Maro, a resilient young Mayan woman, navigates the stunning landscapes of Lake Atitlán, confronting the urgent reality of its decline and the threats it poses to her community’s future.

Director: Jasper Soloff
Producer: Sarah Sutton
Cinematographer: Alberto Mojica

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Atomic Bamboozle follows anti-nuclear activists, tribal leaders, scientists and attorneys as they draw lessons from the decades-long campaign to shut down the Trojan Nuclear Power plant in Oregon and extend those lessons into a new struggle to stop small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) that are being aggressively promoted by the the Department of Energy and nuclear industry in response to the climate crisis.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Jan Haaken
Producer: Samantha Praus
Associate Producer: Cathy Sampson-Kruse
Associate Producer: ​Cathryn Chudy
Editor: Jeremiah Fueres

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Jordan, a queer and neurotic young man, has his life turned upside down following the sudden death of his beloved therapist. Unconvinced that her death is accidental, Jordan dives into a full-blown investigation to get to the bottom of her mysterious disappearance.

Writer/Director/Jordan: Nick Borenstein
Executive Producer/Ron: Dan Bucatinsky
Actor/Catharine: Judy Greer

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A struggling artist enters an open relationship with her closest friend and collaborator, risking everything as love and ambition collide.

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Based on a true story, Auschwitz Bagel is a short film that explores three sibling’s dynamic as they are forced to reckon with their father’s new sexuality and familial dysfunction at a particularly awkward time - their great aunt’s funeral.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Alex Silberberg
Executive Producer: L.E. Seydel
Cinematographer: Madison McKamey

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When Rob Sheridan, a weary high school English teacher, reconnects with a gifted former student, he’s inspired to revive his long-abandoned dream of becoming a writer. But as he faces his sister’s mental health crisis and his father’s financial desperation, Rob must choose between the promise of a new creative life and the obligations that have defined him. Baby Blue is a haunting, redemptive drama about faith, family, and the pursuit of inner truth.

Writer/Director/Producer: John Capone
Producer: Giovanna Andolina Capone
Cinematographer: Andrew Fronczak
Composer: Daniel Slatkin

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A female MMA fighter on the brink of self-destruction finds a lifeline in a court-ordered equine therapy program, leading her to confront her past and redefine her future.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Director/Writer/Producer: Joseph Marconi
Producer: Lysette Urus
Producer/Actor: Maury Sterling
Associate Producer: Chance Housley

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An ostracized young gay man faces personal challenges when he returns to his rural Florida hometown to provide caregiving support for the family he left behind before they reach their breaking point.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director: Drew Lewis Brown
Executive Producer: Trey McIntyre

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When a young border patrol agent discovers a dying migrant in the Yuma desert, she’s forced to confront the brutal realities of her job. Backyard/Desert is a haunting exploration of morality, identity, and the invisible lines we draw between right and wrong, self and duty, and one another.

Co-Writer/Director/Producer: Ethan Felizzari-Castillo
Original Playwright/ Co-Writer: Nancy Irene Kelly
Executive Producer: Paul Zaentz

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A thirty-something preschool teacher discovers she was adopted and, desperate to belong, fights frantically to build a family of her own before her biological clock runs out.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director: Izzy Shill
Producer: Lysette Urus
Producer: Diana Irvine

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When a misanthropic hammer salesman accidentally steps on a rusty nail, he struggles to determine whether the world’s sudden and violent turn against him is real, or the result of the infection consuming his body and mind.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Director: Oliver Bernsen
Writer: Henry Bernsen
Producer: Zoe Rosenberg

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Barrio Television is the untold story of a band of Puerto Rican filmmakers who refused to let the first all-Latino produced TV show in American history be canceled.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Writer/Director/Producer: Christina DiPasquale
Producer: Kristofer Ríos
Associate Producer: Madison Cofield

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Before and after Eliza and Kieran, the world is in black and white. Together, they’re in color: racing toward the next inside joke; the next first time, the next diner all-nighter, the next shared Jewish ritual. Everything between them is magnetic, alive, and just for them — from 2012 to 2016 in New York City.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director/Producer: Elana Rubin
Producer/Casting Director: Chip Kass
Producer/1st AD: Elena Weinberg

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Sisters Grace and Hope have been looking forward to this much-needed vacation to exotic Myrtle Beach, SC all year long. But their girls' weekend gets derailed when they are asked to bring their four rowdy nieces and nephews along. Beachy Floaty Thingys is an ode to vacations gone wrong, a love letter to relatives who step in as guardians, and more importantly, a reminder that no matter what, no one can take away your joy.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Amina Sutton
Producer: Crystal Isaac
Producer: Ellie Shanahan
Editor: Janna Emig
Animator: Nijah Brown

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A shopping spree turns into an anxiety-ridden nightmare when a prepubescent Arab American girl struggles to tell her father that she wants a bra.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director/Writer/Producer: Kali Davis
Writer: Nadine Nonn
Cinematographer: Haley Min Young Kreofsky
Production Designer: Rebecca Muench

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Amidst the neon glow of Chinatown and the chaos of an underworld of duels, dances, and degenerates, a rebellious firebrand, Red, takes on a manipulative ring leader, Rico, to upend his empire and save herself from his deadly grasp, ridding the world of the scourge of hate and violence that takes place nightly at the Beijing Rodeo.

Director: Kenny Geiler
Producer: Aaron Jordan Liebowitz
Director of Photography: Noah Fowler

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A young boy takes on chores and small jobs around his neighborhood to raise money for a ticket to a magic show; but when his grandmother loses her job, he is faced with a difficult decision.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director/Writer/Producer: Gabriela Garcia Medina
Producer:Vicki Syal
Producer: Moana Sherill
Producer: Dylan Costa
Co-Writer/Production Designer: Joshua D. Sankar
Cinematographer: Bongani Mlambo
Choreographer: Reina Hidalgo
Editor: Dominique Pieb Espinosa
Cast: Terri Hoyos, Cheryl Umaña Bonilla

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Betta Fish is a heartfelt coming-of-age story where recent college graduate Elle grapples with her shifting family dynamic and her mother's deteriorating mental state. Support the film to spark conversations about mental health, family, and resilience, while absolving this issue in BIPOC community.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director/Producer: Louvinia "Lou" Robinson
Actor: Lori Laing

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Better Than They Found It chronicles the history and revolution of the coaching profession in the modern NFL, celebrating the progress and envisioning the future through unprecedented interviews with influential coaches and Hall of Fame players.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Project status: Production
Director/Producer: Tarana Harris Mayes
Director of Photography: EJ Alvarez, Daniel Mogg

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After murdering their sleaze-ball boss and blowing up their workplace, two dysfunctional strippers — one jaded, one guilt-ridden — try to lay low, shake off the hangover, and figure out if their new neighbor with wings is here to helpor just judge the shit out of them.

Writer/Producer/Lead Actor: Dana Lyn Baron
Director: America Young
Producer: Jennifer Sherer

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