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100 Sunset An introverted teen in a Tibetan diaspora section of Toronto bonds with a mysterious, like-minded woman who just moved in, leading to a slow-building conflict over money and missing objects within the insular community.
Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild] Indigenous elders and activists fighting to reclaim ancestors’ remains, exposing colonial violence and institutional resistance while affirming that returning bodies to the earth restores dignity, memory, and balance.
Again Again Aberdeen-raised director Mia Moore’s debut film, executive produced by Lilly Wachowski, is a heady, romantic sci-fi starring a trans woman who enters a new day after ten years stuck in “the loop.”
Alt Shorts From visually poetic mood pieces to found-footage mash-ups, this year’s collection ranges from somber to surreal to hilarious.
American Doctor Three courageous doctors—a Jewish orthopedic surgeon from North Carolina, a Zoroastrian trauma surgeon from California, and a Palestinian American ER specialist from Illinois—volunteer their services in Gaza, risking their lives to save others.
Amrum Twelve-year-old Nanning learns of his parents’ hideous convictions and their Nazi past in this sea-shot, boy’s-eye view of the upheaval on a North Sea island in the last days of World War II.
Animation4Adults Some films deserve to be animated. These ten short films will open your visual cortex to all of the glorious possibilities in store when we tell stories through animation.
Another World A harrowing, arrestingly rendered epic of revenge and redemption that announces director Tommy Kai Chung Ng as a massive new voice in the world of animation.
April X A black-market body-parts hustler (Connor Storrie) desperately searches for his missing twin sister who can digitally record her dreams. As he digs deeper, a sinister conspiracy threatens to consume them both in this sci-fi noir thriller.
The Ascent Mandy Horvath, a bilateral amputee battling her past, embarks on a gripping journey to summit Mount Kilimanjaro in her quest to become the first legless woman to conquer it without prosthetics.
Assets & Liabilities Tacoma-based director Zach Weintraub’s fictional counterpart—also named Zach—is a burnt-out suburban dad who is taken on a wild supernatural odyssey when he meets a skater kid at the park who reminds him of his younger, more idealistic self.
Balandrau, Where the Fierce Wind Blew On December 30, 2000, friends climbing Mount Balandrau get caught in a sudden blizzard. Visibility vanishes, winds roar, and survival becomes a fight against the mountain’s deadliest storms.
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