BITER
USA 25 MIN
DIRECTOR Jack Beckett Cohen
SCREENWRITER Jack Beckett Cohen
PRODUCER Andrea Santander
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Aditya Gosar
EDITOR Shiyu Zhao
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Khairi Reynolds
After being sent to a wilderness therapy program, a troubled teen must confront his aggressive instincts to grow and find some semblance of inner peace.
DEGREE OF CERTAINTY
USA 16 MIN
DIRECTOR Simon Schneider
SCREENWRITER Simon Schneider
PRODUCER Maxwell Kagan
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Eliot Grigo
EDITOR Jason Luo
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Jessica Burnam
When an oil company’s young risk analyst learns the climate research department has discovered a rapid rise in global temperatures, he must decide which side of history to be on.
COOL PEOPLE
USA 15 MIN
DIRECTOR Michelle Kahn
SCREENWRITER Isabela Cristina de Oliveira Santos
PRODUCER Amal Seela
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Victoria K. Warren
EDITOR Yi Liu
PRODUCTION DESIGNER José Daniel
A young woman thinking about ending her life forms an unexpected connection with a kind party store clerk who challenges her worldview, pushing her to question her desire to die.
TRUANT
USA 18 MIN
DIRECTOR Robyn Wholey
SCREENWRITER Robyn Wholey, Carl Rennie
PRODUCER Carl Rennie
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Dan Debrey
EDITOR Jieyu Joey Cao
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Julia Hennessy
Stranded with a defiant, abandoned boy, a burnt-out social worker is forced to confront the emotional avoidance she’s built her life around.
