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Beyond any cliché, love is indispensable to survive in the reality we live. It is the fuel that propels human beings and leads them to connect in an eternal quest for a better world. This collection of films presents us with diverse stories that portray the virtues, challenges, but above all, the beauty of love… “All we need is love”…

Todd & The Toad

By Julia Mücke

Bolbol

By Lucianna Kyriacou

The Trade

By David Kalinauskas

The Promise

By Sushil Bharti

Sirà

By Jason Quinn

Ease of Blue

By Wing Sum Kit

Babyshower

By Anahi de Cárdenas, Karla Bacigalupo

Mom

By Ji Yeon Kim

The Last Musician

By Matt Crick

WAITING

By Aleksandra Bucevac

The Bridge Less Traveled

By Dana Dunton

Ride On

By Aaron Wilhite

Intro To Photography

By Ethan Land

Our Last Summer

By Alannah Wilson

Long Away

By Tilly Bridges, Susan Bridges

Exit Interview

By Yasir Raza

Frisco

By Emilee Bae

The Superintendent

By Evan David Dominguez

In Due Time

By Graeme Wolverton

Beyond any cliché, love is indispensable to survive in the reality we live. It is the fuel that propels human beings and leads them to connect in an eternal quest for a better world. This collection of films presents us with diverse stories that portray the virtues, challenges, but above all, the beauty of love… “All we need is love”…

The End of The World

By Xiaohan Francis Zhang

HORSE

By Akkhiel Nambbiar

Hero’s Journey

By Stan Alger

The Second Woman

By Ian Heng-Yu Hsu

ELEA

By Dylan Flores

Creep

By Grant Walker Simmons

Kumquat!

By Alexandra Morales

Beyond any cliché, love is indispensable to survive in the reality we live. It is the fuel that propels human beings and leads them to connect in an eternal quest for a better world. This collection of films presents us with diverse stories that portray the virtues, challenges, but above all, the beauty of love… “All we need is love”…

Alone on New Year’s Eve

By Le Uyen Thu Nguyen

Windmills

By Otto Lotz Lundberg

I, Elsewhere

By Cheng Jin

Creature Emerging from the Fish Pond

By Meng-Tse Tu

The Return of the Lifeblood

By Arnold Sotomayor

Ghosts of Things to Come

By Germano Sardinha

Father

By Gabriel Constantinescu

“Teslam Idek”- Bless Your Hand

By Joumana Baalbaki

MADE IN X

By Sofia Ivanova-Kozhevnikova

Where Wildflowers Dare Not Pray

By Caroll-Ann Michell Casseres

PINK ELEPHANTS IN THE ROOM

By Wakako Sakae

Things I Remember from Summer 2004

By Bat Sa’ar Raviv

Southern Beach

By Laura Baalmann

Cosmicat

By Hyeonji Oh

The Trees Have Eyes

By Charlie Johnson

XyZ

By Eva Baziv

Beyond any cliché, love is indispensable to survive in the reality we live. It is the fuel that propels human beings and leads them to connect in an eternal quest for a better world. This collection of films presents us with diverse stories that portray the virtues, challenges, but above all, the beauty of love… “All we need is love”…

Lazybones

By Douglas Williams

LITTLE BUNNY POOP

By Roméo Nicolas, Stephan Abolin

A Boy Speaks

By Charles Sharman-Cox

Breve Mascarada

By Julio Bracho

Como Se Dice

By GB Shannon

The Geisha and The Gunfighter

By Clint Lilley

Half Life

By Kaare Iverson

The Axe Forgets

By John Christopher

Dog Days

By Leo Stuart Allan

Tears are Part of the Ocean

By Ryner Viray

Get In, Get Out

By Vincent Rosas

Monday

By Babajide Kolawole

Beyond any cliché, love is indispensable to survive in the reality we live. It is the fuel that propels human beings and leads them to connect in an eternal quest for a better world. This collection of films presents us with diverse stories that portray the virtues, challenges, but above all, the beauty of love… “All we need is love”…

