Official Selection

Title: Le Parrot

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Logline: Three siblings return home for their mother's funeral. Chaos ensues when they discover she has left behind her pet parrot--A bird with a serious attitude and a few secrets of its own.

Director: Rachael Sonnenberg

Writers: Rachael Sonnenberg

Producers: Martin de Crane, Amy Gossels

Composer: Mark Suozzo

Cinematographer: Josh Herzog

Editor: Andrew Hafitz

Casting Director: Amy Gossels

Production Designer: Kelsey Hannah Walsh

Title: Portland Is the New Portland

Genre: Coming-of-Age, Dark Comedy

Logline: A lonely musician in a small town creates an imaginary underground music scene, inventing and posing as multiple bands. When Rolling Stone notices, he struggles to maintain the facade.

Director: Christopher Scamurra

Writers: Nicholas Reynolds, Christopher Scamurra

Producers: Daisy Davis, Buck Lindelof, Nicholas Reynolds, Christopher Scamurra

Composers: Matthew Danger Lippman, Nicholas Reynolds

Cinematographer: Alex Fauver

Editor: Alexander Pappas

Production Designer: Britt Keller

Title: Favourites

Genre: Comedy

Logline: Two parents face an impossible choice when their family camping trip turns deadly.

Director: Nick Russell

Writers: Nick Musgrove, Nick Russell

Producers: Nick Musgrove, Nick Russell

Composer: James Orr

Cinematographer: Cesar Salmeron-Hoving

Production Designer: Ben Bangay

Title: F*ck That Guy

Genre: Drama

Logline: In 1992 Connecticut, Frankie is so desperate to keep the attention of her intoxicating older best friend that she sets out to prove that sex is no big deal.

Director: Hanna Gray Organschi

Writer: Hanna Gray Organschi

Producers: David Frankel, Marina Hunt, Spike Lee, Riva Marker, Tara Sheffer, Elizabeth Woodward

Cinematographer: Gianna Badiali

Editor: Jasmin Way

Casting Director: Matthew Glasner

Production Designer: Emilia Spirito

Title: Cupids

Genre: Romance

Logline: Three kids worry that their beloved school bus driver will be lonely this summer without them. They set out to find her a partner and imagine the perfect matches.

Director: Zoey Martinson

Writers: Zoey Martinson | Julie Sharbutt

Producers: Devin E. Haqq | Korey Jackson

Composer: Avi Amon

Cinematographer: Adam Carboni

Editor: Joseph Gutowski

Casting Director: Erica A. Hart

Title: Endless Sea

Genre: Drama

Logline: Carol finds out that her heart medication has tripled in price, sending her on a desperate mission to find a solution, but when none presents itself she is forced to fight back.

Director: Sam Shainberg

Writer: Sam Shainberg

Producer: Rachel Walden

Cinematographer: Daniel Zúñiga

Editor: Luca Balser

Production Designer: Charlie Chaspooley Robinson

ESPERANZA

Genre: Drama

Logline: When an immigrant taxi driver in upstate New York takes an undocumented couple to the Canadian border, they find themselves at odds in the shared pursuit of a better life.

Director: Shruti Parekh

Writer: Shruti Parekh

Producer: Laura Scarano

Cinematographer: Ingrid Sanchez

Editor: SHRUTI PAREKH | GREG ARMSTRONG

Production Designer: DEVIN LORING

Title: NIÑO DE NADIE ( Nobody’s Boy)

Genre: Drama

Logline: It centers on two orphans as they survive on the streets together until one believes he has discovered his father.

Director: Joe Perry

Writer: Joe Perry

Producers: Julian Bridges | Liz Lorie

Composer: Julian Bridges

Cinematographer: Vanon Li

Editor: Joe Perry

Casting Directors: Jacqueline Gallagher | Suzanne Yavuz

Production Designer: T.J. Ryan

Title: They Grow Up So Fast

Genre: Comedy, Thriller

Logline: When Brian meets Amy after a night out on the town, things move a little faster than he'd anticipated.

Director: John F. Beach

Writers: John F. Beach (screenplay) (story) | Jonathan Hoeg (story)

Producer: Martin Spanjers

Composers: Chase Kuker (as Chromosomes) | Ryan D. Wood (as Chromosomes)

Cinematographer: Damien Drake

Editor: Aaron Himelstein

Production Designer: Andrew W. Bofinger