Equal (United States) by Tom Bessoir

Equal is a cinematic exploration of Richard Serra’s sculpture of the same name on display at the Museum of Modern Art  in New York City. The sculpture consists of eight forged-steel blocks stacked in pairs. Each rectangular block measures 5 feet by 5 and 1/2 feet by 6 feet and weighs 40 tons. The blocks are rotated and stacked so that the top and bottom blocks align differently. Yet the four stacks are each 11 feet tall. 

Running time: 00:03:47

America (United States) by Laura New

Days before a school tragedy strikes, a single mother's effort to relocate her family in search of a better future is unknowingly racing against time. America follows Valerie, a single mother who refuses to break. Determined to give her children, Daniel and Georgia, a better life on the West Coast, she pushes forward against all odds. But on the eve of their move, tragedy strikes. A school shooting shatters their world, forcing Valerie to confront an unthinkable question: Are her children victims… or perpetrators?

Running time: 00:19:00

Il Rifiuto (Italy) by Marco Pipitone

While retracing years of domestic abuse with her psychologist, Rebecca discovers that an even darker truth is hidden within the fractures of her own memory.

Running time: 00:19:46

Leyla (United States) by Murat Engiz

Exiled in New York, Turkish women’s-rights activist Leyla Öztürk is trapped in a life of surveillance, silence, and growing paranoia. She must decide whether to disappear—or speak out and risk becoming the next target.

Running time: 00:13:36

Tulipomania: Never Knew (United States) by Cheryl Gelover, Tom Murray

Never Knew is the fourth animated music video supporting Tulipomania's album titled Absolution, inspired by an invitation from acclaimed author Jeff VanderMeer to contribute music as part of the publication of Absolution, the surprise fourth volume in his award-winning Southern Reach series.

Running time: 00:03:32

Macula (Mexico) by Mariana X. Rivera

It is within the macula, at the back of the eye, that the images are fixed in the retina. 

Sonia’s gradual vision loss becomes the filmographic allegory that allows her daughter to make a journey to unveil the events that had been kept in silence until then, and that had eclipsed the primeval memories of her gestation and birth.

Running time: 00:25:00