IMMENSE IMMERSIONS

saturday, april 29th 3:00 pm − uptown 1

Intergalactic shipwrecks, nefarious algorithms, and the potential extinction of the human race, oh my! Retreat from this realm, step into these stylish alternate worlds and enjoy awe-inspiring feats of lmmaking fabrication.

*this screening may not be suitable for all audiences

Float

Jaden Heller - 21, CALIFORNIA, USA

A penguin drifting through the polluted waters of a ooded Earth must see if he has what it takes to survive the new ways of the world.

Sammy, Without Strings

Ralph Parker, III - 22, Jenna Cusack - 21, Ariano Treviño

Angelone - 22, Grayson Fisher - 23, NORTH CAROLINA, USA

When a Black puppet named Sammy, falls in love with a Woman in his audience, he sets his sights on freedom from his strings to live a life of dignity and humanity with her.

Algorithm

Octavia Anderson - 20, Maya

Braslaw - 19, Jade Gamez - 19, Guine Alcaraz - 17, CALIFORNIA, USA

High School student Connie grapples with a new crush and learns about his “type” which she doesn’t t the standard of, prompting self image issues, as she experiments with psychedelics, and nds herself trapped in a mirror world controlled by the Algorithm Man.

Furo

Julia Roliz - 23, BRAZIL

Furo emerges through a crack, a ssure in space-time that happens by navigating through the intersections of thoughts, through the corners of memories, between the paths of childhood. A window opens here into a magical universe, where fantastic beings dance, driven by the rhythms of desire.

The Rise

Alesja Suzdaltseva - 23, Pilleriin Raudam - 24, Annika Väljataga - 25, ESTONIA

In a shipwreck, a little girl Lilit, nds herself on a cold planet, where she must quickly repair her ship.

Family Ties

saturday, april 29th 4:00 pm − uptown 2

Whether growing up or growing old, familial relationships are ever-evolving – especially intergenerationally! Packed with the complicated impacts of parenting, this program pulls focus on the observations of offspring as they explore the effects of these beloved bonds.

A ver ponte ahí

Flor Marmolejo - 24, CALIFORNIA, USA

Revisiting a family album and an opportune trip leads to a revelation.

All Night She Hears The Water Sobbing

Nicole Hanzi Zhou - 21, Sirui

Ray Qian - 20, Clair Peck - 22, NEW YORK, USA

After the sudden death of the father, the mother and daughter live their lives in a parallel fashion, but their lives started to get tangled up again as their current relationships fail.

desiderium.

Emma Albrecht - 21, NORTH CAROLINA, USA

Oink

Milky Tran - 24, Em Shafer - 22, CALIFORNIA, USA

A young Vietnamese girl idolizes her mother and follows her daily beauty routine, until her mother unexpectedly gets a surgery.

Parental Orbit

Dara Carneol - 17, WISCONSIN, USA

An experimental documentary featuring found footage from a super 8mm lm my great-uncle made from 1960-1971.

Bawang Merah Bawang Putih

Andrea Nirmala

Dún Laoghaire

Zeena Kubeisy - 20, Kunga Choephel - 20, NEW YORK, USA

A personal account of the Covid-19 pandemic in America and its effects on an immigrant family as seen through the eyes of a student quarantined at his barren university.

On a long-awaited trip to their mother's childhood home in North Dakota, the lmmaker and their mom explore feelings of loss, guilt, and joy on returning home.

Widjajanto - 22, Karina Jesson - 22, CANADA + INDONESIA

As two polar opposite sisters reunite for their grandparents' wedding anniversary, the skeletons lingering in the closet join the family at the dinner table. The sisters grapple for the affection of their grandmother, and their mother does her best to diffuse the volatile situation.

William Lancaster - 22, Shane Bagwell - 22, Will Noyce - 20, Izzy Cassadra-Newsam - 22, CALIFORNIA, USA + IRELAND

A dance of death between a mother and daughter ignites when the daughter attempts to install a new stove in her mother’s house in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland.

