Drama

On her way to school one morning, Billie unexpectedly finds a new friend.

A woman tries to flee from a sentient home that isn’t keen to let her get away.

An immigrant dog walker finds connection in the hearts of the wealthy pets she cares for.

The idyllic life of the free-spirited Badri family comes abruptly to a halt when, unexpectedly, the neighboring land on their utopic mountain home is requisitioned and an illegal landfill is built just beyond their fence.

A feisty young girl faces her traumatic past while falling in love for the first time.

A view into the Black identity through twenty-six vignettes representing the letters of the alphabet.

In a climate change-ravaged Earth, a desperate nomad searches for solace.

A woman is concerned about her family members’ illness.

Novelist Antonio Prieto arrives at a remote mountain town in Southern Spain hoping to find peace and quiet to work on his next novel. But local color soon turns menacing when Antonio realizes the town is harboring a dark and terrifying secret.

A Black family whose land is overwhelmed with ghosts from the past must confront the apparitions.

A couple must navigate serious relationship issues as a zombie apocalypse rages outside.

A supernatural entity shadows a thief named Manuel in Mexico City.

As clouds gather during a film shoot, an eager production manager attempts to ward off the rain and becomes Lemongrass Girl.

A tattoo artist is confronted by a client who knows the meaning of his body art.

Media installation artist Yvette Mayorga produces mesmerizing work.

Oskar is heading home after an interview in Stockholm, when the gaze of another train passenger catches his eye.

An aspiring writer works to finalize a story for Pride, a school newspaper in 1980s Charlottesville, focusing on issues affecting Black students.

Three high school girls struggle to clear their names from an accusation that stains forever.

Boundaries dissolve between church, theater, faith.

Siblings regularly act out an escalation of petty cruelties and humiliations inspired by social networks.

This eclectic showcase highlights the vibrancy of the Chicago and Illinois filmmaking communities across an array of forms and genres.

These six shorts spanning four countries show the real world is just as terrifying as the supernatural, highlighting how the uncanny and the unexpected can be found even in mundane situations.

These innovative shorts articulate moments of emotional transformation and depict how obstacles of love plague characters amid societal upheaval.

This suite of shorts offers nuanced approaches to storytelling, delving into self-discovery, cultural legacies, and the creation of safe spaces.

A woman sorting out her artist mother’s estate encounters an unexpected visitor who has shown up to claim an especially notorious piece.

After losing his great love and undergoing a lobotomy, Harold’s mind turns inside out as he intensely searches for peace.

After a typhoon devastates the Filipino city of Tacloban, young and resourceful Miguel must navigate the storm’s aftermath, along with his mother and friend Andrea.

A young student questions the meaning of success while vying for a spot at the prestigious National Spelling Bee.