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PAST EVENTS

EPISODE 9 — A RAISIN IN THE SUN

• To Dance Again – M.G. Evangelista (United States)
• Path – Ian Eastwood (United States)
• When Memory Turns Into Sound – Lemia Bodden (United States)
• Mx. – Wwenen Lusa (United Kingdom)
• Flower_Gan – Mati Granica (United Kingdom)
• Cheeky Neons – Eaven Harrington (United States)
• Tides of Life – Tatiana McCabe (United Kingdom)
• Borrowed from the Earth – Zach Johaneson (United States)
• The Last Observers – Maja K. Mikkelsen (Sweden, United States)
• I Wanted to Hear Your Voice – James Pellerito (United States)
• A Letter of Last Resort – Timmy Hanlon, Justice Love (United States)
• The Perfect Palm – Ayşe Altınok (United States)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)

 

 

EPISODE 8 — REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE

• Bimo – Oumnia Hanader (Algeria)
• Inundation – Ilia ten Böhmer (Netherlands)
• C.Y.A – Guy Lifshitz (Israel)
• Weighted – Martin Eaton (United States)
• Bloodlines – Othniel Horvath (United States)
• Stick Bug – Wylie Anderson, Talia Frank-Stempel (United States)
• Lottie – Bella Rieth (United States)
• The Mixtape for the End of the World – Fernanda Neu (United States)
• Fifteen Minutes of Fame – Angelina Gabuzda (United States)
• Goodbye – Candy Truck – Kody Morris (United States)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)

 

EPISODE 7 — IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

• The Silk Scarf – Jean-Charles Fritz (France)
• Nostaljia – Pierre Audouin (France)
• Good for Her – Steven William Collins (United States)
• Show Home – Jane Marjorie Shearer (New Zealand)
• A Night In – Eduardo Olmos (United States)
• Debt – David Sipka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Always Night – Luis Ortega (Argentina)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)

 

EPISODE 6 — IMITATION OF LIFE

• Forevergreen – Nathan Engelhardt, Jeremy Spears (United States)
• Snow Bear – Aaron Blaise (United States)
• Gibbous – Ang Yi Benet (United States)
• Cavern – Norman Wei (United States)
• Slime On! – Long Huy Dao, Ana Scheele, Sophie Litvinenko (Germany)
• 113 Words for You Today – Bo Qing Tang, Lan Zeng (China, Taiwan, United States)
• The Other Space – Blake Derksen (United States)
• Wednesdays with Gramps – Chris Copeland, Justin Copeland (United States)
• No Vacancy – Carolyn Gair (Canada)
• Under Cover – Darian Bakliža (Croatia)
• Potlems – Alberto Allegri Rodríguez (Denmark)
• Playing God – Matteo Burani (Italy)
• TED-Ed Animation: Hoichi the Earless – Masayoshi Nakamura (United States)
• Black Man, Black Man – Frank Elliott Abney (United States)
• Christine Shine On – Shana Nielsen (United States)
• Paris, Grassland – Gerhan Ge (China)
• Winter Soldier – Seung Su Han (South Korea)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)

 

EPISODE 5 — STAND BY ME

• John T – Elias Schaffalitzky (Denmark)
• Not for a Few Miles – Sahvannah Rae (Ireland, United States)
• Rinse & Repeat – Sean Martin Koffman (United States)
• Make Yourself at Home – Dean Kay-Barry, Three Shades (United Kingdom)
• Cherubs – Anna Pieri Zuercher, Pietro Zuercher (Switzerland)
• The Second Oldest Man Alive – Jeremy Max (United States)
• Unconventional – Stu Gamble (United Kingdom)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)

 

