SEP 26 @ 3:40PM | FREE
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A GOOD DARK ROAST: A MR. HENDERSON STORY — Finalist
Dir: Angelika Padberg | Canada | Student Film | 2024 | 13 min
Mr. Henderson is a collector, an observer, and an artist, a creature who takes great pride in everything that he does. By employing his keen eye for detail, he attempts to unearth a path to his enlightenment.
FORTUNAS
Dir: Sidarta Senna | Brazil | Student Film | 2024 | 10 min
Dr. Fortuna, a cunning charlatan, makes a living selling miracle potions with the help of Brine Adrenaline, a dazzling circus performer, and Croocked, an outcast branded as a freak. When a public demonstration of his Buona Fortuna Elixir takes a dark turn, Croocked suffers harsh punishment for a minor misstep. Pushed to their limits, siblings Brine and Croocked plot a daring escape from the clutches of the terrible Dr. Fortuna.
K'UCHU: A CHILDHOOD PLACE — Finalist
Dir: Alessio Del Pozo Temoche | Peru | Animated Short | 2025 | 12 min
Óscar begins to isolate himself in his playful childhood world. His best friend, Jesús, no longer wants to play after falling in love with Betsa, a schoolmate. Caught between leaving childhood behind and continuing to play alone, Óscar is forced to grow up overnight and abandon his hometown when terrorist violence erupts. Forty years later, he remembers it all as he walks along the highway back to his hometown, searching for food and shelter amid the COVID-19 crisis.
VITA NOVA — Finalist
Dir: Dmytro Zavora | Ukraine | Animated Short | 2024 | 7 min
A moving animated drama based on a story by German author Josef Reding. Set in post-war Germany, the film follows a man who visits a pharmacy seeking poison to end his life. As he stands at the counter, his indecision leads him to reflect on his circumstances and the potential reasons to continue living.
ESCAPING GRAVITY
Dir: Braedan Luong | United States | Student Film | 2025 | 19 min
When an innocent nine-year-old girl obsessed with space meets a new friend, their brief interaction leaves her life changed…forever.