influential choreographic practice.

Hook: A young Quijada dances, eager to impress. He claps his hands — and in an instant he is almost 50, still dancing.

Directed by: Victor Quijada et Samuel Greffe

Cast: Jean Bùi, Daniela Jezerinac, Jessica Muszynski, Brontë Poiré-Prest, Rion Taylor, Paco Ziel

Choreographer: Victor Quijada

Cinematography: Marc-André Laurin

Film Score: Jasper Gahunia

Somebody

Dramedy / USA / 11 min.

In a world where social status dictates real-world worth, a high schooler's desperate attempt to be a "Somebody" leads them to question the true cost of their ambitions.

Director: Simone Brazzini

Producers: Miracle Valenzuela Everett, Stephen Walsh

Writer: Simone Brazzini

Cast: Simone Brazzini, Monnie Aleahmad, Pilar Uribe

Salieri and Mozart

Drama / USA / 11 min.

A young actor develops a profound character for a stage performance—only to discover that the theater manager has other plans.

Director: Mikhail Cherkasov

Producers: Yulia Arispe

Writer: Mikhail Cherkasov

Cast: Andy Kim, Trish Cook

The Call

A young actress comes face to face with a volatile composer at the biggest callback of her life.

Rose Colored Glasses

Drama/USA/ 6min 49 sec

Rose Colored Glasses follows Anna, a young woman who hides behind a symbolic pair of pink-tinted glasses to avoid facing the abuse she’s living through. Every time she removes them, she catches painful glimpses of the truth—moments of clarity that grow harder to ignore. As the illusion begins to crack, Anna must choose whether to finally see reality for what it is… but will she take the glasses off before it’s too late?

Director: Manny Martínez Hernández

Producers: Valentina Sumavsky & Evin Grant

Writers: Valentina Sumavsky, Gian Carlo Arrunategui & Manny Martínez Hernández

Cast: Valentina Sumavsky, Jake O’Ceallaigh, Lorena Placeres

Spin

Drama / USA / 17 min

A young girl dreams of spinning as a ballerina on television. With her mother's encouragement, the dream feels within reach, until life intervenes.

Director: Dayana Yakhyarova

Producers: Dmitry Parkhomchuk, Sebastian Feichtinger

Writer: Dayana Yakhyarova

Cast: Tatiana Scarlet, Natalie Ruxton, Vasilisa Badeka, Victoria Liberman

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BLOCK 28 - Sunday, August 30: 2:15pm

The Night the Sky Fell

Sci-Fi Drama / USA / 16 minutes

Chase, a young boy mourning the loss of his older brother, struggles to connect with his emotionally strained father when an otherworldly encounter upends their lives forever.

Director: Matthew Arkema

Producers: Kshitij Kapil, Mrunal Mestri

Writer: Matthew Arkema

Cast: Adequin Reagan Meisenzahl, Dennis O'Connor, Alex Matthews, Jaimin Maru

Proper Technique

Comedy / USA / 13 min.

A struggling actor crashes what he thinks is an industry party, only to find an empty backyard, a pool-obsessed producer, and the strangest networking experience of his life.

Director: Julie Schuldt

Producers: Roberto Pérez, Julian Shaheen

Writer: Julian Shaheen & Roberto Pérez

Cast: Roberto Pérez, Julian Shaheen

Retorno

Drama / USA & Brasil / 9 min.

After arriving at the airport for a flight to Brazil, Rafael and Renata realize they’ve forgotten the documents required to fly their parents’ ashes back to their native country. What follows is a negotiation flipping between Portuguese and English about where they belong in this new world.

Director: Tatiana Pandiani

Producers: Mark Ashin, Alice Marcondes

Writer: Alice Marcondes

Cast: Alice Marcondes, Reece dos Santos

Observance

Drama, Comedy | USA | 23 min

After a deep loss and academic expulsion, Gabby finds healing and meaning in Judaism, embracing it fully as a Ba’alat Teshuvah.

Director: Emily Lerer

Producers: Elyssa Nicole Trust, Nancy Pop, Emily Lerer

Writer: Elyssa Nicole Trust

Cast: Elyssa Nicole Trust, David Grelik, Jonah Feingold, Lauren Schaffel, Carol Brooks, Mark Karafin, Jenna Harwood, Liz Samuel, Geoffrey Greene, Elana Gantman, Tyler Herman

RSVP

Dramedy/ USA/ 14 mins.

