The Boy with the Dinosaur Head

A troubled boy is convinced he’s a dinosaur, matching wits with the teacher tasked with bringing him back down to earth. What passes between them is enough to change how they’ll remember this day forever.
Director: Imran J. Khan
Producers: Ali Imran Zaidi, Liz Cardenas, Apoorv Arora
Writer: Ali Imran Zaidi

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Writ Or

A stalled novelist accepts an Irish residency, discovers a student’s extraordinary poem – and submits it as her own. A morally slippery story about creative hunger and betrayal.
Director: Rebecca Davey
Producers/Writers: Natalie Davey, Rebecca Davey

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Daddy’s Girl

Grieving her late father, 12-year-old Catherine plots to kill her bumbling stepdad, Phil. When a disastrous weekend together ends in loss and surprising tenderness, the pair begin to forge an unlikely bond.
Director/Writer: Josephine Lohoar Self
Producer: Lea Dettli

Lost Wax

When a young girl disappears from her apartment complex, Osas, a bronze caster and outsider within her community, is haunted by grief for someone she only knew from a distance. This surrealist drama weaves live action and 2D animation.
Director/Writer: Omorose Osagie
Producers: Grace Shutti, Momo Spaine

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BEBA FROM 5 TO 9

Over the course of one day in East LA, a Puerto Rican hospice nurse balances caring for her late sister’s young son, a dying patient, and the weight of her own uncertain future as she awaits life-changing test results.
Director/Writer: Dano Cerny
Producers: Sofie Warshafsky, Evan Brown

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