1. Dance Eli Dance (USA)
   Directed by: Ava Hess
   Directed and produced by 17 year student Ava Hess. "Dance Eli Dance” follows a girl as she dances east to west through the varied and colorful neighborhoods of Los Angeles, ear-phones on, moving to her own beat.

FEATURES

1. Raices Torcidas (USA)
   Directed by: Javier Ortiz
   Raices Torcidas' Is the story of two college guys that take a road trip from Los Angeles, California to Mexico to meet the grandparents of 'RIGO' who is the main character. The only problem is that neither one of them has ever been to Mexico. This journey takes them to new places where they discover who they really are and where they come from. But not without running into trouble, and Rigo meeting the love of his life.
   
2. Arizona Seaside (USA)
   Directed by: J. Pil Pilegaard
   A Kasakhstan factory worker with Nashville dreams is duped by a wannabe pimp and oddball gangster. Through a comedy of errors, she crosses paths with a sweet con-man moonlighting as a Robin Hood of stray animals. Both on the run from gangsters they end up at Arizona Seaside, a rundown motel in the middle of nowhere. Their short but very eventful stay has some unexpected consequences.
   
3. The Sublet (USA)
   Directed by: Georgiana Nestor
   WALTER is lonely. He is 71 and has no friends. He lives in a small apartment in Manhattan and he never leaves a one square block radius. In fact he doesn't even cross the street, it's only sidewalks for him. Every morning he goes through the same monotonous routine: pills, fiber, canned food, cleaning, TV and the book with all his expenses. But lately he is more bored and depressed than ever. His apartment is very quiet until today when his phone rings, someone asks him about 'the apartment'. He answers very friendly all the details to the strange voice only to find out it's a wrong number, someone was looking for a sublet. But it gives him an idea…a fake ad.

SHORT FILMS

1. Elvis and Me (Germany)
   Directed by: Michael Sommer
   Hermine’s 70th birthday present is an Elvis impersonator’s performance. A dream has come true for her. After all, she once met Elvis during his military service in Germany. Now she believes he has come back. Hermine’s son Aaron, on the other hand, seems to be having some trouble with the reunion.
   
2. Twee Dromen (Netherlands)
   Directed by: Arend Steenbergen
   A young man finds that he is stark naked in a concert hall full of -well dressed- people. He runs out, and meets a young woman, without clothes, who has gone through the same ordeal. He knows this must be a dream…or is it?
   
3. Now You See Me, Now You Don't (Hungary)
   Directed by: Attila Szasz
   It seemed like an ordinary day. Dad is experimenting in the lab, Mom is at home boiling water, while their six-year-old son, Alex, is playing around her. But this day is different. This day Dad brings something home from the lab. And the next morning...Alex becomes invisible.
   
   
4. Toilet Paper (China)
   Directed by: Ivan Val
   Toilet paper is easily accessible and easily wasted. For something so insignificant, it can be a lifeline to decency. Our story begins with a man trapped without toilet paper. The odd thing is the entire city is out. Just then inexplicably the sky rains toilet paper… Well, life is unpredictable…

DOCUMENTARY

1. Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood (USA)
   Directed by: Ramy Katrib, Jeff Orsa & Evan York
   Mardik Martin is one of American Cinema’s most important screenwriters — and least known. Mardik: Baghdad to Hollywood traces his journey from Iraq to America, his friendship with Martin Scorsese that began at NYU and resulted in some of the greatest film in American Cinema, including Mean Streets, New York, New York, and Raging Bull, as well as his rise and fall from Hollywood’s echelon. Ultimately, Mardik is a modern-day fable about reaching for your dreams and finding redemption in the end.
2. Behind Forgotten Eyes (USA)
   Directed by: Anthony Gilmore
   Behind Forgotten Eyes examines the enduring legacy of this horrifying chapter of history in both Korea and Japan. As the first English-language film to tackle this volatile issue, Behind Forgotten Eyes aims to focus the world’s attention on this unsettled aspect of Japan’s colonial heritage and to educate an American public unfamiliar with East Asian history and modern society. Behind Forgotten Eyes combines first-hand accounts from both Korean women and Japanese soldiers who lived through the nightmare with the expert testimony of academics, social activists, and professionals from Japan, Korea, and the United States to offer a candid look into an issue that has been ignored for far too long. Time is running out for these women and their stories.
3. Deserted Riveria (Greece)
   Directed by: Iason Athanasiadis
   A current affairs travelogue filmed immediately after the 2006 Summer War between Israel and Hizbullah, Deserted Riviera casts a penetrating look at the conflict's legacy. Greek film-maker Iason Athanasiadis and Lebanese cameraman Ziad Tarraf negotiated strong access to Hizbullah leaders and field-workers alike as they traversed devastated villages on the frontline with Israel, the still-smoking ruins of Beirut's Shiite quarters and central Beirut's hedonistic nightclubs. A fast-paced, insider's view of postwar Lebanon.

ANIMATION

1. Simulacra (Thailand)
   Directed by: Tachapon Lertwirojkul
   In the vast galaxy, there is one robot planet where all natural life is extinct. Where only machine and robot live. When one robot finds a piece of
   organic life he travels to a forbidden planet where his adventure begins.
   
2. When the World Goes Dark (USA)
   Directed by: Anthony Scalmato
   In the underworld of the New York City Subway system, one man struggles with madness for a chance at love. Presented as a disjointed sequence of fantasies 'When the World Goes Dark' is a chilling reminder that the everyday and commonplace can be as grotesque as it is absurd. In the end, only one certainty remains: this macabre delusion is not only on screen, but within our own minds.

HUMANITARIAN

1. Beyond the Call (USA)
   Directed by: Ardian Belic
   In a Mother Teresa meets Indiana Jones adventure three middle-aged men, former soldiers and modern day knights travel the world delivering life saving humanitarian aid directly into the hands of civilians in some of the most dangerous yet beautiful places on Earth, the front lines of war.
   
2. Hollywood Jerome (USA)
   Directed by:Frey Hoffman
   Told in a lyrical multi-textured fashion built on a narrative poem, Hollywood Jerome is the story of a 14-year old who is enthralled and bamboozled by pop-culture depictions of gang culture. When he finds himself the focus of a police standoff he must decide which are stronger, his fantasies or his dreams.
   
3. Rabia (USA)
   Directed by: Muhammad Ali Hasan
   Rabia is a woman who must blow herself up in order to exist. From the moment she straps explosives to her bare body, we are exposed to flashbacks of Rabia’s past, filled with abuse, rejection, and struggle. By the time she steps onto a popular Israeli beach, awaiting to kill hundreds of innocent civilians in a massive explosion, we find ourselves asking whether Rabia’s act is one of evil or one of heroism?