EXCLUSIVE: The Florida Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 35th edition, a slate that includes two dozen world premieres and two special “An Evening With…” events, one featuring Paul Giamatti and another with Judge Reinhold.
The festival, set to run April 10-19 in the Central Florida area, will kick off with Adam Carter Rehmeier’s Carolina, Caroline, starring Samara Weaving and Kyra Sedgwick. Over Your Dead Body, director Jorma Taccone’s comedic action film starring Jason Segal, Nikolai Kinski, and Kayla Radomski will take the festival’s Centerpiece slot. The Hitchcock classic Strangers on a Train will serve as the festival’s closing night selection, honoring the film’s 75th anniversary.
In all, FFF will showcase 161 films from around the globe. World premieres include Ahmed Bouchalga’s The Call, Costa Karalis’ Frogtown, Woodruff Laputka and Tehben Dean’s The Man Whom the Trees Loved, Randy Moore’s Return From Tomorrow, Paul Oh’s Correspondence, and Jessica Li’s Peace Corps. Scroll for the full lineup.
Michaela Coel and Ian McKellen in ‘The Christophers’
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Other prominent selections include The Christophers, the latest from director Steven Soderbergh; I Want Your Sex, directed by Gregg Araki; Poetic License from debut director Mauda Apatow; Cookie Queens from director Alysa Nahmias, and Tuner, the debut fictional film by Oscar-winning filmmaker Daniel Roher (Navalny).
Judge Reinhold and Paul Giamatti
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Sideways, the brilliant 2004 dramedy by Alexander Payne starring Paul Giamatti, will screen as part of “An Evening With…” celebration of Giamatti. Amy Heckerling’s Fast Times at Ridgemont High, the 1982 comedy that helped launch Judge Reinhold, will screen at the festival as part of “An Evening With…” the actor also known for the Beverly Hills Cop movies, Stripes, and on television in the memorable Seinfeld “Close Talker” episode.
The FFF documentary lineup features Seized, directed by Sharon Leise; Never Get Busted, directed by David Anthony Ngo; Tasha Van Zandt’s A Life Illuminated, and Patrick Xavier Bresnan’s First They Came for My College, among other titles.
Florida Film Festival Executive Director Wade Neal commented, “This Florida Film Festival will be my first as the new Executive Director, and I’m thrilled to be part of a team that has made the festival one of the most exciting, well curated, and outrageously fun in the country for 35 years. We take the view that film is eternal, and is a supreme storytelling framework that creates deeper understanding, togetherness, and insight than other art forms. By coming together to celebrate the work and talent that each film represents, we honor extraordinary filmmakers that carry the power and magic of film forward.”
FFF Programming Director Matthew Curtis added, “We couldn’t be more excited about this year’s program, which is certain to be one of the strongest we’ve ever done. Storytellers from all over the world will be showcasing their work during our 10-day celebration of extraordinary voices and creatives in cinema today, with most films making their Florida premiere with us and many having their World, North American, U.S., and East Coast as well. New developments for year 35 include our inaugural ‘Festival Centerpiece’ screening, as well as the first-ever feature to be included in Sunspots: New Visions of the Avant-Garde, our experimental program featuring dazzling work from renegade film artists you’ll rarely see anywhere else on the big screen. The 35th annual Florida Film Festival truly has something for everyone, and film lovers everywhere should get ready to laugh, cry, and have their minds blown.”
Florida Film Festival 2026 Official Selections
OPENING NIGHT PRESENTATION
Carolina Caroline
Director: Adam Carter Rehmeier / Country: USA; Running Time: 105 min
A small-time hustler (Kyle Gallner) and a small-town girl (Samara Weaving) embark on a sexy, kinetic road trip in search of an American dream to call their own. But what begins with a few stolen twenties soon spirals beyond their control.
CENTERPIECE PRESENTATION
Over Your Dead Body
Director: Jorma Taccone / Country: USA; Running Time: 105 min
A dysfunctional couple (Jason Segel and Samara Weaving) head to a remote cabin to supposedly reconnect, but each has secret plans to kill the other in this riotously violent comedy from SNL alumnus Jorma Taccone (Popstar, MacGruber) that co-stars Timothy Olyphant and Juliette Lewis.