After an unexpected death, a daughter and mother grapple with connecting as they realize that they are grieving very different things.

Director: Prerna Ramachandra

Writer: Zen Dot

Producers: Zen Dot and Prerna Ramachandra

Cast: Zen Dot, Suni M

Piroba

Drama / USA / 7 minutes

An emotionally drained young fighter carrying the ache of her late father must summon the strength to outlast her bitter rival in the stale heat of an empty gym.

Director: Matthew Arkema

Producers: Siddharth Agrawal, Jaimin Maru

Writer: Gvantsa Bukhnikashvili, Matthew Arkema

Cast: Gvantsa Bukhnikashvili, Bria Steedley, Elijah Barnes

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BLOCK 29 - Sunday, August 30: 2:15pm

Bob's Best Friends

Comedy-Drama / USA / 99 min.

A lonely man discovers he has an ability to talk to dogs after a sudden illness strikes. Through a series of adventures, mishaps, and conversations with his new “friends”, Bob rediscovers life’s joys. A story of love, loss, and renewal that is fun for all ages to enjoy.

Director: Randy Kent
Producers: Bill Redding, Kym Abrams, Christine Mahaney, Eric Leukert
Writers: Bill Redding and Randy Kent

Cast: Stephen Root, Leah Remini, Keith David, Judy Greer, Tyler Posey, Bill Redding, Heidi Drennan, Gail Rastorfer

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BLOCK 30 - Sunday, August 30: 4:15pm

Moonwater

Drama / USA / 118 min.

A reclusive alcoholic discovers his late father's old dilapidated moonshine still deep in the woods and sets out to revive it for one final batch

Director: William Tyler Wiseman

Producers: Mark Wiseman, William Tyler Wiseman, Liz Meinders, Natalie Goldberg

Writer: William Tyler Wiseman

Cast: Matthew Wayne Roberts, Michael Lee Joplin, Dannica Terry

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BLOCK 31 - Sunday, August 30: 4:30pm

Today Only!

Comedy/ USA / 5 min.

Wendy and Lewis are car-sales professionals who won’t take no for an answer.

Director: David Breckman
Producer: Ryan Manns
Writer: David Breckman

Cast: Cameron Meyer, P.J. Marino, Alexander Chard

Rain Was Not In the Forecast

P.I. Cole Draft gets a visit from his old spy client and lover, Gail Storm. Does she plan to save the climate, or to catch her old flame in a weather trap?

Pasta Perfetta

Comedy | USA/Canada | 22 min.

In a world where Italian identity is defined by hashtags and hand gestures, a lonely Italian-American man’s mouthwatering pasta post launches him into a surreal spiral of digital adoration and empty opulence - all hinging on a picture-perfect plate of pasta hiding one shameful secret: it tastes like garbage.

Director: Adriano Valentini

Writer: Adriano Valentini

Producer: Giana Carli & Adriano Valentini

Director of Photography: Julien Lasseur

Music by Isabelle Engman & Gerardo Garcia Jr.

Production Designer: Petra Vasvari

Cast: Carmine DiBenedetto, Emily Kincaid, Sandro Iocolano, Alesha Renée, Jessica Marchi, Justine Marino, Nardeep Khurmi, Giana Carli, Aaron Colom, Paul Palmeri

Sibling Shitshow

Comedy / USA / 15 min.

Over a series of video calls, two estranged siblings reconnect to face their father’s impending death as a unified front bound together by love, compassion, and the unbreakable bond that is family.

Director: Michael Wolfe

Producers: Michael Wolfe, Marisa Hood

Writer: Michael Wolfe

Cast: Marisa Hood, Michael Wolfe

Life is (a) Short

Comedy / USA / 15 min
On the ten-year anniversary of her dad's death, Frankie reflects on the absurdity of content creation. She would rather end her life than make a short film about death. But is she serious? A twisted look at why we make art through the lens of grief.

Director: Brooke Dooley
Producers: Hope Rubinkowski, Gina Su, Brooke Dooley, Chelsea London Lloyd
Writer: Chelsea London Lloyd

Cast: Chelsea London Lloyd as Frankie Hoffman , Whitney Rice as Director Deb, Anjelika Washington as Kendall, Winter Bassett as Dallas Elizabeth Ellen

#Intimacy

Comedy / USA / 5 min.

