The Allusion of my Oblivion (2019)

Floating Light

After being forced to return early from summer camp, Dana and Sam are planted in the midst of their recently late grandfather's Buddhist funeral ceremony.

The Social Division of Labor According to Adam Smith

Five workers on an assembly line at a large company based in an airport challenge the impossibility of changing the social division of labor, carried out in accordance with the classical principles of specialization and segmentation.

The Projectionist

Clive, an old film projectionist, fears his profession is becoming obsolete. Holding on to the love and magic of film, he desperately tries to rekindle his relationship with his daughter, Mary, by forging a new one with his granddaughter.

Imbued Life

A young woman’s connection with the life force of nature. Using her taxidermy talents to “return” the animals to their natural habitat. But the true search for answers begins when she finds a roll of undeveloped film in each of the animals that she treats.

Father

The director's grandfather is a blind fortune teller and his father a real-estate owner. They have grievances against each other for dismantling the old house. Grandfather thinks it's time for him to leave and asks Father to quit his job. At the same time, an accident happens at Father's construction site. They are entangled in dealing with the hatred from the past and the kinship that has always existed.

Inflatable Swamp

A short film that explores gay male psychical intimacy, with some explicit nudity scenes. Matt, a gay man in his late twenties, navigates the lonely intersection of carnal sex and human closeness. With the arrival of Luke, a new man in his life, he finds a way to reconcile pleasures of the flesh with the new aroused imperatives of the heart.

Kiss Me

Kid Vargas is forced to face up to some devastating truths after he kills his opponent in the boxing ring.

The Lights

When electrician Lloyd receives a call-out in the dead of night, he is drawn into the bizarre and melancholy world of a man haunted by Christmas. As he becomes an unwilling guest in the home of Mr. Elliot, Lloyd is forced to make a decision: should he fix the Christmas lights, or is the darkness in the house best left alone?

A DAY IN THE LIFE

A disheartened boy visits a restaurant for the heartbroken, where a conversation with the owner helps him begin to find hope and healing.

The Surf Report

A ghostly love story unfolds as two men look for answers where ocean meets sky and city meets wild in Rockaway Beach, NY.

S.A.M.

After choosing to construct a meaningful connection via a S.A.M. service, Noelle may have finally found her perfect someone.

Vamoose

Raymond Dela Cruz leads a busy life, but after his world gets turned upside down, he can hardly focus on the things right in front of him...

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Art is often an expression of rigorous focus. This story revolves around the internal pressures of the protagonist, and his attempt to escape his own mind and let out his imagination. An artist lives in a world they create, but sometimes fear can break us down.

Parasol

Life in a city is fast and draining. Feeling empty, a woman heads to a log cabin Parasol which her mother had left for her. Breathtaking lights, gentle breezes, and a warm fire. She pauses and catches the scent she had missed. They bring out her feelings about her mother.

The Boy Who Was Gay

A portrait for the condition of a gay teenager, rejected by family and relying on friends.

Clothes & Blow

An American voice-over artist in London finds himself questioning his life of hookups and emotional avoidance when he receives an unexpected visit from his mother.

MER

A paralyzed girl finds difficulty living a normal life, so she participates in a ritual to metamorphize into a mermaid to replace her useless lower half.

The Trap

Isolation and loneliness converge on an unexpected journey when intrigue and new come to town.

I, Adonis

Nicky's whole world revolves around fitness, with the goal of getting bigger and stronger. By constantly monitoring his food consumption and weight, he seems to have his body and entire life under control. But when hidden childhood memories emerge, Nicky starts losing control and his body obsession sets off to an unhealthy direction.

The Lie Game

A desperate computer scientist struggling to fund her anti-depression AI application faces her toughest challenge yet.

Sleep, Eternally

When naive Ryan took on the role of a caretaker for his exhausted mother over the weekend. He doesn't realise the severity of his situation until he confides in his concerned teacher, Mrs. Watson. Together, they check on Ryan's mother only to be confronted with a harrowing discovery that challenges Ryan's innocence and changes his outlook on life forever.

I Will Always Love You Conny

It’s minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 degrees F) and 20 y/o Conny walks around like a restless criminal with his hoodie up in a small forgotten village in northern Sweden. He's not welcome anywhere and the whole village seems to hate him. Yesterday he panicked and drove away from his girlfriend’s delivery of their baby - but now he has repented and wants to come back. But what will it take for her to forgive him?

Every Day's Like This

A family tries to schedule the medically assisted death of a loved one.

Sea Light

An elder lighthouse keeper takes care of what has been his home for years. Old and secluded from society, he's disturbed by mysterious bottled letters. These and an unexpected malfunction make him doubt his job, his life and his existence.

Same Same is Not the Same

After seeing his mother criticize a gay relationship that appears on television, Inn decides to come out out to her with the help of his boyfriend, Max.

Warsha

A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom.

Umberto D.

When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.

Away from Her

Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. She must go to a specialized nursing home, where she slowly forgets Grant and turns her affection to Aubrey, another patient in the home.

11’09”01—September 11

Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Adiós

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For People in Trouble

When two people meet one night in London, their relationship blossoms and fractures, intertwined with impending societal collapse.

Divebomb

With his career in jeopardy a journalist begins to question the nature of his friendship with a senior journalist.

Largo

An unfinished love story between glimpses on wheels.

Kitbull

An unlikely connection sparks between two creatures: a fiercely independent stray kitten and a pit bull. Together, they experience friendship for the first time.

Float

A father discovers that his son floats, which makes him different from other kids. To keep them both safe from the judgement of the world, Dad hides, covers, and grounds him. But when his son's ability becomes public, Dad must decide whether to run and hide or to accept his son as he is.

Vigilantes

Two brothers define themselves as vigilantes and try to protect their property.

Möte i mellanrummet

"Mind the Gap!" says the voice on the subway. Vilhelmina thinks so much about the gap that she doesn't get off at the station, but into another dimension.

Pim Pam Pum

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Child Actor

Looking to reconcile with her past, a Hollywood born and raised actress visits her younger self as a child actor under the wing of her toxic stage mom in order to understand the root of her heart condition.

Fear

Fear is a story of Christian a 17 year old neo-nazi and event that will forever change his life.

Ants Pact

Paul is 16 years old and earns his pocket money working the streets. But there is something special about Paul. He has made a pact with some ants, which questions the strict patterns of our reality.

I Love Hooligans

A football hooligan feels unconditional love for his club. However, being gay, he has to hide his identity in order to survive in this world that is so precious to him.

Hello, Stranger

Arthur is a single dad, struggling with the care for his seven-year-old son Max and the combination of his secret life as a drag queen.

Naked

A message from Javier's boyfriend changes his family situation and causes them to reconsider their relationships.