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A 17-year-old filmmaker joins a Maldives-based research team to document the conservation of endangered whale sharks and the growing challenge of protecting a species at the center of a global tourism industry.
Aug 2026
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In a dilapidated apartment drowned in the oppressive hum of electricity, a man kills his evenings by watching, through a hole in the wall, an empty stage bathed in childish music. This strange routine brings him a fragile joy. But one evening, something appears: an egg-shaped object marked with a face. An enigmatic presence. An angel… God?
Oct 2026
A short documentary about the Gender and Sexuality Alliance Network's TSI Initiative.
A lonely man wakes up to discover a live fish inside his stomach. Desperate for answers, he follows a mysterious group of men who seem to share his condition, only to find himself pulled into a strange situation.
Sep 2026
When a loyal enforcer of a vampire order begins to remember the night his childhood ended, the truth waiting in the dark threatens to consume what’s left of him.
Jan 2027
Clara Stuart has just turned sixteen and her classes are starting again. As the anniversary of her father’s death approaches, she decides to relive old memories and is encouraged by her grandparents to try out for a role in the school drama club’s play of Romeo and Juliet. A romantic drama about how people only truly die when they are forgotten.
Sep 2027
Orphaned and displaced from their home in Gaza City, two brothers must find their way to a "safe zone" to survive.
Dec 2026
With one last chance to speak to his dead younger sister, Felix struggles to find the “right way” to come out to her as a transgender man.
Apr 2027
Every 9 months, rural Kentucky-based regenerative farmer Willie Houston brings home a small group of piglets. He raises them, names them, cares for them, and has to say goodbye. This subtle portrait challenges assumptions of masculinity in farming and explores who bears the emotional weight of ethically raising animals.
A Congolese-American teen with dreams of becoming the next Spike Lee races to finish his passion project while balancing cultural expectations, a strict mother, and the weight of immigrant life in Portland, Maine.
Jun 2027
Francis visits home to care for his mother with Alzheimer’s while his father is away on business. As her condition deteriorates, she grows increasingly convinced the man living in her home is not her son.
Have You Ever Thanked God is a short reflective film that gently reminds us of the blessings we often overlook. Through calm visuals and heartfelt narration, the film invites the viewer to pause, breathe, and notice the simple miracles hidden in everyday life.
Follows an impoverished 17-year-old girl who becomes a famous outlaw and survives a brutal 48-hour siege when thousands of armed men trap her in a village.
Two self-proclaimed "sigma males" go on the run for one wild night after doing an unspeakable act they can never come back from.
Late one night, rideshare driver Ayaan Malik accepts what appears to be an ordinary request. But when his mysterious passenger refuses to provide a destination, a routine ride descends into an unsettling journey through empty streets, repeating roads, and a reality that no longer makes sense. As the night unfolds, Ayaan begins to question everything around him—including the passenger in his back seat, the city outside his window, and whether some rides are meant to end at all. IN TRANSIT is a psychological thriller exploring isolation, choice, and the terrifying possibility that some paths cannot be escaped once they're taken.
Nov 2026