Colombia's Andrés Ramírez Pulido returns with the continually surprising story of a teen who finds an unusual supporter during the latest effort to address his most troublesome tendencies.

Facing the pressures to conform to Eurocentric beauty standards, a young Black ballerina finds a powerful source of pride and confidence, in Alicia K. Harris' inspiring and visually stunning short.

As played superbly by Lío Mehiel in Bec Pecaut’s deeply affecting drama, Mad wrestles with turbulent emotions while recovering from top surgery at home with their partner and mother.

In this deft and slyly humorous follow-up to the director's 2021 Short Cuts award-winner Pa Vend (Displaced), Kosovo's Samir Karahoda presents the semi-autobiographical story of a father and son searching for reasons for optimism amid a society that seems doomed to disappoint them at every turn.

The story of two friends on the cusp of adolescence, Rachel Samson's warm-hearted animation is an ode to those special summer days that contain major changes.

Powerful waves of grief threaten to shatter the confidence of a South Asian bodybuilder in this bold and insightful character study by director Ian Bawa.

In their documentary about four highly memorable participants in a demolition derby, directors James P. Gannon and Matt Ferrin justly celebrate the transcendent and communal pleasures to be found in smashing stuff into other stuff.