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LAIKA & NEMO
ECSTASY BEHIND THE FORGOTTEN
GRAY AREA
FOREST FOR THE TREES
TURF VALLEY
THROUGH THE STARS
NEW SHOES
OAK ON THE OUTSIDE

THE RIGHT WORDS
When high school kids get on the school bus, they immerse themselves into an ecosystem of sorts. Confined to the claustrophobic interior, having no choice

LAIKA & NEMO
Laika & Nemo, an Oscar-qualifying short film written and directed by Jan Gadermann, is a heartwarming animation tale of an Astronaut and a Deep Sea

ECSTASY BEHIND THE FORGOTTEN
Visually captivating, Nora Stock’s somewhat unhinged and volatile short film Ecstasy Behind the Forgotten singes like a searing-hot needle. A study of a trio of

GRAY AREA
At some point in our lives, we all look in the mirror and wonder, “How the hell did I end up here?” Family, house, career

FOREST FOR THE TREES
Rita Leistner’s charming DIY documentary Forest for the Trees brings to mind 2018’s The Biggest Little Farm. It has a similarly offbeat, good-natured mentality, and

TURF VALLEY
The art of being a man is nothing short of genius. Men see the world, and without a doubt, we know with just a little

THROUGH THE STARS
You can’t go back. The life altering mistake you made, the loved one you lost – there’s no amount of quantum mechanics that can undo

NEW SHOES
Set in 90’s Portland, teenager Tristan (Jacob Moran) and his prostitute mother Elaine (Laura Whiteley) live as normally as drug addiction allows. They have a

OAK ON THE OUTSIDE
The intentions of Adrian Roman’s Oak on the Outside are so earnest, so pure, that it becomes difficult to criticize the film’s flaws, of which