Films to remind us to keep life in perspective.
Reflections
Directed By Stephen DeVries
14:14 • United States • World Premiere
ALABAMA
While rebuilding a vintage car with his young daughter, Jack begins experiencing unsettling distortions within the familiar walls of his garage. As reality quietly unravels around him, an emotional portrait of family and connection emerges.
The Repetition for Love
Directed By Kyungrok Kim
15:00 • South Korea • U.S. Premiere
INTERNATIONAL, STUDENT
Iseul is tormented by her inability to finish her latest poem when a mysterious woman appears and asks Iseul to hear and rewrite her story. Slowly, Iseul realizes her guest's story completes her poem.
Gary
Directed By Tim Cofield
06:09 • United States
MUSIC VIDEO
Gary Sinise stars as the title character in this music video of a man who has spent his life fixing things for others. When he discovers his own heart is beyond repair, he embarks on a daring final act of defiance against a world that has forgotten him to ensure a future for those he leaves behind.
Timelessness
Directed By Sasha Timan
14:56 • United States • Southern U.S. Premiere
STUDENT, WOMEN IN FILM
After seeking an asylum at the US border with Tijuana, a gifted Russian pianist's journey takes a tragic turn when she is detained in a U.S. processing center for immigrants.
Leica
Directed By Sagi Kahane-Rapport
14:56 • Canada
INTERNATIONAL, STUDENT
When camera pioneer Ernst Leitz's defiance of the Nazi regime is discovered by the Gestapo, his daughter Elsie must navigate a high-stakes battle of the wits with a Gestapo detective to save her father's life.
Pinball, Brooklyn
Directed By Geoffrey Levy
13:15 • United States • Southern U.S. Premiere
On the eve of his wedding, Esteban returns to a Brooklyn bar that houses an unlikely old friend: a softly glowing spaceship-themed pinball machine, quietly outfitted with a long-forgotten civic AI memory system.
The Ride
Directed By Slava Denisov
15:14 • United States • Alabama Premiere
A ’76 Plymouth (voiced by Ron Perlman) reflects on its journey as it witnesses decades of human life and captures moments of freedom, temptation, and redemption while changing hands from one owner to the next.
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