EPISODE 4 — VERTIGO

• Long Journey Till Dawn – Luis J. Arellano (Mexico)
• Checker – Bev Shroot, Charlton Schneider (Australia)
• No One Can Hear You for Miles – Allie Cincera (United States)
• Desert Inn – Yuanhao Zhang (United States)
• The Lone Piper – Matthew Kravchuk (United States)
• Flesh & Blood – Nathan Presley (United States)
• The King in Yellow – Sam Shapson (United States)
• Self-Portrait – Samuel DeFrank (United States)
• Daddy Is a Hunter – Marcus Fahey (United States)
• Menace – Theo Kaufman (United States)
• Stay in the Car – Calvin Ghaznavi (United States)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)

 

EPISODE 3 — IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

• The Funeral Rehearsal – Ronald Zuidinga (Netherlands)
• Trasna na Líne – Niamh Bryson (Ireland)
• Baggage – Jeni Emery, Ramsay Palmer (United States)
• Morning, Beautiful – Jamie Neumann (United States)
• Yoga Girl – Kaitlyn Furey (United States)
• Audition – Scott McCullough (United States)
• Lemons – Max Retik (United States)
• Fenced – Richey Beckett (United Kingdom, United States)
• Mary and Gus – Dmitriy Usov (United States)
• When the Doorbell Is Ringing – Raphaël Charlier (Belgium)
• Audio Description – Luke J. Salewski (United States)
• L’Anniversaire – Thibault Mombellet (France)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)

 

EPISODE 2 — THE WOMEN

• Éiru – Giovanna Ferrari (Ireland)
• Beyond Silence – Marnie Blok (Netherlands)
• Buscando Alma – Melissa Fisher (United States)
• The Last Word – Rory Hanrahan (Ireland)
• Sob Story – Cooper Jesse Silverman (United States)
• Milk Baby – Kristen Gerweck Diaz (United States)
• The Victoria Kruger Show! – Alec Klusza (United States)
• The Pratt in the Hat – Susan Hillary (United States)
• Her War – Charles Curtice (United States)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)

 

EPISODE 1 — BREATHLESS

• Chocolate – Yarden Lior (United States)
• Bartogay Lake – Katya Mokolo (France)
• Walter – Danik Gollain Bartolini (Canada)
• F Minor – Josh Litman (United States)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)
• Lottie Baby – Bella Ray Rosales (United States)
• Matinees – Jacob Strunk (United States)
• Self Custody – Garrett Patten (United States)

SESSION 1 – THE WEIGHT OF ECHOES

  • ROUGE by Jason Boussioux | France
  • MINE by Kaja Sajdak | Poland
  • UNSTOPPABLE BEAT by Luke Dye-Montefiore, Rufus Dye-Montefiore | United Kingdom
  • TAYAL FOREST CLUB by Laha Mebow | Taiwan
  • CLAY by Max Baker | United States
  • TERESA, STATION B by Katharina Sporrer | Germany

 

SESSION 2 – SONIC RHYTHMS

  • THE HARVESTER by Gavin Bradley, Andrew Allen | United States
  • HAND JOB by Davis Cameron Chu, Meezahn Senbetta | United States
  • STAY OUT OF THE SUN by Zola Franchi, Vivienne Ayres, Nidhi Kumar | United States
  • A PLACE AT THE OPERATING TABLE by Melissa Huerga Malillos, Alicia Dyke, Brandon O’Larey | United States
  • ONGOSF: DERIVATIVE BULLSHIT by Ryan Nels Pontillo | United States
  • LAMENTO by Diego Contreras | United States
  • BOTTLE GEORGE by Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi | Japan
  • MOVING PARTS by Hugo Docking | United Kingdom

 

SESSION 3 – FRAGMENTS OF REALITY

  • AMARELA by André Hayato Saito | Brazil
  • INTERNAL EMBERS by Alec Tufenkjian | United States
  • HANSEL & GRETEL by Yiru Deng | United States
  • THE LAST WILD BIRD IN HEAVEN by Jenny Nirgends | United States
  • CHILDREN OF LIGHT by Minkyu Kang | United States
  • CURA SANA by Lucía G. Romero | Spain
  • BROTHER AND BASSIST by Rebecka Store | Finland
  • CHAMPIONS by Asher and Aaron Goldenberg | United States
  • STUDENT ACCOMPLICE by Spencer Baird | United States
  • KID NATURE by James Moutsos | United States