CLOSING NIGHT PRESENTATION
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock / Country: USA ; Running Time: 101 min
Nominated for an Oscar® for Best Cinematography and co-scripted by legendary mystery writer Raymond Chandler from the novel by Patricia Highsmith, this timeless suspense classic is one of Hitchcock’s masterpieces. When an amateur tennis star whose wife won’t grant him a divorce, and a charming but psychotic mama’s boy who hates his father, meet on a commuter train, the conversation turns to a possibly perfect crime: what if each committed a murder for the other? Special 75th Anniversary showing!
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
The Call World Premiere
Director: Ahmed Bouchalga / Countries: USA/Morocco; Running Time: 70 min
Orlando “arts instigator” Terry Olson takes an extraordinary journey across Morocco, retracing the footsteps of the historic Green March—a peaceful call of unity that still echoes 50 years later.
Everywhere Man: The Lives and Times of Peter Asher
Directors: Dan Deller, Dayna Goldfine / Country: USA/UK; Running Time: 118 min
What if the most important person in rock and roll history is someone you’ve never heard of? Meet Peter Asher—Sixties pop star, Apple Records pioneer and behind-the-scenes genius who shaped California’s singer/songwriter era. Even better, he’s the visual inspiration for Austin Powers! This joyous, cabaret-fueled romp through six decades of Asher’s musical history is a time-machine treat that’s impossible to resist. Yeah, baby!
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)
(Screening with An Evening With Judge Reinhold)
Director: Amy Heckerling / Country: USA; Running Time: 120 min
Stacy Hamilton (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is a pretty, but inexperienced, teen interested in dating. Given advice by her uninhibited friend, Linda Barrett (Phoebe Cates), Stacy gets trapped in a love triangle with nice guy Mark Ratner (Brian Backer) and his more assured buddy Mike Damone (Robert Romanus). Meanwhile, Stacy’s classmate Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn), who lives for surfing and being stoned, faces off against Mr. Hand (Ray Walston), a strict teacher who has no time for the slacker’s antics.
Frogtown World Premiere
Director: Costa Karalis / Country: USA; Running Time: 86 min
Set in a small Florida town and told from the POV of a documentary film crew, Frogtown is a unique genre-bending film blurring fiction and documentary realism, which explores an adult woman’s quest to prove the existence of a magical swamp creature she befriended as a child.
The Man Whom the Trees Loved World Premiere
Directors: Woodruff Laputka, Tehben Dean / Country: USA; Running Time: 73 min
As her husband begins to mysteriously slip away into the trees surrounding their vacation cabin, Sophia descends into grief and fear of losing him forever. Adapted from Algernon Blackwood’s supernatural novella, The Man Whom the Trees Loved is a ghostly tale of the inexplicable horrors of nature.
Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers
Director: John H. Cunnigham / Country: USA; Running Time: 92 min
Sun, salt, and afterparty chaos power this document of Jimmy Buffett and his scruffy first band. Mixing wild tour stories, reefer-soaked “heavy artillery” years, and Jeff Bridges Dude-style narration, even the dark moments feel fun in a buoyant, flip-flop fantasy that fans will want to toast.
Sideways
(Screening with An Evening With Paul Giamatti)
Director Alexander Payne / Country: USA; Running Time: 124 min
A wine-soaked road trip through California’s Santa Ynez Valley provides a pair of affable but mismatched friends—disillusioned writer Miles (Paul Giamatti) and carefree soon-to-be-married actor Jack (Thomas Hayden Church)—with an unexpected opportunity to confront where they are in life and what they truly want before time, and opportunity, pass them by.
Summer Tour
Director: Mischa Richter / Country: USA; Running Time: 82 min
This dreamy love letter follows young Jerry and Annie as they chase Dead & Company’s final 2023 tour in a questionable camper van. Neither was alive when Jerry Garcia walked the earth—yet here they are, barefoot and gloriously unbothered, organizing their lives around the music with an intensity that demands respect rather than mockery. Looking for a miracle? Get on the bus.
