Inside You (Ukraine) by Erik Sémashkin

A grape gets eaten. It then begins a long and perilous journey within the human body.

Running time: 00:02:34

Thirstygirl (United States) by Alexandra Qin

On a road trip with her younger sister, Charlie struggles to hide a secret addiction.

Running time: 00:10:00

Frank and His Dogs (United States) by Owen Markham

An aging Irishman lives a simple yet busy life amongst his friends and his dogs.

Running time: 00:11:14

Black Dragon (United States) by Alexander Thompson

Vietnam, 1968. A feared American colonel nicknamed “the Black Dragon” by Vietnamese locals must face his inner shadow when his platoon presents him with a captured Vietcong girl who harbors some very unusual powers. A Jungian psychological thriller/parable examining the capacity for monstrous evil lurking within us all, the film is loosely inspired by the My Lai Massacre, one of America’s most pernicious wartime atrocities. 

Running time: 00:14:40

Forsaken (Tunisia) by Aziz Shennawy

Mariem, in her thirties, decides to treat herself to a vacation. She finds the body of a Sub-Saharan African man drowned in front of her balcony. No one bothered to offer him any help. Upon discovering the victim's identity, humanity prevailed over fear and the strangeness of "the other".

Running time: 00:14:00

Vic's Vac Shack (United States) by Will Dorney

A vacuum repairman who blackmails customers faces his day of reckoning.

Running time: 00:15:22

The Fuse (Switzerland) by Kevin Haefelin

Cassius, a worn-down Latinx gladiator of modern life fights to make a living as a nighttime garbage man in the concrete arena of the Bronx. One night he’s inevitably laid off and faces his fear of becoming a homeless pariah. On his own terms, he sets up his final farewell but a fuse unexpectedly defaults him and makes him wonder through the night in quest of his truth.

Running time: 00:18:55