 

SESSION 4 – SHORT AND SWEET

  • TO THE MOON by Paul Pierantozzi | United States
  • BIBI’S DOG IS DEAD by Shervin Kermani | Canada
  • COLD SODA by Huayi Yu | United States
  • JUST BE AWESOME by Ed Kear, Cringo Williamson | United Kingdom
  • PRISM by Gina Hara | Canada
  • BARDO by Mishki Vaccaro | Canada
  • UNMASKING by Aubree Bernier-Clarke | United States
  • THE SURGICAL TREATMENT by David Gray | United States
  • OW. by Laura Delhauer, Jack Merline | United States
  • LOVE’S LAST STAND by Sam Stewart | United States
  • ROCK by Shania Zhou, Julia Edwards | United States

 

SESSION 5 – FALLING IN

  • CRUST by Jens Kevin Georg | Germany
  • PUNTER by Jason Adam Maselle| United States
  • THE BABY PROJECT by Proof Schubert Reed | United States
  • THE SERENA VARIATIONS by Warren Fischer | United States
  • MEET ME IN CHINATOWN by Jerry Hsiao, Anna Sophie Loewenberg | United States
  • OLLI by Jeroen Mourmans | Netherlands
  • THE STOLEN RIDE by Masha Mollenhauer | Germany
  • BAHAMAS by Maxime Bultot | Belgium

 

SESSION 6 – FRAMES OF THEM

  • ROOM TAKEN by TJ O’Grady-Peyton | Ireland
  • PUNCTURE by Evan Elbeaini-Dixon | Australia
  • WORKS GREAT ON GIRLS by David Vassiliev | Canada
  • THE FUSE by Kevin Haefelin | United States
  • DARCINE’S DAY by Aaron Goffman | United States
  • THE SUMMER AFTER by Marisa Andrea Hardwicke | United States
  • EIGHT by Cole Maslansky | United States
  • AS EASY AS CLOSING YOUR EYES by Parker Croft | United States
  • FUEL by Marc Cleary | United States
  • FARMERS!? by Freddie Leyden | Ireland

 

SESSION 7 – ON THE EDGE

  • A LONG NIGHT AHEAD by Julien Bernard-Simmonds | Belgium
  • LEMON TREE by Rachel Walden | United States
  • OPEN DOOR by Kevin Cate | United States
  • CRAZY THESE DAYS by Tara Karsian | United States
  • THE MEETING SPOT by Lauren Sick | United States
  • PORTRAIT OF A GRIEVING HOUSEWIFE by Yana Alliata | United States
  • EDGE OF SPACE by Jean de Meuron | United States
  • RAINDOG by Euan Munro | United Kingdom
  • WHAT YOU DON’T SEE by Thad Nurski | United States
  • CHICKEN BONES by Abby Waters | United States
  • PIECES OF CENTRAL PARK by Peter Sluszka | United States

SESSION 1 – THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES

  • THE NIGHT DOCTRINE by Almudena Toral, Mauricio Rodriguez Pons | United States
  • THE RECORD by Jonathan Laskar | Switzerland
  • VEILS AROUND US by Timm Gillner | Germany
  • BALANCE by Tim Kellner | United States
  • MUNCH by Michael Byrne | Australia
  • ALFRED by Nikolas Meyberg | Germany
  • DIARY OF AN ILLNESS BY Mika Ruskin | Israel
  • APPETITE by Peiying Wang | United Kingdom
  • BODYLANDS by Sarah McColgan | United States
  • ENTROPY by Matan Portnoy | Israel
  • FITTING IN by Apoorva Gaitonde | United States
  • BAIT by Nancy-Bleu Hwang | United States
  • THE LAST EMBRACE by Diego Contreras | United States
  • SHATTERING STARS by Peter Galison | United States
  • 4801 NIGHTS by Laurence Michel | France

