An aging blues musician, convinced his late wife is trapped in a song, believes she’s been kidnapped by a group of lo-fi hip-hop producers in Oakland.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Director/Screenwriter: Ed Ntiri
Producer: Winnie Wong
Cinematographer: Melinda James
Music and Community Culture Consultant: Jason G. Ragonton
Advisor: Andre Torres

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In November, for over a year, hundreds of thousands of farmers laid siege to India’s national capital, Delhi, protesting against three new farm laws. What became the world’s largest farmers’ movement eventually led to the repeal of these laws, significantly influencing India’s public discourse on economic development, ecology, and social justice.

Producer/Director: Nakul Singh Sawhney
Cinematographer: Apal Singh
Editor: Amulya Aphale

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Project type: Fiction Feature
Director/Actor: Christian Hurley, Ben Oliphint
Producer/Actor: Matthew Wassong
Writer/Actor: Will Ammann, Dylan DeVol

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Two estranged bandmates must reunite after three years to perform at the memorial service of their drummer and best friend.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director/Producer: Abigail Pañares
Producer: Andrew Ratermann

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When a Filipina college student reunites with an old friend, she is confronted with a hazy, intimate memory, realizing they may have nothing in common anymore.

Project type: Fiction Short
Project status: Development
Writer/Exec Producer/Leading Role: Sari Arambulo
Director: Cole Bacani
Cinematographer: Joseph Yao
Producers: Brendan Bennett, Porschia Adler
Associate Producers: Ellis J. Sutton, Eddie Leavy
Editor: Kirsten Hoang

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A few years after her father’s untimely death, a young woman returns to her family’s lavender farm to repair her strained relationship with her mother.

Writer/Director: Shalyn Grow
Writer/Director: Asya Hildenbrand
Producer: Victoria Britton

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While at the studio late one night, struggling musician Riya is forced to deal with the harsh realities of the entertainment industry and the price of doing business. She’ll have to decide if her dreams of making it big are worth the risk of losing herself and possibly her life.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director/Producer: James Ken Blackmon
Producer/1st AD: Misha Zvagilskiy
Director of Photography: Artur Gubin

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A loving portrait from a transgender son to his father as their lives intersect with mental health, identity, and masculinity over a ten-year journey.

Director: Cody Stickels
Producer: Chelsea Moore

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A disastrous one-night stand between Asha and Lucas turns tense when a sudden police lockdown traps them together. As danger looms outside, they must confront their pasts and decide if love can emerge from the chaos of the night.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Project status: Production
Director/Producer: Elton Loud

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A feature documentary exploring the lives of two men, as they attempt to overcome their childhood trauma, renounce violence and lead better lives.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director/Producer: Nick Taussig
Director/Editor: Riccardo Servini

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In the afterglow of their happy occasion, a newlywed couple encounters a painful truth on their wedding night that puts their future together in peril.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director/Producer: Tiffany Tenille
Producer: Betsey Grupp, Dr. Trevor GrandPre

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Passionate young painter, Kae Beaumont, struggles to live up to her father’s strict artistic expectations - even after his death. When she’s tasked with honoring him through a gallery exhibit, Kae must decide if she'll embrace her natural inclination to paint abstractly, or succumb to the pressures her father put on her to paint in the style he was known for: realism.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director/Producer: Alaysia Renay Duncan
Producer: Jacquelyn Chin, Ray Deutsch

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Across The Globe is coming to New York City! After two years of celebrating international independent films remotely, XTG is having its first in-person event in April 2024.

Project type: Festival
Creator/Festival Director: John Fessler
Sponsorship Director: Andrew Levy
Head of Marketing & Social Media: Jared Cohen

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No single collection of the cartoons made by Max Fleischer and Fleischer Studios exists anywhere in the world. My mission is to collect all the cartoons, restore them, and make them available to everyone.

Project type: Animation
Producer: Jane Fleischer Reid
Supervising Director: Max Reid
Lead Restorer: Thad Komorowski

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A late-twenties artist and her boyfriend turn the family house into chaos while the parents are away. As their return date looms, they scramble to restore order, grappling with the shame of their immaturity.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director: Ann Sun
Producers: Han Lee and Yimeng “Yuki” Yuan

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Meet Africa's game-changers: The innovators, educators and pioneers, reimagining and reshaping the continent's future.

Project type: Nonfiction Episodic
Series Director/Creator: Bruce Donnelly
Producer: Fermin Rojas

After Antarctica is a feature-length documentary that follows polar explorer Will Steger's life journey as an eyewitness to the greatest changes in the polar regions of our planet. Now, thirty years after his historic coast-to-coast expedition across the coldest continent on Earth, Steger is not only known for being the first in history to complete this historic feat - he is also the last.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Tasha Van Zandt
Producer: Sebastian Zeck

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Terminally-ill Annie and the two loves of her life - her partner Liam and their dog Whiskey - retreat to the mountains for what seems like a relaxing weekend away. In reality, it's their last weekend together.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director: Lizzie Germann
Writer/Producer: Kaitlyn Clare
Director of Photography: Laura Jansen
First Assistant Director: Liz Holland
Co-Executive Producer: Philip Anderson

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An uninvited guest and a famous painter reunite on the eve of an art opening. After years of estrangement can two former friends rekindle their friendship without collateral damage?

Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director: Jennifer Berry
Producer: Mandi Reno
Director of Photography: Mike Berlucchi
Consulting Producer: Jane Charles

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Novelist Uncle Baby Benny and influencer @catlikesmoney cross paths at a vacation rental in Monterey, CA where they form a symbiotic bond in their shared pursuit for meaning in the weirdness of being a human on this planet.

Writer/Director/Producer: Benjamin Font
Producer/Co-Director: Noah Applebaum
Cat Limket: Cat Limket

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