
Afia Nathaniel’s taut and riveting short film Don’t Be Late, Myra immerses us in the heart-pounding journey of a 10-year-old girl named Myra (Innayah Umer), who finds herself stranded on the streets of Lahore after missing her school van. What begins as a seemingly simple mistake soon transforms into a nerve-wracking odyssey as Myra, isolated…

In a year filled with extraordinary animated films, CAFUNÈ rises above the rest as an undeniable work of art. Co-directed by Carlos F. de Vigo and Lorena Ares, this powerful short film takes viewers on an emotional journey that is at once deeply personal and universally relatable. The story of Alma, a young refugee girl who must…

Ali Cook’s The Pearl Comb is an arresting, atmospheric short film that transcends genre boundaries, part gothic mystery, part historical drama, and wholly cinematic poetry. Set in 1893 England, it tells the story of a fisherman’s wife who performs an impossible act, curing a man of tuberculosis. What unfolds is a spellbinding battle between science and the…

Oscar-qualified and already decorated on the festival circuit, Liz Rao’s The Truck arrives with the urgency of a headline and the intimacy of a diary entry. Set against the volatile backdrop of post-Roe America, the film follows a Chinese American teen and her boyfriend on a deceptively simple mission to buy the morning-after pill, a task that…