A compelling selection of narrative shorts exploring the messy, complicated, and often ambiguous terrain of human relationships. These stories dive into the gray areas—where love, conflict, and connection intersect in unexpected ways. Presented by Alexa Georges

A serial grifter faces the music when seemingly everyone he’s ever wronged shows up on the opening day of his dubious Italian ice business.

Cherry-Colored Funk

A serial grifter faces the music when seemingly everyone he’s ever wronged shows up on the opening day of his dubious Italian ice business.

Two long-distance lovers search for a way forward (or backward) when the bedrock of their twenty-year relationship cracks. A midwestern rumination on loving across space and time.

Hiawatha

Two long-distance lovers search for a way forward (or backward) when the bedrock of their twenty-year relationship cracks. A midwestern rumination on loving across space and time.

A young woman reframes a strange and coercive date as a comical tale to her friends in order to make light of the experience.

Learning to Eat Cake

A young woman reframes a strange and coercive date as a comical tale to her friends in order to make light of the experience.

In the whimsical African nation of Alkebulan, a brilliant scholar discovers her fiancé’s secret engagement and takes spectacular revenge, earning the recognition she always deserved in an unexpected way.

The Incredible Sensational Fiancée of Sèyí Àjàyí

In the whimsical African nation of Alkebulan, a brilliant scholar discovers her fiancé’s secret engagement and takes spectacular revenge, earning the recognition she always deserved in an unexpected way.

Celeste and her best friends vacation on a Greek island post college graduation. Grappling with her virginity and nebulous future as a love triangle fractures the group, Celeste fixates on a mysterious local woman. Presented by Alexa Georges

The Smoker

Celeste and her best friends vacation on a Greek island post college graduation. Grappling with her virginity and nebulous future as a love triangle fractures the group, Celeste fixates on a mysterious local woman.

A mischievous teen in the thick of Catholic confirmation finds herself bored and stranded after class. On a whim, she slips on a nun's habit, but what begins as a harmless prank turns into an unexpected journey through pleasure, power, and mischief.

There's a Devil Inside Me

A mischievous teen in the thick of Catholic confirmation finds herself bored and stranded after class. On a whim, she slips on a nun's habit, but what begins as a harmless prank turns into an unexpected journey through pleasure, power, and mischief.

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Narrative Shorts: Muddy Waters

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