The festival lineup highlights 28 independent shorts, feature-length films, documentaries, experimental works, and animation—all projected onto a five-story screen in the St. John's University parking lot. Families should plan to attend the Saturday night collection of animated shorts.

The program opens with 11 shorts by NYC filmmakers on opening night (October 1) at 7pm.

Friday, October 2, at 7pm: Stealing Chaplin, a dark comedy about the disappearance of Charlie Chaplin’s body from its grave, and Waffle, a short about two roommates.

Friday, October 2, at 10 pm: The East Coast premiere of Max Strand’s Goodbye Honey, a thriller about a woman who has just escaped an abduction, and The Keeper, a suspenseful short.

Saturday, October 3, at 7pm: A family-friendly set of animated films includes the New York premiere of Mosley, a 2019 New Zealand-China production about a fictional creature on the run from a life of servitude. The block also features two animated shorts, Brilliant and Tobi and Turbo Bus.

Saturday, October 3, at 10pm: Seven international shorts. Some have subtitles.

Sunday, October 4, at 7pm: The Queens premiere of Hasan Oswald’s documentary Higher Love, which explores drug addiction, crime, relationships, and parenthood on the rough streets of New Jersey’s Camden. Plus the short documentaries In Humankind and The Difference.