As a young boy, Ramak Niakan Safi only had one dream: to play professional soccer. But as a member of the Baha’i faith, the only persecuted religion in Iran, he was denied many rights - including the right to play professional soccer. After Ramy and his brother made the decision to escape Iran as religious refugees, Ramy got to live the soccer-filled life he had always wanted in the United States. This short documentary tells Ramy’s story of triumph, and how he is living out his dream in an unexpected way.

Ramak Niakan Safi: This is Life

THIS IS LIFE is a short documentary about a religious refugee from Iran who came to the United States with nothing but a soccer ball at his foot, which is all he ever needed.

A professional hacker who has worked both legally and illegally talks about the public's negative perceptions of hackers and their overlooked track record for valiant achievements that serve the public good.

Hackers: The Misfit Superheroes

This documentary outlines the history of the National Mental Health Act of 1946 and highlights the different ways the act broke barriers.

Breaking the Invisible Barrier: The National Mental Health Act of 1946

Jackie is a young girl who plans to run away from her toxic home with the help of her friend Tommy. She thinks that she planned for everything, from where to stay to what to eat. However, Jackie finds out that not everything is as it seems.

Runaway

Jackie plans to run away. She plans for everything—well, almost everything...

An introverted teenager named Erwin meets Rita, a free spirited actress. Just as their quirky relationship starts to bring him out of his shell, Erwin realizes that Rita is not the person she appears to be.

Rita

Surviving Ghosts is a new, mostly silent short film from young filmmaker, Isabella Marcon. Shot entirely during the pandemic, it explores the nature of compartmentalization, experiences, ghosts, and survival. Although Isabella is an avid horror movie fan, this film explores everyday monsters and the ghosts that stay with us long after we no longer fear the things that go bump in the night.

Surviving Ghosts

A new twist on the old ghost story. Some ghosts we explore, others we endure. This movie is about surviving ghosts.

A teen boy brings his best friend to the movie theater. The only problem is that no pets are allowed!

Willy's Great Escape

Darkness. The Void. A girl. Darkness again. Leonard can barely remember how he ended up there, let alone why. His pleasures are meager, his delights vulgar and vain. The only remainder from his past is an old picture. A very old picture. One can barely guess what it used to represent. Darkness.The void. An old man. Darkness again. Life in Purgatory.

Wreathless

A man trapped in Purgatory is on the verge of forgetting what got him there in the first place.

Martin is a boy who lives in a small village near Kutina. Martin searches for a pair of glasses from outer space; he finds them and uses them at school to ace his exams. Somewhere between dreams and reality, in a dimension unknown to man, a dimension on the verge of shadows, a girl named Zoe enters his life and they fall in love. This abstract film is multi-dimensional, allowing you to decide how this atmospheric, meticulous, and fairy tale-like adventure ends.

Three lonely strangers attempt to find solace and connection through the monotony of their daily lives.

Nobody

Three lonely strangers attempt to find solace and connection through the monotony of their daily lives.

When Jack reluctantly visits his wealthy Aunt and Uncle’s house, he’s taught a grisly lesson of greed.

One Dime Away

When Jack reluctantly visits his wealthy Aunt and Uncle’s house, he’s taught a grisly lesson of greed.

A man discovers the source of a mysterious call, leading him towards a terrifying discovery of Replication as his reality begins to unravel. Created in isolation by Latino-American teenage filmmaker Diego Andaluz over two hours with just an iPhone and no traditional filmmaking equipment, DANTE: A Replication is the first piece set in the world of Replication, an alternate world where nothing is as it seems. The film was inspired by the unconventional structure of PARASITE, the surreal works of DAVID LYNCH, the unilateral production techniques of PRIMER, elements of MR. ROBOT, and Jordan Peele's horror films US and GET OUT.Andaluz Films was founded by filmmaker Diego Andaluz to give young, passionate, and marginalized filmmaking talents an avenue through which they can execute their bold, experimental visions as they strive to revolutionize the filmmaking industry, one film at a time. DANTE: A Replication is both Andaluz Films' and Diego Andaluz's first short.

Dante: A Replication

A man discovers the source of a mysterious call, leading him towards a terrifying discovery of Replication as his reality begins to unravel... HIS WORLD IS ABOUT TO CHANGE.

After being discharged from the hospital, an ill, young man journeys aimlessly by train as he struggles to find human connection in his empty world, despite the painful cost.

Last Stop

Inspired by Denis Villeneuve's Arrival, Shane Carruth's Upstream Color, and the lyrical works of Terrence Malick, Redemption is a story of a broken family who must learn to forgive and make peace as their involvement in a car crash leads them into an unescapable plane of reality between our world and the afterlife, as they mourn their mother's death. Created in isolation by teenage Latino-American filmmaker Diego Andaluz over three days with just an iPhone and no traditional filmmaking equipment, Redemption is Andaluz's most ambitious production yet, coming off of the success of Andaluz's previous short Dante: A Replication, and is Diego Andaluz's second selected film playing at the 2020 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. Andaluz Films was founded by filmmaker Diego Andaluz to give young, passionate, and marginalized filmmaking talents an avenue through which they can have the resources to execute their bold and experimental visions to revolutionize the filmmaking industry, one film at a time. Redemption is both Andaluz Films' and Diego Andaluz's second short film.

Redemption

Inspired by Denis Villeneuve's Arrival, Shane Carruth's Upstream Color, and the lyrical works of Terrence Malick, Redemption is a story of a broken family who must learn to forgive and make peace as their involvement in a car crash leads them into an unescapable plane of reality between our world and the afterlife, as they mourn their mother's death.

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