All Films

Human Helper is a sci-fi comedy short about a doctor's mission to make artificially intelligent human-like helpers not ableist.

Fiona lives on the coastal islands surrounding a small city on the north-western coast of Norway, where she takes care of her intellectually disabled brother Tom. Over a few life-changing summer month...

Known as the Slam Collective, seven Slamdance filmmakers from different continents come together to make "I Want to be an American," Slamdance's first documentary feature. In the spirit of the surrea...

In the Jam Jar is an invitation to the intimacy of 81-year-old Joan's final days, whose musings silently echo with Dan's, her 50-year-old son. This fiction short-movie is a dive into death and grief, ...

Determined to become the most inspirational disabled person ever, Madeleine Stewart embarks on a journey to become a Paralympian.

Two ex-lovers meet at a rarely-used Aspen lodge to reignite their passions, but first they must confess their past sins.

Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. His dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work emerged while minimalist...

Two sleazy tourists have the night of their lives at a Karaoke bar in the Azores after meeting an alluring young singer.

A 7-foot-tall fundamentalist Baptist minister, Markie Wenzel made the decision at age 46 to come out as a transgender woman and start living as female. It was a decision that ended her 20-year marriag...

In June of 1969, the fourth Memphis Country Blues Festival took place at the city’s famed Overton Park Band Shell. Fueled by the rediscovery of blues artists like Furry Lewis and Mississippi Fred Mc...

West Berlin, 1989. Manny Jumpcannon prowls his dingy apartment, phoning various degenerates from his past. He's hoping for some uncertain vindication but the ensuing conversations only reveal his own ...

"It's hot in a ramshackle attic, full-blown fans stir the atmosphere generated by the ""exercises"" of a weird tenant who manipulates objects. He twists cardboard, builds object castles, admires them,...

Donna has recently been convicted of “Driving While Impaired” and is ordered to perform community service at the local animal shelter. When an elderly dog is scheduled to be euthanized, Donna deci...

In a split-second between life and death, teenager Myeisha Jackson crosses over into a hip-hop musical dreamscape and witnesses her life, what it was and what might have been.

(Audience Award for Episodes) (Summer Chastant Episodic Award) A collection of 6 short episodes from Season 2 of the award-winning animated web series, Night Drives. Somewhere between waking life and...

Two friends drive to a secluded forest and experiment with hypnotism, which triggers vivid dreams and serpentine hallucinations.

A resourceful ambient film starring professional inline street skater Gavin Drumm gliding through the night and cameos from Sydney comedy royalty Lauren McNaught, Annie Schofield, André Shannon and K...

92 year old Ruth Young, clad in newspaper shin guards and a paisley headscarf, begins to contemplate her inevitable death, but she has no intention of slowing down. Accompanied by her jolly 53 year ol...

One Nation Under is an investigation into what it means to be an American, questioning idyllic notions of freedom and power by observing the structures around us and hearing from the people overshadow...

Onikuma is Japanese yokai, a demon bear known for chasing horses. Through a combination of live action and animation, this hybrid short film follows the journey of two women as they wander through the...

A child must create a world where chaos and dread turn to order and awe.

A collection of vignettes involving people in everyday moments who are tethered by umbilical cords to otherworldly beings.

A boy playing in his backyard begins to exhibit signs of a disturbing physical ability. His parents invite the neighbors over to enact a peculiar rite-of-passage ceremony that will assimilate the boy ...

In an advanced society that worships a musical chord, a maintenance worker who tunes sonic shrines is thwarted by teen vandals.

Emanuelle is training on her stationary bike but she can't get her mind off the image of Laura. The more she pedals, the more her memories turn to desire.

An overweight teen is bullied by a clique of cool girls poolside while holidaying in her village. The long walk home will change the rest of her life.

A postmodern swiss-tyrolean ensemble ventures into remote mountaineous regions, embracing the sonorous variety of local vernaculars. A poetic road movie with stunning shots and an emphatic approach to...

A stop-motion animated Sportrait of Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight champion of the world, depicting three pivotal days of his life.

Episode 7: Monsters reside in all of us for a reason. Liz and Beaux are a sister and brother, trapped in a closet as punishment by an alcoholic mother, but escape means they must face a far more nefar...

When punk rock exploded in D.C. in the late 1970s, it was a mighty convergence of powerful music, inter-generational friendships, and clear minds. Punk the Capital captures that transformative period,...

Ready for Love covers a decade of a woman's life, as told only through her own video submissions to be a contestant on The Bachelor.

Initially inspired by the Tang dynasty poem Song of the Wanderer and Red Threads as lines of fate in Chinese culture, the artist utilizes a combination of Live-action Cinema, Sims 4 Machinima, Browser...

An experimental take on artist Paul Kaiser’s struggle with PTSD after serving overseas and being detained in Iraq. His current mission is to reconnect with his estranged daughters. The film serves a...

Grand Jury Prize for Animation Short Digging deep into the similarities and differences between the utopian world described in the ancient Chinese fable, Peach Blossom Spring, and the modern landscap...

Using love letters tucked in bootleg DVD menus, a gay Iranian recounts his first relationship and its end.

A documentary portrait of a man, with ascetic origins, who has been radically transformed by city life.

Santa Ana elucidates the mysterious link between evil and the infamous Santa Ana Winds. The ""Red Wind"" originates inland and blows through the coastal Southern California. Legend has it that these e...

A young mother's shadow takes on a life of its own, terrorizing her and her daughter over the course of one night.

A man is sitting on the toilet in a public restroom when he’s interrupted by a child crawling into his stall. He begins to panic when the kid won't leave no matter how emphatically he asks. What fol...

A cinematic experience of the New York subways, featuring the commuters, panhandlers, and performers passing through.