BEEN THEREWeekend trips, city breaks, a detour into nature or once around the world. Barely a few days off, you're already gone. Never before has the desire to travel been so widespread and visited places so overloaded. What do we get out of it, other than the picture proof that we have been there?

BEEN THERE

How tourists become invaders, hunting for the best pictures.

BORDER HOPPERWhen a Latinx filmmaker is offered a dream job abroad, she discovers a supernatural way to navigate the U.S. immigration system and get the coveted travel permit she needs. But what seems like a magic solution soon shows unexpected consequences.

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BORDER HOPPER

When a Latinx filmmaker is offered a dream job abroad, she discovers a supernatural way to navigate the U.S. immigration system and get the coveted travel permit she needs. But what seems like a magic solution soon shows unexpected consequences.

CARTOON OF A CAT SLEEPINGA 7-minute comedy which unfolds entirely in one shot with no edits, cuts, or camera movements. As the story gets more and more chaotic, one big question looms: Will the cat ever wake up?

CARTOON OF A CAT SLEEPING

As the story gets more and more chaotic, one big question looms: Will the cat ever wake up?

DASH, AGE 92, SNOWBOARDERIn this poetic micro documentary, shot on expired 16mm film, an aging snowboarder reflects on his relationship with the mountain.

DASH, AGE 92, SNOWBOARDER

(Elementary) There’s something spiritual about riding the snow…

FRATELLI CARBONAIAs Italy lurches to the far right, a Malian migrant finds a place amongst a family of charcoal burners in the remote Calabrian mountains.

FRATELLI CARBONAI

As Italy lurches to the far right, a Malian migrant finds a place amongst a family of charcoal burners in the remote Calabrian mountains.

GABBY HILLSThirteen-year-old Gaby arrives in the Magdalen Islands to spend the summer with her father, as she does every year. She is thrilled to find the sea she loves so much, the childhood friends, the winding hills on the horizon, and the warm joy of her dad's home. But this time something is different: she hit puberty, and her life will never be the same.

GABBY HILLS

(Middle) It’s summer, Gaby has hit puberty. Her life is about to change.

HEART OF WATERAspen Film Summer Camp 2023.

HEART OF WATER

HOLIDAY HOUSE A content creator feels obligated to let her internet benefactor visit her workshop. His arrival explores the uncomfortable boundaries of a parasocial friendship.

HOLIDAY HOUSE

A content creator feels obligated to let her internet benefactor visit her workshop.

I CHOOSE YOUDulcinea was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and left on some church steps as a young infant. She was adopted and immigrated to the United States at 10 months of age. A week after arrival, she received life-sustaining brain surgery at Children's Hospital in Denver, CO. Through years of therapeutic interventions, she is now a typical 15 year old freshman in High School. She is part of the leadership team and yearbook committee. She enjoys music, art, and writing. One of her paintings is included in a traveling foster care exhibit and her first manuscript is pending publishing. "If someone tries to blow out your candle, burn brighter!"

I CHOOSE YOU

A film about international and transracial adoption and how one young adoptee, after surviving a life-threatening congenital condition, is redefining what family means in America.

LOVE TO THE MAXMax Briggle is a fourteen-year-old who likes to play with cats, jump on the trampoline, and sing at church with his family. Like millions of Americans, Max happens to be transgender.LOVE TO THE MAX illuminates the survival of a family pursuing an everyday life, while preparing a midnight escape from a rising tyranny in their home state of Texas that threatens to tear them apart. Catapulted into the national spotlight when the far right wing of Texas government sends Child Protection Services to interrogate Max's parents Amber and Adam Briggle as child abusers for supporting Max's gender-affirming healthcare, the Briggle family confronts their anonymous whistleblowers, corrupt politicians, and ideological despots in the plain sight of the Texas sun.

LOVE TO THE MAX

A family fights to stay together in the face of persecution by the Texas government for loving their transgender kid.

THE MASTERPIECEDirector Statement“One could think that THE MASTERPIECE is the painting, or even this great short film! but it is actually the system, the fight behind the free market, the money, the capitalism, the North vs. the South, the West vs. East, the wealthy classes against everything else, playing with lives in that white and black squared board. Maybe the only real racism is economic? the rest is history...”Leo and Diana, a wealthy couple, meet Salif and Yousef, two scrap dealers, at a recycle center. Offering them more junk, Diana invites them to their mansion, but the immigrants actually might be the ones with something she wants.