SPOTLIGHT FEATURES
The Christophers
Director: Steven Soderberg / Countries: UK/USA; Running Time: 100 min
The estranged children of famous artist Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) approach struggling artist Lori Butler (I May Destroy You’s Michaela Coel) with a brilliant plan: Lori is to pose as Julian’s new assistant while using her art-forging skills to secretly complete his series of long-abandoned paintings known as “The Christophers.” As the two form a tentative connection, the grift is soon threatened in this sharply witty and entertaining new comedy from Oscar®-winner Steven Soderbergh.
Cookie Queens
Director: Alysa Nahmias / Country: USA; Running Time: 91 min
A joyous and funny celebration of girlhood and the complexities that come with it, Cookie Queens is a heartwarming coming-of-age story that follows four tenacious fledgling entrepreneurs—ages five to twelve—and their families as they navigate the annual whirlwind of selling, striving, and succeeding during Girl Scout Cookie season.
I Swear
Director: Kirk Jones / Country: UK; Running Time: 120 min
Funny, frank, and deeply human, I Swear tells the inspirational true story of John Davidson, a trailblazer whose honesty and humor helped the world better understand what it means to live with Tourette syndrome. Winner of the BAFTA for Best Actor (Robert Aramayo) and the latest classic British crowd-pleaser from Kirk Jones (Waking Ned Devine).
I Want Your Sex
Director: Gregg Araki / Country: USA; Running Time: 90 min
Gregg Araki’s (The Doom Generation) latest film, I Want Your Sex, is a bold erotic comedy-thriller starring Olivia Wilde as a transgressive artist whose new assistant (Cooper Hoffman) becomes her muse. Premiering at Sundance, this provocative, darkly funny tale of art, obsession, and power marks a vibrant comeback for the iconic indie auteur.
Normal
Director: Ben Wheatley / Countries: USA/Canada; Running Time: 90 min
In this darkly comedic action thriller from director Ben Wheatley (High-Rise, FFF 2016) and the writer of John Wick, Bob Odenkirk stars as a new sheriff whose simple assignment unravels after a botched robbery proves that everything in the quiet town of Normal, Minnesota, is anything but!
Obsession
Director: Curry Barker / Country: USA; Running Time: 108 min
From YouTuber Curry Barker (Milk & Serial) comes Obsession, the twisted tale of Bear (Michael Johnston) who uses a seemingly innocuous “One Wish Willow” trinket to win the love of his crush (Inde Navarrette). But be careful what you wish for…
Poetic License
Director: Maude Apatow / Country: USA; Running Time: 117 min
Two inseparable best friends (Cooper Hoffman and Andrew Barth Feldman) see their lives start to unravel when they compete for the affection of the middle-aged married mom (Leslie Mann) auditing their college poetry class. Deeply affectionate and laugh-out-loud funny, this delightful comedy is the directorial debut of Maude Apatow.
Tuner
Director: Daniel Roher / Countries: Canada/USA; Running Time: 109 min
Oscar®-winning documentarian Daniel Roher’s (Navalny) first narrative feature, Tuner, dazzles with its whip-smart script and delightful mix of genre elements—odd-couple friendship, tense high-concept thriller, and charming romance. Leo Woodall (Nuremberg) stars as Niki, a gifted young piano tuner with a unique auditory condition, who draws the attention of criminals who see his talents as useful for opening safes. Dustin Hoffman, Tovah Feldshuh, and Jean Reno co-star in this quick-witted heist flick.
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way)
Director: Nick Davis / Countries: Canada/USA; Running Time: 98 min
This fascinating and hilarious documentary takes us back to the legendary 1972 Toronto production of Godspell, the “hippie musical” about the life of Jesus, that ignited a comedy revolution since the cast included Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, Victor Garber, and musical director Paul Shaffer.
COMPETITION NARRATIVE FEATURES
Crystal Cross
Director: Richie James Follin / Country: USA; Running Time: 88 min
In Richie James Follin’s Crystal Cross, an adorable Christian singer and a suicidal dad drive cross-country, forging an oddball bond through bad decisions, bizarre roadside attractions, and a terrific all-original soundtrack. A bittersweet tale of two lost souls finding comfort, but not salvation, in each other’s messes.
Damned if you Do
Directors: Evan Metzold, Jake Rubin / Country: USA; Running Time: 107 min
Years after selling their souls to the devil, a fractured group of friends reunite for their 25th high school reunion to exploit a loophole and escape Hell’s grasp before the contract’s deadline expires. An all-star cast makes this hilarious horror-comedy a bloody good time!