A seemingly happy couple might be having trouble communicating.

Director: JARIC - Jared N. Wright / Eric Ivey

Producer: Jared N. Wright

Writer: Jared N. Wright

Cast: Jared N. Wright, Mike Pavone, Zanna Wyant

The Morning After Text

Dramedy / USA / 8:35 min.

On the verge of breaking up with his girlfriend, Sarah, Will seeks non-traditional advice. After an unexpected visit from her and a night of passion, he immediately regrets his actions and goes to extremes to salvage what he can from the mistakes of the night before.

Director: Chris Mitri

Producers: Natalie Bendheim, Jad Sleiman, Chris Mitri

Writer: Chris Mitri

Cast: Nick Santucci & Natalie Bendheim

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BLOCK 32 - Sunday, August 30: 4:30pm

How Do You Like Your Eggs?

Comedy/ USA/ 11 mins.

A South Asian woman drags her reluctant mother to a fertility clinic to learn more about freezing eggs, only to discover the doctor is a handsome Indian man the mother is suddenly interested in setting her up with!

Story by: Zen Dot

Writer: Dini Parayitam

Producers: Zen Dot and Dini Parayitam

Cast: Zen Dot, Suni M, Vick Krishna, Ayanna Dookie

Buddies

Comedy / USA / INDIA / 5 min.

Two strangers meet on a day when they fake their identities, but reveal their true selves.

Director: Rahul Hansraj
Producers: Rahul Hansraj & Avani Sanalkar Writer: Rahul Hansraj

Cast: Mari Blake, Dillion Cain
Jake Roseman, Britton Pivotte, Boyu Chen, Benjamin Greene

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1155273010

Man

Drama / USA / 19 min.

Can a man who has abandoned the world stay apolitical when a young fugitive stirs his memories of humanity?

Director: Kathleen Akerley

Producers: Kathleen Akerley, Aisling London

Writer: Kathleen Akerley

Cast: Aisling London, Séamus Miller, Dan Via

The Big Break

Comedy / USA / 19 min.

A costumed mascot, fueled by an unyielding ambition to break into the entertainment industry, unexpectedly finds himself in a high-stakes situation: a chance encounter with a renowned Hollywood agent at a boisterous children's birthday party, where he must use his comedic timing and infectious energy to make a lasting impression, all while navigating a chaotic environment filled with cake, confetti, and the boundless enthusiasm of screaming kids...& adults.

Director: Steve Rodgers

Producers: Kenny Cooper, Derek Bosworth, Noah Kelly

Writer: Jake Day

Cast: Kenny Cooper, Derek Bosworth, Jake Day, Murray Gray, Tiana Okoye, Nick Fiore, Charisma Carrillo, Heather Fortin

American As

Comedy / USA / 15 min.

When a popular baking show hires a new host, his treatment of the cast and crew proves to be a recipe for disaster.

Director: Lauren Baldwin
Producers: Matt Keil, Alison Kohlhardt
Writer: Lauren Baldwin

Cast: Ron Bottitta, Bix Krieger, Kenny Swartz, Josetta Monk, Betsy Baker, Vince Hill-Bedford, Vincent Guastaferro

Herbs

Comedy / UK / 11 min.

When new-to-town and desperate-for-friendship Sally is stood up by her one new friend at a lunch, she and her fellow diners are forced to commune. And it gets messy.

Director: Emily Steck

Producers: 3hc Productions, Lisa Jean Productions, Stephanie Haymes-Roven, Emily Steck, Meaghan Martin, Ascension Fims

Writer: Emily Steck

Cast: Kitty Archer, Gabriel Cagan, Claudia Jolly, Misha Patel, Anjelica Serra, Emily Steck, Ragevan Vasan

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BLOCK 33 - Sunday, August 30: 6:45pm

The Passenger

Psychological Thriller / USA / 89 mins

After fleeing into the night, a drifter accepts a ride from an enigmatic woman whose relentless questions and unsettling behavior force him to confront the childhood trauma he's spent a lifetime trying to escape.

Director: David M Parks

Producers: Keith Makenas, Ovsanna Yepremyan, LeeAnne Bauer

Writer: Keith Makenas

Cast: LeeAnne Bauer, Haulston Mann, Nathaniel Britton, Domenico Pugliese, Joy Goodrich, Vu Mai, Kevin Blakeley, Cardon Ellis