Drama
Lucas
Desperate for money to buy a motorcycle, Lucas makes a deal with a stranger to let him take some "innocent" pictures in exchange for cash.
Filmmaker Update
Filmmaker Update: Oct 2017
We highlight the achievements of S/W alums over the past month
Documentary
Diana Cam Van Nguyen
Milý tati (Love, Dad)
(Geo-blocked in some territories, scroll to end for viewing options) - She finds letters full of love her dad wrote her 15 years ago...
Thriller
Todd Wiseman Jr.
The Exit Room
In 2021, an imprisoned journalist facing execution contemplates a desperate escape attempt in order to return to his wife and newborn child.
Documentary
Bentley Brown
First Feature
Working underground in the year before the legalization of cinema in Saudi Arabia, a team of mostly women shoots its first feature-length movie amid societal pushback.
Dark Comedy
Jonny Look
Assholes
A Scientist uses a series of torture related experiments on a variety of house plants in order get them to communicate with humans.
Documentary
Kyle Thrash
& Haley Elizabeth Anderson
The Sentence of Michael Thompson
In 1994, Michael Thompson was arrested for selling three pounds of cannabis and was sentenced to 42 to 60 years in prison. He is the longest serving non-violent offender in the history of Michigan and he is finally up for clemency
Drama
Magali Barbe
This Time Away
Nigel is an elderly man living as a recluse, haunted by his past and memory of the family he once had... until an unexpected visitor arrives and disrupts his lonely routine.
Experimental
Tomek Ducki
Baths (Łaźnia)
Two old swimmers meet at the public baths for their ritual swimming session in this festival favourite from animator Tomek Ducki
Sci‑Fi
Shawn Christensen
Brink
Jeremy has been in love with his best friend, Evelyn, since before he can remember. He decides to profess his love for her through a simple, thoughtful letter but there's a strong chance they will never see each other again.