If I Go Will They Miss Me
Director: Walter Thompson-Hernández / Country: USA; Running Time: 92 min
Twelve-year-old Lil Ant is a sensitive artist, enamored with the legends of Greek mythology and yearning to impress his emotionally distant father, Big Ant. Writer-director Walter Thompson-Hernández sets this mesmerizing, lyrical portrait of masculinity and tenderness against the backdrop of a busy LAX flight path.
Junkie
Director: William Means / Country: USA; Running Time: 105 min
Junkie tracks a haphazard 72 hours in the life of Stevie, a loveable, charismatic, but meth-addicted mom, extraordinarily played by Rocky Shay, who escapes court-ordered rehab to embark on an odyssey through the underbelly of the South to redeem her son’s love.
The Plan
Director: Jessica Barr / Country: USA; Running Time: 75 min
Inside a modest Los Angeles apartment over the course of a single unbroken take, a group of disillusioned young adults prepares for a radical act they believe will change the world. But as paranoia builds, one question lingers: is everyone truly committed?
Return From Tomorrow World Premiere
Director: Randy Moore / Country: USA; Running Time: 117 min
After the loss of his father, a middle-aged dad has a crisis of masculinity while on family vacation in Miami in this audacious and subversive follow-up to Randy Moore’s Escape from Tomorrow (2013).
Ride or Die
Director: Josalynn Smith / Country: USA; Running Time: 85 min
Paula reconnects with her high school crush and, as the sparks fly, is pulled into her chaotic orbit, embarking on a doomed road trip. Award-winning director Josalynn Smith’s feature directorial debut explores the attraction of fixing “broken” people, despite the cost to oneself.
Sender
Director: Russell Goldman / Country: USA; Running Time: 94 min
Newly sober and attempting a fresh start, a woman (Britt Lower, Severance) begins receiving packages she never ordered—each more unnervingly personal than the last—in this stylish paranoid thriller about addiction, recovery, and the crushing expectations for normalcy in a consumer-driven world. Rhea Seehorn, David Dastmalchian and Jamie Lee Curtis co-star.
Sylvania
Director: Kyle Smith / Country: USA; Running Time: 85 min
In Kyle Smith’s tender and funny Sylvania, Gracie and Stewart, on the brink of divorce, embark on a family road trip to visit Gracie’s estranged father Frank who is in the early stages of dementia. Once there, Gracie mines her father for stories of the long-dead mother she never really knew.
Valentina
Director: Tatti Ribeiro / Country: USA; Running Time: 85 min
During a 48-hour period at the U.S. and Mexico’s busiest border crossing, resolving an ordinary parking ticket is derailed by family, friends, Valentina’s own apathy, and the maddening bureaucracy of the system. This unique documentary-comedy hybrid is executive produced by Jessica Alba and stars Keyla Monterroso Mejia (The Studio, Curb Your Enthusiasm).
COMPETITION DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
A Life Illuminated
Director: Tasha Van Zandt / Countries: USA/Australia; Running Time: 89 min
Join Dr. Edie Widder, trailblazing marine biologist, on a descent 3,300 feet into the ocean’s darkest depths. This stunningly beautiful scientific film features footage of the elusive giant squid in its natural habitat, and the earliest images of deep-sea bioluminescence.
The Dads
Director: Luchina Fisher / Country: USA; Running Time: 72 min
Executive produced by NBA legend Dwyane Wade, Luchina Fisher’s inspiring documentary highlights a group of politically, generationally, and geographically diverse fathers of transgender children as they navigate an ever-changing socio-political landscape and grapple with an impossible choice: stay and fight or flee the country.
First They Came for My College
Director: Patrick Xavier Bresnan / Country: USA; Running Time: 105 min
Patrick Xavier Bresnan (Grand Jury Award: Documentary Short “The Rabbit Hunt,” FFF 2017; Naked Gardens, FFF 2023) examines the accelerating battle over academic freedom in the United States with the right-wing, conservative Republican takeover of New College of Florida, the state’s designated honors college, in Sarasota.
