Best Of Fest

Mollie, a young woman in her twenties, is struggling with her mental health. She writes a diary entry, pouring out all the emotions she can’t express aloud. Her words reveal the depth of her isolation and the hopelessness of feeling all this pain bleed out of her without anyone noticing.

Inspired by a true a story.

In 1888 James S. Jameson, heir to the Jameson Whiskey dynasty, returns to Ireland after a year long expedition to the Congo. Things start to unravel as he attempts a return to normality. Will he choose to face the truth? Or will he choose the axe once more?

Kāinga Tupu ("Homeland") is a 2D hand-drawn film that brings attention to New Zealand’s endangered forest parrot, the Kākāpō. This story follows the bird as he explores his home. But, something doesn't seem right. Noises and lights in the distance seem to be coming faster and faster. The forest monsters approach...

A haunting tale about the indelible and irrevocable power of memory, love, and loss. Nestled in the twisted woods of their private and broken world, Miles and Sarah must consider the cost they are willing to pay to keep their love alive.

Marley Davidson, an Asian Pacific Islander High School Senior, reflects on how shifting between the rural westside of Oahu and the big city affects her ability to balance her Native Hawaiian identity and personal values. *Premiered on PBS Hawai'i as part of the Hiki Nō Program; Official Selection: HIFF 'Ōpiofest, Olelo Youth Xchange Awards, and Native Indigenous Student Academy for Cinematic Arts Film Festival.

Tel Aviv, 1998, summer vacation. Reut finds and reads her grandmother's secret notebook from the Holocaust. Grandma's story resonates in Reut's well-developed imagination, and the fun week in Tel Aviv with Grandpa and Grandma turns into something else entirely. Reut’s relationship with her Grandma is changed forever.

Baigun Baigun is a bold, bilingual music video that blends Fijian Hindi and English to celebrate the spirit of Westernized Desis with humor, flair, and unapologetic swag. With catchy beats, cheeky lyrics, and sharp visuals, this vibrant piece flips the script on traditional expectations

An Owl flies through a City and catches glimpses of everyday life.

"Sometimes I look at the horizon and it feels like something in me slips away."

Horizon is an AI-generated short film, the story of the Air Runner Girl, a girl who can fly through dreams.

In a vast cathedral devoted to a strange, otherworldly deity, a young girl offers gifts that begin as harmless token of devotion but escalate into brutal sacrifices of her own body. This haunting allegory asks what happens when blind faith and the comforts we never question demand more of us than we have to give.