7PM BLOCK
THE GENIUS – directed by Max Weissberg | Written by Dina Hashem, Max Weissberg
A moronic graffiti artist is mistakenly awarded the MacArthur Genius grant when they think he’s Banksy.
HOT ‘N’ NERDY – directed by Robert Vornkahl | Produced by Steven Tsapelas, Becca Valente
A nostalgic sitcom pilot about two socially awkward comic nerds whose lives are completely changed when they’re befriended by the first girl they’ve ever seen at a comic book convention.
NANA’S ROOM – directed by Kaye Tuckerman | written and produced by Mitch Roberson
When Mia loses her Nana (grandmother) after a lengthy illness she realizes that her loss runs deep.
andLIFE – written and directed by Jean Goto | Produced by Adam Lin, Patrick Chen
Set in the near future, society has crumbled and climate changes has taken a toll on earth. A dying man and his partner contemplate the past.
ZERO – written and directed by The Brothers Lynch | Produced by Maria Caruana Galizia
After a mysterious electro-magnetic pulse renders the world’s technology useless, a young girl finds herself isolated and alone with only her father’s strict set of rules to keep her alive.
JUNIPER – directed by George Martens | Written by Christopher Piccione | Co-produced by John Kontoyannis
When Adam’s wife goes into a coma after a car accident, he’s faced with the most difficult decision of his life…being pressured to pull the plug.
THE DESECRATED – Written and directed by John Gray | Produced by Melissa Jo Peltier, John Gray, Phillip Goldfarb
A young morgue attendant encounters an unwelcome visitor.
9PM BLOCK
THE VOICEMAIL – Written and directed by Kyle Solomon
A missed call. A tired heart. Another earth-shattering day of being Black in America.
THE INFAMOUS FUTURE – Directed by Richard Butterworth | Written and Produced by John Campbell
A powerful documentary on The Eagle Academy Foundation’s efforts to change an entrenched American mindset, insisting that young black and brown men are not going to be one of America’s problem, but instead one of its greatest successes.
MOVING ON – Written and directed by Nyasha Hatendi | Produced by Nyasha Hatendi, Erica Mills, Jason Oldak
The day of his Dad’s funeral Steve receive s a phone call. Harry’s Diner: 9pm…Apparently things aren’t as simple as they seem.
BUSSED – Directed by Sue Scarlett Montgomery
A comic urban story told three different ways with the cast rotating roles.
OUR ALBERTINIA – Written and directed by Chantel Clark | Morgan Ackley
South Africa, 1990. When the crumbling Apartheid regime affords Marie Abrahams an opportunity to sell the family farm, her daughter Inge fights to keep their ancestral land.
FAR FROM THE CASTLE – Written and directed by Julia Jansch | Produced by Roberta Durrant
On the drought-ridden Southern tip of Africa, an unusual encounter between a water diviner and a charismatic stranger sparks a coming of age journey with a bitter end.
NORTH LOOP – directed by Nataki Garrett | Written by Chaz Hodges, Dame Jasmine Hughes | Produced by Dame Jasmine Hughes, Bob Medcraft, Maurice Williams
This short uncover a glimpse of what happens when two unapologetically black millennial afronauts striving to glo’ up and live out loud in a world that refuses to hear them are accosted in culturally stark downtown Minneapolis by an ally.