Detras Th(D)e Azufres (Versión corta)

A troubadour is expelled from the city when the queen sees his disfigured face. The palace guards smash his instrument as punishment, but the musician does not lose his determination to continue making music.

A struggling young man secretly plays a magical trumpet that transports him from his desolate world into a colorful "bliss." When his younger brother discovers his secret, their relationship is put in jeopardy.

Through a magical coincidence, the ambitious career woman Rebecca and the lively musical actress Maja switch bodies and have to find their way in each other's lives. What begins as a strange dilemma soon teaches them important life lessons.

Jakub Strach aka NobodyListen is a successful Czech DJ and music producer. A portrait of his life and work can be seen as a manifesto of the millennial club-going generation. After hundreds of shows and preparations for the upcoming, renowned Addict party, the DJ must deal with the consequences of inflicting a wound scarring his image. Footage from the club backstage mingles with scenes of everyday life in which NobodyListen ponders the dark sides of the club scene, like drugs and misogyny. During the shooting, the Covid pandemic strikes, revealing the insecurities of work in culture.

Yadira, a creative young Cuban girl, struggles packing on her final day home. Embarking on an immigration journey alone, her suitcase feels too small to carry everything her heart holds.

After suffering a head injury during training, aspiring footballer Jordan traverses his own mind and memory in order to rediscover his passions and fix his broken relationship with his Coach Father.

To find out whether he has any talent, Danny, a Hollywood actor going nowhere fast, sets off in pursuit of Irving J. Schwartz, the greatest agent in the world. In a frenzy of musical numbers and disguises, Danny makes his way through the promised land toward discovery of who he is and what it takes to be an actor

Arturo Urbiola, independent singer/songwriter, talks about the influence music has had on his life, it's impact, and what's in store for his artistic career after becoming a father.

A dragon deliveryman starts his dream job and discovers that sometimes people will just hate you, no matter how hard you try.

Ollie, a passionate young skater, practices alone in an abandoned shopping mall, where she faces her own failures and self doubts. She begins to hone her tricks, transforming her universe into a unique visual and spiritual experience.

When forest animals invade our cities, the world is in disarray. Office vixen Fiona struggles with her banana phone addiction. Will she succumb to it? Temperamental bunny Barbara only gives her stag sugar daddy Nestor his special massage, after he dines her and plays the big spender. This obscure short film pinpoints postmodern tropes of consumerism, eroticism, and art with an homage to the theater stage and references to literature. This work uses a fantasy language and needs no subtitles.

The local pastor’s daughter escapes youth group to go to her first high school party.

Playing hooky from school, Tony, a student/chorister at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, spends the afternoon at Central Park's Sailboat lake and retrieves a remote control device left behind by a pair of sailboat racers. Back in the schoolyard, Tony pretends that he has a car to go with the remote control. When another boy tries to take the control from him, it falls on the ground and a red remote-control sports car miraculously appears. The car "dances" to rap music and even brings Tony a can of soda. One day, a sinister-looking man with a briefcase steals the car and flees into the subway. Tony and his classmates pursue the thief to the Wall Street area and ask to inspect the briefcases of passing businessmen. Eluding the students, the crook hails a taxi and hurls the briefcase from the window. Next morning, Tony hears the sound of a sports car during a church service. Returning to its rightful owner, the magical car mysteriously reappears at the end of the processional.

An aspiring classical pianist loses his hearing and, with the help of those closest to him, must find the strength to play again. . .

Camille, a fan of a cat cartoon, is embarrassed when they see their classmates making fun of a student carrying a backpack featuring the show. In adolescence, when the opinions of others matter so much, how do you deal with the fear of being judged for what you love ?

Darius and Hakeem dance on New York City trains to earn honest money and escape the crime-riddled streets of Harlem. Their friendship is tested when unforeseen opportunities come.

Lucas wakes up finding out it's his birthday again. For him, nothing's normal during his birthday because every year, it's always the same.

Ten-year-old Adam suffers from Juvenile Arthritis. To cope with the daily struggles of his illness Adam draws comics and retreats into his imagination. As the courageous Wonder Boy! Adam fights alongside the heroic Captain Wonder against the notoriously evil Dr. Itis. As Adam’s illness progresses both reality and fantasy collide, and he must find the inner strength to overcome both his illness and the evil Dr. Itis before it’s too late.

In-Fest

an attempt at visualizing feelings of psychosis and disassociation. subterranean values by katie jane garside