Narrative Shorts: In Frame

Lay Lefty Down

Directed By Traven Rice

14:58 • United States • Alabama Premiere

WOMEN IN FILM

Two women unexpectedly unite through stories of grief and laughter after their family throws a surprise memorial for a left breast.

Reflections

Directed By Stephen DeVries

14:14 • United States • World Premiere

ALABAMA

While rebuilding a vintage car with his young daughter, Jack begins experiencing unsettling distortions within the familiar walls of his garage. As reality quietly unravels around him, an emotional portrait of family and connection emerges.

Gary

Directed By Tim Cofield

06:09 • United States

MUSIC VIDEO

Gary Sinise stars as the title character in this music video of a man who has spent his life fixing things for others. When he discovers his own heart is beyond repair, he embarks on a daring final act of defiance against a world that has forgotten him to ensure a future for those he leaves behind.

Timelessness

Directed By Sasha Timan

14:56 • United States • Southern U.S. Premiere

STUDENT, WOMEN IN FILM

After seeking an asylum at the US border with Tijuana, a gifted Russian pianist's journey takes a tragic turn when she is detained in a U.S. processing center for immigrants.

Leica

Directed By Sagi Kahane-Rapport

14:56 • Canada

INTERNATIONAL, STUDENT

When camera pioneer Ernst Leitz's defiance of the Nazi regime is discovered by the Gestapo, his daughter Elsie must navigate a high-stakes battle of the wits with a Gestapo detective to save her father's life.

Pinball, Brooklyn

Directed By Geoffrey Levy

13:15 • United States • Southern U.S. Premiere

On the eve of his wedding, Esteban returns to a Brooklyn bar that houses an unlikely old friend: a softly glowing spaceship-themed pinball machine, quietly outfitted with a long-forgotten civic AI memory system.

The Ride

Directed By Slava Denisov

15:14 • United States • Alabama Premiere

A ’76 Plymouth (voiced by Ron Perlman) reflects on its journey as it witnesses decades of human life and captures moments of freedom, temptation, and redemption while changing hands from one owner to the next.