Rody, Doug, and Fred bicker over a bench in a park. The
streets have erased their age and past. Who can still tell
who they once were ? One day, Fred finds a lost
smartphone during a political demonstration. He brings it
back to the park. They want to call someone, but who?
Everyone has either abandoned or forgotten them. They
browse through the contact list and each decide to call
someone.

Elisa is a somewhat eccentric middle school student who is a victim of bullying. She discovers that her only friend, Jessie, plans to run away with an adult. Determined to protect her, Elisa embarks on a desperate mission that reveals a world she never knew existed. This journey confronts her with a dilemma that will change her forever.

Discovering Bessie Coleman is an inspiring documentary that celebrates the impact of Bessie Coleman’s legacy through the eyes of those she continues to inspire. Rather than a biographical account, the film shares personal stories from Coleman’s family, aviation professionals, and celebrities like author and actress Karyn Parsons, recounting how they first learned about Coleman’s groundbreaking achievements as the first African-American and Native American woman to earn an international pilot’s license. Despite her accomplishments, Coleman’s story remains unfamiliar to many. This documentary highlights the transformative power of her journey, showcasing how her determination to overcome barriers continues to motivate and empower new generations in aviation and beyond.

After her father dies, Caz combs the beach to try and find her mother's lost engagement ring to help her to recover from her grief. In the process, the two women mend their broken relationship and both find something new.

When gentrifiers begin to mysteriously die, a Gullah Geechee handywoman who recently lost her home, must decide whether to help them or leave the newcomers to their fate.

NOTE: Film is partially spoken in Gullah Creole

In this “coming of aging” dramedy, Mae, an ambitious, Korean American influencer, finds an elderly, Mexican man abandoned in her car, and must choose between her own ambition and an unsupportive healthcare system, and unwittingly journeys toward a new destination.

1. The Phoenix Film Festival, Phoenix, AZ (3/29, 3/30 & 4/2025)
2. Berkshire International Film Festival, Great Barrington, MA (5/30 & 5/31/25)
3. Mirada Corta Shortsfest, Mexico City (6/5/25)
4. ThirdACTion Film Festival, Calgary Canada (6/7/25)
5. Seoul Senior International Film Festival, Seoul, Korea (6/13/25 - Closing)
6. Palm Springs Shortsfest (Virtual Film Market) (6/2025)
7. Long Island International Film Expo, LI, NY (7/9/25 – Opening Night)
8. LA Shorts International Film Fest, Los Angeles, CA (7/19/25) Oscar Qualifying
9. Woods Hole Film Festival, Woods Hole, MA (8/1/2025)
10. Festival of Cinema, Queens, NY (8/2/2025)
11. Rock the Shorts Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA (9/1/2025)
12. Silicon Beach Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA (9/5/2025)
13. Calabasas Film Festival, Calabasas, CA (9/17/25)
14. The Women’s Festival, Philadelphia, PA (9/28/2025 – Closing night)
15. Breckenridge Film Festival, Breckenridge, CO (9/19/2025)
16. Crested Butte Film Festival, Crested Butte, CO (9/24/2025)
17. Richmond International Film Festival, Richmond, VA (9/27 & 9/28/25)
18. South Pacific Festival, Aukland, New Zealand (10/7/2025)
19. Chesapeake Film Festival, Easton, MD (10/11/2025)
20. San Jose Int’l Shorts Festival, San Jose, CA (10/16 & 10/18/25) Oscar Qualifying
21. New Hampshire Film Festival, Portsmouth, NH (10/18 & 10/19/25) Oscar Qualifying
22. Twin Cities Film Festival, St. Louis Park, MN (10/24/2025)
23. San Francisco Indie Shorts, San Francisco, CA (10/30/2025 - Closing Night)
24. Ojai Film Festival, Ojai, CA (11/9/2025)
25. Asian World Film Festival, Culver City, CA (11/11-20/2025)
26. Salento Film Festival, Tricase, Salento, Puglia (11/24/25 – Closing Night)
27. Anchorage International Film Festival, Anchorage, AK (12/13/25 - Closing Night)
28. Bahamas International Film Festival (12/8 & 12/14/25)
30. Beaufort International Film Festival (2/20/26)
31. Florence International Film Festival (3/6-7/26)
32. Durango International Film Festival (3/6 & 3/8/2026)
33. Omaha Film Festival (3/12/26)
34. Garden State Film Festival (3/29/26)
35. Poppy Jasper Film Festival (4/12/26)
36. Pasadena International Film Festival (4/15/26)
37. Atlanta Shortsfest, Atlanta, GA (5/16/26)
38. Diversity Short Film Showcase, Cannes, France (5/18/26)
39. Georgia Short Film Festival, Atlanta, GA (5/19/26)
40. Short Film Corner, Cannes, France (5/12-26/26)
41. American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers by Gold House, Cannes (5/20/26)
42. Wyoming International Film Festival, Cheyenne, WY (7/8-12/26)
43. Waco Independent Film Festival, Waco, TX (7/16-19/2026)