Omen

By Thảo Hồ Thanh

The Conversation

By Carlo Caiazzo

Karayr (Cave)

By Neo Apelian

Fireside

By Xiaopei Wang

Soyoko

By Akihiro Toda

Guns in Paradise

By James Boss

When The Doorbell Is Ringing

By Raphaël Charlier

Vessel of Rain

By Yasushi Fuluichi

LUDYAS

By Akis Polizos

Lev Berger

By Jan Fabris

Nostaljia

By Pierre Audouin

Clinical Case

By Ksenia Ishoot

Romas Ruiner

By Jenny Palén

The Wailing Trees

By Gianpiero Mendini

Orwin Award

By Maksym Marchenko

As they pass

By Patrice Masini

Beyond any cliché, love is indispensable to survive in the reality we live. It is the fuel that propels human beings and leads them to connect in an eternal quest for a better world. This collection of films presents us with diverse stories that portray the virtues, challenges, but above all, the beauty of love… “All we need is love”…

Thesis

By Michael Potter

Noah & Nicole

By Margarita Teresa Brodie

A Punch For A Buck

By Jamie Pan

Mothers

By Choukri Rouha

Life Begins

By Oleksii Taranenko

The Boy in Blue

By Lily McGee af Geijerstam-Lindberg

CHIMERA

By Anne Lower

Color of Threads

By Richard L. Ramsey

Where Dead Things Grow

By Emilie Lowe

Testament of a Murdered Woman

By Zacharie Pain

Reditus

By Stephen Bouldin, Michael Kelley

THE HOUSE GIRL

By Siraje Serunjogi

From Her

By Candace West, Nick Sagar

Who will take care of you when you’re old?

By Sašo Dudić

The Abuser

By Sienna Sirkka Wolke

Trucco and Parrucco

By Martín De León

The Oldest

By Cathlin McCullough

Beyond any cliché, love is indispensable to survive in the reality we live. It is the fuel that propels human beings and leads them to connect in an eternal quest for a better world. This collection of films presents us with diverse stories that portray the virtues, challenges, but above all, the beauty of love… “All we need is love”…

Hello Stranger

By Amélie Hardy

DISORDER (2025)

By Joshua Meszaros

Toxic Fumes: Gaza Under Siege

By Mohammed Mustafa Sawwaf

Alice

By Gabriel Novis

San Esteban: Freedom, Mysticism and Nopales

By Francisco Herrera

Faithful Defenders

By Barbara Jean Hall

Forgotten Flavors

By Kimberly Calvert

Embers – Ten Years Of Looking Back At Cameroon Cigar Lounge

By Matt Helderman

Dying for Water

By Omoregie Osakpolor

NINETY ONE

By Marc Levy, Marc Salomon

The Rebel Reef: Seeds of Hope

By Brynne Eliza Rardin, Patrick Joseph Krum

A Special Russian Truth

By Jonathan Gruber

Beyond any cliché, love is indispensable to survive in the reality we live. It is the fuel that propels human beings and leads them to connect in an eternal quest for a better world. This collection of films presents us with diverse stories that portray the virtues, challenges, but above all, the beauty of love… “All we need is love”…

Chinese Take-Out

By Hoang Larsen

C.Y.A

By Guy Lifshitz

ATTACK OF THE COAT

By Lola-Rose Maxwell

Dry January

By C.J. Arellano

Pining

By David Jaffe

Battle Of Mole Hill

By Joey Brooks

Heat Me

By Kelly Sarri

The Chili Score

By Vinny & Ron

The Moneyshot

By Phillip Darlington

F Minor

By Josh Litman

A Fence Is A Fence Of Course

By Jeff Alper

Buckets

By Drew van Steenbergen

Night Shift at Ned’s

By Hagen Mattingly

The Big Fight

By Bobby Tucker

Nice To Meet You

By Kim Acquarelli

What’s Happening

By Omar Hashem