Eve Peters - 22, Felix Bailly - 23 | NY, USA

“A meet-cute drenched in 2013 internet cringe, Eve Peter’s My Little Clopfic is an acting tightrope from two leads performances which helped me discover my heart can ache for a man earnestly in a My Little Pony costume. And like the celluloid version of an online rabbit hole—it’s darkly funny, oddly poignant, and can shift right out from under your feet in an instant.”

Points of Contact

Weston Borg - 23, Riley Owens - 24, Lucas Wurman - 23 | NY, USA

“Before online betting markets bet on life, folks bet on horse races. But after more than 130 years of operations, New York’s The Aqueduct racetrack is closing and with it, its memories. The stories from racetrack employees and patrons in Weston Borg’s Railbirds tether the landmark to a local past that might not fill history books but reminds us how meaningful a bittersweet goodbye can be when you’re saying farewell to a place that shaped you.”

IYKYK

Alejandra Villegas - 23, Vanessa Navari - 23, Kate Vela - 24 | Mexico

“Equal parts compassionate and foreboding, Nobody here knows who I was feels like walking through someone else’s memories as they are scrubbed of any identifying details. Cigarette burns redact families’ faces in scrapbooks. Glimpses of homes, schools, and streets fill the screen but never reveal the documentary’s subject. Every new breadcrumb added to the story by filmmakers Vanessa Navari, Kate Vela, and Alejandra Villegas compels the film to a viewing experience that is both difficult to watch and difficult to turn away from.”

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Luke Gardiner - 21 | NY, USA

“Did we all think growing up that there was a danger to swallowing watermelon seeds? Well, Luke McCormick Gardiner’s Evergreen may have that fear beat. This film is for the codependent green-thumbs out there. Or maybe for your friends who personify their plants a little too much? But if you’re just into well-paced thrillers inside a terrarium of a set where you feel you can touch each sprig, frond, and leaf? Then you’re welcome to enjoy the wild ride too!”

Uneasy Street