Beads of Hope is a powerful animated short film set in New Orleans, following Dawn, a young Black girl, as she navigates the chaos of a devastating flood that threatens the life of a beloved family member. The story unfolds in a historically Black neighborhood, on the day of Hurricane Katrina—now marking its 20th anniversary. These are communities like the Lower Ninth Ward and New Orleans East, which were hardest hit by Katrina and continue to face the compounding effects of climate change, environmental racism, and systemic neglect.

As floodwaters rise, Dawn turns to the sacred tradition of the Mardi Gras Indians—a rich cultural legacy of Black resilience, resistance, and artistry. Her first handmade Mardi Gras suit, meticulously crafted with beads, feathers, and ancestral memory, becomes her source of strength and identity. Through it, she connects with the spirits of those who came before her and discovers that her legacy, her voice, and her community’s truth cannot be washed away.

Beads of Hope honors the 20-year legacy of Katrina by shining a light on the enduring fight for environmental justice in Black and Brown communities. It is a story about cultural survival, intergenerational power, and the unbreakable spirit of New Orleans. As the city continues to rebuild, this film stands as a tribute to the youth who carry forward its stories—and the hope threaded into every stitch.

Born in the Struggle is a documentary film that explores the personal accounts of children born to 1960s and 70s radical Black Power activists, including the Honorable Ras J. Baraka, Mayor of the City of Newark, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Fred Hampton Jr, Imani Perry, Ayanna Gregory, and many others.

The film examines their reflections and ruminations on their childhood, the influences of their parents, and how the activism of their parents affected their lives. The shifting cultural times have presented unique but enduring challenges to this new generation. How they have taken up these novel challenges of injustice are explored, with hip hop music being a defining feature that named and proclaimed the black experience for a new generation facing oppression and exploitation.

More than anything, Born in the Struggle is a personal exploration of the Children of the Movement, whose childhoods were defined by their parents’ commitment to the Movement as a first priority, and how this dedication shaped their lives and their subsequent commitments to the same revolutionary spirit that they inherited.

Matei, a young shepherd boy living in the outskirts of Romania, finds more comfort among his sheep than with his abusive, alcoholic dad. But now Matei is starting to mimic his father’s violence, he’s faced with a question: ‘Who am I?’

RENEGADES is a series of documentary shorts showcasing the lives of diverse, lesser-known historical figures with disabilities, exploring not only their impact on and contributions to U.S. society, but also the concept of disability culture, which honors the uniqueness of disability. Hosted and narrated by the musician and disability rights advocate Lachi, who is blind, and created and produced by a team of D/deaf and disabled filmmakers, the series is designed to increase public knowledge of disability history, and encourage cross-cultural understanding between non-disabled people and those with disabilities – who make up more than 1 in 4 adults in America today.

Born with with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, a condition that made her limbs unusable, Celestine Tate Harrington (1955-1998) was a street performer in downtown Philadelphia and on the Atlantic City boardwalk in the 1980s and 1990s who impressed audiences with her skill at playing the electric keyboard with her tongue. In 1975, when the Philadelphia Department of Public Welfare attempted to take away her infant daughter, claiming that Harrington was physically incapable of caring for a child, she successfully defended her right to parent. In the courtroom, Tate Harrington demonstrated her skills – dressing and undressing her daughter, and changing her diaper, using only her lips, teeth, and tongue – and retained custody.

In Celestine Tate HarringtonL Building a Legacy, RENEGADES explores how Tate Harrington’s fight to be a mother and earn an independent living was a revolutionary act, in the face of laws that cite disability as grounds for termination of parental rights to this day.

Nubia Deng, an American refugee, BLAXITS from the United States and corporate America to become an international DJ...in this Awkward Black Girl meets Emily in Paris comedy, what could go wrong?

In the middle of a record-breaking heatwave, three generations of Greek women—a quirky granddaughter, her chic mother, and a sharp-witted grandmother—find themselves stuck in their apartment without air conditioning. As they battle the sweltering heat, mounting piles of plastic waste, and water cuts, their misadventures offer a playful yet timely reflection on climate crisis and the chaos it brings in an urban setting.