A 24-year-old stripper with a degree in neuroscience grapples with her decision to pursue financial freedom over a more traditional career path in an era when financial security feels increasingly out of reach for her generation. Director bio: Jaja Meloche is a Canadian filmmaker based in Brooklyn. She holds a BFA from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. She made her directorial debut in 2023 when her film "Grown" premiered at Palm Springs International Shortest. It was selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick and is featured on Director’s Notes and Director’s Library. "No Angel" is her first documentary short.

No Angel

A 24-year-old stripper with a degree in neuroscience grapples with her decision to pursue financial freedom over a more traditional career path in an era when financial security feels increasingly out of reach for her generation.

When aspiring male models get photographed in Pakistan, they end up pushing the limits of socially-decreed gender roles and taboos. Director bio: Saad Zuberi and Husain Qaizar are Emmy-nominated journalists and filmmakers whose work has appeared on BBC, Al Jazeera, Vice, HBO, Netflix, and Channel 4 and screened at major festivals such as Sundance and True/False. Their films explore human rights, identity, and social justice. Saad is a Cambridge Press fellow and PhD researcher; Husain is a cinephile and yet somehow has never seen Kubrick.

Body (Jism)

When aspiring male models get photographed in Pakistan, they end up pushing the limits of socially-decreed gender roles and taboos.

A gay Salvadorian filmmaker confronts his insomnia and traumatic memories from his youth to explore the difficult path toward self-acceptance through recreations of his past with the help of a choreographer and a film crew. Director bio: Rodrigo Dada is a Salvadoran photographer, director and cinematographer based in Mexico City. He studied Communications in Paris, holds a Master’s in Conceptual Photography from EFTI Madrid, and a degree in Cinematography from the CCC. His work spans photography, visual art, fiction and documentary. He has exhibited internationally, including a solo exhibition at MARTE in El Salvador.

No Mask (Sin Máscara)

A gay Salvadorian filmmaker confronts his insomnia and traumatic memories from his youth to explore the difficult path toward self-acceptance through recreations of his past with the help of a choreographer and a film crew.

Doris and Dan's lives are full of dancing, sex, and other intimate pleasures as they defy traditional expectations of how we can embrace life, death, and aging. Director bio: Liz and Riley have collaborated on documentary projects since 2012. Their work focuses on people and stories they feel are culturally significant and deserve an in-depth, sensitive look. They are drawn to unlikely protagonists and seek the ways humor and poignancy intertwine as a foundational part of the human condition.

Forcefield of Love

Doris and Dan's lives are full of dancing, sex, and other intimate pleasures as they defy traditional expectations of how we can embrace life, death, and aging.

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