Gabrielle Burrus Bustamante | Narrative

AS YOU WERE

​Four years after the tragic loss of Ed, a twin brother and beloved childhood friend, his absence still lingers. For Dorothea, his first love, and James, his twin, the pain is devastating. Four years later, when their close-knit group reunites to celebrate Dorothea’s birthday, the gathering is filled with joy—until a long-buried secret about Ed comes to light.

Victoria Wilcox | Narrative

WHAT IS LEFT OF US

The night before finals, Deborah Wallace hosts the habitual get-together with her tight college friend group. With the chaos of the closing months of their college career (leaving them a distant semester), this night is aimed to be a last supper before they graduate to catch up. ​​​

Lucas Portman | Narrative

PARANOIA

Confined to his dorm room after knee surgery, a college student spirals into a harrowing battle with his own mind; Paranoia explores a nuanced view of self-isolation, balancing its romantic allure and the self-destructive truths that lie beneath it. ​​

Melika Maghsoudi | Narrative

ALMA'S SONATA

The story is about a girl named “Ava”, who becomes suspicious of her younger sister after finding a pack of contraceptive pills in her bag. She starts searching for the truth, to find out what has happened to her sister.

Nicole Viloria | Narrative

PAPER DREAMS

Pamela, a 19-year-old Venezuelan Yale freshman, believes she's moved on from her high school relationship until writing a poem about her in class transports her back into the turbulent cycle of their past love.

Will Teare | Narrative

ONE NIGHT ONLY

A playwright comes in with last-minute script changes that jeopardizes everything -- including the relationship with his childhood best friend.

Jackson Coates | Narrative

ROMEO & JULIET

Following her first sexual encounter, a young girl and her father navigate the Texas judicial system.

Raúl Villegas | Narrative

SCAPE

An introverted man who oscillates between reality and imagination wanders through a photography gallery while drawing the art he sees. As you walk through the gallery, you find refuge in the artwork

Ishikaa Kothari | Narrative

MASALA EGGS

A horror comedy about a South Asian American college student that decides to sell her eggs but finds herself trapped by white commissioning parents that are obsessed with South Asia.

Yelisey Kazakevich | Narrative

THE NOTICE

Rick, down on his luck and fed up with how he’s treated, decides to commit a robbery. Things go awry as his plans interfere with another stick-up in progress at the same bar. Two amateur robbers and a disgruntled employee walk into a bar. What could go wrong?

Olivia Cevasco | Narrative

SCHOLAR

Can we be both academic and creative? Conrad struggles to answer this question for a philosophy class and finds resolution through an original song he writes and sings with his a cappella group in his college courtyard.

Lavanya Wickramasinghe  | Narrative

MOTHER TONGUE

During a family gathering, a shy teenager is forced to confront her cultural disconnection with her Sri Lankan heritage caused by losing touch with her first language. She turns to her grandmother in this heartfelt exploration of reclaiming identity and strengthening generational bonds.

Julia Scher | Narrative

NEW YEAR'S EVE

A little girl and an elderly deaf woman get stuck in an elevator on New Year's Eve.

Erita Chen | Narrative

PRACTICE.

A young ballerina, jealous of her friend’s successful execution of a dance combination, pushes her body to the brink to complete the same movements, over and over again.

Lizzie Conklin | Narrative

GREEN CARD

A dramedy webseries pilot written by Erita Chen and Lizzie Conklin, which follows two senior international students, Athena and Celine, in their quest to obtain a green card to pursue their dreams of working in animation.

Chi Tran | Narrative

VISA

Faced with deportation at the end of his work permit, an Asian employee tries to get hate-crimed to secure a green card.

Jack Denechaud | Narrative

THE LAST HAND

In this high-stakes poker game, Drew can’t afford to lose.

Chiara Padejka | Narrative

C.I.R.P.I.

A C.I.R.P.I (A Currently-In-Recovery-Pseudo-Intellectual) undergoes the trials of a self-imposed 8-step program to rid him of his lack of originality and individual thought.

Ling Shi | Narrative

CHILDREN'S DISCOURSE

A primary school boy, Yun, goes back to his father's hometown, where his reality and dream collapse.

Mahdi Rismani | Narrative

MAROON

"Kimiya" once again depicts the process of their music band, "Maroon"’s dissolution, with her handycam.

Daphne Joyce Wu | Narrative

HEARTBREAK AVENUE

A bright-eyed first year student at Yale falls in love and gets her heart broken the very next day.

Joey LaFrance | Narrative

THE NEXT BELLS

In this musical, Lily is waiting for an important phone call and navigates life assuming the worst, leading her down a dance-filled, spiraling path of self-discovery.

Ari Roman | Narrative

KISS OF GOD

Clara is tormented by a rotting fish that is trapped in her refrigerator.

Zach Scott | Narrative

STICHES

Freezing and alone on a London Street, a poor beggar boy finds help from an unlikely source, learning that the kindest people are monsters.

Adrienne de Faria | Narrative

LIMERENCE

A young woman tests the limits of her obsessive delusions after convincing herself she's in love with her anatomy lab partner.

Natalie Horberg | Narrative

KNOWING DESMOND

In her philosophy class, shy Lea grows infatuated with an outspoken boy named Desmond. That night, in a surreal twist of events, she becomes invisible and decides to follow him to see what he's really like.

