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Thus: The Conclusion

An experimental long-form visual poem about a solo female traveler reflecting on the principles of human existence through a woman’s lens. Her fragmented memories are juxtaposed with natural imagery captured from Iceland and Africa. The two polar opposite locations visually represent the cognitive dissonance in us all.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director/WriterProducer/Editor: Aimee Jennings

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Tied Up

He’s hot, British, and Jewish. And because of it, she’s tied up.

Writer/Director/Producer: Elana Rubin
Producer/Casting Director: Chip Kass
Producer/First AD: Elena Weinberg

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Timeless

Desperate to rewrite his family’s legacy, a young physicist travels back in time to murder a wealthy landowner - putting the fabric of space and time at catastrophic risk.

Writer/Director: Xavier Ingram
Producer: Marlon Rubio Smith
Producer: Avery Gann

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To the Land

To the Land follows three friends and their small organic farm located on the California Coast. Over the course of a year, Brisa Ranch faces challenges and setbacks that put not only their friendship and farm at risk, but the very land they call home.

To the Land is a cinema verité portrayal of the struggles and joys found on the land and the resilience of those who grow the food that feeds our country.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Katie Bancroft
Producer: Libby Hart

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Tomorrow Night

An elderly couple’s deep bond is tested by the physical and emotional tolls of aging, leading them to find unexpected intimacy in the most awkward of moments.

Writer/Director: Drew Marquardt
Director of Photography: Ruben Plascencia
Editor: Jose Daniel

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Too Romantic

When a collaboration between two influencers unexpectedly turns romantic, Samantha Carr's perfect night takes a downturn, forcing her to navigate today’s toughest choice: what’s more important - love or Likes?

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director/Producer: Talia Light Rake

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Too Soon: The Comedy of 9/11

They say Tragedy + Time = Comedy. In the aftermath of 9/11, humor remained America’s most vital tool against fear, anger, and pain. Too Soon is the twenty-year chronology of how comedy stopped completely, slowly regained its footing, and finally grew bigger and more powerful than ever, allowing all of us to unite and heal in the process.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Nick Scown
Producer: Julie Seabaugh

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Tornado

A father and son in tornado country find themselves in parallel dreams, chasing the eye of a storm they fear holds a troubling family secret.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Producer: David Connor
Director: John Fairchild
Cinematographer: Matthew Shoichi Wilder

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Trace the Line

A poet and a visual artist grapple to understand the world around them while practicing physical-distancing during the tumultuous year of 2020.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Director: Alejandro Miranda Cruz
Producer: Noel Miranda
Cinematographer: Greg Hatton
Cast: Matthew Charles
Cast: Brooke Leland

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Tri-County

A chaotically-ambitious gay in South Florida ignores the warning of his friends and family who are all worried about him talking to his ex-fiancé again, but his lies to them only cover the toxic attachment he has to the love of his life.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer: Gerard Shaka
Director: Brook Karner
Producer: Ayana Jones
Associate Producer: Cieara Little
Director of Photography: Shari Petti

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Tribe

When Timba, an overlooked and restless servant's rare ability to unlock magic in others is discovered, she must find the courage to do what she most fears: be vulnerable, lean on unlikely companions, and defy powerful people intent on exploiting her gift.

Writer/Director/Executive Producer: Tendayi Nyeke
Animation Director: Kaydee de Villiers
Producer: Mark G. Mathis

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Trip to Jerusalem

1941 – Far away from the barbarity of the War, in Lebanon. Following a Sunday lunch that goes sour, Matile, mother of eleven, imposes her laws on both the General of the French Mandate and the Head of the Church, by shaking the established customs.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Writers/Directors/Producers: Zarazir Brothers

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Tropic of Cancer

When a small-town bra factory worker joins his high school friend in a runaway plot, he is confronted with his own queerness.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Alex Jiang
Producer: Xinyu Zhao

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Truckstop

A restless young immigrant, working at an isolated Punjabi truckstop in the California desert, must decide whether she truly wants out.

Project type: Fiction Short
Project status: Development
Director: Molly Karna
Producer: Julia Elizabeth Evans
Co-Producer: Rob Rice
Associate Producer: Tanishq Babel
Cinematographer: Elisabetta "Fox" Piantoni

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True Believer

As her faith community betrays the Jesus they taught her to love, an evangelical filmmaker reckons with the political identity she built her life on.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director/Producer: Kristen Irving
Producer: Julian Cautherley

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True. Talk. Docs.

While we all carry our individual burdens, we don’t have to do so alone. TRUE. TALK. DOCS. bring awareness to those things we bury deep or hide from others (especially on social media), while highlighting those achievements that we feel more comfortable sharing.

Project type: Nonfiction Episodic
Director/Producer: Mary Gerretsen

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Turning Fifteen

When Lynda’s mother dies just because the color of her skin bars her from getting a life-saving blood transfusion, Lynda and her schoolmates risk their very lives on the frontlines of Dr. King’s movement – spending more time in Alabama’s jails than classrooms.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director/Producer: Gilda Ann Brasch
Executive Producer: Roberta Korus
Executive Producer: Autumn Udell

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Two Breaths

After a man-made disaster decimates an evergreen island, a stranded 11-year-old girl must find the tenacity to leave behind her home with the help of an unlikely friend - the majestic Manta Ray.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Kateryna Kurganska Gorbanov
Producer: C. Craig Patterson
Producer: Don John

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Ultimate Bias

At an inflexible Japanese immersion school, multi-ethnic students battle biases and risk everything not to get expelled in order to beat their Kpop dance team rivals, while untangling who they are inside.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director/Producer: Silvano-Mari Robinson
Creative Director: Albert Vazquez

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Un Hombre Sincero

Trapped in a prison of sugar cane, a man will do whatever it takes to cling to his past.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Ann Valdés
Producer: Via Bia
Director of Photography: Terra Gutmann-Gonzalez

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