106 New Media Films and content from 22 countries vie for $45,000 in awards. Judges from Marvel, HBO, BBC, PBS, Emmys, Grammys, Simon & Schuster. 37 World – 10 US – 41 L.A. Premieres
World Premiere of THE RETURN KEY; Directors: Brandon J Triola, Nathan William Lundquist
Follow Parker, a young tech leader who loses everything. Will he figure out how to get his family back?

L.A. Premiere of PERSEPHONE; Written by: Kristina Van Kirk Hoffman
Persephone, the goddess of wheat, longs to create colorful flowers, but her mother forbids it. So, Persephone accepts Hades’ invitation to grow flowers in the Elysian Fields and all hell breaks out.

LUCKY MY ENTIRE LIFE; Director: Isaac Hertz
His doctor told him he wouldn’t live past 20. His principal threw him out of high school. His heart told him never to listen to anyone other than himself. True story about Judah Hertz, one of the most successful real estate investors of his generation who used his troubled childhood to fuel a compassion that quietly changed the lives of thousands of people.

FINDING COURAGE; Director Kay Rubacek
About a former journalist for the Chinese Communist Party, Yifei Wang, living in exile in San Francisco, struggles to settle into life in America while working to heal her family’s wounds from their tragic past.

D.A.D. (Digital Android Doppelgänger); Director James A Sims
A workaholic father comes home to discover his twin daughters have built a digital android doppelgänger that they lovingly call D.A.D.

L.A. Premiere SENIOR YEAR – LOVE NEVER FAILS; Director Jude Okwudiafor Johnson
A young college couple are faced with the challenges of parenting after getting pregnant their freshman year. CJ’s wrestling with his faith collides with wounds from Marcella’s past. A secret turns their lives upside down as their families battle their own demons

“This year an unprecedented array of diverse stories came were submitted from around the globe. From silo stories to ensembles, but most importantly, they come from a place of being human in a tech saturated world.”- Founding Director Susan Johnston

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