Performed and edited by the young filmmaker, this dazzling short film confidently foresees a wide open future that is “in the cards.” Shin Lim is a prize winning filmmaker, pianist, and magician—and he hasn’t reached the age of 20 yet.

An HBO Short Film Award finalist and an Amnesty International Movies that Matter selection, this intense drama tells the story of a the family of Middle Eastern American citizens caught in the crossfire of post 9/11 security concerns. Julius Onah is a Nigerian born writer, director, actor, and producer now living in New York City. He has worked for, among others, Spike Lee and MTV.

Let's say that you had the chance to change your body as easily as you change your clothes. This comedy about a young woman's pre-date anxiety lets you see what the outcome would be. Sandy Widyanata is a filmmaker born and raised in Germany and trained in animation and special effects. She now lives in Australia.

Bryan DeLeon gives the documentary genre a stretch in this short work about two young artists. He is a participant in the Real to Reel Digital Film School at RAW Art Works in Lynn.

This documentary details the struggles of a local woman, the artistic director of the Rebel Shakespeare Company, to adopt the sister of her adopted Russian daughter. Steve Stuart is a prolific Massachusetts-based filmmaker, the winner of many awards and a previous Film Festival entrant.

A first for the Film Festival, Don’t Look Back was shot in mobile video but actually “looks back” to the French “New Wave” films of the late fifties and early sixties. A torch song for a relationship that may never have happened, it won the Jury Award in the 2008 Nokia Mobile Movie Competition at Plus Camerimage in Poland. In 2009, it was screened at the BFI 53rd London Film Festival.

A video portrait of the filmmaker's brother, and what he means to her. Cinda Danh is part of the Real to Reel Digital Film School at RAW Art Works in Lynn..

A documentary about an elderly woman who carves out a space for herself in a barren section of California. Nick Higgins is a Scottish born documentarian who has work for, among others, National Geographic and the Discovery Channel. He won an ITVS Independent Lens Award for The McCombie Way.

Based on a true story, this drama details a suburban couple's desire to adopt the baby of a pregnant young woman. Chris King is an award-winning filmmaker and three-time Emmy-nominated writer/producer.

The narrator of this experimental film knows everyone's secrets, including his own. He might know yours too. Watch out! Shawn Story is a participant in the Real to Reel Digital Film School at RAW Art Works in Lynn.

Life is hard in this big city story of the collision of two people, each with troubles of their own. Linus won 1st Place in the Calvin Klein Student Film Competition and was selected as Film of the Week at the mtvU Best Filmmaker on Campus Competition.

The young woman's dog is getting on and having trouble keeping it together. The woman's father thinks the dog should be sent to its eternal reward. The neighbors in the apartment complex are complaining. The action takes place in Brazil, but the story, if not its conclusion, will be familiar to every experienced pet owner. Theodore Collatos is a Massachusetts-based filmmaker and Dog Show was recently shown at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge in a program of best local short films.

This film explores a young woman's reaction to the overly solicitous expressions of friends following her mother's death. Carl Hansen, a former resident of Beverly, is a filmmaker living in Los Angeles.

A young woman falls asleep and dreams of rescue from academic disaster. Eric Casaccio is a producer, actor, screenwriter and filmmaker with many film and non-film productions to his credit.

Three college women and their camera out for a good time. Say "Cheese!" before you leave the Film Festival. Damien Patrik has worked in many capacities in the film and television industry, and Cheese! was shown at the end of April at the Cape Fear Independent Film Festival, where it was a finalist in the Best Comedy category.