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“Whatever Comes” by Keenan O’Reilly

In Whatever Comes, Director Keenan O'Reilly explores the textures of deep love and intense grief and the blurred lines created when they coalesce in a single moment. Written on the profoundly moving backdrop of adoption, the film provides a poignant look at the courage it takes to embrace future joy despite the pain of the past.

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“Empty Nesters” by Devon Solwold

It’s autumn 2020, and Leah is “about to pop.”

Twenty-five and married, eight months pregnant, following a promising (yet culturally prescribed) path to domestic life in the midwest, Leah battles with visceral symptoms of doubt. As she and her husband, Aja (a devotee to midwestern sensibilities), endure a romantic getaway, Leah’s past miscarriage gnaws at her, along with a daunting question: have I already outgrown my marriage?

In an effort to rekindle the young love that began at the family lake cabin, Leah fears that they are strangers to each other, which ultimately spirals into a final reckoning of hard truths, unleashed. Also... Spaghetti-Os and a dead bird.

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“I feel, I live, I love” by Dritter.Akt

Life is a collection of memories. Every one as precious and valuable as all the others. You are what your live and your decisions made you to be. But when who you are solely becomes the state of your current emotions, but not the accumulation of memories, personality traits and conscious behavior - then life changes. "I feel, I live, I love" is a visual poem to raise awareness for people living with dementia.

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“The Face of Fear” by Alex Ramsey

Five individuals explore their deeply personal struggles and motivations as they face their fears in completely different ways. Director Alex Ramsey investigates what it takes to cultivate courage, in ways both subtle and extraordinary, and the potential that awaits on the other side of our greatest insecurities.

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“Blue EYES” by Harshith Kotni

When a college-aged, debt ridden factory worker discovers a trading card valued at $20,000 that his deceased father left behind for him, he must decide whether he will sell the card, solving his debt or keep the card to preserve the memory of his affectionate father. 

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“Habit” by Kevin Koehler

After leaving her religious order, a young nun moves into a seedy residential hotel on the edge of LA’s skid row. While waiting for a mysterious visitor to arrive, her life unravels, and she begins to wonder if she’s made a huge and irreparable mistake.

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“Grana” by Nate Stranzl and Brian Durkee

Director Nate Stranzl used to work for Kobe Bryant at his company Granity Studios, and recently produced a mural in downtown Los Angeles to honor him. The film is inspired by Kobe's legacy of inspiration, and pays tribute to his creative ambitions that not many people know about.

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“Bed Heads” by Georgia Peppe

A series of five conversations in bed between couples who differ not only in the nature of their relationships, but also in the reality of each unique situation they're coming to terms with.

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“AeroPress: Be Water, My Friend” Matheo Fernandes

What would our forests be like if we let their waters evaporate?

Our character's journey into the unconscious, a place of lush water, is so deep and lasting that when he emerges back into reality, he finds, beyond his empty kettle, a world devastated by human folly. Both the water and the forests are gone forever.

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“I Shot A Gun Once” by Santiago Schiappacasse

After 24 years of obsession with guns I finally had the opportunity to shoot one. Little did I know that this shot, which I saw many times on different screens along all these years, would break the perception that I had built around them for so long. "I Shot A Gun Once" is the reflection on that break.

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“La Famille” by Rick Wall

'La Famille' is a celebration of the shaper, the surfboard and the riders 'Family.' A rich cinematic journey through the construction of the surfboard and the French family that ride together.

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“Hold the Lighthouse” by Thomas Soto

A septuagenarian and his 8-year-old grandson are isolated in a small village in Gaspesie. The grandfather's Alzheimer progresses and feel a certain attachment to his love, his wife, a memory that lasts. She stays in his mind, while the rest crumbles. The grandson tries his best to be a support, a safe place, for his grandfather as the film of his memory slowly burns.

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“Gaming” by Gabriel Schock

Moa, a hardcore gamer, is dealing with the pressure from home as well as her own expectations.

One night, after Moa makes it to the finals of an online tournament, but when her mom finds out that her daughter is up late at night playing computer games, Moa finds herself facing two opponents.

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