THE MASTERPIECE

Leo and Diana, a wealthy couple, meet Salif and Yousef, two scrap dealers, at a recycle center. Offering them more junk, Diana invites them to their mansion, but the immigrants actually might be the ones with something she wants.

MUNABritish-Somali teen Muna is desperate to go on the school trip - but her parents aren't so sure. Tragedy strikes when her grandfather dies back in Somalia, and Muna must navigate a confusing mourning period for someone she never really knew - all while still hoping to persuade her mother to change her mind.

MUNA

A British-Somali teen must navigate a confusing mourning period for a family member she never met.

PRIMETIME MOTHERThe audition process for an exploitative game show becomes the latest test of a long-suffering mother’s fortitude and tenacity.

PRIMETIME MOTHER

The audition process for a game show becomes the latest test of a long-suffering mother’s fortitude and tenacity.

SHÉ (SNAKE)When pressures mount on a tightly wound violinist in a London youth orchestra, her internal monsters take external form.

SHÉ (SNAKE)

When pressures mount on a tightly wound violinist in a London youth orchestra, her internal monsters take external form.

SIRENAA young Dominican woman is forced to rethink her move to the US after a dark family secret surfaces.

SIRENA

A young Dominican woman is forced to rethink her move to the US after a dark family secret surfaces.

THIS IS TMIThe continually surprising and endlessly playful visuals in Subarna Dash and Vidushi Gupta’s animation are the perfect accompaniment to the lively and taboo-busting discussion of a group of young women.

THIS IS TMI

Big boobs vs. small boobs? A group of ladies discusses who has it worse.

THE TORNADO OUTSIDEA young woman named Anna lives in a stable, perfect house, anchored in space, locked safely away from the chaotic Tornado that rages outside. Only when her house keys are blown away, is she forced to confront the chaos that she works so hard to avoid. As she navigates her way through the tornado to retrieve her keys, she encounters a variety of people, living their normal lives, embracing the chaos. Anna's perspective on life is challenged as she must decide whether to join the unpredictable world of the tornado, or go back to the safety of her tethered house.

THE TORNADO OUTSIDE

WE EXIST IN MEMORYHow do you rebuild “home” from nothing but memories? This verite-style film thrusts us into the intimate conversations between Maria and her grandchild, Marucha: two Indigenous refugees living in displacement. To Maria, the Venezuelan delta is her home. To Marucha, these refugee camps are all she knows. Through the rhythms of their daily lives, we witness the complexity of raising a new generation in displacement and explore how land, memory and identity are deeply intertwined.

WE EXIST IN MEMORY

How do you rebuild “home” from memories for a new generation growing up in displacement?

WIRE &amp; CLOTHWhen opportunity comes knocking for mercurial Indian immigrant Hema, she fantasizes about becoming a sophisticated career woman. But her young daughter Anika has other transformations in mind for Hema: to be the kind of mother she was never destined to be. Woven with early 90s American TV, heartbreaking psychology experiments, and neuroscience poetics, Wire &amp; Cloth is an encounter with all the diverse factors that teach us how to show love.

WIRE & CLOTH

Anika accompanies her mercurial mother to a wealthy friend’s home, where they connect over fantasy – and doomed longing.

XIE XIE, OLLIEIn his efforts to connect with his Chinese heritage, a biracial man discovers challenges and complexities he may not have expected in James Michael Chiang’s remarkably deft blending of drama and comedy.

XIE XIE, OLLIE

A biracial man seeking connection with his Chinese heritage confronts unexpected challenges in understanding his identity.

YUCK!Yuck. Couples kissing on the mouth are gross. And the worst is, you can't miss them: when people are about to kiss, their lips become all pink and shiny. Little Léo laughs at them, just like all the kids at the summer camp. But he has a secret he won't tell his friends: his own mouth has actually begun glistening. And, in reality, Léo desperately wants to give kissing a try.

YUCK!

Yuck! Kissing on the mouth is disgusting. But secretly, little Léo really wants to try it…

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