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$7 - $12 Love Differently
Directed by Emma Siewert
Documentary Feature
United States | 71 min | 2023
What happens when an adoptee is all grown up? Love Differently explores the importance of identity, how it could help save a life, and why a name matters. Diana shares her unique adoption story and why she believes change is in order. Even those of us who are not adopted can find ways to relate.
$7 - $12 Secret of Bog Lake
Directed by Steve Gustafson
Narrative Feature
United States | 86 min | 2024
During a quite get-a-way at a Northwoods lake house rental property, college friends (Claire & Zoe) and family come together for a vacation on the lake. Beautiful and comfortable, the surroundings quickly feel awkward as the visitors receive overt messages from the locals. Even the house rules contain information that was unexpected. Determined to have a good time, Stephen and Claire spend quality time with Stephen’s son, Kyle, while they expect their next child later that year. Jack, the infamous guys guy, refusing to grow up, just wants to drink, eat and swim. Girlfriend Zoe is the girl next door, spending time with Claire and attending to Jack’s demands. It doesn’t take long for mysterious events to start occurring to our cabin guests, all while they take in the fun activities available and push the rules. Be prepared to laugh, cry, and yell at the screen, as our lake house guests navigate the confusing signals from the towns people and oddities happening at the lake.
Anhedonia
Directed by Aaron Hill
Narrative Short
United States | 8 min | 2024
Kiera is haunted by the memory of her sister, and the shame of causing her death.
$7 - $12 Short Slot 1 - Inherited Dreams
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A MARY CAN DREAM
Directed by Shin-Fei Chen
Narrative Short
United States | 21 min | 2025
A Taiwanese immigrant mother and her Americanized daughter collide with their conflicting dreams.
I WISH I WERE PRETTY
Directed by Hanah Chang
Narrative Short
United States | 20 min | 2025
‘I Wish I Were Pretty’ explores how Korean beauty standards affect our protagonist’s ability to love herself. Areum (“beautiful” in Korean) is monolidded and, therefore, “average”. Which is fine – she’s always managed to deal with being compared to her gorgeous best friend, Jane (as in plain Jane). But when a man humiliates Areum in front of Jane, Areum has to finally face this long-festering wound or let it control her forever.
LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS
Directed by TJ Hill & Travis Agnew
Documentary Short
United States | 10 min | 2025
A healing art and music project created by students, parents, and teachers in response to the December 16, 2024 shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin—tracing a journey through grief toward hope and healing.
OLD GIRL IN A TUTU: SUSAN RENNIE DISRUPTS ART HISTORY
Directed by Cheri Gaulke
Documentary Short
United States | 8 min | 2025
Feminist scholar and artist Susan Rennie uses her iPhone to insert her queer, octogenarian body into masterworks of art, disrupting the male gaze. This playful short follows a gallery exhibition of Rennie’s work, blending humor and sharp critique into an exuberant celebration of feminist art, aging, and identity.
THEM THAT'S NOT
Directed by Mekhai
Narrative Short
United States | 19 min | 2025
At her grandmother’s repass, Drea, a Deaf, queer poet estranged from her family, seeks refuge in quiet corners of her childhood brownstone. When her father arrives on prison furlough to mourn his mother, the two must confront their shared grief and fractured bond before he returns to prison.
$7 - $12 A Road at Night
Directed by John Roach
Documentary Feature
United States | 73 min | 2024
“A Road at Night“ is a documentary about the cascade of tragic events that can occur when seemingly good people make fatally unwise decisions. Set against the backdrop of college athletics, the documentary examines the powerful bonds of family and friends that endure in the face of unspeakable tragedy. It is also a searing, unblinking examination of the human toll taken by an all-too-common behavior that kills someone in America every 39 minutes.
$7 - $12 A Road at Night
Directed by John Roach
Documentary Feature
United States | 73 min | 2024
“A Road at Night“ is a documentary about the cascade of tragic events that can occur when seemingly good people make fatally unwise decisions. Set against the backdrop of college athletics, the documentary examines the powerful bonds of family and friends that endure in the face of unspeakable tragedy. It is also a searing, unblinking examination of the human toll taken by an all-too-common behavior that kills someone in America every 39 minutes.