All Films

The Non-Actor

2025 • 18 min • United States of America

Elliot is staying with her ex’s new girlfriend while attending a medical trial for her recent, unexplained loss of hearing. As she reconfigures her relationship with her (sonic) environment and herself, an intimate connection sparks between the two women. With captivating performances by Victoria Pedretti and Maya Hawke, this loose adaptation of director Eliza Barry Callahan’s semi-autobiographical novel The Hearing Test captures the uneasy process of letting go and embracing change with sensitive warmth.

El Círculo del Pánico

2025 • Duration unknown • Dominican Republic

From the Mountain We See the Mountain

2025 • 32 min • Belgium

From the Mountain We See the Mountain blends haunting imagery and whispered myth to explore a land marked by ecological trauma and the colonial experience. As animals and humans cautiously re-emerge after a forest fire, rumours swirl: was it an accident, an act of nature, or something more insidious? Through eerie nighttime scenes, surreal lighting and interviews lit by the flicker of imagined flames, the film evokes a sense of environmental dystopia and quiet resistance. Balancing elements of myth, sci-fi and thriller, the film conjures a land reckoning with monsters it did not create.

The Day She Will Be Born

2025 • 20 min

Marta, a woman battling dementia, seeks refuge from the harsh reality of her illness and the confines of a nursing home. As her memories blur, she retreats into the warmth of her happiest moments, where the past offers the only escape from a world that no longer feels like her own.

Las Cosas Que Brillan

2025 • 11 min

When a trans Latinx mermaid defies her mother’s warnings, she is forced to confront the violent legacies of colonialism, environmental destruction and the danger of being desired in the human world. The BlackStar Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab is presented with support from Independence Public Media Foundation, William Penn Foundation, and Wyncote Foundation. This project has been supported by The Philadelphia Independent Media Fund administered by Scribe Video Center with funds provided by the Independence Public Media Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation.

The Wolfman of Ayrshire

2025 • 6 min • United Kingdom

Struggling with his toxic masculinity, an alpha male succumbs to the lunar gods.

Niemandsland

2025 • Duration unknown • Netherlands

End of Play

2025 • 15 min • United Kingdom

Seven’s a downtrodden Junior Creative at a cosmic agency that creates worlds. When he’s unexpectedly gifted the opportunity to create his dream world, he finds himself in a life or death race against the clock to overcome his creative block before his head explodes.

My Last Martini

2025 • 14 min

One evening at an elegant cocktail lounge, a frustrated writer impulsively breaks a self-imposed rule and decides to have a third martini. Moments later, he is joined by a mysterious woman who drifts over from the next booth, looking for a good listener.

Briganti. Rugby vs mafia

2025 • 53 min • Spain

A human story with sport as its central theme. Through rugby and its values, a man, Piero Mancuso, confronts the Cosa Nostra so that the young people of the Sicilian neighbourhood of Librino do not fall into its nets.

One In The Chamber

2025 • 8 min • United States of America

Wealthy Socialite Julian Livingston has been murdered, his fiance seeks out a lone Detective Liam Grisby, whose taken an interest in Gretchen to solve the mystery of the ominous stalker that has made a threat on her life. Will Grisby be able to put the pieces of the case together in time?

The Rally

2025 • 11 min

A terminally ill woman, Renata, spends her final days camping with her best friend, Sam. When Renata’s rapidly declining health suddenly takes a positive turn, Sam grows increasingly suspicious.

The Business Diner, a New York crime story.

2025 • 7 min • France

Caleb, Paulie and Tony are meeting the potential next supplier : Marcello Legatto

The Spectacle

2025 • 15 min • Hungary, France

A young Roma boy is lifted into the light, only to find it fades in an unexpected way.

The Best Man

2025 • 13 min • United Kingdom

Doing Business at the End of the World

2025 • 8 min

A guy named Cookie travels cross-country with a business proposition for his friend.

Pigeon Fatty

2025 • 30 min • Taiwan

Spiral

2025 • 11 min • United States of America

After her boyfriend leaves for the night, a curious young woman is left alone to deal with the horrors of her mental health.

Sweet Home

2025 • 34 min • Taiwan

Крыша

2025 • 19 min • Russia

Igor is a once successful millionaire, now bankrupt and a man on the brink. Having reached the roof of a high-rise building, he is preparing to put an end to his life. But his plans are disrupted by the appearance of a strange guy who decided that dying beautifully is also a kind of art. Their acquaintance turns into an absurd duel of despair... And what will happen next - a jump into the abyss or a decision to start a new life, remains a mystery until the very end.

Mountains of the Moon

2025 • 50 min

In Mountains of the Moon, world renowned artist and skier, Chris Benchetler explores the unseen connections between sport, life, music, and the living earth—set to the timeless tunes of the Grateful Dead.

The Dysphoria

2025 • 13 min • Australia

A trans woman performs a Satanic ritual to get a vagina, but unwittingly invites a demonic presence into her home which demands a terrible sacrifice.

Wednesdays with Gramps

2025 • 8 min • United States of America

When a teenage boy visits his Gramps at a seemingly mundane boring assisted living facility, he comes to find that they have much more in common than he thought.

Now, Hear Me Good

2025 • 15 min • United States of America

Booker is far from home but close to friends and mentors as he hosts an exuberant party, but when the noise of the party dies down and the last guests go home a listlessness returns to him. Only the next morning, while playing his trumpet, does he find his place in the stillness of the soft early light.