 

SESSION 2 – AS GOOD AS IT GETS

  • ENGELSTAN by Manu Coeman | Belgium
  • THE WINTER JOURNEY by Yifan Sun | Poland
  • ADIEU GASTON BY Victor Guilbaud | France
  • CALL ME MATTHEW by Remy Cayuela | France
  • GOOD BOY by Tom Stuart | United Kingdom
  • THINGS THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN by Joshua Kaufman | United States
  • ALWAYS by Thomas V DeGrezia | United States

 

SESSION 3 – BRAVEHEART

  • THE STEAK by Kiarash Dadgar Mohebi | Iran
  • ISTINA (Truth) by Tamara Denić | Germany
  • BOGOTÁ STORY by Esteban Pedraza | Colombia
  • EL CAMPO by Octavio Pisano | Mexico
  • MOTHER by Salomon Ligthelm | Ukraine
  • A SHORT TRIP by Erenik Beqiri | Albania
  • HANGMAN by Sam Upton | United States
  • MARIUPOL. A HUNDRED NIGHTS by Sofiia Melnyk | Ukraine

 

SESSION 4 – AMERICAN BEAUTY

  • THE NECTAR INSTEAD by Yoo Lee | United States
  • STILL SCATTERED by Dominic Burgess, Jeff Lorch | United States
  • SHARED SPACES by Collin Black | United States
  • NICE CAR by kiyan ahmadi | United States
  • MIRACLE WOOD by Johnny Rey Diaz | United States
  • GROUP C by Imran J Khan | United States
  • ASKING FOR IT by Christy Lee Hughes | United States
  • THE HEART OF TEXAS by Gregory JM Kasunich | United States
  • YOU’RE DOING GREAT by Sam Kellman | United States

 

SESSION 5 – SCREAM

  • STAINS by Joseph Burch | United States
  • COME HOME by Mike Pecci | United States
  • CATACOMBS by Chad Cunningham | United States
  • WAKE by Sean Carter | United States
  • MARBLES by Kyle Hatley | United States
  • STOLEN BIKE – SAM ISLAND by Ryan Pham, Shauna Presto | United States
  • UPSIDE by Sean Cartwright | United States

 

SESSION 6 – TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

  • A FRAGILE HEAVEN by Patrick Skehill | United States
  • VOTUM by Kornelia Takacs | Hungary
  • MONDAY MOURNING by Dustin Kahia | United States
  • CHIPPER by Shaun MacLean | United States
  • THE NOT SO FLIGHTLESS, FLIGHTLESS BIRD by Abey Lin | United States
  • LE REPAS DES ANIMAUX by Olivier Barthelemy | France
  • THE DISPLACED by Deluxion Mohan | United States

 

SESSION 7 – GOOD WILL HUNTING

  • THE ABCS OF BOOK BANNING by Sheila Nevins | United States
  • THAT’S HOW THE SUMMER ENDED by Matjaž Ivanišin | Slovenia
  • DADDY by Ella Knorz | Germany
  • MEMORIES OF A MOBSTER by Gaston Cohen Guindi | Mexico
  • KITES by Liezl Bitas | United States
  • SEOUL SWITCH by Liann Kaye | United States
  • DISCONNECT by Riley Wadden | Canada
  • COUNT MY LOV3 by Ewa Japola | Poland

 

SESSION 8 – STAND BY ME

  • HOW TO CRY ON COMMAND by Wylie Anderson | United States
  • STATIONHEADS by Stu Gamble | Hungary
  • FATE VS. ELENA by Laura Sedlak | United States
  • SLIPPERS by Mark Ryan Walberg | United States
  • THE FOOL by Jonathan Primo Ruiz | United States
  • THE LAST DISSMISAL by Jowaher Alamri | Saudi Arabia
  • I’M ON FIRE by Michael Spiccia | United States