Haze Lee | Narrative

VAIN

A Mexican boy returns to his hometown as a successful American businessman, attempting to uproot himself from his first love and family tragedy.

Deniz Akyurek | Narrative

MY CHILD

A recent college graduate must confront his fear of adulthood, his childhood nostalgia, and the supernatural entities which pursue him through the halls of his old elementary school.

Max Sternlicht | Narrative

REPERCUSSION (Abridged Episode 1)

In 1997, a community is thrown into disarray after two unexplained murders, an eerily accurate prediction into the future, and the arrival of an otherworldly stranger. 

Trey Woodbine | Experimental

BOYS DONT CRY

3 Boys. 3 Stories. One source of "salvation."

Semashkin Erik | Experimental

OLYMPIC TRASH

Waste plays sport in preparation for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Luke Gil | Experimental

TETHERED

A faceless man's surreal sojourn into his dreams and masked repression.

Andrew Doyle | Documentary

VOICES OF THE GRAND RIVER

Ron Yob, chairman of the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians, seeks to gain federal recognition for his tribe from the federal government. Through Yob’s fight, he walks viewers through the historical evidence of the tribe's presence in Grand Rapids to understand why the tribes deserve their federal rights.

Ian Kirk | Documentary

HEALING

A figure skating coach recounts his childhood in the sport and his children.

Zav Jenabian  | Documentary

BUTTERFLIES

A celebration of love and resilience, Butterflies follows Quinn and Josh, who met in their high school special education program. They reflect on their prom night which turned a mother’s fears into a moment of triumph. Through heartfelt stories and reflections, this short documentary challenges perceptions of disability, demonstrating that love knows no boundaries and those little moments of joy are always worth celebrating.

Jack McCain | Documentary

ULTRA

It’s 2012. A seven-year old Jack McCain embarks on his first ever road race: the Bellport Clipper Classic, a 5 kilometer fun run. Twelve years later, as a 19 year old college student, he takes on an unfathomable challenge: a fifty mile ultramarathon.  Throughout his 80 kilometer journey, Jack centers on one question: Why?

Noah Manglapus | Experimental

MOUTHBREATHER

A young man learns of an escape from his drab life in the form of a bizarre internet challenge.

Henry Wang | Documentary

BREAKING GROUND

An observational documentary that captures the love, challenges, and impact of Middlebury College's student-run farm, The Knoll, through many seasons.

Ian Castracane | Animation

COMMON FLY

Nobody cares about Jeff, a middle aged housefly crushed by unfulfilled expectations. A dissatisfying marriage, insufferable children, and mind-numbing job push him to try to regain control of his life.

Yufei Xiao | Animation

SPLASH BACK

On a humid summer day, Lulu, a young masseuse, recognizes her client Lee as a childhood friend during a foot massage service and enters a flashback of their withheld memory.

Amanda Gui | Animation

GRACE

A poem about the struggle of Native Americans enduring a world that doesn’t accept difference and has turned indifferent and "cold". As they search for meaning in a society that has left them behind, they encounter "Grace"...

Aliénor Ghys, Aline Hu, Clara Onteiral-Diaz, Guillemette Cahuzac, Marie-Lou Lejeune | Animation

SLEEP TIGHT

In her room, Sasha, a little girl who only aspires to live a happy childhood, is playing with her cuddly toys to forget that her parents are about to separate. 

LJ Burnett | Animation

TIME FLIES

In this fast-paced comedy adventure, two flies with opposite personalities struggle to make the most of a 24-hour lifespan. 

Katie Cobos | Animation

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

A talkative parrot attempts to befriend a boy with Tourette's syndrome.

Logan Anderson | High School

MARA

A woman prepares to read the scriptures in church, haunted by the past.

Owen McCourt | High School

PURGATORY

Unscrupulous business executive Connor Easton-Osuna meets a beauracratic hellscape upon his untimely death, weaving through departments he tries to make sense of his demise.

Juewan Roh | High School

LOOSE

Ian's life, like his shoelaces, has come undone. After a heated argument with his friend Theo, everything unravels. Ian’s shoelaces are loose as he runs—just like the grip he has on his own life. He trips, he falls, but he keeps running, trying to escape the heavy weight of guilt that’s chasing him.

Austin Kim | High School

GENERATIONS OF ORANGE

Centers on the eczema that runs through Kim's family, the film traces the origin of the eczema back to the Vietnam War and Agent Orange. Through personal storytelling, the film highlights the effects that eczema has on everyday life. The film also seeks to shed light on the harmful nature of Agent Orange and the toxic legacy it has left on war veterans over years and generations.

Nicolas Gao | High School

MRS. TIERSEAS

Mrs Tireseas wakes up one day, and realizes her husband has turned into a woman.

Heidi Li | High School

HOME SWEET HOME

Zihan and her mom are migrants in the City of Beijing. They do not own a home. Zihan’s parents divorced when she was little; her father was deeply in debt from gambling and passed away; her mother works hard on various odd jobs to support the family. Home is where mom is. Despite the challenges, Zihan has a deep passion for music and painting, and uses her brush to paint the homes she lived in, and the home in her dreams.