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.
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.
ROAD TO L’ETAPE DU TOUR
JULIA COULTER
After the sudden death of her father, a woman with a congenital heart defect turns her life upside down to train for the L’Etape Du Tour.
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.
GLOBEHEADS
BRIANA COX
A down-on-his-luck artist gets dragged into Florida’s conspiracy theory community after taking the only job he can find - producing propaganda for a flat-earth enthusiast determined to spread The Truth.
SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE
ARI FRENKEL AND AMY DEPAOLA
After the loss of his father, Noah struggles to find his new identity, but first he has to fulfill a promise: to find his Dad's High School sweetheart and tell her the bad news. Things become complicated when he can't find her and his own past love re-enters his life. A comedic exploration of the soul - Through grief, through prayer, and through romance. Based on true events.
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?
The Unbearing
KATERINA EICHENBERGER
When a young woman gets an illegal abortion in a totalitarian America, she’s left alone to face a sinister presence that begins rapidly growing inside of her.
For Buraz
SABINA VAJRAČA
When his younger brother dies under suspicious circumstances, and the police refuse to investigate, Kenan, a successful Bosnian-American banker, is forced into the dark underbelly of Florida’s Bosnian Muslim immigrant community in order to uncover what actually happened.
Shorts By Shorties
MOHANA RAJAKUMAR - SHORTS BY SHORTIES
The Short Film Lab is a CSO (community service organization) based in Doha, Qatar working to create unique experiences for locally based female digital storytellers.
Detroit Rounds
MUGS CAHILL
When three black veterans grieving the suicide of a friend gather with the dead man’s father, the four men must put aside inner turmoil to find in each other the hope and strength to fight another day.