BLOCK 1 – LOVE

  • BYE BYE by Amélie Bonnin | France
  • PANDAS IN LOVE by Elena Pilar Nyffeler | Germany
  • I NEED TO SEE YOU by Danny Sangra | France
  • COCOON LOVE by Xiaowen Wang | United States
  • HATING BECKETT by Matthew Gossin | United States
  • IF I FALL FOR YOU by Olivia Mitchell, Kerry Furrh | United States
  • CAROLINE ROSE – THE ART OF FORGETTING by Samuel Aaron Bennett | United States
  • JUST BEFORE by Sylvain Bressollette | France
  • ON MY MIND by Martin Strange-Hansen | Denmark

 

BLOCK 2 – FREEDOM

  • STARFUCKERS by Antonio Marziale | United States
  • S1NGULAR by Ramon J. Goni | United States
  • KING MAX by Adèle Vincenti-Crasson | France
  • WHEN WE WERE KIDS by Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu | New Zealand
  • TOUGH by Taylor Ferguson | Australia
  • TARNEIT by John Sheedy | Australia
  • MARBLE WORMS by Juliana Betancourth | United States
  • JOHN LEGUIZAMO LIVE AT RIKERS by Elena Francesca Engel | United States
  • RICK’S POTENTIAL (AND OTHER THEORIES ABOUT DEATH) by Armando D. Hernández | Spain

 

BLOCK 3 – BEAUTY

  • WOMEN OF BURDEN by Kevin Casey, Sean Casey | United States
  • THE SANDS BETWEEN by Aidan Tanner | Canada
  • BIG TIME by Kimberly Stuckwisch | United States
  • IMPETO by Juan Ruy Castaño | Colombia
  • THE CLOCKWORK OF SUNFLOWERS by Albane Bisleau, Sarah El Karkouri, Valentine Gaffinel, Rokiatou Konate, Marie Schnakenbourg | France
  • DU BOUT DES DOIGTS by Léo Poignard | France
  • FOUND by Shuhao Tse | United States

 

BLOCK 4 – TRUTH

  • A GUERRA FINITA by Simone Massi | Italy
  • THE FORBIDDEN ZONE by Zach Tolchinsky | United States
  • FRONTIER by Xiaopeng Zhu | China
  • MIDDLE WATCH by John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden | United Kingdom
  • YOUR MOUNTAIN IS WAITING by Hannah Jacobs | United Kingdom
  • SHIFTING POINT by Nori Shirasu | United States
  • THE BIRD & THE WHALE by Carol Freeman | Ireland
  • DO NOT FEED THE PIGEONS by Antonin Niclass | United Kingdom
  • PERIOD DRAMA by Anushka Tina Nair, Lauryn Anthony | United States
  • CART WRANGLER by Rose Marcello, Max Smith, Gabriel Sgandurra | United States
  • SELECTION PROCESS by Carla Pereira | Spain
  • AKANKSHA ON THE PLANET by Apoorva Rege | India
  • LITTLE BABY (PEARL DERRINGER FEATURING MARGO PRICE) by Kimberly Stuckwisch | United States
  • RIDE OR DIE (BOYS NOIZE & KELSEY LU FEAT. CHILLY GONZALES) by Art Camp, Danae Gosset, Danica Tan | United States
  • LIONESS by Arrad Rahgoshay | United States
  • YOUR KID by Sergi Castella | United States
  • GET READY. OFF TO THE FEAST by Lamara Sogomonian | Russia

 

