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SAME OLD
DIMENSIONS OF SELF
11:11
IVALU
NORTH STAR
APPRAISAL
Òran na h-Eala
BIG DICK ENERGY

SLOW PULSE
In the opening of the Oscar-qualifying short Slow Pulse, we quietly enter the home of a father (Jimmie Fails) who’s had his life turned upside

SAME OLD
Same Old, an Oscar-qualifying short written and directed by Canadian film director and screenwriter Lloyd Lee Choi, is a dark and gritty tale of desperation

DIMENSIONS OF SELF
Sofia Malamute and Matias Figueroa’s black-and-white short Dimensions of Self functions as a visual confession, a despondent, highly experimental glimpse into the mind of a

11:11
11:11 begins with a young man (L.A. Williams) on the phone with his mother. Screaming into the phone in frustration, she is quite the handful,

IVALU
Anders Walter’s beautiful Oscar-qualifying short drama Ivalu deals with the most tragic of subjects in a sublime fashion. Although its scope is relatively narrow, it

NORTH STAR
North Star, an Oscar-qualifying short film written and directed by P.J. Palmer, is a stunningly touching look inside the story of two partners and their

APPRAISAL
Appraisal, written and directed by Anna Koukouli Born, depicts the struggle all women face when returning to work from maternity leave. The pressure they feel

Òran na h-Eala
Pursuing your passion versus filling your pocket – it’s a tightrope that every artist has to walk. For our purposes, Moira Shearer (Shannon Davidson) is

BIG DICK ENERGY
Big Dick Energy has been around since male Homo sapiens realized that extra endowment could give a leg up in spreading the family genes. But