Vincent D'Alessandro - 21, Kirsten Pasewaldt - 21 Finley King - 20
New Jersey

Baby, a distracted, seven-year-old girl in a cheaply stitched princess dress, spends her days in and around the food court where her mother works. Baby and Ma, now quite used to this routine, are visited by an unwanted guest who changes the course of their tranquility.

Powerful Grit

Katayoun Parmar - 24
Iran

The life of a young couple on the verge of the man's blindness is collapsing and the only thing that will save them is their own common past.

Powerful Grit

Nathan Ginter - 20
New York

When a teenager enters a church, what at first appears to be a simple confession becomes something more sinister when the Priest discovers they are aware of his dark past and won't let him forget it.

Powerful Grit

Jumai Yusuf - 24, Alexander Atienza - 23
California

In a dystopian future where racist white fear is weaponized, a young warrior must find the courage to lead her community.

Powerful Grit

Zackary Centrella - 23, Daniel Solé - 24, Jon Chen - 24, Noam Harary - 24
New York

Two brothers struggle to care for themselves faced with their mother's Heroin addiction. Based on a true story.

Powerful Grit

Lizz Marshall - 22
California

In a dystopian future where violent criminals are reprogrammed into docile servants, a woman must survive her punishment of silent, mindless servitude in a home that hides the darkest of secrets.

Powerful Grit

Parsa Bozorgani - 22
Iran

A few years back, a video of stray dogs being killed by acid injection by council workers in Shiraz (Iran) went viral. Nobody took responsibility for the action.

Powerful Grit

Umarov Felix - 24
Russia

Young couple gets into the nightclub, where they try some forbidden substance, which transforms their consciousness. Its effect changes their lives forever.

Powerful Grit