The Length of Day

Directed by Laura Conway

Filmmaker Laura Conway enacts a cinematic seance using archival documents to communicate with her departed communist grandparents and ask them questions about the end of capitalism. An account of the dreams, struggles, and losses of revolutionaries in the United States. At its heart is the question -- how can we imagine an alternative to capitalism?

About the Director

Laura Conway

Laura Conway is a DJ and Filmmaker from Denver, CO. She makes politically grounded collage films that navigate a terrain between narration and abstraction, the grotesque and the sensual, and the cliched and still-possible. She holds an MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder in Moving Image Arts. Her works have screened at venues such as Slamdance, The Ann Arbor Film Festival, The Museum of Human Achievement, and the Boulder International Film Series.

The Wind

Directed by

Miranda Javid

A historical fact rolls by like clouds.

Rumi and His Roses

Directed by

Navid Sinaki

Using love letters tucked in bootleg DVD menus, a gay Iranian recounts his first relationship and its end.

Returning

Directed by

Lucy Bridger

A retired teacher confronts some unexpected emotions as she struggles through the discomfort of a heatwave.

Dead in the Room

Directed by

Adam Pertofsky

At a screenwriters' pitch event, a vengeful writer turns the tables on an arrogant studio executive, ordering him at gunpoint to pitch a good story or die. As the clock ticks down, the exec gets a lesson in truthfulness and storytelling, but will he learn in time to save himself?

Night Visions

Directed by

William Glass

Two friends drive to a secluded forest and experiment with hypnotism, which triggers vivid dreams and serpentine hallucinations.

About a Home

Directed by

Daniel Chein and Elizabeth Lo

Precious Sarria and her family experienced housing insecurity for over two years. After transitioning into housing, they documented their lives to raise awareness for the rising homelessness in regions surrounding Silicon Valley.

Return to the Peach Blossom Wonderland

Directed by

Huang Yue, Yuchao Luo, and Haomin Peng

In an ancient Chinese fable, The Peach Blossom Spring (桃花源记), a utopian world is described as having “neatly arranged residences (屋舍俨然) ”. Looking at a China modernized, are we back in such a wonderland, or is this high-speed train impelling us to somewhere else?