If These Walls Could Rock
Directors: Tyler Measom, Craig A. Williams / Country: USA; Running Time: 93 min
What do Slash, Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Sheryl Crow, Dave Grohl, Ozzy Osbourne, Gene Simmons, Cyndi Lauper, and Morrissey, among other famous rockers have in common? The Sunset Marquis Hotel in West Hollywood! This is the place where iconic musicians have checked in, coked up, wrote music, broke the rules, and bonded for decades.
Never Get Busted!
Director: David Anthony Ngo / Countries: USA/Australia/UK; Running Time: 109 min
Barry Cooper is a charismatic and controversial former narcotics officer, infamous for his “Never Get Busted” DVD series that taught drug users how to hide their stash. After exposing police corruption in a series of online videos, he becomes a folk hero on the run—his whereabouts unknown, even by the filmmakers today.
Punkie
Director: Audrey Olson / Country: USA; Running Time: 72 min
Raw and real, director Audrey Olson’s intimate and unflinching portrait of the first out Black SNL star Punkie Johnson gives audiences a chance to follow the powerhouse comic on the road as she preps for a stand-up special and contends with mounting pressures in her personal and professional life.
Santacon
Director: Seth Porges / Country: USA; Running Time: 87 min
From the founders of Burning Man and the inspiration for Fight Club comes SantaCon! Sometimes referred to as Santarchy, Santapalooza, Santa Rampage, and the Red Menace, it’s the event that lures tens of thousands of drunken revelers to dress like Santa Claus and invade countless cities around the world.
School for Defectors
Director: Jeremy Workman / Country: USA; Running Time: 97 min
Celebrated documentarian Jeremy Workman (Secret Mall Apartment, FFF 2024; Lily Topples the World, FFF 2021) takes his camera to Busan, South Korea, where he follows 20 students from the tiny Jangdaehyun Boarding School—all North Korea defectors.
Seized
Director: Sharon Liese / Country: USA; Running Time: 94 min
Marion, Kansas, erupts after a police raid on its local newspaper and the death of its 98-year-old owner, exposing abuses of power, First Amendment violations, and deep town divisions in an infuriating, entertaining documentary about journalism, retribution, and small-town secrets.
Y Vân: The Lost Sounds of Saigon
Directors: Khoa Ha, Victor Velle / Countries: USA/Vietnam; Running Time: 91 min
Legendary Vietnamese composer Y Vân is rediscovered by his granddaughter in this story that spans three generations and two continents. Described as “the Quincy Jones of Saigon,” he composed some of Vietnam’s most popular and treasured tunes. Part history lesson, part travelogue, this vibrant film is more than just a legacy project.
INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE
Chopin, Chopin!
Director: Michał Kwieciński / Countries: Poland/France/Spain; Running Time: 113 min
Nominated for five Eagles Polish Film Awards, Michal Kwieciński’s period biographical drama opens with the energized world of 1835 Parisian high society at a play-off event featuring Fryderyk Chopin and his friend Franz Liszt, rising action for this aurally and visually rich telling of Chopin’s life story.
Kikuyu Land
Directors: Andrew H. Brown, Bea Wangondu / Countries: Kenya/USA; Running Time: 93 min
For Kenya’s Kikuyu people, a fight to protect their land, culture, and future is inexorably intertwined with Western corporate interests in the country’s tea plantations and complex post-colonial African politics, all probed by Nairobi-based journalist and co-director Bea Wangondu and Andrew H. Brown (Kifaru, FFF 2019 and Path of the Panther, FFF 2022).
The Last Viking
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen / Countries: Denmark/Sweden; Running Time: 116 min
Anker, recently released from prison, entrusted stolen money to his autistic brother, Manfred (the one-and-only Mads Mikkelsen), who, having changed personalities and name, no longer knows where the money is. Cleverly balancing humor, darkness, and heartfelt moments that delve into the scars of childhood and how they shape us and our relationships for life, this outrageous black comedy is the latest bit of mayhem from FFF award-winner Anders Thomas Jensen (Riders of Justice, FFF 2021).
The Marching Band
Director: Emmanuel Courcol / Country: France; Running Time: 103 min
Conductor Thibaut, needing a bone marrow transplant, discovers he is adopted and has a previously unknown brother, Jimmy. Through their love of music, the brothers overcome feelings of disbelief, resentment, and privilege to come to terms with their past and present. With delicate humor and heartfelt moments, this bittersweet class-comedy entertains while provoking thought about our ability to live together and create meaningful connections. Nominated for seven César Awards (“French Oscars”).
