With the film industry in decline, BJÖRN, a seasoned first assistant director, finds himself unemployed and adrift. To stay afloat, he takes a temporary job as a school photographer—an unfamiliar and humbling role.Over the course of one long day, Björn’s fragile calm is tested by a string of phone calls from his mother, his teenage daughter, and his ex-wife. Each conversation pulls him further off balance, and the tension begins to seep into the portraits he takes. As his professional façade starts to crack, an unexpected encounter with a P.E. teacher at the school offers a brief moment of understanding—and a hint that change might still be possible.

After the death of his wife Amy, a grieving husband struggles to move forward while raising their young son. When his mother-in-law leaves him a mysterious bonsai tree passed down through generations of Amy’s family, Shelton learns the tree is believed to bring life, fortune, and spiritual healing. Desperate for a sign that Amy is still with him, he pours her ashes into its soil, setting off a surreal encounter that blurs the line between memory, grief, and the afterlife. The Family Tree is an intimate exploration of loss, faith, and the ways love continues to take root long after someone is gone.

After experiencing the wrath of the internet firsthand, an aspiring succulent influencer struggles to make her second post.

Puberty for Humans is perfect for your nervous health class students as they approach their inevitable cybernetic bodily changes. In this short educational video, Linus, an insecure prepubescent teenager, learns that everything will be okay... for everyone else.

When a routine dialysis session fails, Gwen finds out her mother has only days to live—but it's their mismatched expectations that creates unforeseen heartbreak.

Meifang takes her six-year-old daughter, Joni, to a park and recounts a story of when her father took her and her siblings to go see some monkeys during her childhood in Taiwan. Joni interrupts when bored and makes her mom give her boosts on the swing set. Twelve years later, Meifang makes preparations for the departure of her estranged father, who had come from overseas to visit. While trying to convince a teenage Joni to delay attending her end-of-year track banquet with friends so Joni can spend more time with her grandfather, Meifang accidentally spills hot soup on her. Ouch. Joni goes to change in her room. Meanwhile, Meifang’s father chastises Meifang for her parenting practices and implies it’s disrespectful of Joni to choose her friends over her grandfather. Joni overhears the exchange and forces Meifang to choose: will Meifang keep her head down and continue listening to the men in her life, or will she stand up for her daughter and for herself? Will Joni be successful in her attempts to get through to mother, or will she grow frustrated and take the next train out of her small hometown?

A neurotic engineer fears AI is replacing his job and life’s meaning, while quirky friends and awkward dates push him to rediscover his humanity.