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A mid-career stop-motion animator struggles balance his work with his family’s demands to run their restaurant.

Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Greg: Shawn Devlin
Theo: Steve Rizzo
Marvin: Sean Ballantyne

When a suicidal comedian is involuntarily hospitalized by her family, her ride-or-die drag queen BFF, and her unorthodox psychiatrist devise a plan to break her out, recover her eight cats, and help her to discover her reasons to live.

Narrator: Steve Rizzo –
Barbara: Julie Sheppard
Mackenzie: Val Cole
Larry: Shawn Devlin
Marlow: Allison Kampf

In the comedy-drama DOG PARK, the deliberate poisoning of a dog forces three lonely people’s lives to collide.

Narrator: Val Cole
Margaret: Hannah Ehman
Carrie: Kyana Teresa

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Form Short Film: 18 EVE
Best Long Form Short Film: ENAMORADO
Best Cinematography: DOGFRIEND
Best Direction: THE WAY SAM SEES IT
Best Performances: OPEN UP
Best Sound & Music: PASSION OF X
Bes Student Film: ENTER YOUR NAME

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THE WAY SAM SEES IT, 7min., Australia
Directd by Dan Sanguineti
When Sam, a talented photographer with Down Syndrome, sees a rainbow outside his window, he endeavors to capture his unique perspective of light and color to create his own masterpiece.

https://www.facebook.com/dan.sanguineti
https://twitter.com/DanSanguineti
https://www.instagram.com/dansanguineti/

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OPEN UP, 13min., USA
Directed by Amanda Maddocks
After drunkenly sending her best friend a love letter, a closeted high school grad embarks on a frantic mission to get it back.

https://seedandspark.com/fund/open-up/edit#project
https://www.instagram.com/openup_shortfilm/

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18 EVE, 2min., USA
Directed by Jonterri Gadson
A mother motivates her son to werk.

https://www.instagram.com/jonterrig/

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ENTER YOUR NAME, 3min., USA
Directed by Aubrey Scott
Enter Your Name is a surreal fantasy film that serves as an allegory to the experiences of a pre-transition trans person, with horror elements to allude to the complex emotions and inner turmoil that one can go through.

https://enteryournamenull.wixsite.com/enteryourname
https://twitter.com/enteryourfilm
https://www.instagram.com/enteryournamefilm/

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DOGFRIEND, 18min., Germany
Directed by Maissa Lihedheb
A date takes an unexpected turn in this meditation on race, politics and history in Germany.

https://www.instagram.com/hundefreund.film/

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PASSION OF X, 18min., USA
Directed by Camille Ora-Nicole Elston
Passion of X is a visual poetry anthology highlighting the joy, freedom and expanded understanding of being a trans, nonbinary, or genderqueer person of color. It is made up of five parts, each featuring an original poem created by trans, genderqueer, and/or nonbinary writers. Each part delivers the message through a different medium: animation, photography, narrative film, dance, and performance.

https://theq26.com/projects/passionofx
https://www.facebook.com/thequeer26
https://www.twitter.com/thequeer26
https://instagram.com/passionofx_film

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ENAMORADO, 20min,. USA
Directed by Eduardo Rivera Salas
As a fateful meeting at a Liquor store leaves Damian longing for Izan, the relationship between the two blossoms out of innocence and fantasy, yet nothing ever more than that.

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Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Film: LOVE ME LEX
Best Direction: TWO OF US
Best Performances: WHAT I NEED
Best Sound & Music: ONCE I PASSED
Best Cinematography: DON’T TURN OFF THE GHOST LIGHT

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LOVE ME LEX, 27min., Australia, Web Series
Directed by Sanja Katich
Work, children, family, friends, more work… Lex
Adamson is in her mid-40s and doing it all – but
without that special someone by her side. The
modern world is tough. Forget about finding time
for love when it’s hard enough to sit still and take
a deep breath! Does Lex have a fighting chance of
finding her One? Is there actually a dating pool, or
is she just playing in a muddy puddle? Then Lex
meets the perfect woman in ’off-limits’ Kat, just as
her ex, Miranda, arrives back in town determined to
win her back. Lex must now decide whether to stay
with the woman who broke her heart,or break her
own rules to be with the woman she loves
stephanie: somedaepictures@gmail.com

http://lovemelex.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lovemelex_series
https://www.facebook.com/lovemelex.com
https://www.twitter.com/lovemelexseries

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ONCE I PASSED, 10min., Germany, Poem
Directed by Martin Gerigk
Walt Whitman is one of the most important poets in American literature. His main work, Leaves of Grass, was written over a period of forty years, and describes human nature, society, and the natural world, both physically and philosophically.

http://www.martin-gerigk.de/https://www.facebook.com/martin.gerigk.792/

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TWO OF US, 18min., Taiwan, Drama
Directed by Eddie Chen
Han, who left Tainan for a decade, returned to join high school reunion. After few drinks, they were bounded as usual. Han kissed his best friend Yuan, who were married to his wife. However by cherishing the friendship between, Yuan kissed Han back, but they both knew that they could only stay as friend. By the dawn, they said goodbye and went back to their daily life.

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WHAT I NEED, 13min., Romance
Directed by Jake Skrok
Two lifelong friends try to reconnect a year after breaking up. But on their snack run for one who is now pregnant and married they find there are still feelings between them.

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DON’T TURN OFF THE GHOST LIGHT, 11min,. Horror
Directed by Allisyn Snyder
Every stage actor knows the old theatre lore. At night, after rehearsal, after the show, you leave the ghost light on – or else.

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