MIDNIGHT FEATURES
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Director: Tom Stern / Country: USA; Running Time: 105 min
Never sacred, always profane, this wild doc hurls you into Butthole Surfers’ chaotic psych-punk circus—puppets, drugs, fire, and all—as Richard Linklater calls their live shows “a changing point in your life,” and Gibby’s unhinged mayhem somehow lands on something tender, transformative, and unforgettable.
Frogman Returns
Director: Anthony Cousins / Country: USA; Running Time: 75 min
Frogman . . . RETURNS!!! Plunging back into cryptid legend and camcorder paranoia, a disgraced filmmaker hunts proof of the viral amphibious monster, spiraling into flooded woods and conspiracy-soaked lore. Blending found-footage chaos with practical creature effects and a streak of absurdist humor, escalating the mythology while skewering our obsession with internet fame and manufactured myth.
Hokum
Director: Damian McCarthy / Countries: Ireland/USA; Running Time: 101 min
When novelist Ohm Bauman (Adam Scott, Severance) retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance force him to confront dark corners of his past. From Damian McCarthy, director of Oddity.
Mermaid
Director: Tyler Cornack / Country: USA; Running Time: 105 min
Tyler Cornack’s Mermaid plunges into swamp-soaked surrealism when a financially strapped and drug addicted dockworker (Johnny Pemberton, Fallout) believes a wounded mermaid hides in the drainage canal behind his apartment. Equal parts creature feature and Florida noir, Mermaid is sticky, sunburned, and defiantly strange.
NARRATIVE SHORTS
Afufu
Director: Ellie Foumbi / Country: USA; Running Time: 18 min
All at Once
Director: Maggie Brill / Country: USA; Running Time: 15 min
All the Real Boys
Director: Ohad Ira Amram / Country: USA; Running Time: 11 min
American Cheese
Director: Kate Thulin / Country: USA; Running Time: 10 min
Are You Fucking Kidding Me?!
Director: Zen Pace / Country: USA; Running Time: 12 min
Betty St. Clair
Directors: Syra McCarthy, Kyle Casey Chu / Country: USA; Running Time: 12 min
Cake
Director: Caro Ribeiro / Country: USA; Running Time: 6 min
Candy Bar
Director: Nash Edgerton / Country: Australia; Running Time: 6 min
The Catcher
Director: Luka Galle / Country: Belgium; Running Time: 30 min
CHÄIR
Director: Chris McInroy / Country: USA; Running Time: 6 min
The Daughter
Director: Mary Ann Anane / Country: USA; Running Time: 7 min
Dear Shop Girl
Director: Nira Burstein / Country: USA; Running Time: 15 min
DISC
Director: Blake Winston Rice / Country: USA; Running Time: 14 min
Doctor Death Grip
Director: Amber Schaefer / Country: USA; Running Time: 21 min
Esther
Director: Joey Hunt / Country: USA; Running Time: 13 min
Fantasma
Director: Ulbrecht Tomas / Country: USA; Running Time: 11 min
Fruithead
Director: Mike Diva / Country: USA; Running Time: 9 min
Gloria
Director: Kim Blanck / Country: USA; Running Time: 10 min
Grampa
Director: Justice Smith / Country: USA; Running Time: 19 min
House Cat
Director: Kyle Spleiss / Country: USA; Running Time: 14 min
I Gaze at the Sky
Director: Alexandra Strunin / Country: Poland; Running Time: 24 min
I Walked Through the Wall
Director: Pablo Larcuen / Countries: USA/Spain; Running Time: 8 min
Idyll
Director: Austin Cauldwell / Country: USA; Running Time: 18 min
Imago
Director: Ariel Zengotita / Country: USA; Running Time: 13 min
In Lieu of Flowers
Director: Stacey Torkelson / Country: USA; Running Time: 18 min
Iron Lake
Director: Grant Swanson / Country: USA; Running Time: 20 min
It Means Hope
Director: Shadi Karamroudi / Country: Iran; Running Time: 15 min
It’s Easy to Forget (Es Fácil Olvidar)
Director: Yamile Abuid / Country: USA; Running Time: 9 min
Jit
Director: Samuel Correa / Country: USA; Running Time: 6 min
The Last Day of Byron Bray
Director: Michael Borrelli / Country: USA; Running Time: 20 min
The Last Ride
Directors: Vijesh Rajan, Yashoda Parthasarthy / Country: India; Running Time: 24 min
Man in Motel
Director: Faryl Amadeus / Country: USA; Running Time: 12 min
Neuman
Director: Timothy Jacob Elledge / Country: USA; Running Time: 16 min
Norheimsund
Director: Ana A. Alpizar / Countries: Cuba/USA; Running Time: 12 min
Nut Milk in May
Director: Brooke Trantor / Country: USA; Running Time: 17 min
Peace Corps
Director: Jessica Li / Country: USA; Running Time: 13 min
Photo Play XX
Director: Zolomon Zelko / Country: USA; Running Time: 16 min
Scissors
Director: Hannah Alline / Country: USA; Running Time: 12 min
Scout’s Honor
Director: Isabel Pask / Country: USA; Running Time: 14 min
The Seeing Eye Dog Who Saw Too Much
Director: Eric Jackowtz / Country: USA; Running Time: 17 min
September, All Over.
