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A collection of short films in contention for official selection, nomination as Quarterfinalist for both genre and technical categories. Audience Choice balloting is open. Your vote counts!
A man who seems stable on the surface—job, routines, flashes of success—quietly lives with the long shadow of ordinary childhood wounds: exclusion, ridicule, harsh criticism, and the persistent feeling of being “not enough.” As an adult, those experiences have hardened into reflexes. He second-guesses himself, expects rejection, and confuses survival with living. Opportunities feel dangerous, relationships feel like tests, and self-confidence becomes a mask he can’t keep in place.
- Year2026
- Runtime6:12
- DirectorTodd Killian

Content warning: TBD
A collection of short films in contention for official selection, nomination as Quarterfinalist for both genre and technical categories. Audience Choice balloting is open. Your vote counts!
A man who seems stable on the surface—job, routines, flashes of success—quietly lives with the long shadow of ordinary childhood wounds: exclusion, ridicule, harsh criticism, and the persistent feeling of being “not enough.” As an adult, those experiences have hardened into reflexes. He second-guesses himself, expects rejection, and confuses survival with living. Opportunities feel dangerous, relationships feel like tests, and self-confidence becomes a mask he can’t keep in place.
- Year2026
- Runtime6:12
- DirectorTodd Killian
