One Sentence - An aged man attempts to create a sentence that defines his life. Directed by Stephen Tronicek. (4 min.)

Coyotes - A Palestinian surgeon drives home after a long night shift, but little does she know that a commute through a desolate West Bank road will change her forever. Directed by Said Zagha. (20 min)

Mangittatuarjuk (The Gnawer of Rocks) - Two young women are trapped in the lair of the Mangittatuarjuk, the Gnawer of Rocks. The young women and their village use the teachings of the elders to try to defeat the monster. Directed by Louise Flaherty. (15 min.)

Glory/Us - THE GUY frequents THE HOLE’S apartment for anonymous sex. THE GUY wouldn’t mind losing the curtain. THE HOLE would. Is he running away from a connection worth pursuing? Directed by Jet. (11 min.)

Homemade Gatorade - A woman embarks on a late night road trip to deliver homemade Gatorade to a mysterious online buyer. Directed by Carter Amelia Davis. (9 min.)

Climate Control - In this metafictional comedy about the climate crisis and generative AI, a director making a documentary about fossil fuel extraction is consistently subverted by an AI agent that wants to tell a generic love story. Made in collaboration with Gen Z film students at Cal Poly Humboldt, the film looks at generational responses to the climate crisis through an absurdist lens, connecting the extraction of natural resources to the extraction of our human data and the extraction of our attention in this post-information era. Directed by Sarah Lasley. (15 min.)

The Seeing Eye Dog Who Saw Too Much - A blind violinist ascends to first chair at the Rome Symphony, just as a black-gloved killer begins stalking the orchestra. The only witness to the murders is her loyal seeing-eye dog. Winner of the Audience Award for Midnight Shorts at SXSW. Directed by Eric Jackowitz. (17 min.)

Q&A to follow with Carter Amelia Davis (Homemade Gatorade), Jet & Antonio L. Rodriguez (Glory/Us) and Stephen Tronicek (One Sentence).