Director: Kali Kahn / Country: USA; Running Time: 21 min
Skin on Skin
Director: Simon Schneckenburger / Country: Germany; Running Time: 30 min
Somewhere to Be
Director: Christy Chan / Country: USA; Running Time: 9 min
The Spectacle
Director: Bálint Kenyeres / Countries: Hungary/France; Running Time: 17 min
Squall Mouth
Director: Eva Chaitman / Country: USA; Running Time: 14 min
Stairs
Director: Riley Donigan / Country: USA; Running Time: 14 min
Study Hall
Director: Sterling Hampton IV / Country: USA; Running Time: 9 min
TEOTWAWKI
Director: Cristin Stephens / Country: USA; Running Time: 7 min
This Blows
Director: Talia Smith / Countries: USA/South Africa; Running Time: 13 min
To-Go
Director: Bryan Poyser / Country: USA; Running Time: 6 min
Tub
Director: Kathreen Khavari / Country: USA; Running Time: 14 min
Ultra Juice
Director: Carl Conway Maguire / Country: USA; Running Time: 4 min
Vultures
Director: Dian Weys / Countries: South Africa/France; Running Time: 15 min
Wall Udder
Director: Alexandra Hayden / Country: USA; Running Time: 9 min
Xolo
Director: Matthew Serrano / Country: USA; Running Time: 13 min
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
A Man Who Takes Pictures of Flowers
Director: Yoo Lee
Country: USA; Running Time: 13 min
The Baddest Speechwriter of All
Directors: Ben Proudfoot, Stephen Curry
Country: USA; Running Time: 29 min
The Baker’s Hotline
Directors: Dave Schuman, Emily Schuman
Country: USA; Running Time: 13 min
Being Bublé
Director: Dan Perlman
Country: USA; Running Time: 21 min
The Book of George
Director: Danny Schmidt
Country: USA; Running Time: 15 min
Chasing the Passage of Time
Directors: Dennis Scholl, Ed Talabera
Country: USA; Running Time: 7 min
The Chimney Sweeper
Director: Jack Raese
Country: USA; Running Time: 9 min
Correspondence
Director: Paul Oh
Country: USA; Running Time: 5 min
Drag Me to Church
Director: Isabella Sullivan
Country: USA; Running Time: 13 min
Free Fish
Directors: Bisan Owda, Carolina Pereira
Countries: Palestine/Portugal; Running Time: 22 min
Hollywood’s Mermaid: The Esther Williams Story
Director: Brian Gersten
Country: USA; Running Time: 20 min
If You Really Love Me, Outlive Me
Directors: Alejandro Ruax, Saskia d’Altena
Country: USA; Running Time: 20 min
In God’s Hands
Director: Modar Kajo
Country: USA; Running Time: 14 min
Oh Whale
Director: Winslow Crane-Murdoch
Country: USA; Running Time: 26 min
One Last Order
Directors: Lauren DeFilippo, Sam Soko
Country: USA; Running Time: 20 min
Panther Pat
Director: Ashley Brandon
Country: USA; Running Time: 12 min
Same Water
Director: Martine Granby
Country: USA; Running Time: 21 min
Screw Lucy
Director: Mary Pilon
Country: USA; Running Time: 19 min
Swim Sistas
Director: Catherine Joy White
Country: UK; Running Time: 11 min
Trapped
Directors: Joe Purtell, Mads Engel
Country: USA; Running Time: 11 min
Welcome
Director: Justin Whittingham
Country: USA; Running Time: 22 min
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS
Advice for Immigrants #1
