Far Out West

Feature Documentary
Director: Travis Chandler, Daniel Greenstone
Country of Origin: United States

In the early 1970s, 25 hippies formed the Kerista Commune in the Haight-Ashbury, making love, raising children, and getting rich selling Apple Computers. But if the alternative society they built was fantastically alluring, it was also fragile, and a quarter century after they voted to dissolve their commune, the Keristans are still debating what went wrong.

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Butter

Short Narrative
Director: Emma Brennan
Country of Origin: Ireland

Love is in the air on a cold Irish beach along with a little awkwardness and a dish of butter.

Bear and Fred

Short Documentary
Director: Keith Famie
Country of Origin: United States

Michigan student, Hailey Callahan, visits Holocaust survivor Fred Lessing at his home after meeting him at the Holocaust Memorial Center. Fred shares his story of how his boyhood teddy bear was his only family while hiding in Holland and reads an excerpt from a children’s book that was written about him and his bear. This story will be featured in an hour long film, Shoah Ambassadors.

The Audition

Short Narrative
Director: Eric Liberacki
Country of Origin: United States

Tony Mendes is a Latino actor who doesn’t fit the Hollywood stereotype. He has to go to great lengths to get casting directors to look beyond the surface to notice his talent.

Fucking Lonely

Music Video
Director: Kayla Arend
Country of Origin: China

Fucking Lonely is a music video for Hong Kong-based singer-song writer, Yi Tang.