(TRT:106 min)
Merit x Zoe (USA, 16)
Writer: Jay Blair, Kyle Hausmann-Stokes
Director: Kyle Hausmann-Stokes
Cast: Haskiri Velazquez, Morgan Dixon, Tucker Smallwood
Merit and Zoe are soldiers on a boring US Army outpost in Afghanistan. A year later, something comes up in their veteran group therapy that will put their once-in-a-lifetime friendship to the test.
The Lost Crystals of Jessica's Room (Australia, 10)
Writer/director: Gary Hamaguch
Two kids play a game where they use a treasure map to find crystals in their backyard, but the treasure is not what is seems.
Novena (USA, 15)
Writer/director: Fernando Lopez
Cast: Joseph Mercado, Jonathan de La Torre
Set in South East Los Angeles, two estranged highschool best-friends reunite at the novenario ceremony for one of their deceased mothers. Over one night in their hometown, feelings resurface and past dynamics are bent in this slice of life narrative that explores the layers / intersections of machismo, culture and religion.
One for Sorrow Two for Joy (China, 20)
Writer/Director: Ana Yang
Cast: Yue Cheng, Mubarez Munajidin
After the Second-Child Policy passes in China, a high school girl struggles to deal with life after her 48-year-old mother is pregnant again to have a boy to pass on the family line.
Fishing with Baited Breath (Canada, 6)
Writer/director: Nick Schelle
Cast: Brendan Taylor, Alex Au-Yeung
While trying to relax at the river, an impatient fisherman is upstaged by a laid-back, old man.
The Red Suitcase (Luxembourg, 18)
Writer: Cyrus Neshvad
Director: Guillaume Levil
A 16-year-old veiled Iranian girl is terrified to get out the Luxembourg airport.
ÑAÑOS (Ecuador, 16)
Writer/director: Emilio Subía
Cast: Isaías Badilla, Sol León, Nabil Tawil, Liliana Serrano-Fernández, Josué Caraballo
In the heart of Corona, Queens, two Ecuadorian siblings are placed at odds with each otherwhenone reveals a sudden urge to leave their home
A Killer Secret (USA, 6)
Writers: Bettina Bresnan and Julian Burzynski
Director: Bettina Bresnan
Cast: Bettine Bresnan, Julian Burzynski, Nick Martinez
Two best friends are enjoying movie night...until the doorbell rings and an unexpected visitor delivers the possibility of death.
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