Director: Saif Alsaegh
Country: USA; Running Time: 1 min
Allegory of the Cave
Directors: Huang Weipeng, Wang Yajing
Country: China; Running Time: 8 min
As Told by a Corpse
Director: Yace Sula
Country: USA; Running Time: 5 min
The Call
Director: Kelly Sears
Country: USA; Running Time: 7 min
Dance Film
Director: Kelly Gallagher
Country: USA; Running Time: 1 min
Everything that Fell from the Mourning Dove’s Nest as She Built It
Director: Noah Engel
Country: USA; Running Time: 1 min
explant/implant
Director: Josh Weissbach
Country: USA; Running Time: 3 min
My Grandma Still Cleans My Uncle’s Room (Mi Mamita Todavía Mantiene el Cuarto de Mi Tío)
Director: Alex Guerra
Countries: USA/Guatemala; Running Time: 5 min
The Stars Watch from Long Ago
Director: Stacey Steers
Country: USA; Running Time: 24 min
The Story of the Cricket Queen
Director: Natalie Peracchio
Country: USA; Running Time: 4 min
Tourniquet
Director: Marceline Chevako
Country: USA; Running Time: 9 min
Tuktuit: Caribou
Director: Lindsay Aksarniq McIntyre
Countries: Canada/USA; Running Time: 15 min
Wetland Impulse
Director: Jimmy Schaus
Country: USA; Running Time: 2 min
ANIMATED SHORTS
1981
Directors: Carolyn London, Andy London
Country: USA; Running Time: 8 min
Ashen Sun
Director: Camille Monnier
Countries: France/Belgium; Running Time: 13 min
Beetle Summer
Directors: Jian Yuan, Anyu Chen
Country: USA; Running Time: 3 min
Busy Bodies
Director: Kate Renshaw-Lewis
Country: USA; Running Time: 6 min
Crab Diane
Director: Ryan McCown
Country: USA; Running Time: 18 min
Dreams
Director: Eddie Mauldin
Country: USA; Running Time: 5 min
Girls Night Out
Director: Ashley Sengstaken
Country: USA; Running Time: 3 min
Hell
Director: Parker Croft
Country: USA; Running Time: 5 min
Horde
Director: Janina Księska
Country: Poland; Running Time: 7 min
Juicy and Sweet
Director: Sasha Uijeong Shin
Country: USA; Running Time: 4 min
Merrimundi
Director: Niles Atallah
Countries: Chile/France; Running Time: 21 min
Mother’s Child
Director: Naomi Noir
Countries: Netherlands/France; Running Time: 9 min
Once in a Body
Director: María Cristina Pérez González
Countries: Colombia, USA; Running Time: 11 min
Paper Trail
Director: Don Hertzfeldt
Country: USA; Running Time: 14 min
Perfect City: The Mushroom
Director: Shengwei Zhou
Country: USA; Running Time: 14 min
Praying Mantis
Director: Joe Hsieh
Countries: Taiwan/Hong Kong; Running Time: 18 min
Sorrow Doesn’t Sleep at Night
Directors: Josefina Montino, Martín André
Country: Chile; Running Time: 9 min
Trading Cards
Director: Radheya Jang
Countries: Australia/UK; Running Time: 15 min
Tuna Tartare
Director: Lena Greene
Countries: USA/France; Running Time: 11 min
Um
Director: Nieto
Country: France; Running Time: 8 min
Venezia Diorama
Director: Nicolas Piret
Countries: Belgium/France; Running Time: 6 min
Winter in March
Director: Natalia Mirzoyan
Countries: Estonia/Armenia/France/Belgium; Running Time: 16 min
Yearn
Director: Ben Smith Country: USA; Running Time: 4 min