- Feature + Shorts Screening
- Film Screening
Date: February 21, 2026
Time: 12:05 pm – 2:25 pm
Location:
Regal Union Square Theater 2
850 Broadway
New York, New York 10023
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 2:05 PM. These films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children.
- Animated Film Competition
A Crab In the Pool
Directed by: Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel
Country: Canada
Minutes: 11
In a run-down neighborhood, Zoe and her little brother Theo are left to fend for themselves. A young adolescent, Zoe is a ball of anger haunted by an intimate terror. Theo, still a child, flees reality into a fantastical world. During a scorching summer day, the two children will have to burst the abscess of their relationship so as not to lose each other.
- Short Film Competition
Closure
Directed by: Melika Rezapour
Country: Germany
Minutes: 10
Premiere:
US Premiere
Inspired by a neighbor’s mistaken assumption that she’s a boy due to her short hair, Emma embarks on a journey of self-discovery, determined to prove her femininity and overcome societal expectations, confronting her own perceptions of womanhood along the way.- Web Series Competition
Sexless in the City
Directed by: Talia Fayaz
Country: United States
Minutes: 18
Nia is a 30-something planner whose life turns upside down when her long-term boyfriend dumps her and ruins her five-year plan for marriage, kids, and a house on Long Island. Staring at a now-empty Google Cal, she invites herself on a night out with the girlfriends she’s ghosted, but is wildly unprepared for their cold shoulders and passive-aggressive attacks as she tries to defend her absence. Nia finds herself at a crossroads: win back her BFFs or chase the boy who left her?- Short Film Competition
The Game Camera
Directed by: Emily Railsback
Country: United States
Minutes: 20
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
When a grieving woman installs a night vision camera in her mini horse’s corral, the specter of a human intruder on her rural Kansas ranch makes her reconsider her husband’s death.- Feature Film Competition
Beautiful, Pam
Directed by: J.R. Stokes
Country: United States
Minutes: 64
Warning:
Beautiful, Pam follows a Queer sex-worker, named Pam, in the midst of a mid-life crisis during the week of their son’s 18th birthday. While living out of a motel and turning tricks, Pam attempts to balance fatherhood and addiction.
