Walking In Iowa by Alex Alex Murawski (US)

After her son accidentally drowns, a reclusive photographer moves to Montana to rebuild her life but struggles to reconcile with a secret shame as she falls in love with a kind widower..

Gymnastics by Nikki Buziak (Courtenay))

While dealing with a bully, a 9-year old girl has to navigate a slippery situation during a gymnastics routine at the local Rec Centre.

A long Road Ahead by Bernhard Riedhammer (Germany)

A trailblazing transgender woman, stranded in the middle of nowhere, must hitch a ride with an opinionated retiree in order to stop her ex from leaving the country with their son.

Goodbye For Now by Jes Segrue (Canada)

After her estranged mother’s mysterious death on Grosse-Isle, Quebec, once a quarantine for Irish famine refugees, a grieving daughter visits the island to seek closure, unaware that it’s haunted by her ancestor’s ghost.

Still Waters by Heather Lynn Roberts (Victoria)

Still Waters follows a drug-addicted mother forced to choose between addiction and her family.

Sneakerhead by Jamie Campbell (United States)

When her father dies, Meredith Jones returns to her childhood home for the first time in twenty years, accompanied by her supportive boyfriend. She is surprised to find her bedroom is exactly the way she left it when she departed after high school. Her old posters are still on the wall. Her yearbook remains on the shelf in the closet. Oh, and the monster that lived under her bed when she was a kid...it's still there, too.

Pirate Queen by John Bain (Canada)

A headstrong young woman, posing as a man, leads a pirate rebellion to re-claim Nassau from the English during turbulent political times. Men lusted after her, but volcanic, self-centered Anne Bonny lusted for freedom – to live as a male pirate. Until she fell in love with Mary Read, another “male” pirate in disguise.

MK Djarum by Gwynn Davies (Victoria)

The work of George, an investigative journalist, pulls him into madness as the true nature of a neighbor is revealed.

Slayfest by Mark Renshaw (U.K.)

A couple of wannabe serial killers haul a body through the hills to participate in the annual Slayfest competition when they encounter a hiker with murderous intentions.