BLOCK 5 – FEAR

  • BOYHOARDER by Gabrielle Carrubba | United States
  • THE LAKE by Joey Greene | United States
  • CRIMSON TIES by Francesca Kingsland Scorsese | United States
  • DARKER by Frank Van Den Bogaart | Belgium
  • THE MAID by Kristin Goodman | United States
  • DYSMORPHIA by Amy Geist | United States
  • HAMMER by Orlando Cicilia III | United States
  • WORST CASE SCENARIO by Raffaele Vesco | United States
  • FOG OF WAR by Steven Lundgren | United States

 

BLOCK 6 – TRUST

  • A DARK MOMENT OF FAITH by Zornitsa Dimitrova | Germany
  • DECENT PEOPLE by Maxime Roy | France
  • MITOTE by Érika Gagné | Canada
  • TECATA by Mario Theodosio Gallegos | United States
  • PRECIOUS HAIR AND BEAUTY by John Ogunmuyiwa | United Kingdom
  • HOLD THE LIGHTHOUSE by Thomas Soto | Canada
  • ONCE UPON A TIME by Athena Russell | Canada
  • SWALLOW FLYING TO THE SOUTH by Mochi Lin | United States

 

BLOCK 7 – ADRENALINE

  • HARDBOILED by Peter Sluszka | United States
  • BATHROOM TIME by Sara June | United States
  • SAVE THE WATERMELON by Christopher W. Smith | United States
  • BORDER by Khalifa Al Thani | Qatar
  • IKARUS by Shaun Escayg | United States
  • HOW TO MAKE A GHOST by Jared Hogan | United States
  • WALTZ OF THE ANGELS by Braden Barton | United States
  • A WOLF IN THE DARK by Naomi Grand | France

BLOCK 1 – LOUDER & LOUDER

  • SAVE RALPH by Spencer Susser | United States
  • BARKING ORDERS by Alex Tullo | United States
  • BRAKE by Aja M Weary, Amanda Richardson | United States
  • BOY SCIENTIST by Susan Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia | United States
  • NEVER LAND by Jee Suk Kim | United States
  • DRAINING by Weichi Chen | United States
  • ESCALATION by Jake Yun | United States
  • ARTMINUTE1 – THE PERFECT SELFIE by Asta Wellejus, Teddy Kristiansen | Denmark
  • EXISTENCE by Wenjia Shou | China
  • PORT by Andrew Lehman | United States
  • A SCAVENGER HUNT FOR PEOPLE LONELIEST IN THEIR OWN HOMES by Daniel Lobb | United States
  • JULIET by Angie Su | United States
  • SIMULACRA by Curry Sicong Tian | United States
  • NOT JUST A NAME by De’Onna “Tree” Young-Stephens | United States
  • 26 SECONDS by Kelly Galindo | United States
  • SPACESHIP by Jorge G. Camarena | United States
  • SWEET POTATOES by Rommel Villa Barriga | United States

 

BLOCK 2 – RITES OF PASSAGE

  • FEELING THROUGH by Doug Roland | United States
  • THE WIND PHONE by Kristen Gerweck | United States
  • ENDING. by James Lees | United States
  • SHEEP HILLS by Sam Gostnell | United States
  • LAST SEEN by Nathan Ginter | United States
  • APART, TOGETHER by Olivia Hang Zhou | United States
  • NO LAW, NO HEAVEN by Kristi Hoi | United States

 

BLOCK 3 – LAUGH, LAUGH, LAUGH

  • SHORT CALF MUSCLE by Victoria Warmerdam | Netherlands
  • LOVE & OTHER MENTAL DISORDERS by Ben Ulm | Australia
  • A KILLER SECRET by Bettina Bresnan | United States
  • LUCKY UNDIES by Sam Silverstein | United States
  • SNORRIE by Victoria Warmerdam | Netherlands
  • I AM THE NEW ADJANI by Khady N’Diaye | France
  • DANIEL by Jordan Allen-Dutton | United States
  • SECOND HAND by Omar Juarez | United States
  • DOLLAR 2 THE RICH by Lewis T Powell | United States
  • RECRUTE-MOI by Gael Leforestier | France

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