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ICE TOWN

MOLLY LOFTUS AND EMILY MANSFIELD

Located on the shores of Squam Lake in New Hampshire, Holderness has upheld the old tradition of ice harvesting for over a century, which uses ice from the winter to cool the town’s residences in the summer. However, environmental factors and dwindling community support has left the ice harvesting tradition in danger.

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AFRICAN | AMERICAN

CHISOM CHIEKE

As cultures clash and insufferable parents meddle, a first generation Nigerian American and her Black southerner fiancee must decide between being true to themselves or trying to live up to their families expectation…a risk to their happily ever after. 

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EXIT ZERO

GARDEN STATE SCREENWRITERS

A grandfather weaves together terrifying tales of New Jersey for his granddaughter as they drive down the Garden State Parkway to what awaits them at... Exit Zero.

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SENIOR WEEK

LINDSEY COPELAND

In the early summer of 2004, four childhood friends reunite at the beach shortly after high school graduation as they face decisions that will change their lives forever.

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SLUSH

ASHLEY GEORGE

Laced with magic and melancholy, Slush follows Frankie as she reunites with her estranged father, Kyle, and returns home to a small-town community in the Pacific Northwest that has shunned their family for years. An explosive, psychedelic horror film, Slush explores themes of monstrosity and grief, as this family confronts their collective traumas together.

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POSSUM

DAISY ROSATO

When the leader of a vegan contact improv residency kills the possum that’s been eating their cauliflower, the residents come to a shocking consensus.

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QUARANTEEN

PAMELA WINFREY

When an American teenager tries to deal with the covid pandemic and the loneliness of being in a foreign country, she is haunted by a boy who died in the 1918 flu epidemic.

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SARA

JESSICA HINKSON

SARA is a dramatic short film about a woman who finds the strength to confront her greatest fear by relying on the comfort of strangers.

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The Cutting Room Floor

VICTORIA DEMARTIN

Kate is an aspiring young film editor who finally catches her big break editing a “Notebook” level feature film. With her job, engagement and sanity on the line, can she pull it off under the deadline or will she lose it all?

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HIGH

TISHA ROBINSON-DALY & JONATHAN MASON

In the wake of a freak accident, a nomadic telcom tower climber is forced to repair the connections he needs most--with his family.

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Backlog

JACQUELINE ELYSE ROSENTHAL

After collegiate Valerie Neumann's brutal assault and silencing from authorities, her rape kit becomes shelved, one of 100,000 forgotten rape kits known as the national rape kit backlog. Years later, she is given the opportunity to testify as the key witness in the U.S. Senate Hearings, but can she trust a system that has betrayed her? Based on a true story.

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The Fire Cats of Santa Rosa

KATHARINE PARSONS

The devastating Tubbs wildfire in Santa Rosa changed Katharine Parsons’ work—and her life—forever. As an animal lover, she became riveted by the stories of the cats who beat impossible odds to survive—and by the stories of the rescuers who spent hundreds of hours in the field to find them.

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Sister/Brother

BRIAN PADIAN

Sister/Brother is a dramatic comedy about Nora Miles, a strong woman at a weak point in her life: recently-divorced, debt-burdened, and desperate to rise from the ashes of her mistakes. A road trip reunites Nora with her younger brother Scotty and brings them both to different places of growth and renewal.

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