EL FRÍO QUE GUÍA LUZ
USA 15 MIN
DIRECTOR Emily Gularte
SCREENWRITER Emily Gularte, Claudio Del Pino Mercado
PRODUCER Claudio Del Pino Mercado
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Alexander Hagemann
EDITOR Paola Eiris Santana
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Anastasiia Glushneva
While waiting for the bus, a single mother is suddenly swept into her painful past as she tells her six-year-old daughter a tale.
NORTH
USA 15 MIN
DIRECTOR Timur Almazov
SCREENWRITER Timur Almazov, Sydney Lawson
PRODUCER Rebecca Rose Marrow
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Sydney Lawson
EDITOR Ronni Garrett
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Emily Henninger
In 1960s rural Appalachia, a determined mother refuses to accept the death of her coal mining town as she struggles to put together a birthday party for her son.
LITTLE BIRDS
USA 16 MIN
DIRECTOR Eliana Victoria Alcouloumre
SCREENWRITER Eliana Victoria Alcouloumre
PRODUCER Kia Pooler Whittenburg
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Anna Mendes Caldeira Rathsam
EDITOR April Yang
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Kaleena Perez
Two girls escape from their bleak world into one of their own, but when their game of flight takes a dark turn, one is left to face the consequences alone.
JIE
USA 14 MIN
DIRECTOR Zhanyin River Xiao
SCREENWRITER Zhanyin River Xiao, Hira Sheraz
PRODUCER Hongyu An
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Yongchen Wu
EDITOR Ann Zhao
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Jue Lin
A young Chinese boy, Jie, navigates a new life in the U.S. while facing quiet family tensions and begins to grow through an unexpected friendship.
PUNKIN
USA 14 MIN
DIRECTOR Ines Corina Michelena
SCREENWRITER Annabel Newland, Ines Corina Michelena
PRODUCER Lexi Pang
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Willow Bidwell
EDITOR Timur Kidirmaganbetov
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Molly Zhu
When their road trip is derailed by a car breakdown and the threat of deportation, eight-year-old Nina, an undocumented Venezuelan girl, begins to see the cracks in her father’s armor.
