Anderson Matthew

A young woman returns home from her studies to find both her country and her art in a state of exile. Based on the novel by Zabel Yesayan.

A man and a woman begin in a womb, then converge with the sea.

But where does the heart go when that voice is displaced from a body that still breathes? In a world where artificial intelligence accelerates and replicates the human form, the boundary between spirit and simulation begins to dissolve. Time, life, and voice become commodities. 40 Epochs is a hybrid-narrative film exploring spiritual displacement, fractured identity, and the unseen labor behind human-like technologies. Inspired by the artists' experience training an AI model to reproduce Sun’s voice, the film follows a donor in solitude as she reads, records, and revises. What begins as ritual becomes rupture, as intimate gestures entwine with the demands of machinic repetition. Narration is carried by the artifact at its core: a synthetic voice generated from Sun’s speech. Disembodied from its origin, it speaks in her place—an uncanny meditation on memory, embodiment, and the estrangement of being heard without being present.

A moment of youth is a short film compilation that showcases nine up-and-coming directors from seven countries in five continents.

Mima, an American college student, embarks on a road trip to the rural Romanian village where her grandmother, Esther, was born. Her friend Jacob, a recent film-school dropout, joins her in the old country, along with an 18-year-old translator whom she found on Facebook. Decades after Esther’s death, Mima relies on her grandmother’s unmarked photos of the village and recorded oral history to orient herself in the remote area. As the trio scale walls and trek through fields searching for any evidence of Esther’s life in Romania, the deeper unknowns animating Mima's journey begin to reveal themselves.

Sidka, a filmmaker in the process of gender transition, explores the vibrant nightlife of Buenos Aires, capturing the essence of underground culture and the deep connections that celebrate acceptance and self-expression.

It’s Initiation Night at Chi Theta Fraternity and six Pledges face off on their quest toward Brotherhood. Adapted from a play, Frat Pie is a bold, tragicomic exploration of toxic masculinity and the silent presence of homophobia within male-dominated spaces.

Two young misfits head for New York City to celebrate their idol and muse, Stevie Nicks, at The Night of 1,000 Stevies. Along the road, in order for them to escape their painful pasts, they must discover their strengths and learn self-acceptance.