Out Of Sync

saturday, april 29th 6:15 pm − uptown 2

Intimate entanglements can be tricky to navigate! This passionate program explores tales of missed connections, botched breakups and crossed wires in communication. Made for your inner romantic, come prepared to swoon (and wince) your way through the screening!

Missed Connections

Yuqi Guan - 20, Abigail Ryne - 22, Brendan Hickey - 22, Alexa Karger - 20, NEW YORK, USA

How does one outdated website manage to bring together strangers and foster connection? This lm reveals the humorous and loving true stories of New Yorkers who reconnected with one another -or not- via Craigslist.

Merry Go Round

Ella Fields - 18, Manni Burach - 19, Legyaan Thapa - 19, Marine Savoure - 18, MASSACHUSETTS, USA

June and Pepper meet and have a special connection, but a limited amount of time to spend together. "Merry Go Round" explores how love exists through distance, memory, and a non-linear perception of time.

The Receipt

Harrison Oswald - 20, NORTH CAROLINA, USA

An anxious man attempts to end a relationship over the phone.

Moving Seyma Dag - 20, Roz McCormick - 20, SCOTLAND

An adult content creator runs into her subscriber at an apartment viewing with her parents and nds herself in an identity clash at the least expected time.

The Derivative Outlook on Love From the Perspective of Two Sixteen-Year-Olds

Ella Janes - 16, Julian Felix Aaronson - 18, Ragan Stark - 15, OKLAHOMA, uSA

Ameel and Estella love like adults, healthily and hard, but Estella craves the carefreeness and innocence of being sixteen.

A Reason To

Sari Arambulo -- 24, Cole

Bacani - 22, Brendan Bennett - 22, Porschia Adler - 22, CALIFORNIA, USA

When Anna reunites with an old friend, a hazy intimate memory resurfaces — fueling her fears that their relationship has forever changed.

Centerpiece

sunday, april 29th 7:30 pm − uptown 1

Centerpiece, more like Center-pièce de résistance! Featuring exceptional lmmaking air, this stunning showcase is teeming with interpersonal inharmony, thoughtful explorations of self, and radiating desires to better understand the world around us.

*this screening may not be suitable for all audiences

Rodney ChromeTo The Money

Zac Dov Wiesel - 22, Shane Bagwell - 22, Henry Wolf - 21,Katie Balun - 22, NEW YORK, USA

The story of a Ghetto Popstar; After nding a bag of unlimited money in the forest, Chrome’s destiny becomes set in stone.

I Probably Shouldn't Be Telling You This

Emma Weinswig - 24, CALIFORNIA, USA

Minna, a self- agellating in uencer, is concealing her crush and fandom for Frank while invited to be a guest on his famous podcast. Frank eventually strips off her irtatious facade and they discover they’re both more attracted to the honest truth.

Colony

Pilar GarciaFernandezsesma - 23, NEW YORK, USA

A woman scientist’s entomological work creeps into her psyche as her pregnancy progresses and she becomes more hostile towards her partner. As she becomes obsessed with the ant queen of her research colony, the lines between the ant and human experience blur.

Paloma

Brittany Young - 22, Maya Brown - 24, Gege He - 23, FLORIDA, USA

Paloma is a drama that follows the conversation between a teenage girl, who's recently been sexually assaulted, and the skeptical principal she's con ding in to build up the courage to le a report.

Fruits of Labour

Ophelia Spinosa - 23, CANADA

Interplaying the metaphor of grapes, this father-daughter documentary is characterized by the labour of love it is to make wine, but also the labour of love that is love itself.

Birdsong

Hrishi Bardhan - 22, Olivia De Camps - 22, Cece Chan - 23, NEW YORK, USA

Amidst moving homes, a superstitious IndianAmerican girl struggles to bury her pet bird in fear of it haunting her.

Puck

Rebecca Ozer - 24, UK

When the rules of an open relationship allow only casual sex, two new lovers must navigate through their immediate chemical connection over a magical afternoon of root beer oats and living room kisses.