To my love (Rakkaalleni) (Finland) by Aino Kontinen

Facade renovation locks young woman inside her apartment. During a reconstruction of her home and herself she writes a letter to her loved one.

Running time: 00:05:00

Say Something (United States) by Agustina Aranda

Say Something is a short experimental documentary where Katie Agustina Aranda explores her relationship with her father, Panfilo Aranda—a Paraguayan immigrant, workaholic, and amateur videographer. Using material that he shot throughout the last forty years, the story follows his journey from passionate filmmaker to distant father. With archival footage and interviews, the film is about family, immigration, and a strained father-daughter relationship.

Running time: 00:09:47

I Love You So Much But You Are So Difficult  (United States, United States) by Berenicé Brino

Through a collaborative art performance and open dialogue, a daughter-mother duo explore their tense and nuanced relationship, all framed against archival footage of a road trip marking her first return to their homeland in over a decade.

Running time: 00:13:43

A Man Imagined (Canada) by Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy

Pushing at the limits of non-fiction cinema, A Man Imagined is a bracingly intimate and hallucinatory portrait of a man with schizophrenia surviving amidst urban detritus and decay. Made in close collaboration with 67-year-old Lloyd, this immersive documentary fable follows the jagged path of a decades-long street survivor, across harsh winters and blistering summers, as he sells discarded items to motorists, sleeps in junkyards and lapses into near-psychedelic reveries.

Running time: 01:02:00