A thirty-year-old Spanish writer in Los Angeles embarks on a journey of self-discovery in the midst of his first love story with a man and his last with a woman, all while facing the added isolating reality of being a foreigner.

Producer/Writer/Director: Ruben Navarro
Producer: Jose Carmona
Director of Cinematography: Mark Alonso

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After failing to make the LGBTQ soccer team’s roster, Jesus's desire to win his father's approval is eclipsed by a new obsession to beat the mean gays at their own game.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Ahuatl Amaro
Producer: Fanfan Zhou

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An 11-year-old musician defies her father and forms an unexpected bond with a disabled, houseless violinist.

Director: Andrew Reid
Producer: Brian Grigsby

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Midtown will distill America’s experience of contemporary electoral politics through an observational study of Midtown Manhattan on Election Night 2020.

Project type: Nonfiction Short
Director/Producer: Eric Fernandez

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A recalled action figure enlists the help of an alpha male life coach in order to become the perfect man.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Nic Leb
Producer: Cole Issacson

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Nine cousins who all happen to be half-white and half-Mexican with varying degrees of Spanish fluency and cultural knowledge connect with their Mexican heritage and learn to embrace their Latinidad on a family trip to their grandma’s birthplace in Mexico City.

Director/Producer: Alyssa Callahan
Director: Claire Gostin
Cinematographer: Christopher Yang

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Mo Show paints an unexpected picture of Chattanooga, Tennessee, through the eyes of a young black filmmaker who guides us through the personal stories of the folks in his world. From his Confederate-flag-flying neighbor to the Iraqi refugee across town, Mo wants to connect every part of his still-segregated southern city.

Project type: Nonfiction Short
Co-director/DP/Editor: Annie Huntington
Co-director/Producer: Clay Thomas
Producer/Writer: Mo McDowell
Advisor: Laura Gamse

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An immersive drama short film exposing the harrowing day in the life of a social media content moderator, based on true, anonymous stories.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Eli Staub
Producer: Evie Masters
Producer: Sofia Uribe

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A young girl coerced into sex-trafficking must escape the emotional cage her “Romeo Pimp” has trapped her in before she loses what little hope remains to live and dream.

Project type: Fiction Short
Co-writer/Director: Spencer Currie
Co-writer/Producer: Dan Sima

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In 1994 South Sacramento, 13-year-old Mona sneaks her mother’s lipstick, convinced it’s the secret to growing up — but one unforgettable night at the skating rink teaches her there’s more to womanhood than red lips, and more to her mama than she ever realized.

Writer/Director/Cast: Danielle Mone' Truitt
Co-Writer: Cris Eli Blak
Producer: Cheryl Martin

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Monica is the intimate portrait of a woman who returns home to the Midwest for the first time in 20 years to take care of her dying mother. Exploring universal themes of abandonment, aging, rejection, hope and forgiveness, we are led into Monica's world through an introspective and riveting journey of our shared human condition.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Director: Andrea Pallaoro
Producer: Gina Resnick
Producer: Eleonora Granata
Producer: Christina Dow
Executive Producer: Christina Sibul
Executive Producer: Karen Tenkhoff
DP: Kate Arizmendi
Costume Designer: Patrik Milani
Production Designer: Andrew Clark
HMU Department Head: Chelo Acosta-Conley

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After protesters upend five monuments in Portland in 2020, the community reckons with its symbols of westward expansion. The unfolding fate of the sculptures pits historic preservationists and the descendants of Oregon Trail settlers against artists, Indigenous activists, and others who view the monuments as relics of colonialism.

Director: Erika Bolstad
Producer: Jackie Weissman, Jen Tate
Director of Photography: Zach Putnam

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At the repast following his father’s funeral, Noah Butler grapples with the complex nature of his grief, and familial bonds, after the surprise arrival of his estranged uncle.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Ryan T. Lipscomb
Producer: Jamari Perry, Corlandos Scott

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A depressed pianist rediscovers his zest for life through an unexpected encounter with a songbird.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director/Co-Writer/Producer: John Henry Hinkel
Producer/Composer/Co-Writer: Ethan Pakchar
Executive Producer: Nemanja Gavrilovic
Lead Animator: Miloš Djurdjevic
Animator: Marko Djuricic
Background Artist: Milan Maksimovic
Recorder: Charlotte Barbour-Condini
Piano: Vicky Chow

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Over a single continually unfolding shot, we witness two distinct moments – twenty years apart – in the life of a Japanese-American couple as their relationship is transformed following the tragic death of their son.

Writer/Director: Jun Kuromiya
Writer/Director: Daniel Lewinstein
Producer: Brandy Wang
Producer: Lailanie Gadia

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Upon receiving a disturbing email from her son, a mother drives frantically to his school hoping to avert the unimaginable.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director/Writer: Maia Scalia
Producer: Ani Schroeter
Editor: Pietro Scalia
Director of Photography: Matt Clegg
Composer: Eli Keszler

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Four survivors of sexual assault perpetrated by active military members, unite to advocate for systemic, legislative change within the military court system.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Natalie Avital
Producer: Ryan M Murphy
Co-Producer: Lindsay Perry

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A family drama about the complexities of faith, community, and parent/child relationships.

Project type: Fiction Short
Producer/Director/Screenwriter/Story: Rachel Earnest
Producer/Editor/Story: Ashley Monti

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In an era of giant Maxi Pads and Phil Donahue, misfit teen Moxie finds her fit with a group of college political activists. But when she becomes pregnant by the rebel leader, she faces her own fight — arguing for her abortion at a time when women’s liberation is coming into its own.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Director: Marya Mazor
Producers: Christina Sibul, Karen Tenkoff

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Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Jaelyn Ellis
Producer: Jaelyn Ellis

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