ICE CREAM DON'T MELT IN ENGLEWOOD
By Richard Ehrenreich
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After a prominent African-American businessman witnesses a fatal police shooting, he must choose between corroborating the police department’s version of events or the painful cost of telling the truth.
GENRE: drama, family
Country: united states
REPRESENTATION: NONE
hail daisy
By oliver arnoldi
As a teenager prepares for Catholic confirmation in a conservative English fishing village, she confronts two family secrets: her own sexual abuse, and her father’s exploration of his gender identity behind closed doors. Their shared truths forge a powerful bond, but threaten to tear the family apart.
GENRE: DRAMA, COMING OF AGE, LGBTQ+
Country: united kingdom
REPRESENTATION: NONE
hidden sparks
By Joseph J Davis
In 1980s Florida, a doctor redefines his Jewish identity as he fights to save a dying neo-Nazi teen, while a tormented skinhead battles with his love for the boy and his failure to protect him.
GENRE: Drama, Medical Drama, LGBTQ+
Country: ireland
REPRESENTATION: none
FAMILY BUSINESS
By Paul Vogel
Grieving her mother's death, bullied 17-year-old Max moves in with her estranged father to a small town, only to uncover a dark secret: her violent instincts are part of a sinister family legacy.
GENRE: Horror, Slasher, Coming of Age, Dark Comedy
Country: united states
REPRESENTATION: NONE
the company
By James Rodney
For decades, African Americans worked under a daily barrage of overt racist acts within The Company's LaVergne Tennessee factory. But none more than Charlotte Gray - a happily married woman of twenty-four years, brutally assaulted on the factory floor, thus shattering every aspect of her life as she knew it.
GENRE: drama, true story
Country: united states
REPRESENTATION: NONE
black sun
By Rick Rowley
An ambitious but war-scarred junior reporter gets a big break covering a neo-Nazi attack. But when her reporting enables the group’s rise, she must face her nightmares, risk her career, and finally take a stand.
GENRE: drama, thriller
Country: UNITED states
REPRESENTATION: NONE
the diamond sutra
By paul yung
Haunted by a failed mission, an FBI agent is reassigned to the Art Crimes Team and sent across continents to confront a web of smugglers, forgers and killers to recover the Diamond Sutra, the world’s oldest printed book.
GENRE: action, suspense, thriller
Country: UNITED STATES
REPRESENTATION: NONE
direct action
By Tor Kristoffersen
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When a teenage environmentalist uncovers plans to open a coal mine in her hometown, she fights tooth and nail to stop it, placing her on a collision course with her father, the police, and the courts.
GENRE: drama, coming of age, environment
Country: united kingdom
REPRESENTATION: none
bait
By Christopher Holt
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Internet sleuth Megan Mooney uses herself as bait to lure a killer and find a missing girl. The hunt forces her to confront past wrongs in this intense, twist-filled psychological thriller.
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GENRE: thriller, mystery, dramA
Country: UNITED kingdom
REPRESENTATION: Simon Williamson, SWA
Heat Lightning
By Brandi Powell
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Jude Gyasi is Formula 1’s legendary hero, but when he suddenly finds himself teammates with his young reckless rival, Jude grapples with the possibility of aging out of the only life he’s ever known.
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GENRE: DRAMA, SPORTS
Country: UNITED STATES
REPRESENTATION: NONE
Camouflage and Lipstick
By Lawrence Daly
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At the height of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell era, a queer college Army cadet, struggling with his gender identity, must secretly become a drag queen to support his disabled parents.
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GENRE: coming of age, dramedy
Country: united states
REPRESENTATION: NONE
NAN'S GUIDE TO RETIREMENT
By Teresa Bass
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When an Alzheimer’s diagnosis forces a frustrated grandmother out of her tenured professorship and into a care facility, she rebels by developing an exciting new hobby: serial killing!
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GENRE: black comedy, drama
Country: united STATES, new zealand
REPRESENTATION: NONE
summit
By Heidi Lewis, Taylor Lewis
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In the heart of Park City, Utah, a group of winter Paralympic athletes must overcome physical and emotional obstacles as they strive for greatness in the highly competitive world of adaptive sports.
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GENRE: sports, drama
Country: united states
REPRESENTATION: NONE
phantom questions
By Andreas Mortensen
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After his mom's funeral, Benny digs up her body to take it to a haunted house he's found online, hoping the place will reanimate her spirit. But in the spooky house he instead meets the ghost who already haunts it.
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GENRE: horror, comedy
Country: sweden
REPRESENTATION: NONE
a6
By Akevo Jeremy Jenkins
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A soda bottle discovers love inside a vending machine and begins to question its existence. As its relationship with another bottle grows, it must confront the ultimate sacrifice and come to terms with the fleeting nature of life.
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